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Strategies and Measures for Lower Columbia/Estuary White Sturgeon Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore upstream Fund annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW and downstream activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) movement of white Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles Dam (198605000) sturgeon in the reservoirs lower Columbia River Manage marine mammals to reduce predation of white CBFWA sturgeon downstream of Bonneville Dam (Recommendation) Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) environmental conditions Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) Ensure water Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA quality and restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) contaminant loads environmental conditions in river substrates meet existing Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) guidelines and regulations Conduct non-lethal Manage marine mammals to reduce predation of white CBFWA hazing actions on sturgeon downstream of Bonneville Dam (Recommendation) the Columbia River to deter Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) Steller and California sea lions environmental conditions from feeding on Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA white sturgeon uncertainties (Recommendation) Investigate the Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA need and potential aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 3 of 210
measures for Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA minimizing egg restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) and larval white environmental conditions sturgeon piscivory Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) Obtain consistent Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA annual spawning aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) and recruitment of Fund annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant CBFWA white sturgeon in activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from (Recommendation) the lower Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles Columbia River reservoirs Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) environmental conditions Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) Set harvest In consultation with the appropriate management CBFWA guidelines to agencies fund intensive sustainable white sturgeon (Recommendation) ensure adequate fishery management escapement of Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA harvestable-size restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) fish to broodstock environmental conditions WDFW Comment Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) Create habitat Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA conditions that will aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) aid survival and Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA development of restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) white sturgeon environmental conditions eggs and larvae Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) Obtain consistent Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA annual spawning aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) and recruitment of Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA
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white sturgeon in restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) the lower environmental conditions Columbia River Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) Achieve habitat Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA conditions that will aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) aid survival and Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA development of restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) white sturgeon environmental conditions eggs and larvae Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) Investigate scope Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA and impact of aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) direct white Conduct dredging operations to minimize operation CBFWA sturgeon mortality related mortality on white sturgeon in the free-flowing (Recommendation) due to dredging river below Bonneville Dam activities Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) environmental conditions Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) Characterize white Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA sturgeon restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) interactions with environmental conditions introduced species Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation) Operate the Block access to turbine draft tubes during turbine CBFWA hydrosystem to dewatering and other maintenance operations to (Recommendation) reduce mortality on minimize white sturgeon entrainment and mortality white sturgeon Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) environmental conditions
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Conduct research that addresses critical white sturgeon CBFWA uncertainties (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Lower Columbia/Estuary Green Sturgeon Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Quantify green Develop and conduct studies to quantify green CBFWA sturgeon sturgeon abundances and associated spatio-temporal (Recommendation) abundances in the variability lower Columbia Monitor harvest levels and the effectiveness of current CBFWA River to better fishery regulations (Recommendation) inform management decisions Evaluate green Study the impacts of diet shifts on the transfer of CBFWA sturgeon energy and materials from prey to green sturgeon (Recommendation) interactions with Potentially remove detrimental non-native prey CBFWA non-native species (Recommendation) and remove potentially detrimental non- native prey Evaluate Manage marine mammals to reduce predation of green CBFWA significance of sturgeon (Recommendation) pinniped predation on green sturgeon Characterize diets Asses the importance of macro-detritus and wetland CBFWA of green sturgeon associated macro-benthos in the diets of green (Recommendation) and consider sturgeon limiting dike Regulate diking and filling activities that may limit CBFWA construction and green sturgeon access to wetland derived production (Recommendation) filling activities Ensure water Conduct research that quantifies and addresses the CBFWA quality and affects of specific contaminants and water quality (Recommendation)
