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Lease Land


Land Acquisition / Conservation Easement

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Definition
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Contact
David Roberts
(503) 230-4511
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Includes riparian, grazing, and multiple-use leases, typically for multiple years.
Deliverables (recommended)
  • Lease of the land to include the lease agreement document
Rules and Examples (work element scenarios and associated rules)
Rule 1: Any ESA, NEPA, permitting, or other environmental compliance work should be split out under WE# 165, Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation. Also, operations and maintenance (O&M) costs should be split out WE# 22, Maintain Vegetation.
Example:

 WE: Lease Land
WE Title: Lease riparian area on Trout Creek
WE Description: Complete lease agreement with landowner on a 3 mile reach containing 50 acres of riparian area on Trout Creek for 25 years

WE: Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation
WE Title: Provide BPA with NEPA checklist for Trout Creek lease agreement
Rule 2: If you are leasing land at various locations, a work element must be created for each location to document metric requirements.
Example:

 WE: Lease Land
WE Title: Lease riparian area on Trout Creek
WE Description: Complete lease agreement with landowner on a 3 mile reach containing 50 acres of riparian area on Trout Creek for 25 years

WE: Lease Land
WE Title: Lease riparian area on Salmon Creek
WE Description: Complete lease agreement with landowner on a 1.5 mile reach containing 30 acres of riparian area on Salmon Creek for 30 years
Rule 3: You only need to split associated work elements if lumping would hide the work associated with a certain metric, e.g., if you are leasing land and installing riparian fence, you cannot lump it under lease land because they both have metric reporting requirements. If one of the associated actions does not have metric reporting requirements it is possible to lump them.
Example (splitting):

 WE: Lease Land
WE Title: Lease riparian area on Trout Creek
WE Description: Complete lease agreement with landowner on a 3 mile reach containing 50 acres of riparian area on Trout Creek for 25 years

WE: Install Fence
WE Title: Install 6 miles of fencing on 3 mile reach of Trout Creek riparian area to exclude livestock.
Milestones (may include)
  • Environmental compliance requirements complete
    • On-the-ground work associated with this work element cannot proceed until this milestone is complete. Milestone is complete when final documentation is received from BPA environmental compliance staff (completion can be based on pre-existing environmental documentation from BPA).
  • Planning and prioritizing sites to be leased
  • Negotiating with landowners to reach lease agreement
  • Produce Management Plan
  • Appraisal of value if landowner to receive lease payment
  • Surveying or demarcating the boundaries of the leased parcel by fencing or other methods
  • Searching public records for encumbrances on the land to be leased
  • Recording the lease as an encumbrance on the property
  • Monitoring compliance with the lease
  • Enhancing the parcel
  • Operating and maintaining the parcel
  • Attach a completed water survey form in Pisces
    • The water survey form is located at: http://www.efw.bpa.gov/IntegratedFWP/WaterSurveyForm.doc. The form should be completed by the contract manager or BPA project manager and attached in Pisces.


