2011 Klickitat and White Salmon Rivers (Columbia Gorge)

Fisheries and Watershed Science Conference

March 15, 2011

8:45 AM  – 4:15 PM

Presentations and abstracts can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding link (in Adobe .pdf format).

AGENDA 

Chief Washines, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission  

Invocation

 

Bill Sharp,

Yakama Nation Fisheries

 

Opening Comments

 

Andrew Fountain, PhD,

Portland State University

Twentieth Century Glacier Change

on Mount Adams

Abstract

Tom Ring,

Yakama Nation Water Resources

 

Ground Water – Columbia River Basalts – Lessons Learned from Yakima Basin

17-year USGS Study

Abstract

Todd Olson,

PacifiCorp Energy

 

Hydro Decommissioning: Status of Condit and Results from Powerdale Dam

Abstract

Bill Sharp,

Yakama Nation Fisheries

 

Klickitat Subbasin Fish Passage Facility -  Improvements to Support Hatchery Reform Efforts

 

Abstract

 

BREAK

 

 

Patricia Madson,

US Army Corps of Engineers

 

 

Avian Consumption of Juvenile Salmonids at John Day and The Dalles Dams on the Columbia River in 2010

 

Abstract

Mike Langeslay,

US Army Corps of Engineers

 

Improving Fish
Survival at The Dalles Dam: 
The Other Great Wall

 

Abstract

Jeffrey C. Jolley, PhD,

US Fish & Wildlife Service

Occupancy, Detection, and Habitat Use of Larval Pacific Lamprey in Large River Habits of the Columbia River Basin

Abstract

Jens C. Lovtang,
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

Deschutes River Anadromous Fisheries Reintroduction - Pelton Round Butte Underwater Tower & Fish Collection Facility

Abstract

Roy Slayton/Les Perkins,

Farmers Conservation Alliance  

Implementing Fish Screen Projects on Glacially Fed and High-Gradient River Systems

Abstract

 

 

LUNCH

 

Joe Zendt/Shane Keep,

Yakama Nation Fisheries

Klickitat M&E Overview, Run Size Updates, and Preliminary Radio Telemetry Results

Abstract

Jon Hess,

Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

 

Hatchery Practices Led to Introgressive Hybridization
between Major Columbia River Chinook Salmon Lineages within the Klickitat River Subbasin

Abstract

Will Conley,

Yakama Nation Fisheries

 

 

Restoring Klickitat River Floodplain Connectivity - Technical Considerations and Challenges

Abstract

Ian Sinks,

Columbia Land Trust

 

 

Restoring Klickitat River Floodplain Connectivity - Collaboration, Management, and Coordination

Abstract

 

BREAK

 

 

David Lindley,

Yakama Nation Fisheries

 

 

Habitat Enhancement Effectiveness Monitoring in the Klickitat Subbasin

 

Abstract

Brady Allen,

US Geological Service

Buck Creek Fish Population and Habitat Analysis in Preparation for the Re-colonization by Anadromous Salmonids

 

Abstract

Emily Plummer/ Adrianne Zuckerman,

Underwood Conservation District

 

From Stream Walks to Restoration: UCD White Salmon River Fish Passage Inventory

Abstract

 

Wrap-Up