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contaminant loads requirements on green sturgeon in river substrates meet appropriate guidelines and regulations
Strategies and Measures for Kalama Coastal Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Create population Implement biological surveys to evaluate population CBFWA database density and composition (Recommendation) Identify migration patterns through telemetry studies CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement mark-recapture studies to estimate CBFWA population size (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Lewis Coastal Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Create population Implement biological surveys to evaluate population CBFWA database density and composition (Recommendation) Identify migration patterns through telemetry studies CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement mark-recapture studies to estimate CBFWA population size (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Washougal Coastal Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure
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Create population Implement biological surveys to evaluate population CBFWA database density and composition (Recommendation) Identify migration patterns through telemetry studies CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement mark-recapture studies to estimate CBFWA population size (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Willamette Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve habitat to Protect, restore, and enhance bull trout habitat, and CBFWA sustain populations implement Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to (Recommendation) of bull trout in at restore instream structure and complexity by adding least four tributaries large woody debris, side channels and spawning of the Willamette gravels River (McKenzie, Middle Fork Willamette, Clackamas, North Santiam rivers) Restore connectivity Correct manmade barriers that impede bull trout CBFWA in migratory access to suitable habitat by developing upstream and (Recommendation) corridor downstream passage at dams that block access to former and present bull trout populations Reestablish bull Assess the feasibility of reestablishing bull trout in CBFWA trout in unoccupied former habitat by compiling existing data on potential (Recommendation) historical habitats in bull trout spawning and rearing habitat and gathering the Willamette new data where there are gaps in the information Basin Determine potential sources of bull trout in the CBFWA Willamette Basin including all known populations (Recommendation) (Anderson Creek, Roaring River, Sweetwater Creek and the McKenzie above Trail Bridge Reservoir)
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If determined feasible and advisable, relocate bull trout CBFWA for a minimum of seven years (one bull trout (Recommendation) generation) Develop a genetic Collect tissue samples from bull trout for genetic CBFWA management plan characterization, characterize the genetic structure (Recommendation) for bull trout in the among local populations by determining frequencies of Upper Willamette alleles River core area Draft a genetic management plan that specifies the rate CBFWA providing for and directions of artificial gene flow necessary to (Recommendation) multiple, genetically minimize the risk of inbreeding depression and genetic healthy populations drift while maintaining population structure Implement the genetic management plan until intact CBFWA migratory corridors among all local populations in the (Recommendation) Willamette Recovery Unit provide opportunities for natural gene flow Eliminate or Determine brook trout distribution CBFWA significantly reduce (Recommendation) brook trout Develop/implement test methods of reducing brook CBFWA populations in trout in bull trout watersheds (Recommendation) habitats that contain bull trout populations Production of Re-establish populations of Chinook salmon in bull CBFWA juvenile salmon in trout habitats above dams in the Willamette Basin (Recommendation) waters with bull trout
Strategies and Measures for Willamette Coastal Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Protect and conserve Protect /restore: 1) riparian condition and large woody CBFWA natural ecological debris, 2) floodplain connectivity and function, 3) (Recommendation) processes that stream channel structure and complexity via
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support the viability collaborative efforts with landowners, watershed of populations councils, municipalities, and other public and private entities
Develop financial incentive and educational programs CBFWA to increase participation (Recommendation) Employ regulatory mechanisms as necessary CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Willamette Oregon Chub Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Modify flood control Reconnect floodplain habitats, remove revetments, CBFWA operations and restore wetland habitats, restrict development in (Recommendation) reduce floodplains, provide stream and wetland buffers in channelization agricultural lands Restrict movement Limit stocking of non-native fishes to secure areas CBFWA of non-native fishes where there is no emigration and/or movement during (Recommendation) and remove non- flooding native fishes when Remove non-native fishes where they threatened CBFWA feasible nearby Oregon chub populations (Recommendation) Restore off-channel and side channel habitats CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Columbia Gorge White Sturgeon Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore upstream Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW and downstream Conservation and Management Plan Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) movement of white Dam (198605000) sturgeon impounded Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC
