| Proposal title | Evaluation of Juvenile Fall Chinook Stranding on the Hanford Reach |
| Proposal ID | 199701400 |
| Organization | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
| Name | Paul Wagner |
| Mailing address | 3030 W Clearwater, Suite 115 Kennewick, WA 99336 |
| Phone / email | 5097347101 / [email protected] |
| Manager authorizing this project | Paul Wagner |
| Review cycle | FY 2001 Ongoing |
| Province / Subbasin | Columbia Plateau / Mainstem Columbia |
| Short description | Estimate the number of rearing wild juvenile upriver bright fall chinook killed or placed at risk in a 17 mile section of the Hanford Reach during the implementation period for the year 2001 Special Operation Plan for the Priest Rapids Project. |
| Target species | |
| Year | Accomplishment |
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| 1997 |
Pilot Evaluation - Observations/verification of fall chinook fry and resident fish stranding in the Hanford Reach. |
| 1997 |
Development of benthic macroinvertebrate assessment plan (University of Idaho, Streamside Consultants subcontracts) |
| 1997 |
Completion of Unsteady Flow Model for the Hanford Reach (PNNL subcontract) |
| 1998 |
Field work to collect basic information pertaining to the physical and biological aspects of chinook and resident fish stranding/entrapment in the Hanford Reach - used as a guide to 1999 Special Operation Plan development. |
| 1998 |
First year of benthic macroinvertebrate assessment (determination of colonization variability, artificial substrate type and sample site selection University of Idaho, Streamside Programs Consultant subcontract). |
| 1998 |
Collection of Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne LIDAR Survey (COE subcontract) detailed bathymetry data for 17 miles of the Hanford Reach (cost share with USGS/BRD fall chinook project). |
| 1998 |
Conduct laboratory assessment of physiological and behavioral impacts of juvenile fall chinook exposure to warm water and temperature gradients within entrapments (USGS/BRD subcontract) |
| 1998 |
Formation of Hanford Technical and Policy Groups (representatives from all affected tribal, hydro, and fish manager parties) to oversee and guide direction of the study |
| 1999 |
Completion of temperature tolerance laboratory work |
| 1999 |
Completion of benthic macroinvertebrate field assessment and laboratory work |
| 1999 |
Technical and Policy Groups development of a Special Operations Plan for the Priest Rapids Project to minimize chinook stranding |
| 1999 |
Completion of first year assessment of Special Operation Plan |
| 1999 |
Integration of Unsteady Flow Model, detailed bathymetry (SHOALS) data, and Priest Rapids discharge data into a GIS to develop assessment plan and to assess results of Special Operation Plan |
| 2000 |
Complete resident fish assessment (ongoing) |
| 2000 |
Complete susceptibility model (ongoing) |
| 2000 |
Modify Special Operations Plan for the Priest Rapids Project to minimize stranding. |
| 2000 |
Assess modified Special Operation Plan (ongoing). |
Finalization of Special Operation Plan for the Priest Rapids project was expected to be completed in FY00 and the Hanford Evaluation was expected to be scaled down to a simple monitoring effort by FY2001. Full field assessment of a modified operations plan for Priest Rapids Dam will be continued until acceptable for long term agreement by all affected parties.
Scope of work remains unchanged. Field evaluation time period has been extended.
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Finalization of Special Operation Plan for the Priest Rapids project was expected to be completed in FY00 and the Hanford Evaluation was expected to be scaled down to a simple monitoring effort by FY2001. Full field assessment of a modified operations plan for Priest Rapids Dam will be continued until acceptable for long term agreement by all affected parties.