PCSRF Administration 2025

CRITFC has been managing the PCSRF funded projects for its member tribes since 2000. For 2025, 22 new projects at a budget level of $6 million will need to be contracted, implemented, and monitored. Since 2000, 491 tribal and CRITFC projects at a total budget level of $50.5 million have been implemented. Of the implemented projects, 416 projects (85%) are completed, and 75 (15%) projects are ongoing. The majority of the projects are on-the-ground projects involving collaboration with federal, state and private landowners. The number of projects implemented will increase to 513 total projects (97 ongoing projects) with the addition of the FY 2025 ($6 million) funds.

Primary duties under this project will include applying for the annual competitive PCSRF funding using the federal government application process, writing and amending subcontracts with the tribes, maintaining the PCSRF database, reports to the CRITFC Commission, budget tracking by project, financial management, gathering individual progress reports and submitting comprehensive progress reports to NOAA Fisheries, coordinating the project selection process and audit compliance (see attached timeline) process. Staff will also conduct project site visits when travel is permitted to make sure projects are being implemented in a timely manner and meeting all of the compliance requirements.



The project also involves participating in all meetings of NOAA Fisheries regarding planning, implementation, region-wide coordination, and reporting of the PCSRF effort. Continued efforts also include assembling the Phase II performance measures (metrics) from all CRITFC and tribal projects required by NOAA and entering them into the PCSRF database.



CRITFC staff will meet with all tribal project managers to assist in developing spending plans/strategies for the PCSRF projects that will continue to incorporate the Wy-Kan-Ush-Mi Wa-Kish-Wit. The spending plan will clarify how the PCSRF funds will be used in a timely and efficient manner. Each spending plan will identify ways to leverage more cost-share opportunities and ensure that adequate monitoring and evaluation is incorporated in each project to demonstrate salmon restoration benefits.

The successful implementation of the 2025 PCSRF projects will benefit the Chinook, Coho, Steelhead, and Sockeye species in the Columbia Basin. Work conducted under this project will contribute to the protection, recovery, and enhancement of these species in the Columbia Basin. Although not the target of project work, other species may also benefit: Bull Trout, Pacific Lamprey, and White Sturgeon.