9 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 10 of 210 in Columbia River Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) reservoirs River Basin (200715500) Implement annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles Dam (198605000) reservoirs Identify and quantify regional white sturgeon hatchery Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC augmentation needs and immediately implement Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) Master Plan processes River Basin (200715500) Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW restoration actions, and b) population responses to Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) environmental conditions Dam (198605000) Conduct research that addresses critical white White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW sturgeon uncertainties Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Dam (198605000) Ensure water quality Development a regionally accepted White Sturgeon Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC and contaminant Conservation and Management Plan Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) loads in river River Basin (200715500) substrates meet White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW existing guidelines Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) and regulations Dam (198605000) Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) environmental conditions Conduct research that addresses critical white CBFWA sturgeon uncertainties (Recommendation) Obtain consistent Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA annual spawning and aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) recruitment of white sturgeon in In consultation with the appropriate state agencies and White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW tribes, implement intensive sustainable white Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville 9Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir sturgeon fishery management Dam (198605000) Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation)
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Conservation and Management Plan Dam (198605000) Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) River Basin (200715500) Implement annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles Dam (198605000) reservoirs Identify and quantify regional white sturgeon hatchery Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC augmentation needs and immediately implement Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) Master Plan processes River Basin (200715500) Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW restoration actions, and b) population responses to Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) environmental conditions Dam (198605000) Conduct research that addresses critical white White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW sturgeon uncertainties Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Dam (198605000) Set harvest In consultation with the appropriate state agencies and White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW guidelines to ensure tribes, fund intensive sustainable white sturgeon Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) adequate fishery management Dam (198605000) escapement of harvestable-size fish Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Conservation and Management Plan Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) to broodstock Dam (198605000) Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) River Basin (200715500) Implement annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles Dam (198605000) reservoirs Identify and quantify regional white sturgeon hatchery Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC augmentation needs and immediately implement Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation Master Plan processes River Basin (200715500)
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Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW restoration actions, and b) population responses to Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) environmental conditions Dam (198605000) Conduct research that addresses critical white White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW sturgeon uncertainties Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Dam (198605000) Investigate the need Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA and potential aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) measures for minimizing egg and Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC Conservation and Management Plan Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) juvenile white sturgeon predation River Basin (200715500) by native and White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW introduced resident Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) fishes Dam (198605000) Implement annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant CBFWA activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from (Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles reservoirs Identify and quantify regional white sturgeon hatchery Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC augmentation needs and immediately implement Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) Master Plan processes River Basin (200715500) Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) environmental conditions Conduct research that addresses critical white CBFWA sturgeon uncertainties (Recommendation) Achieve habitat Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA conditions that will aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) aid survival and development of Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Conservation and Management Plan Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) white sturgeon eggs and larvae Dam (198605000) Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (200715500)
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River Basin Implement annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant CBFWA activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from (Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles reservoirs Identify and quantify regional white sturgeon hatchery CBFWA augmentation needs and immediately implement (Recommendation) Master Plan processes Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) environmental conditions Conduct research that addresses critical white CBFWA sturgeon uncertainties (Recommendation) Increase habitat Operate the FCRPS to provide flows consistent with CBFWA connectivity aggressive non-breach hydrosystem operations (Recommendation) Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Conservation and Management Plan Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Dam (198605000) Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) River Basin (200715500) Implement annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles Dam (198605000) reservoirs Identify and quantify regional white sturgeon hatchery White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW augmentation needs and immediately implement Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Master Plan processes Dam (198605000) Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) environmental conditions Conduct research that addresses critical white CBFWA sturgeon uncertainties (Recommendation)
