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“Supplementation is the use of artificial propagation in an attempt to maintain or increase natural production while maintaining the long term fitness of the target population, and keeping ecological and genetic impacts on nontarget populations within specified biological limits.”

Ecological Risk Assessment

Supplementation Chronology

Yakima Program

NTT Risk Containment Process

Containment Objectives

Detection Strategies

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Outline of Results to Date

Monitoring Prescription Abundance

Monitoring Prescription Size

Density Dependent Growth

Length-Weight Relationship

Mean fork length of RBT above and below Clark Flats Acclimation Site

Difference in Length of Rainbow Trout in Treatment vs Reference Tributary Streams

Monitoring Prescription Distribution

Monitoring Status