Barkley Irrigation Company: Under Pressure
#BPA-P-78279 #BPA-P-78279
 Methow Sub-basin Middle Methow-Carlton to Winthrop Barkley Irrigation Company: Under Pressure
Organization Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor Trout Unlimited Inc.
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 12/5/2014 End Date: 4/14/2020
Category Category: Restoration
DESCRIPTION
The objective of this project was to eliminate mortality of listed species in the mainstem Methow and Barkley Diversion side-channel caused by annual excavation of the river bed to create a push up dam for irrigators on the Barkley ditch, as well as by maintenance and operation of the BIC diversion, in the side-channel and within the tail out of the Barkley diversion pool, and upstream of the fish screen in the open canal. Trout Unlimited (TU) and partners the Barkley Irrigation Company (Barkley/BIC), the Methow Conservancy (MC) and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) built a permanent pressurized system approximately 2 miles downstream of the current diversion to serve all Barkley irrigation users. Barkley and MVID diversions were consolidated y moving the Barkley point of diversion (POD) downstream approximately 4 miles to reduce maintenance impacts and share the already completed (2006) investment in MVID's east side diversion. By moving/modifying the Barkley Diversion, Bear Creek was reconnected to the Methow River, rather than flowing into the Barkley Canal. Due to modifications and efficiencies related to upgrading the systems, the perpetual water saving from this project is 26 cfs. Additional funding for this project was contributed by Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Upper Columbia Programmatic through contracts 70143, 76789, and 78279.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested08/14/2014Trout Unlimited Inc.Match$723,732.00
Requested08/14/2014Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$723,732.00
Allocated04/14/2020Trout Unlimited Inc.Match$1,279,300.39
Allocated04/14/2020Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects$1,279,300.39
Spent04/14/2020Trout Unlimited Inc.Match-$1,279,300.39
Spent04/14/2020Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects-$1,279,300.39
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$1,952,823.00 $1,447,464.00 $2,558,600.78 $2,558,600.78 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested09/15/2015Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)Upper Columbia ProgrammaticMatch$2,850,629.00
Requested12/18/2024Trout Unlimited Inc.Match$5,558,762.09
Allocated03/15/2018Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)Upper Columbia Programmatic$1,175,461.00
Allocated12/18/2024Trout Unlimited Inc.Match$5,558,762.09
Spent06/19/2019Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)Upper Columbia ProgrammaticMatch-$1,164,644.00
Spent12/18/2024Trout Unlimited Inc.Match-$5,558,762.09
Other Funding Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$0.00 $8,409,391.09 $6,734,223.09 $6,723,406.09 $10,817.00
Grand Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$1,952,823.00 $9,856,855.09 $9,292,823.87 $9,282,006.87 $10,817.00
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Upper Columbia River Spring, Methow River, Endangered
Chinook2-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall, Not Warranted
County:Okanogan
HUC12:Thompson Creek-Methow River (170200080605)
HUC8:Methow (17020008)
Lead Entity Area:Upper Columbia
Legislative District:07
Salmon Recovery Regions:Upper Columbia River
Sections:12
Sections:24
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Upper Columbia River, Methow River, Threatened
Township:T34NR21E
Upper Columbia Assesment Unit:Methow River-Thompson Creek
Watershed Administrative Unit:Middle Methow River
WRIA:Methow
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RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
8.00mi8.00mi
Instream Flow Project    
Change In Water Flow (C.3.c)
26.00cfs26.00cfs
Miles Of Stream 'Protected' For Adequate Flow (C.3.b)
8.00mi8.00mi
 Irrigation practice improvement (C.3.e.1)    
Acre Feet Of Water Conserved (C.3.e.2)
2,342.00acre-feet2,342.00acre-feet
Cfs (Cubic Feet Per Second) Of Water Conserved (C.3.e.3)
26.00cfs
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