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Characterize white Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CBFWA sturgeon interactions Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) with introduced species White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Dam (198605000) Monitor and evaluate, a) mitigative white sturgeon CBFWA restoration actions, and b) population responses to (Recommendation) environmental conditions Conduct research that addresses critical white CBFWA sturgeon uncertainties (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Small Oregon Tributary Rainbow Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Protect and restore Implement habitat restoration and protection measures CBFWA existing instream described in the Lower Columbia River Recovery Plan (Recommendation) and riparian habitat (reduce reservoir inundation) Restore unimpeded Implement habitat restoration and protection measures CBFWA access that has been described in the Lower Columbia River Recovery Plan (Recommendation) blocked by anthropogenic factors
Strategies and Measures for Fifteenmile Coastal Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Protect and restore Encourage land owners and managers to utilize best CBFWA aquatic and riparian management practices that both protect and restore (Recommendation)
14 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 15 of 210 habitats aquatic habitat Implement conservation strategies developed in CBFWA Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan and other (Recommendation) planning documents Reduce stream Encourage land owners and managers to utilize best CBFWA temperatures management practices that do not increase (Recommendation) temperatures, and cause point source pollution issues Implement conservation strategies developed in CBFWA Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan (Recommendation) Restore natural Implement water conservation and efficiency CBFWA hydrograph programs that reduce stream water withdrawals, and (Recommendation) upland conservation measures designed to effect runoff Implement of water conservation strategies CBFWA developed in Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery (Recommendation) Plan and other planning documents
Strategies and Measures for Fifteenmile Rainbow Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Protect and restore Encourage land owners and managers to utilize best CBFWA aquatic and riparian management practices that both protect and restore (Recommendation) habitats aquatic habitat Implement conservation strategies developed in CBFWA Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan and other (Recommendation) planning documents Reduce stream Encourage land owners and managers to utilize best CBFWA temperatures management practices that do not increase (Recommendation) temperatures, and cause point source pollution issues
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Implement conservation strategies developed in CBFWA Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan (Recommendation) Restore natural Implement water conservation and efficiency CBFWA hydrograph programs that reduce stream water withdrawals, and (Recommendation) upland conservation measures designed to effect runoff Implement of water conservation strategies CBFWA developed in Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery (Recommendation) Plan and other planning documents
Strategies and Measures for Hood River Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore natural Implement water conservations measures Hood River Habitat Program CTWSRO MOA hydrograph described in the Lower Columbia River (199802100) Recovery Plan, Hood River Subbasin/ Management Plans, and other planning documents to reduce water diversion Restore natural Implement water conservations measures Hood River Habitat Program CTWSRO MOA hydrograph described in the Lower Columbia River (199802100) Recovery Plan, Hood River Subbasin/ anagement Plans, and other planning documents to reduce water diversion Restore access to all Implement measures described in the Lower Migratory patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status ODFW historic habitats Columbia River Recovery Plan, Hood River of Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the (Recommendation) Subbasin/Management Plans, and other planning Columbia Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue (199405400) documents Mountain Provinces Hood River Habitat Program CTWSRO MOA (199802100) Protect and restore Implement measures described in Lower Migratory patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status ODFW instream and riparian Columbia River Recovery Plan, Hood River of Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the (199405400) habitat Subbasin/Management Plans, and other planning Columbia Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain Provinces
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documents Hood River Habitat Program CTWSRO MOA (199802100)
Strategies and Measures for Hood Coastal Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore natural Implement water conservations measures described Hood River Habitat Program CTWSRO MOA hydrograph in the Lower Columbia River Recovery Plan, Hood (199802100) River Subbasin/ Management Plans, and other planning documents to reduce water diversion Restore natural Implement water conservations measures described Hood River Habitat Program CTWSRO MOA hydrograph in Lower Columbia River Recovery Plan, Hood (199802100) River Subbasin/ Management Plans, and other planning documents to reduce water diversion Restore access to all Implement measures described in Lower Columbia Hood River Habitat Program CTWSRO MOA historic habitats River Recovery Plan, Hood River (199802100) Subbasin/Management Plans, and other planning documents Protect and restore Implement measures described in Lower Columbia Hood River Habitat Program CTWSRO MOA instream and riparian River Recovery Plan, Hood River (199802100) habitat Subbasin/Management Plans, and other planning documents
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Strategies and Measures for Klickitat Bull Trout
