Educational Poster Map of the Klamath Basin Settlement Process

On behalf of the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking to create a comprehensive booklet in order to advance the public’s understanding of the various issues related to the Secretarial Determination (SD) on Klamath River dams. The educational poster map of the Klamath Basin will help give the public’s understanding of the various issues related to the SD on Klamath River dams. The poster map will help the public to foster a greater understanding of the complex water issues associated of the Klamath Basin. The map will be printed and distributed to the public and will be a major piece in the overall effort to ensure meaningful public involvement in the Secretarial Determination process, a top priority of Secretary Salazar. This process if very much driven by science and it is essential that the Service communicate the technical issues with the public in order to meet the openness and transparency goals of the Obama Administration. . Background In February 2010, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior signed the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement. Accordingly, it sets out a process whereby the Secretary of the Interior is asked to make a determination on whether four privately owned Klamath River dams should be removed. The criteria for this determination are (1) whether dam removal will benefit anadromous fish; and, (2) is dam removal in the public interest. The Secretary will make this determination by March 2012. The booklet will help the public become more fully informed about the key issues of the Klamath Basin and the SD process, which will enable meaningful public involvement. Specifically, this map will help inform the public on SD process and the overall Klamath Basin water issues. The map will depict how water is used and allocated in the Klamath Basin as well as illustrate the key points of interest Deliverables – General The cooperator will work with a point-of-contact from the federal government to ensure delivery of a final product within the deadline (9 months after cooperative agreement is awarded). The contractor shall be prepared to meet/communicate with the federal point-of-contact as much as necessary to ensure the final product meets the reasonable expectations of the federal communications team overseeing the Secretarial Determination process. The cooperator will develop a list of required material/data/maps/agency contacts and other information and provide it to the federal point-of-contact within one week of contract award. The federal point of contact will provide the cooperator with the requested information within one week of the request. The cooperator will present updates and draft versions of the poster map to the federal point-of-contact throughout the design phase and make reasonable adjustments/modifications upon request. The federal point-of-contact will ensure that edits to the poster map are received in timely and orderly way and will work with the cooperator on an editorial calendar complete with federal/state review deadlines and other milestones such as print schedule and distribution schedule. Deliverables – designing the poster mapThe cooperator shall work with the federal point of contact to design the poster map as well as the associated captions, text, photos, graphs, charts and other data. The map will be well-designed, readable, eye-catching and well organized. The cooperators shall work with the federal point of contact to determine the basic contents, design and lay out to be used for this project.The federal point of contact will work with the cooperator on supplying access to information, data, agency personnel, graphics and photos and other information so the writers/designers can be fully informed of the process and related issues. Additional Federal Deliverables – The federal point of contact will be Matthew Baun, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office, 1829 South Oregon, Street, Yreka, CA 96097. Phone: 530-842-3119. Email: matt_baun@fws.gov. The federal point of contact shall be available to the contractor immediately upon award of contract for initial planning and consultation. The federal point of contact shall provide all content to the contractor including, but is not limited to, images, graphics, text, maps, photographs, audio/video files in a timely and well organized manner. TIMELINE:Upon award of grant, the Water Education Foundation could complete work in a 9-12 month period.ESTIMATED BUDGET:a. Salariesb. Operating ExpensesUSFWS TOTAL COST$25,000.00