FY 2001 Ongoing proposal 199202604

Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary

Reviews and Recommendations

Additional documents

Title	Type

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Investigate Early Life History of Spring Chinook Salmon and Summer Steelhead in the Grande Ronde River Basin
Proposal ID	199202604
Organization	Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Richard W. Carmichael
Mailing address	211 Inlow Hall, One University Blvd. La Grande, OR 97850
Phone / email	5419623777 / [email protected]
Manager authorizing this project	Richard W. Carmichael
Review cycle	FY 2001 Ongoing
Province / Subbasin	Blue Mountain / Grande Ronde
Short description	Investigate the abundance, migration patterns, survival, and alternate life history strategies exhibited by spring chinook salmon and summer steelhead from distinct populations in the Grande Ronde and Imnaha River basins.
Target species

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1994	Deployed rotary screw traps at sites in the Grande Ronde River below upper rearing areas and below Grande Ronde valley. Allowed us to estimate chinook salmon smolt production and describe fall and spring, in-basin migration patterns.
1994	PIT tagged juvenile salmon and obtained recapture data from mainstem dams. Compared detection rates between fish that migrate from rearing areas in spring and fall.
1994	Presentation to Grande Ronde Model Watershed Board of Directors.
1994	Completed annual progress report.
1995	Maintained Grande Ronde traps and deployed screw trap in Catherine Creek. Allowed us to estimate chinook salmon smolt production, describe fall and spring, in-basin migration patterns, and compare among tributary populations.
1995	PIT tagged juvenile salmon in Catherine Creek and upper Grande Ronde River and obtained recapture data from mainstem dams. Compared detection rates between fish that migrate from rearing areas in spring and fall and among tributary populations.
1995	Determined nighttime snorkeling to be most effective method for locating juvenile salmon in winter. Juvenile salmon were found in greatest abundance in pool habitats during both summer and winter surveys.
1995	Presentation at BPA review.
1995	Completed annual progress report.
1996	Maintained Grande Ronde and Catherine Creek traps. Allowed us to estimate chinook salmon smolt production, describe fall and spring, in-basin migration patterns, and compare among tributary populations.
1996	PIT tagged juvenile salmon in Catherine Creek and upper Grande Ronde River and obtained recapture data from mainstem dams. Compared detection rates between fish that migrate from rearing areas in spring and fall and among tributary populations.
1996	Conducted summer and winter habitat surveys for juvenile chinook salmon. Juvenile salmon were found in greatest abundance in pool habitats during both summer and winter surveys.
1996	Presentation to Northeast Oregon regional managers at ODFW Research Review.
1996	Presentation at Oregon Chapter American Fisheries Society annual meeting.
1996	Completed annual progress report.
1997	Established a field office for Wallowa River life history study.
1997	Maintained Grande Ronde River and Catherine Creek traps. Deployed two traps in the Wallowa River and one in the Lostine River. We estimated smolt production, described fall and spring, in-basin migration patterns, and compared among tributary populations.
1997	PIT tagged juvenile salmon in Grande Ronde and Lostine rivers and Catherine Creek and obtained recapture data from mainstem dams. Compared detection rates between fish that migrate from rearing areas in spring and fall and among tributary populations.
1997	Conducted summer and winter habitat surveys for juvenile chinook salmon. Juvenile salmon were found in greatest abundance in pool habitats during both summer and winter surveys.
1997	Presentation at CBFWA Fish and Wildlife Program review.
1997	Completed annual progress report.
1998	Maintained Grande Ronde, Wallowa, and Lostine River and Catherine Creek traps. We estimated chinook salmon smolt production, described fall and spring, in-basin migration patterns, and compared among tributary populations.
1998	PIT tagged juvenile salmon in Grande Ronde and Lostine rivers and Catherine Creek and obtained recapture data from mainstem dams. Compared detection rates between fish that migrate from rearing areas in spring and fall and among tributary populations.
1998	Conducted summer and winter habitat surveys for juvenile chinook salmon. Juvenile salmon were found in greatest abundance in pool habitats during both summer and winter surveys.
1998	PIT tagged chinook salmon parr in summer from Catherine Creek, Minam and Imnaha rivers and obtained detection data from mainstem dams. Compared detection rates and migration timing among tributary populations.
1998	Determined late summer abundance of immature and mature chinook salmon parr in Catherine Creek and Lostine River and estimated number of age 0 and age 1 parr produced per redd for each stream.
1998	Completed annual progress report.
1999	Maintained Grande Ronde, Wallowa, and Lostine River and Catherine Creek traps. We estimated chinook salmon smolt production, described fall and spring, in-basin migration patterns, and compared among tributary populations.
1999	PIT tagged juvenile salmon in Grande Ronde and Lostine rivers and Catherine Creek and obtained recapture data from mainstem dams. Compared detection rates between fish that migrate from rearing areas in spring and fall and among tributary populations.
1999	Conducted summer and winter habitat surveys for juvenile chinook salmon in Lostine River. Juvenile salmon were found in greatest abundance in pool habitats during both summer and winter surveys.
1999	PIT tagged chinook salmon parr in summer from Catherine Creek, Lostine, Minam and Imnaha rivers and obtained detection data from mainstem dams. Compared detection rates and migration timing among tributary populations.
1999	Determined late summer abundance of immature and mature chinook salmon parr in Catherine Creek and Lostine River and estimated number of age 0 and age 1 parr produced per redd for each stream.