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Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Create population Implement biological surveys to evaluate population CBFWA database density and composition (Recommendation) Identify migration patterns through telemetry studies CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement mark-recapture studies to estimate CBFWA population size (Recommendation)
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Strategies and Measures for Columbia Lower Middle White Sturgeon
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Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore upstream and Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW downstream Conservation and Management Plan Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) movement Dam (198605000) Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) River Basin (200715500) Conduct annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles Dam (198605000) reservoirs to compensate for years when operations of the FCRPS contributes to recruitment failures in either of these reservoirs Consistent with existing and any future regional Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC conservation and management plans, and in Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) consultation with the appropriate state agencies and River Basin (200715500) tribes, quantify regional hatchery augmentation needs and describe a flexible, adaptive approach to phasing in hatchery production to augment natural production of depressed populations in the impounded portions of the Columbia and Snake rivers Begin commensurate Hatchery Master Planning processes required for the construction, operation and maintenance of hatchery production facilities Monitor and evaluate a) restoration actions designed White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW to mitigate for lost white sturgeon production due to Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) the construction and operation of the FCRPS and b) Dam (198605000) population responses to environmental conditions
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Conduct assessments of the status of white sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW populations (eg, abundance, size distribution, Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) length-weight relationship, etc) in Bonneville, The Dam (198605000) Dalles, or John Day Reservoirs every three (3) years and McNary, Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental and Little Goose reservoirs every five (5) years Ensure water quality Development of a regionally accepted White White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW and contaminant loads Sturgeon Conservation and Management Plan Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) in river substrates Dam (198605000) meet existing Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC guidelines and Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) regulations River Basin (200715500) Monitor and evaluate a) restoration actions designed CBFWA to mitigate for lost white sturgeon production due to (Recommendation) the construction and operation of the FCRPS and b) population responses to environmental conditions Conducting assessments of the status of white CBFWA sturgeon populations (eg, abundance, size (Recommendation) distribution, length-weight relationship, etc) in Bonneville, The Dalles, or John Day Reservoirs every three (3) years and McNary, Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental and Little Goose reservoirs every five (5) years Identify annual sustainable recreational and CBFWA commercial harvest levels through population (Recommendation) simulation that accounts for variable natural production, growth rate, and abundance;
Conduct annual recreational creel surveys that CBFWA enable active in-season management to attain pre- (Recommendation) determined sustainable harvest levels Conduct annual tribal commercial and subsistence CBFWA fishery monitoring that enables active in-season (Recommendation) management to attain annual pre-determined sustainable harvest levels Develop of a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW
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Conservation and Management Plan Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Dam (198605000) Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommednation) River Basin (200715500) Monitor and evaluate a) restoration actions designed CBFWA to mitigate for lost white sturgeon production due to (Recommendation) the construction and operation of the FCRPS and b) population responses to environmental conditions by: Conducting assessments of the status of white sturgeon populations (eg, abundance, size distribution, length-weight relationship, etc) in Bonneville, The Dalles, or John Day Reservoirs every three (3) years and McNary, Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental and Little Goose reservoirs every five (5) years Indexing annual levels of, and variation in, white CBFWA sturgeon recruitment in the free-flowing Columbia (Recommendation) River downstream of Bonneville Dam, Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day, and McNary reservoirs in the Columbia River, and in Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite reservoirs in the Snake River
Conduct research that addresses critical CBFWA uncertainties identified in existing and future (Recommendation) regional white sturgeon conservation and management plans pertaining to Bio-energetic modeling of Bonneville Reservoir white sturgeon removal scenarios and their effects upon overall white sturgeon productivity due to the construction and operation of the FCRPS Minimize egg and Operate the Federal Columbia River Power System White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW juvenile white (FCRPS) to provide white sturgeon spawning Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) sturgeon predation by habitat in Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day Dam (198605000)
