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Hatchery & Harvest Biometrics

Hatchery Evaluation/Planning

Water Management & Evaluation Conservation, Population & Habitat Assessment

Hatchery & Harvest Biometrics

Yuen, H. and R. Sharma. 2005. Using Simulation Techniques to Estimate Management Parameters on Snake River Steelhead: Declines in Productivity Make Rebuilding Difficult. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:446–463. Abstract

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Hatchery Evaluation/Planning

Eagle Creek Ecological Interactions: Distribution and Migration of Hatchery and Wild Steelhead
Progress Report 2006 (pdf 2.9mb)

Eagle Creek National Fish Hatchery Update 12/2007

Carson National Fish Hatchery Update 12/2007

Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery Update 12/2007

Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery Update 12/2007

Survival and contaminant analysis of juvenile spring Chinook salmon during herbicide treatment with 2,4-D and Diquat for control of noxious weeds in Drano Lake, 2006 Skamania County, Washington (pdf 4.5mb)

Comparative tag retention, clip quality, and injuries of juvenile spring Chinook salmon marked by an automated marking trailer and manual marking trailer at Warm Springs NFH

Warm Springs NFH Operational Plan and Implementation Plan 2007-2011 (pdf 910kb)

Eagle Creek Ecological Interactions: Distribution and migration of hatchery and wild steelhead and coho Progress Report 2005 (pdf 1.8mb)

Assessments to Determine the Effect of Current and Alternate Ladder on Brood Stock Collection and Behavior of Hatchery Fall Chinook Salmon At Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery during 2003-2005, August 2006

Assessments to Determine the Effect of Current and Alternate Ladder on Brood Stock Collection and Behavior of Hatchery Fall Chinook Salmon at Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery During 2004-05, August 14, 2006 (pdf 883kb)

Abundance and Microhabitat Selection of Juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss and Juvenile Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha) Within Shitake Creek, Oregon at Varying Fish Densities and Presence or Absence of Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus). Progress Report Fiscal Year 2005 and 2006 Workplan (pdf 958kb)

Annual Stock Assessment - CWT Annual Report 2004 (pdf 13.7mb)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Launches Review of Its Salmon Hatchery, News Release 8/15/05

USFWS Columbia River Basin Federal Hatchery Review Project

Pastor, S.M. 2004. An evaluation of fresh water recoveries of fish released from national fish hatcheries in the Columbia River basin, and observations of straying. Pages 87-98 in M.J. Nickum, P.M. Mazik, J.G. Nickum, and D.D. MacKinlay, editors. Propagated fish in resource management. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 44, Bethesda, Maryland.

Olson, D.E., B. Spateholts, M. Paiya, and D.E. Campton. 2004. Salmon hatcheries for the 21st century: A model at Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery. Pages 585-602 in M.J. Nickum, P.M. Mazik, J.G. Nickum, and D.D. MacKinlay, editors. Propagated fish in resource management. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 44, Bethesda, Maryland.

Distribution, Behavior, and Reproductive Success of Outplanted Hatchery Spring Chinook Salmon in Shitike Creek, OR. Progress Report for 2004 and Work Plan for 2005 (pdf 513kb)

Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan - Spring Creek NFH, February 2004 (pdf 1.8mb)
Attachments (pdf 10mb)

Eagle Creek Radio Telemetry Report, 2003

Annual Stock Assessment Report - CWT (USFWS), 2003

Distribution, Behavior, and Reproductive Success of Outplanted Hatchery Spring Chinook Salmon in Shitike Creek, 2002 Progress Report (pdf 731kb)

Distribution, Migration Behavior, Habitat Use, and Species Interactions of Fall-Released Juvenile Hatchery Spring Chinook Salmon on the Deschutes River, Oregon, 2003 Annual Report (pdf 698kb)

Distribution, Migration Behavior, Habitat Use, and Species Interactions of Fall-Released Juvenile Hatchery Spring Chinook Salmon on the Deschutes River, Oregon, 2002 Annual Report (pdf 742kb)

Hand, D. and D. Olson. 2004. Creating a Sanctuary for Wild Steelhead Trout Through Hatchery Operations. Published as part of the proceedings of the Wild Trout VIII Symposium, Yellowstone National Park.

Differential Performance of Ventral Fin Clipped and Adipose Fin Clipped/Coded-Wire Tagged Spring Chinook Salmon at Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery, Oregon

Distribution, Behavior, and Reproductive Success of Outplanted Hatchery Spring Chinook Salmon in Shitike Creek, OR , 2003 Progress Report, July 2004 (pdf 1mb)

Steelhead Returns to Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery 1978-2003

Ecological Interactions Between Hatchery and Wild Fish: Investigations Involving Warm Springs NFH (Poster)

Warm Springs NFH Update 2005

Outplanting Adult Hatchery Fish into the Stream: How Successful Is It and What are the Impacts? Poster presented at the Northwest Fish Culture Conference, 2002

Comprehensive Hatchery Management Plan - Carson National Fish Hatchery, October 2002
Plan and Attachments (pdf 4mb)

Plan Only (pdf 887kb)

Attachments Only (pdf 3.2mb)

Feasibility Study to Determine the Distribution of Juvenile Hatchery Spring Chinook Salmon in the Deschutes River and Their Potential Effect Upon the Aquatic Community Annual Report 2000

Olson, D.and B. Spateholts. 2001. Hatcheries, Harvest and Wild Fish: An Integrated Program at Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery, Oregon. Pages 23-42 in the Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Pacific Northwest Fish Culture Conference, hosted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Portland, Oregon.

