Fish & wildlife Independent science ISRP documents ISRP document 2002-2

Responses to ISRP comments on projects in Columbia Cascade, Estuary, Lower Columbia, Middle and Upper Snake provinces

March 22, 2002  |  contact Erik Merrill for more information

Project (click ID for full proposal) Responses to ISRP comments (most in Word format)
Province: Columbia Cascade
29001 Evaluation of 1872 Water Rights to Supplement Flows Between Basins Response
29002 Conjunctive Use and River Enhancement (CURE) for Habitat Improvement in the Upper Methow River Response
Letter in opposition from Okanogan County Farm Bureau
Letter in opposition from Okanogan Wilderness League
Letter in opposition from Okanogan Wilderness League
29003 Acquire Property for Partial Wildlife mitigation Response
29005 Validate Occurrence and Assess Abundance of Wildlife Species Response
29006 Supplement Spring Chinook in Early Winters Creek Response
Attachment A. Acclimation of Steelhead and Chinook
Letter in opposition from Okanogan Wilderness League
Letter in opposition from Okanogan Wilderness League
29007 Okanogan Kelt Reconditioning Response
Resume - Fleming
Resume - Wagner
29008 Adult Passage Counting and Trapping at Zosel Dam Response
Resume - Fleming
Resume - Wagner
29009 Acquire Dole-Beebe Property and Associated Water Rights Response
Letter of support
29010 Restore Passage on Private Lands in Beaver Creek Drainage to Benefit Spring Chinook, Steelhead and Bulltrout Response
Letter in opposition from Okanogan Wilderness League
29012 Replace Rockview Diversion with Groundwater Withdrawal and Restore Instream Habitat Response
29013 Acquire Land Adjacent to Chiliwist Creek and Develop Summer Chinook and Summer Steelhead Acclimation Pond Response
29014 The Effects of Impoundment on Fish and Amphibian Habitat Use in Eastern Washington Response
29017 Prepare a Master Plan for Protecting and Restoring Salmon Habitat in Okanagan River Response
Revised proposal
29018 Analyze ground-water and surface-water exchanges influencing anadromous salmonid habitat in the Methow River and its major tributaries Response
29021 Develop a Physical Processes Method (PPM) to Supplement Habitat Conditions Analysis and Subbasin Planning Response
Letter of support - Corps of Engineers
29023 Restoration/Protection of Kartar Creek In-stream, riparian, and Wetland Habitats Response
29025 COLUMBIA CASCADE PROVINCE PUMP SCREENING Response
29026 HANAN-DETWILER PASSAGE IMPROVEMENTS Response
29027 COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY AND PRIORITIZATION OF FISH PASSAGE AND SCREENING PROBLEMS IN THE WENATCHEE AND ENTIAT SUBBASINS Response
29028 FABRICATE AND INSTALL THREE NEW FISH SCREENS ON WENATCHEE RIVER DIVERSIONS Response
29029 Perform Range Forage Inventory for Large Ungulates Response
29030 Early life history and survival of spring chinook salmon and steelhead in the Methow River Basin Response
29031 Out Year Operations and Maintenance Costs Required to Implement/Carry out MVID Rehabilitation Project Response
Letter in opposition from Okanogan Wilderness League
29032 Okanogan Basin Water Strategy Development and Pilot Projects Response
29033 Design and Conduct Monitoring and Evaluation Associated With Reestablishment of Okanogan Basin Natural Production Response
M&E plan
29034 Life History Study of Salmonid Rearing In The Upper Methow River Response
Budget
29035 Okanogan River Riparian and Upland Fish and Wildlife Habitat Acquisition Response
29038 Supplement Summer Steelhead Eightmile Creek/Chewuch River Response
Attachment A. Acclimation of Steelhead and Chinook
Letter in opposition from Okanogan Wilderness League
Letter in opposition from Okanogan Wilderness League
29039 The effects of fine sediment on the hyporheic zone: monitoring and evaluating the influence of hyporheic exchange flows on stream temperature. Response
29040 OK-11 Develop and propagate local Okanogan River Summer/Fall Chinook Response
29042 Selective fish collection and harvesting gear Response
29043 SSHIAP - Columbia Cascade Province Response