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Characterize white sturgeon interactions with introduced species Develop of a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Conservation and Management Plan Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Document the usage of Dam (198605000) available prey species, Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC including introduced Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) species, and the food River Basin (200715500) value of these species Implement annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant CBFWA in comparison with activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from (Recommendation) native species they Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles have replaced reservoirs to compensate for years when operations of the FCRPS contributes to recruitment failures in either of these reservoirs Consistent with existing and any future regional CBFWA conservation and management plans, and in (Recommendation) consultation with the appropriate state agencies and tribes, quantify regional hatchery augmentation needs and describe a flexible, adaptive approach to phasing in hatchery production to augment natural production of depressed populations in the impounded portions of the Columbia and Snake rivers Begin commensurate Hatchery Master Planning processes required for the construction, operation and maintenance of hatchery production facilities Monitor and evaluate a) restoration actions designed CBFWA to mitigate for lost white sturgeon production due to (Recommendation) the construction and operation of the FCRPS and b) population responses to environmental conditions by indexing annual levels of, and variation in, white sturgeon recruitment in Bonneville Dam,
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Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day, and McNary reservoirs in the Columbia River, and in Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite reservoirs in the Snake River Conduct research that addresses critical CBFWA uncertainties identified in existing and future (Recommendation) regional white sturgeon conservation and management plans related to loss of white sturgeon productivity due to the construction and operation of the FCRPS Obtain consistent Operate the Federal Columbia River Power System White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW annual spawning and (FCRPS) to provide white sturgeon spawning habitat in Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) recruitment Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day reservoirs by Dam (198605000) providing a minimum average April through July flow of Create habitat 250 KCFS at McNary Dam conditions that will aid In consultation with the appropriate state agencies White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW survival and and tribes, fund intensive white sturgeon fishery Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) development of white management Dam (198605000) sturgeon eggs and larvae Identify annual sustainable recreational and White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Obtain consistent commercial harvest levels through population Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) annual spawning and simulation that accounts for variable natural Dam (198605000) recruitment of white production, growth rate, and abundance sturgeon in Bonneville Conduct annual recreational creel surveys that White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Reservoir enable active in-season management to attain pre- Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) determined sustainable harvest levels Dam (198605000)
Conduct annual tribal commercial and subsistence White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW fishery monitoring that enables active in-season Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) management to attain annual pre-determined Dam (198605000) sustainable harvest levels Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Conservation and Management Plan II Implement Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommnedation) annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant activities Dam (198605000)
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from below Bonneville Dam and/or from Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles reservoirs to compensate for years when operations of the FCRPS contributes to recruitment failures in either of these reservoirs Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) River Basin (200715500) Consistent with existing and any future regional Develop a Master Plan for a rearing Facility to Enhance CRITFC conservation and management plans, and in Selected Populations of White Sturgeon in the Columbia (Recommendation) consultation with the appropriate state agencies and River Basin (200715500) tribes, quantify regional hatchery augmentation needs and describe a flexible, adaptive approach to phasing in hatchery production to augment natural production of depressed populations in the impounded portions of the Columbia and Snake rivers Begin commensurate Hatchery Master Planning processes required for the construction, operation and maintenance of hatchery production facilities Monitor and evaluate a) restoration actions designed White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW to mitigate for lost white sturgeon production due to Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) the construction and operation of the FCRPS and b) Dam (198605000) population responses to environmental conditions by indexing annual levels of, and variation in, white sturgeon recruitment in Bonneville Dam, Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day, and McNary reservoirs in the Columbia River, and in Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite reservoirs in the Snake River Conduct research that addresses critical Sturgeon Genetics LRT uncertainties identified in existing and future (Recommendation) regional white sturgeon conservation and (200850400) management plans related to loss of white sturgeon productivity due to the construction and operation of
