Klickitat and White Salmon Rivers (Columbia Gorge)
Fisheries and Watershed Science Conference
April 15, 2014
8:45 AM  – 4:15 PM

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

AGENDA

Jeremy Takala,
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Invocation
Bill Sharp,
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Opening Comments
Paul Lumley,
Executive Director
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Working Together to Bring
Back the Salmon
Abstract

Kyle Dittmer,
Hydrologist-Meteorologist
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Climate Change on Columbia Basin Tribal
Lands: Past-Present-Future

Abstract
Rose Longoria,
Regional Superfund Project Coordinator
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Hazardous Waste Sites along the
Columbia River, Yakama Nation's Work
to Identify and Prioritize Sites
Abstract
Dave Farrer,
Public Health Toxicologist &
Rebecca Hillwig,
Environmental Health Specialist
Oregon Health Authority--Public Health Division

Fish Consumption Advisories, Bradford
Island and Mid-Columbia Case Studies
Abstract
 
BREAK
  
Thomas Buehrens,
Research Scientist
Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
Life cycle monitoring of Wind River, WA
steelhead to detect population responses to
Hemlock Dam removal
Ian Jezorek,
Fisheries Biologist
USGS Columbia River
Research Lab
Life history diversity of steelhead parr in
the Wind River, WA, as revealed by PIT
tagging, instream PIT-tag detection,
and trapping

Abstract
Shane Keep,
Fisheries Biologist
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Wapyash: An introduction and overview
of the Lyle Falls Fishway & Research
Facility, and current studies underway

 

Abstract
Jeff Jolley,
Fish Biologist
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Occupancy and habitat use by larval
lamprey in Bonneville and The Dalles
pools and overview of standard
sampling methods

Abstract
Jon Hess,
Geneticist
Columbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission
Use of genotyping-by-sequencing data to
develop a high-throughput and multifunctional
set of genetic markers
for conservation applications
in Pacific lamprey
Abstract
 

LUNCH
“Condit Dam - There was a dam here”
a PacifiCorp Production (video)

Jill Hardiman,
Fisheries Biologist
USGS Columbia River
Research Lab
Salmon Habitat Assessment for
Conservation Planning on the Lower
White Salmon River

Abstract

Jeremy Wilson,
Fish and Wildlife Biologist 3
Washington Dept.
of Fish & Wildlife
2013 Adult Chinook VSP Monitoring in
the White Salmon – A Comparison of
Abundance Estimation Methodologies
 Abstract
Jeanette Burkhardt,
Watershed Planner
Yakama Nation Fisheries
&
Katrina Strathmann,
Restoration Ecologist
Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group
A Native Plant Restoration Project on the
Former Condit Reservoir,
White Salmon River
Abstract
Joshua Chenoweth,
Restoration Botanist
Olympic National Park
Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project:
Plant Colonization and Establishment of
the Dewatered Reservoirs
after 2-3 Growing Seasons
Abstract
 
BREAK

David Lindley,
Habitat Specialist
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Development of a Customized Software
Application to Increase Project Efficiency

Abstract
Gardner Johnston,
Watershed Hydrologist
Inter-Fluve Inc.
Habitat Assessment and Prioritization of
Actions on the Columbia Mainstem
Abstract
Richard Visser,
Habitat Restoration Biologist
US Fish & Wildlife Service
US Fish & Wildlife Service Funding
Programs and Application Process
Abstract
Wrap-Up