29044 Protecting Habitat on Private Lands in the Methow Watershed Response
29046 Develop a Coordinated Resource Management Plan for Beaver Creek and plan and implement habitat restoration activities Response
Technical appendix
Streamflow monitoring plan
29050 Phase I Okanogan River Spring Chinook Production Response
29051 Develop Local Okanogan River Steelhead Brood Stock Response
29053 Icicle/Wenatchee Habitat Acquisition Response
Revised proposal
Map 1
Map 2 (6mb file)
Map 3 (5mb file)
29054 Stream Gaging Installation and Operations Response
29055 Columbia Cascade Water Rights Acquisition Response
199604000 Evaluate The Feasibility And Risks Of Coho Reintroduction In Mid-Columbia Response
199604200 Restore and Enhance Anadromous Fish Populations and Habitat in Salmon Creek Response
Letter of support from Okanogan Irrigation District
199609400 Increase sharp-tailed grouse and mule deer populations and enhance shrubsteppe/riparian habitats on the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area Response
200000100 Improvement of Anadromous Fish Habitat and Passage in Omak Creek Response
200000200 Final Phase of the Chumstick Culvert Replacement and Habitat Restoration Enhancement Response
Chumstick culverts map
Province: Columbia Estuary
30001 Historic habitat opportunities and food-web linkages of juvenile salmon in the Columbia River estuary: Implications for managing flows and restoration Response
30002 Optimization of FCRPS Impacts on Juvenile Salmonids: Restoration of Lower-Estuary and Plume Habitats Response
Figures
30004 Blind Slough Restoration Project - Brownsmead, Oregon Response
30005 Grays River Watershed and Biological Assessment Response
M&E plan (3mb file)
Appendix 2. Water characteristics to be evaluated prior to siting salmon recovery projects
Lower Columbia River Chum Salmon Recovery Project HGMP
30006 Effectiveness monitoring of the Chinook River estuary restoration project Response
30007 An Acoustic Tracking Array for Studying Ocean Survival and Movements of Columbia River Salmon Response
Revised proposal
Vita - Batten
Vita - McKern
Vita - Welch
30008 Instream evaluation of populations, migration timing, individual adult return rates, and wild-hatchery interactions of 3 naturally produced salmonids Response
30010 Canada-USA Shelf Salmon Survival Study Response
Revised narrative
Revised summary
30011 Preserve and Restore Columbia River Estuary Islands to Enhance Juvenile Salmonid and Columbian White-tailed Deer Habitat Response
30013 Role of Bacteria as Indicator Organisms for Watershed Assessment and in Determining Fish Pathogen Relationships with Fauna of Abernathy Creek Response
Bacterial indicators budget
30015 Lower Columbia River and Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem Monitoring and Data Management Response
30016 Implement the Habitat Restoration Program for the Columbia Estuary and Lower Columbia River Response
30018 Salmonid Population and Habitat Monitoring in the Oregon Portion of the Columbia Estuary Response
199801400 Survival and Growth of Juvenile Salmonids in the Columbia River Plume Response
Province: Lower Columbia
31001 Artificial production facilities improvements to support Lower Columbia chum salmon reintroduction into the Chinook River Response
31002 Wildlife Habitat Protection, Lower McKenzie Watershed (Jaqua) Response
31003 Distribution and life history characteristics of lampreys in tributaries of the lower Columbia River Basin Response
31004 Salmon Carcass Enrichment  Willamette (Clackamas) & Sandy Subbasins Response
31005 Incorporating Pit Tag Technology to Evaluate and Monitor the Reintroduction Effort for Anadromous Salmonids in the Upper Cowlitz Watershed Response
31006 Protect Wood's Landing Chum Spawning Site Response
31007 Distribution and seasonal habitat use of ESA-listed salmonid species in City of Portland tributary streams Response
Maps
31012 Leveraging Conservation Easements for Fish and Wildlife in the Willamette Basin Response
Maryland Easement Program
Oregon FSA letter of support
Cascade Pacific letter of support