Metrics

Metric Metric Type Metric Guidance Metric
Required		 Metric
Type		 Metric
Precision
1379 # of riparian miles protected Add length on both sides when both sides are protected. Add one side when one side is protected. Normally, riparian habitat protection is intended for the benefit of fish. Required number 0.01
1380 # of riparian acres protected # of acres applies to both wildlife and fish habitat land transactions. Riparian is defined as above the ordinary high water mark of the stream and within the flood plain of streams. To determine total acres purchased, we will sum the upland and riparian acreage. Required number 0.1
1382 Start latitude of protected stream reach This metric only applies to acquisitions in riparian areas. Must be entered in decimal degrees. For help converting from degrees, minutes, seconds go to http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html. Optional lat 0.000001
1383 End latitude of protected stream reach This metric only applies to acquisitions in riparian areas. Must be entered in decimal degrees. For help converting from degrees, minutes, seconds go to http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html. Optional lat 0.000001
1384 Start longitude of protected stream reach This metric only applies to acquisitions in riparian areas. Must be entered in decimal degrees. For help converting from degrees, minutes, seconds go to http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html. Optional long 0.000001
1385 End longitude of protected stream reach This metric only applies to acquisitions in riparian areas. Must be entered in decimal degrees. For help converting from degrees, minutes, seconds go to http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html. Optional long 0.000001
1442 Type of lease [New Lease, Renewed Lease] Self-Explanatory Required list
1443 Start date of lease Self-Explanatory Required date
1444 End date of lease Self-Explanatory Required date
1445 # of upland acres protected # of acres applies to both wildlife and fish habitat land transactions. Upland is defined as above the elevation of the riparian zone (above the floodplain). To determine total acres purchased, we will sum the upland and riparian acreage. Required number 0.1
1446 # of wetland acres protected # of acres applies to both wildlife and fish habitat land transactions. Wetland is defined as meeting the federal standard for wetland delineation under the Clean Water Act. Because wetlands can be located either in riparian or upland areas, the acres you claim here should overlap with the acres you claim as upland and/or riparian. To determine total acres purchased, we will sum the upland and riparian acreage. Required number 0.1
1452 Amount of water secured in acre-feet/year This is the total volume of water being addressed by the acquisition over the course of one irrigation season. The term acquisition refers to either the lease or the purchase of water. Required number 0.1
1453 Flow of water returned to the stream as prescribed in the water acquisition in cubic-feet per second (cfs) Provide the average volume rate of flow expected by the acquisition. The term acquisition refers to either the lease or the purchase of water. Required number 0.01
1524 # of acres of upland non-wetland habitat protected Identify the total acres of habitat protected in this habitat zone. Upland Habitat Non-Wetland: Habitat uphill of the riparian and instream habitat zone with non-hydrophilic plants. This habitat zone excludes wetland habitat. Required number 0.01
1525 # of acres of upland wetland habitat protected Identify the total acres of habitat protected in this habitat zone. Upland Wetlands: Wetlands within the upland habitat zone are habitat that is transitional between terrestrial and aquatic where the water table is usually at or near the land surface or land that is covered by shallow water. Wetlands have one or more of the following characteristics: at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytic plants; the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and the substrate is non-soil and is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at sometime during the yearly growing season. These wetlands are typically considered isolated wetlands which do not interact with the hyporheic zone, which is a region beneath and lateral to a stream bed. Required number 0.01
1526 # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat protected Identify the total acres of habitat protected in this habitat zone. Riparian/Floodplain: A riparian zone is the transition zone between aquatic and upland habitat. These habitats are related to and influenced by surface or subsurface waters, especially the margins of streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, seeps, and ditches between land and a stream; and above the average high watermark, or bankfull height. Plant communities along the river margins are called riparian vegetation, characterized by hydrophilic plants. This habitat zone excludes wetland habitat. Required number 0.01
1527 # of acres of riparian wetland habitat protected Identify the total acres of habitat protected in this habitat zone. Riparian Wetland: Wetlands within the Riparian habitat zone are habitat that is transitional between terrestrial and aquatic where the water table is usually at or near the land surface or land that is covered by shallow water. Wetlands have one or more of the following characteristics: at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytic plants; the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and the substrate is non-soil and is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at sometime during the yearly growing season. These wetlands are typically considered connected wetlands that interact with the hyporheic zone, which is a region beneath and lateral to a stream bed. Required number 0.01
1528 # of acres of freshwater non-tidal habitat protected Identify the total acres of habitat protected in this habitat zone. Freshwater Non-Tidal: Habitat with freshwater flowing in a channel or watercourse, including lakes, ponds, and adjacent areas below the high water mark. This habitat zone excludes wetland habitat. Required number 0.01
1529 # of acres of freshwater wetland non-tidal habitat protected Identify the total acres of habitat protected in this habitat zone. Freshwater Wetland Non-Tidal: Wetlands within the instream habitat zone typically on the stream bank are habitat that is transitional between terrestrial and aquatic where the water table is usually at or near the land surface or land that is covered by shallow water. Wetlands have one or more of the following characteristics: at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytic plants; the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and the substrate is non-soil and is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at sometime during the yearly growing season Required number 0.01
1530 # of acres of estuarine tidal wetland habitat protected Identify the total acres of habitat protected in this habitat zone. Estuarine Tidal Wetland: Wetlands within the tidal estuarine zone are habitat that is transitional between terrestrial and aquatic where the water table is usually at or near the land surface or land that is covered by shallow water. Wetlands have one or more of the following characteristics: at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytic plants; the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and the substrate is non-soil and is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at sometime during the yearly growing season. Tidal marshes may be classified as marine source tidal, freshwater tidal, or tidal forested wetlands. Required number 0.01
1531 # of acres of estuarine tidal non-wetland habitat protected Identify the total acres of habitat protected in this habitat zone. Estuarine Tidal Non-Wetland: Habitat that is part of a semi-enclosed coastal body of water that is subject to the ebb and flow of tides, with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the nearshore marine zone. Estuaries are environments whose pH, salinity, and water levels are subject to the ebb and flow of tides, and the physical and chemical properties of the river that feeds the estuary and the ocean from which it derives its salinity. This habitat zone excludes wetland habitat. Required number 0.01


Location Guidance

Identify point at approximate center of leased parcel.

Environmental Compliance

Applicability and status of the following environmental compliance requirements can be found on the Environmental Compliance tab for that work element in your SOW for all 2007 contracts forward. BPA's Environmental staff will update and maintain this information in Pisces in real time, so that you can check the status of environmental compliance on your project at any time.

Note: Many of the fields are set to auto-load in Pisces, but the settings will be reviewed by BPA's Environmental staff prior to the contract being finalized, and may be revised depending on the specific circumstances.

  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
    NEPA coverage for this work element will be identified by BPA's Environmental Compliance Lead.
  • Endangered Species Act (ESA)
    ESA consultation is typically not required for this work element.
  • National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
    NHPA Section 106 consultation is typically not required for this work element.
  • Public Involvement
    Public involvement is typically required for this work element. The contractor should work with BPA Environmental staff to document previous or ongoing outreach efforts associated with this work or to develop a public involvement plan.

    • Associated Work Elements

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