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost
1. Document the in-basin migration patterns for spring chinook salmon juveniles in the upper Grande Ronde River, Catherine Creek, Minam River and the Lostine River tributary populations, including abundance of migrants, migration timing and duration.	a. Collect and enumerate juvenile spring chinook salmon migrants by operating rotary screw traps at selected trapping sites. The traps will be operated year round if possible and will only be removed if low flows or ice prevent operations.	12	$155,574
1.	b. Estimate the number of juvenile chinook salmon migrating from rearing areas based on number of chinook salmon collected in the traps, trap efficiencies, and mortality estimates associated with the marking procedure.	12	$38,894
2. Estimate and compare smolt detection rates at mainstem Columbia and Snake River dams for fall and spring migrating spring chinook salmon from tributary populations in the upper Grande Ronde River, Catherine Creek, Minam River and the Lostine River	a. PIT-tag approximately 500 fall and spring migrating spring chinook salmon juveniles at rearing area traps that were not previously tagged and create a PIT tag data base for tagged fish.	12	$24,185
2.	b. Collect and PIT-tag approximately 500 winter resident parr from rearing areas above the screw traps on the upper Grande Ronde River, Catherine Creek, and the Lostine River.	12	$32,770
2.	c. Determine mainstem dam detection rates for fall, winter, and spring tagged fish, and compare detection rates between groups. Derive estimates of overwinter mortality, success of fall migration, and the relative success of fall and spring migrants.	12	$4,862
3. Estimate and compare smolt detection rates at mainstem Columbia and Snake River dams for spring chinook salmon migrants from four local, natural populations in the Grande Ronde and Imnaha River basins.	a. Collect and PIT-tag 500 juvenile chinook salmon from Catherine Creek and the Lostine River and 1,000 juveniles from the Minam and Imnaha rivers in August and September. Locate juveniles by snorkeling and collect fish with seines.	10	$61,755
3.	b. Determine mainstem dam detection rates for salmon tagged in summer as parr and compare detection rates between populations.	10	$6,062
4. Document the annual migration patterns for spring chinook salmon juveniles from four local, natural populations in the Grande Ronde and Imnaha River basins.	a. Plot the number of PIT tagged fish migrating over time for spring chinook from each population. Compare the migration timing to Lower Granite Dam between populations.	10	$10,103
5. Determine survival to parr stage for spring chinook salmon in two local, natural populations in the Grande Ronde River Basin.	a. Use mark-recapture methodology to estimate the total abundance of parr in summer in Catherine Creek and the Lostine River.	8	$54,555
5.	b. Estimate survival by life stage using summer parr abundance estimates combined with smolt abundance and adult escapement data from an ongoing related study.	8	$6,062
6. Investigate the significance of alternative life history strategies of spring chinook salmon in two local populations in the Grande Ronde River Basin.	a. Estimate the total abundance in late summer of precocious males and immature salmon that remain in streams past their second spring and determine what portion of the population exhibits this alternate life history strategy.	8	$5,051
6.	b. Estimate the number of two year old smolts that out-migrate past the mainstem Snake and Columbia River dams.	8	$5,051