Hatchery Assessment Team Poster (jpg)

Investigation of Rearing & Release Stategies Affecting Adult Production of Spring Chinook Salmon

Frequently asked questions about Hatcheries

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Water Management & Evaluation


----- Systemwide Issues -----

Gas Supersaturation Monitoring Report during Corner Collector Operation at Bonneville Dam in March, 2007 (pdf 1.7mb)

Evaluation of two release operations at Bonneville Dam on the smolt-to-adult survival of Spring Creek Naitonal Fish Hatchery fall Chinook salmon - February 1, 2008

Comparative Survival Study (CSS) of PIT-Tagged Spring/Summer Chinook and Steelhead in the Columbia River Basin. Ten-year Retrospective Summary Report. Prepared by: Comparative Survival Study Oversight Committee and Fish Passage Center.
Main Report (pdf 4.9mb)
Comments and Responses. Appendices G and H (pdf 2.9mb)

Schaller H. and C. Petrosky. 2007. Assessing Hydrosystem Influence on Delayed Mortality of Snake River Stream-Type Chinook Salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:810–824.

Gas Supersaturation Monitoring Report during Corner Collector Operation and Spill at Bonneville Dam March 3-7, 2006 (pdf 1.8mb)

Gas Supersaturation Monitoring Report during Corner Collector Operation and Spill at Bonneville Dam March 2-5, 2005 (pdf 1.8mb)

Gas Supersaturation Monitoring Report for Spill Below Bonneville Dam March 2-6 and March 11-15, 2004 (pdf 1.3mb)

Gas Supersaturation Monitoring Report for Spill Below Bonneville Dam March 10-12, 2003

Gas Supersaturation Monitoring Report for Spill Below Bonneville Dam March 2002 (pdf 2.3mb)

Gas Supersaturation Monitoring Report for Spill Below Bonneville Dam March 2001(pdf 3.8mb)

Gas Supersaturation Monitoring Report for Spill Below Bonneville Dam March 2000 (pdf 582kb)

Monitoring Report for March 18-28, 1999 Bonneville Dam Spill (pdf 821kb)

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----- Mainstem Management/Physical Attributes -----

Powerpoint Presentation, Effects of Hydropower Operations on Fall Chinook Salmon Habitat in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, presented October 11, 2006 at the National Assembly of Service Hydrologists, USFWS, Southern Nevado Field Office (pdf 8.2mb)

Final Report, August 10, 2006 - Effects of Hydropower Operations on Spawning Habitat, Rearing Habitat and Stranding/Entrapment Mortality of Fall Chinook Salmon in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River (pdf 13.8mb)

Tiffen K.F., D.W. Rondorf, and J.J. Skalicky. 2005. Diel Spawning of Chum Salmon in the Columbia River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 2005;134:892–900. Abstract

Tiffen K.F., D.W. Rondorf, and J.J. Skalicky. 2004. Imaging Fall Chinook Salmon Redds in the Columbia River with a Dual-Frequency Identification Sonar. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:1421–1426. Abstract

Fact Sheet 04/15/05- Effects of Hydropower Operations on Spawning Habitat, Rearing Habitat and Stranding/Entrapment Mortality of Fall Chinook Salmon in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River (pdf 509kb)

Q & A 04/15/05 - Q & A Cooperative Study of Stream-flow Variations on Fall Chinook in the Hanford Reach Area of the Columbia River

Powerpoint Presentation - Hanford Reach Briefing 04/15/05 (pdf 6.3mb)

Salmon Stranding in the Hanford Reach, newsclipping from Tri-City Herald, November 3, 2003 (pdf 5.1mb)

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----- Bull Trout/Passage -----

Bull Trout Distribution, Movements and Habitat Use in the Walla Walla and Umatilla River Basins 2004 Annual Progress Report (pdf 6.4mb)

Current Status of Bull Trout Abundance, Connectivity, and Habitat Conditions in the Walla Walla Basin 2007 Update (pdf 2.4mb)

Al-Chokhachy, R. and P. Budy. 2005. Understanding the Significance of Redd Counts: a Comparison between Two Methods for Estimating the Abundance of and Monitoring Bull Trout Populations. North American Journal of fisheries Management 25:1505-1512.