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the FCRPS These studies shall include (but are not limited to): - White sturgeon maturation work (in conjunction with and support of white sturgeon recovery in the Kootenai and upper Columbia rivers) Assessment of white sturgeon broodstock contribution to recruitment via genetic analysis Conduct research that addresses critical Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CRITFC uncertainties identified in existing and future Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) regional white sturgeon conservation and (200715500) management plans related to loss of white sturgeon productivity due to the construction and operation of the FCRPS Monitor and evaluate a) restoration actions designed Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CRITFC to mitigate for lost white sturgeon production due to Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) the construction and operation of the FCRPS and b) (200715500) population responses to environmental conditions by indexing annual levels of, and variation in, white sturgeon recruitment in Bonneville Dam, Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day, and McNary reservoirs in the Columbia River, and in Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite reservoirs in the Snake River Conduct annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CRITFC activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles (200715500) reservoirs to compensate for years when operations of the FCRPS contributes to recruitment failures in either of these reservoirs Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CRITFC Conservation and Management Plan Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) (200715500) Assessment of white sturgeon broodstock Sturgeon Genetics LRT contribution to recruitment via genetic analysis (Recommendation) (200850400)
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Determination of minimum spawning flows for CBFWA successful white sturgeon recruitment throughout (Recommendation) the Columbia River Basin in areas where they are not currently defined Achieve habitat Operate the Federal Columbia River Power System White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW conditions that will aid (FCRPS) to provide white sturgeon spawning Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) survival and habitat in Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day Dam (198605000) development of white reservoirs by providing a minimum average April sturgeon eggs and through July flow of 250 KCFS at McNary Dam larvae Identify annual sustainable recreational and CBFWA commercial harvest levels through population (Recommendation) simulation that accounts for variable natural production, growth rate, and abundance Conduct annual recreational creel surveys that CBFWA enable active in-season management to attain pre- (Recommendation) determined sustainable harvest levels Conduct annual tribal commercial and subsistence CBFWA fishery monitoring that enables active in-season (Recommendation) management to attain annual pre-determined sustainable harvest levels Develop of a regionally accepted White Sturgeon White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Conservation and Management Plan Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Dam (198605000) Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CRITFC Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) (200715500) Conduct annual juvenile white sturgeon transplant CBFWA activities from below Bonneville Dam and/or from (Recommendation) Bonneville Reservoir to John Day and The Dalles reservoirs to compensate for years when operations of the FCRPS contributes to recruitment failures in either of these reservoirs Consistent with existing and any future regional CBFWA conservation and management plans, and in (Recommendation)
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consultation with the appropriate state agencies and tribes, quantify regional hatchery augmentation needs and describe a flexible, adaptive approach to phasing in hatchery production to augment natural production of depressed populations in the impounded portions of the Columbia and Snake rivers Begin commensurate Hatchery Master Planning processes required for the construction, operation and maintenance of hatchery production facilities Monitor and evaluate a) restoration actions designed CBFWA to mitigate for lost white sturgeon production due to (Recommendation) the construction and operation of the FCRPS and b) population responses to environmental conditions by indexing annual levels of, and variation in, white sturgeon recruitment in Bonneville Dam, Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day, and McNary reservoirs in the Columbia River, and in Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite reservoirs in the Snake River Conduct research that addresses critical CBFWA uncertainties identified in existing and future (Recommendation) regional white sturgeon conservation and management plans pertaining to quantification of contaminant accumulation in waters and sediments upstream of Bonneville Dam and their effects upon overall white sturgeon productivity
Strategies and Measures for Crab Kokanee Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Enhance population to Stock up to 5 million fingerlings or 3 million 15 CBFWA compensate for lost year olds (Recommendation)
29 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 30 of 210 natural spawning Identify productivity peaks spatially and temporally CBFWA opportunity and (Recommendation) entrainment losses Provide additional hatchery space or net pens to CBFWA increase size/condition of released fish (Recommendation) Install barrier nets at outlet structures to avoid CBFWA entraining recruited fish (Recommendation) Remove whitefish, Liberalize harvest regulations CBFWA especially broodstock (Recommendation) Educate anglers regarding the opportunity and CBFWA methods to harvest over (Recommendation) Implement wholesale capture (nets, traps, CBFWA electrofish, etc) of over (Recommendation) Control predator Monitor predator population size and composition CBFWA populations (Recommendation) Liberalize harvest regulations on walleye and CBFWA smallmouth bass populations as appropriate (Recommendation) Educate anglers regarding the opportunity and CBFWA methods for predator harvest (Recommendation) Stock larger kokanee Wholesale capture (nets, traps, CBFWA electrofish, etc) of walleye and smallmouth bass (Recommendation) populations during concentrations on spawning grounds if necessary Use non-lethal means to harass cormorants to spread CBFWA impacts evenly over all waters or direct impacts to (Recommendation) waters capable of sustaining the predation Work with federal and state authorities to define CBFWA management goals for cormorant populations (Recommendation)