Maryland CREP Easement Option
Maryland CREP Deed of Conservation Easement
31013 Investigate Re-establishing Anadromous Fish Populations Above man-made Barriers Response
Revised budget
31014 Evaluate juvenile salmonid use of restored floodplain wetlands in the Lower Columbia River Estuary Response (1.2mb)
31015 Sturgeon Lake/Dairy Creek Restoration Response
31016 Calapooia River Flow Acquisition and Fish Passage Assessment Response
31017 Monitor and evaluate the success of hatchery salmonid reproduction for reintroduction of anadromous salmonids to the upper Cowlitz Basin Response
31018 Willamette Basin Riparian Project Response
Agreement of sale
BPA response
31019 Fish Passage Assessment and Prioritization Program Response
31020 Monitor Coweeman River Salmonid Populations Response
31022 Establish a Water Cleanup Plan (temperature TMDL) for the East Fork of the Lewis subbasin Response
31023 Stream Gaging Installation and Operations in the Lewis, Salmon/Washougal, and Gray/Elochoman Subbasins Response
31024 Protect, Enhance and Maintain Wetland, Riparian and Upland Habitat on the Shillapoo Wildlife Area Response
31025 Construct Fish Screen and Fish Passage Improvements at Lebanon Diversion Dam on South Santiam River Response
31027 Movements and Survival of Juvenile and Adult Bull Trout Response
31028 Replace Upper and Lower Bennett Dam Fish Ladders in the North Santiam River at Geren Island (Stayton Island) Response
Appendix A. Characteristics of the Fishways and Dams at Upper Bennett Dam and Lower Bennett Dam
Appendix B. Upper Bennett - Summer Steelhead Estimates for 1999-2001
31030 Santiam Water Control District Fish Screen and Passage Project Response
Appendix A. Fish Screening and Passage Project Basis of Design
Appendix A Table 1. Estimated River Stage & Stage Occurrence Interval vs.Effect on Tailrace Weir
Appendix A Table 2. Estimated River Stage & Stage Occurrence Interval vs. Effect on Bypass Pipe
31032 Develop a Well Water Supply System for the Hardy Creek Chum Salmon Spawning Channel Response
Revised proposal
31034 Salmonid Population and Habitat Monitoring in the Oregon Portion of the Lower Columbia Province Response
199107800 Burlington Bottoms Wildlife Mitigation Project Response
199205900 Amazon Basin/Eugene Wetlands Phase Two Response Issue 1
Response Issue 2
Fig 1 Willow Creek Bullfrog Control Study chart
Fig 4 Photos
Fig 5 Willow Creek Frequency Data
Fig 6 Willow Creek Turbidity Montoring
Fig 6 Willow Creek Fender's Blue Butterfly
199206800 Implement Willamette Basin Mitigation Program Response
199306000 Select Area Fishery Evaluation Project Response
199405300 Middle Fork Willamette River Bull Trout Re-introduction and Basinwide Monitoring Response
199607000 McKenzie River Focus Watershed Program Coordination and Habitat Restoration Response
199902500 Sandy River Delta Riparian Forest, Wetlands, and Anadromous Estuary Restoration Response
200001400 Evaluate habitat use and population dynamics of lampreys in Cedar Creek Response
200001600 Protect and Enhance Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Additions Response
Province: Middle Snake
32001 Evaluate the Feasibility Artificial Production Facility DVIR Response
32002 Implement Best Management Practices to improve riparian habitat and upland conditions within the Billingsley Creek watershed Response (1.8mb)
32003 White Sturgeon put, grow, and take fishery feasibility assessment, Oxbow/Hells Canyon reservoirs Response
32004 Effects of culverts on fish population persistence: tools for prioritizing fish passage restoration projects in the Middle Snake Province Response
32006 Compare the parr-smolt transformation of nonanadromous and anadromous populations of Oncorhynchus mykiss Response
32007 Bull trout habitat restoration/protection program - Bruneau Subbasin Response
Revised budget
32008 Wildlife Inventory and Habitat Evaluation of Duck Valley Indian Reservation Response
M&E plan
32009 Squaw Creek Cooperative Fisheries Restoration Project Response
32010 Lookout Mountain Road Decommissioning Response