Walla Walla Bull Trout Population Assessment and Physical Habitat Suitability Study - Outreach Statement

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Conservation, Population & Habitat Assessment


----- Conservation Biometrics -----

Wilson, P. H. 2003. Using Population Projection Matrices to Evaluate Recovery Strategies for Snake River Spring and Summer Chinook Salmon. Conservation Biology 17: 782-794. Abstract

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----- Recovery Assessment/Planning -----

The Bull Trout Recovery Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Group (RMEG), December 2007

Bull Trout Workshop (2001)

Listing and Recovery Planning for Bull Trout

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----- Native Trout -----

Movements of Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Onchorhynchus clarki clarki) in the Lower Columbia River: Tributary, Mainstem and Estuary Use, March 2008 (pdf 1.2mb)

Coastal Cutthroat Trout Symposium: Biology, Status, Management, and Conservation - 2005

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----- Non-Salmonid -----

Tryon Creek Habitat Restoration Monitoring powerpoint Feb 2008 (pdf 1.2mb)

Pacific Lamprey Experience(information and coloring book) (pdf 10mb)
        Front Cover (pdf 1.5mb)
        Credits and Words to Know (pdf 2mb)
        Introduction (pdf 1.6mb)
        Word Search (pdf 944kb)
        Anatomy (pdf 2.5mb)
         Life Cycle part 1(pdf 3.6mb)
        Life Cycle part 2 (pdf 2.9mb)
        Maze (pdf 977kb)
        Cultural Significance (pdf 2.5mb)
        Reasons for Decline and Word Scramble (pdf 938kb)
        Importance of Pacific Lamprey
        Crossword Puzzle (pdf 1.4mb)
        Lamprey Research (pdf 785kb)
        Back Cover (pdf 1.6mb)

Tryon Creek Restoration Monitoring Project 2005-2007 Progress Report

Stone J. 2006. Observations on Nest Characteristics, Spawning Habitat, and Spawning Behavior of Pacific and Western Brook Lamprey in a Washigton Stream. Northwestern Naturalist 87:225-232.

Habitat Use and Population Dynamics of Lampreys in Cedar Creek
2005 Annual Report
2004 Annual Report
2003 Annual Report
2002 Annual Report
2001 Annual Report
2000 Annual Report

Lamprey Life Cycle Poster

Pictorial description of the Spawning Behavior of Pacific Lamprey

Stone, J., S. Barndt and M. Gangloff. 2004. Spatial distribution and habitat use of the western pearlshell mussel (Margaritifera falcata) in a western Washington stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19(3): 341-352.

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----- Salmon/Steelhead -----

Budy, P. and H. Schaller. 2007. Evaluating Tributary Restoration Potential for Pacific Salmon Recovery. Ecological Applications, 17(4), pp. 1068-1086.

McHugh, P., P. Budy, and H. Schaller. 2004. A Model-Based Assessment of the Potential Response of Snake River Spring-Summer Chinook Salmon to Habitat Improvements. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:622–638.

Determinates of Gibbons Creek Watershed Condition and Health: 1997 - 1999 (August 2003) (pdf 778kb)

Barndt S., J. Stone. 2003. Infestation of Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) in Wild Coho Salmon, Steelhead, and Coastal Cutthroat Trout Juveniles in a
Small Columbia River Tributary. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:1027-1032. Abstract

McHugh, P. and P. Budy. 2002. Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Habitat Feasibility Study. Annual Report 2001. (1.6 mb )

Budy, P., G.P. Thiede, N. Bouwes, C.E. Petrosky, and H. Schaller. 2002. Evidence Linking Delayed Mortality of Snake River Salmon to Their Earlier Hydrosystem Experience. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:35-51.

Petrosky, C.E., H.A. Schaller, and P. Budy. 2001. Productivity and survival rate trends in the freshwater spawning and rearing stage of Snake River chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58: 1196-1206.

Budy, P. Analytical approaches to assessing recovery options for Snake River chinook salmon. UTCFWRU 2001(1): 1-86.  (pdf 1.4mb)

Schaller, H.A., C.E. Petrosky, and O.P. Langness. 2000. Reply to Zabel and Williams' comments on "Contrasting patterns of productivity and survival rates for stream-type chinook salmon (Onchorynchus tshawytscha) populations of the Snake and Columbia rivers" by Schaller et al. (1999).  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57: 1742-1746. (pdf 540kb)

Schaller, H.A., Petrosky, C.E., and Langness, O.P. 1999. Contrasting patterns of productivity and survival rates for stream- type chinook salmon (Onchorynchus tshawytscha) populations of the Snake and Columbia rivers. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 56: 1031-1045.

A technical review of the National Marine Fisheries Service Leslie matrix model of Snake River spring and summer chinook populations (pdf 744kb)

State, Tribal, and USFWS response to the transportation conclusions in NMFS' Anadromous Fish Appendix

Delayed Mortality of Transported Snake River Fish  (Text and Schematic Diagram)

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