7. Document patterns of movement for juvenile O. mykiss from tributary populations in Catherine Creek, the upper Grande Ronde, Minam, and the Lostine River. Include data on migration timing, duration, and smolt abundance.	a. Collect and enumerate juvenile O. mykiss migrants by operating rotary screw traps at selected trapping sites. The traps will be operated year round if possible and will only be removed if low flows or ice prevent operations.	12	$155,574
7.	b. Estimate the number of juvenile O. mykiss migrating from rearing areas based on number of O. mykiss collected in the traps, trap efficiencies, and mortality estimates associated with the marking procedure.	12	$38,894
8. Estimate and compare smolt detection rates at mainstem Columbia and Snake River dams for summer steelhead from the populations in Catherine Creek, the upper Grande Ronde, Minam and the Lostine rivers.	a. PIT-tag approximately 500 spring migrating steelhead smolts at rearing area traps that were not previously tagged and create a PIT tag data base for tagged fish.	12	$32,025
8.	b. Determine mainstem dam detection rates for steelhead smolts from each of the populations tagged.	12	$6,806
9. Evaluate methods to estimate the proportion of O. mykiss captured during fall trapping that migrate out of rearing areas in Catherine Creek, the upper Grande Ronde, Minam, and the Lostine rivers to undertake a smolt migration the following spring.	a. PIT-tag up to 1000 juvenile O. mykiss collected at each rearing area trap during fall and create a PIT tag data base for tagged fish.	12	$22,727
9.	b. Use recapture data from in-basin traps, collection efficiencies, and mainstem dam detections to estimate the minimum number of smolts that leave tributary rearing areas in fall.	12	$1,459
10. Describe the population characteristics of the juvenile O. mykiss population in Catherine Creek during summer.	a. Identify the limits and distribution of O. mykiss parr in Catherine Creek during summer. Use mark-recapture methodology to estimate the abundance of O. mykiss parr.	8	$38,770
10.	b. Collect and read scale samples from O. mykiss parr to determine parr age structure.	8	$24,244

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2002	FY 2003
$839,768	$881,756	$761,694	$799,779

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2001 cost
Personnel	FTE: 11.5	$323,877
Fringe		$130,331
Supplies		$44,100
Travel		$45,312
Indirect		$144,603
PIT tags	# of tags: 15,500	$37,200
		$725,423

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2001 cost	$725,423
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2001 budget request	$725,423
FY 2001 forecast from 2000	$821,545
% change from forecast	-11.7%

Reason for change in estimated budget

Previous budgets included contract work with Oregon State University which was completed in FY 2000.

Reason for change in scope

Contract work with Oregon State University was completed in FY 2000.

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Ongoing Funding: yes; New Funding: no

Date:
Jul 14, 2000

Comment:

The previous budgets included contract work with Oregon State University that was completed in FY 2000. Therefore, there is a decrease from the FY 2001 projected budget. The increases from FY 2000 are due to COLAs.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 13, 2000

Comment:

REVIEW:
NW Power and Conservation Council's FY 2006 Project Funding Review

Funding category:
expense

Date:
May 2005

FY05 NPCC start of year:	FY06 NPCC staff preliminary:	FY06 NPCC July draft start of year:
$949,504	$949,504	$949,504

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website