32011 Mitigation of marine-derived nutrient loss in the Boise-Payette-Weiser subbasin Response
32012 Implement Best Management Practices to improve riparian habitat and upland conditions within the Clover Creek watershed Response (3 mb file)
32013 Fishery Restoration of the Gold Fork River, Idaho Response
32015 Deadwood River and Clear Creek Drainages Roads Analysis and Repair Response
32016 Assess the feasibility of the Upper Malheur Watershed to support the reintroduction of anadromous populations above the Beulah & Warmsprings Reservoir Response
32017 Suppress Brook Trout Populations in the Upper Malheur Subbasin Response
32018 Williams Ranch Fish and Wildlife Acquisition Project Response
32019 Logan Valley Fish and Wildlife Project - Stanbro Ranch Acquisition Response
32020 Inventory and Assessment of Stream/Riparian Resources, upper Boise and upper Payette River Subbasins, Idaho Response
Revised proposal
32021 Lower Boise River Wetlands Restoration Project Response
198815600 Implement Fishery Stocking Program Consistent With Native Fish Conservation Response
199405400 Tools for Managing Bull Trout Populations Influenced by Nonnative Brook Trout Invasions Response
199501500 Lake Billy Shaw Operations and Maintenance and Evaluation (O&M, M&E) Response
199505701 Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation - Middle Snake Response
Attachment 1. Draft Operating Guidelines and Guiding Principles for Middle and Upper Snake Provinces
Attachment 2. Albeni Falls M&E Plan
Attachment 3. Program Consistency Criteria
199505703 Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation - Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Response
Attachment 1. Draft Operating Guidelines and Guiding Principles for Middle and Upper Snake Provinces
Attachment 2. Albeni Falls M&E Plan
Attachment 3. Program Consistency Criteria
199701100 Enhance and Protect Habitat and Riparian Areas on the DVIR Response
199701900 Evaluate The Life History Of Native Salmonids In The Malheur Basin Response
199800200 Snake River Native Salmonid Assessment Response
200000900 Logan Valley Wildlife Mitigation Project/ O&M Response
200002700 Malheur River Wildlife Mitigation Project Response
200007900 Assess Resident Fish Stocks Of The Owyhee/Bruneau Basin, D.V.I.R. Response
Province: Upper Snake
33001 Assessment of genetic population structure and risk of introgression and hybridization to native trout in the Mid and Upper Snake River Provinces Response
33004 Survival of adfluvial Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the upper Blackfoot River drainage Response
33007 Implement Best Management Practices to improve riparian habitat and upland conditions in the Medicine Lodge watershed Response (1.5mb)
33008 Assessing effects of Columbia River Basin anadromous fish flow management on the aquatic ecology of the Henry's Fork watershed Response
33009 Improve Yellowstone cutthroat trout recruitment and survival in the South Fork of the Snake River Response
33010 Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Fish Production Program Response
33011 Implementing land use for resource and community sustainability at the county and regional level Response
33012 Flow Augmentation In The Upper Snake River Sub-Basin To Benefit Anadromous, Resident Fish And Wildlife Species Response
Letter in opposition from Idaho Water Users
199201000 Habitat Restoration/Enhancement Fort Hall Reservation Response
199505700 Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation Program Response
Attachment 1. Draft Operating Guidelines and Guiding Principles for Middle and Upper Snake Provinces
Attachment 2. Albeni Falls M&E Plan
Attachment 3. Program Consistency Criteria
199505702 Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation - Upper Snake Response
Attachment 1. Draft Operating Guidelines and Guiding Principles for Middle and Upper Snake Provinces
Attachment 2. Albeni Falls M&E Plan
Attachment 3. Program Consistency Criteria

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