Klickitat and White Salmon Rivers (Columbia Gorge) Fisheries and Watershed Science Conference

Columbia Gorge
Fisheries and Watershed Science Conference
April 18, 2017
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

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

AGENDA

Jeremy Takala, Rock Creek Band and Yakama Nation Fisheries	*Invocation*
Bill Sharp, Yakama Nation Fisheries	Opening Comments
Charles Hudson, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Randy Settler and Debra Whitefoot, Yakama Nation Housing Authority; Phil Chang, Office of Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley	Replacing Long-lost Tribal Housing along the Columbia River: Recent Federal and Congressional Action	Abstract
Brett VandenHeuvel, Columbia Riverkeeper	Oil-by-Train: Crude Oil Shipments through the Columbia Gorge	Abstract
Bob Schwarz, Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality	Mosier Oil Train Derailment and Clean-up	Abstract
Laura Potash, The Nature Conservancy	Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative: Promoting Ecosystem Health and Natural Functions of the Eastern Cascades Landscape	Abstract
Lucius Caldwell, PhD, Cramer Fish Sciences	Thermal Benefits of Habitat Restoration	Abstract
David Lindley, Yakama Nation Fisheries	Recent Watershed Enhancement Projects in the Klickitat Subbasin	Abstract
Darcy Saiget, USFS Mt. Hood National Forest	Collaboration with Private and Tribal Partners-- Continuing Restoration on a Key Reach of the West Fork Hood River	Abstract
Joe Zendt, Yakama Nation Fisheries	Characterizing Steelhead Spawning Patterns in the Klickitat River - New Results from Radio Telemetry and Genetic Investigations	Abstract
Kellie Carmin, PhD, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation	Environmental DNA Applications for Fisheries Conservation and Management	Abstract
Ian Jezorek, USGS Columbia River Research Lab	Fish Field of Dreams: If You Blow It Up, Will They Come? Juvenile Salmonids in the White Salmon River Following Dam Removal	Abstract
Phil Simpson, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife	A Preliminary Summary of Ecological Effects and Fisheries Management Considerations Associated with the Removal of Powerdale Dam (Hood River, OR)	Abstract
Tyler Beals, Yakama Nation Fisheries	Pacific Lamprey: Keeping the 450 Million-Year Tradition Alive and Strong in the Columbia Basin	Abstract
Elaine Harvey, Yakama Nation Fisheries	Steelhead Populations, Movement, and Habitat Use in Rock Creek (Klickitat County)	Abstract
Oregon Public Broadcasting EarthFix video	“Lyle Falls: Tribal Fishing Tradition Runs Deep”