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Strategies and Measures for Crab Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Walleye, and Crappie Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Control predators1,2 Monitor species’ condition, relative densities, and CBFWA harvest rates1,2,5 (Recommendation) Use harvest regulations to adjust population CBFWA densities1 (Recommendation) Educate anglers regarding the opportunity and CBFWA methods to harvest over-abundant species1 (Recommendation) Wholesale capture (nets, traps, electrofish, etc) of CBFWA over-abundant species during concentrations on (Recommendation) spawning grounds if necessary1,2,5 Use non-lethal means to harass cormorants to spread CBFWA impacts evenly over all waters or direct impacts to (Recommendation) waters capable of sustaining the predation1,2,5 Work with federal and state authorities to define CBFWA management goals for cormorant populations1,2,5 (Recommendation) Maintain balanced Monitor species’ condition, relative densities, and CBFWA mixed species harvest rates1,2,3,4,6 (Recommendation) populations1,2,3,4,6 Monitor system secondary productivity1,2,3,4,6 CBFWA (Recommendation) Use harvest regulations to adjust population CBFWA densities1,3,4,6 (Recommendation) Educate anglers regarding the opportunity and CBFWA methods to harvest over-abundant species1,2,3,4,6 (Recommendation) Wholesale capture (nets, traps, electrofish, etc) of CBFWA over-abundant species during concentrations on (Recommendation) spawning grounds if necessary1,2,3,4,6 Control size of Monitor predator population size and CBFWA
31 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 32 of 210 walleye, and composition1,3,4,6 (Recommendation) smallmouth bass Liberalize harvest regulations as appropriate1,3,4,6 CBFWA populations as appropriate1,3,4,6 (Recommendation) Educate anglers regarding the opportunity and CBFWA methods for predator harvest1,3,4,6 (Recommendation) Wholesale capture (nets, traps, electrofish, etc) of CBFWA predators during concentrations on spawning (Recommendation) grounds if necessary1,3,4,6 Protect critical Promote carp harvest through angler education1,4,6 CBFWA spawning and rearing (Recommendation) habitats1,4 Wholesale capture (nets, traps, electrofish, etc) of CBFWA carp during concentrations on spawning grounds if (Recommendation) necessary1,4,6 Isolate spawning and rearing habitats from carp CBFWA intrusion where feasible through use of fish (Recommendation) barriers1,4,6 Work with state and local shoreline management CBFWA authorities to limit development impacts1,4,6 (Recommendation) Install barrier nets at outlet structures to avoid CBFWA entraining recruited fish1,4,6 (Recommendation) Monitor species’ condition, relative densities, and CBFWA harvest rates4 (Recommendation) Monitor system second productivity4 CBFWA (Recommendation) Control size of Monitor predator population size and composition2 CBFWA smallmouth bass (Recommendation) population2 Liberalize harvest regulations as appropriate2 CBFWA (Recommendation) Educate anglers regarding the opportunity and CBFWA methods for predator harvest2 (Recommendation) Wholesale capture (nets, traps, electrofish, etc) of CBFWA predators during concentrations on spawning (Recommendation)
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grounds if necessary2 Control size of walleye Monitor predator population size and composition5 CBFWA population5 (Recommendation) Liberalize harvest regulations as appropriate5 CBFWA (Recommendation) Educate anglers regarding the opportunity and CBFWA methods for predator harvest5 (Recommendation) Wholesale capture (nets, traps, electrofish, etc) of CBFWA predators during concentrations on spawning (Recommendation) grounds if necessary5 1Largemouth bass, 2Smallmouth bass, 3Bluegill, 4Yellow perch, 5Walleye, 6Crappie
Strategies and Measures for Crab Crappie Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Stock rainbow to Stock up to 100,000 fingerlings where feasible and CBFWA compensate for lack of 4-500,000 1+ yrolds (Recommendation) natural spawning opportunity and Provide additional hatchery space or net pens to CBFWA increase size/condition of released fish (Recommendation) entrainment losses Adjust stocking size Install barrier nets at outlet structures to avoid CBFWA and timing to take entraining recruited fish (Recommendation) advantage of available productivity and Identify productivity peaks spatially and temporally CBFWA minimize entrainment (Recommendation)
Increase the size of Monitor predator population size and composition CBFWA stocked rainbow (Recommendation) Liberalize harvest regulations on walleye and CBFWA Control size of smallmouth bass populations as appropriate (Recommendation)
33 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 34 of 210 walleye and Educate anglers regarding the opportunity and CBFWA smallmouth bass methods for predator harvest (Recommendation) populations as appropriate Stock larger rainbow CBFWA (Recommendation) Limit concentrated Wholesale capture (nets, traps, electrofish, etc) of CBFWA feeding by cormorants walleye and smallmouth bass populations during (Recommendation) concentrations on spawning grounds if necessary Use non-lethal means to harass cormorants to spread CBFWA impacts evenly over all waters or direct impacts to (Recommendation) waters capable of sustaining the predation Work with federal and state authorities to define CBFWA management goals for cormorant populations (Recommendation) Maintain balanced Monitor species’ condition, relative densities, and CBFWA mixed species harvest rates (Recommendation) populations Monitor system secondary productivity CBFWA (Recommendation) Use harvest regulations to adjust population CBFWA densities (Recommendation) Educate anglers regarding the opportunity and CBFWA methods to harvest over-abundant species (Recommendation) Wholesale capture (nets, traps, electrofish, etc) of CBFWA over-abundant species during concentrations on (Recommendation) spawning grounds if necessary
Strategies and Measures for Deschutes Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure See Water See Water Quality/Quantity CBFWA Quality/Quantity (Recommendation) Screen water Work with Landowners, OWRD, Watershed CBFWA
34 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 35 of 210 diversions Council and OWRD to screen diversions (Recommendation) Maintain current Monitor population genetic parameters Bull Trout Status and Abundance Monitoring in the CTWSRO management strategies Waters Bordering the Warm Springs Reservation, (Recommendation) Oregon (200715700) Develop/implement additional population Bull Trout Status and Abundance Monitoring in the CTWSRO abundance index measures Waters Bordering the Warm Springs Reservation, (Recommendation) Oregon (200715700) Conduct five year update/review on genetic Bull Trout Status and Abundance Monitoring in the CTWSRO characteristics of population Waters Bordering the Warm Springs Reservation, (Recommendation) Oregon (200715700) Remove or decrease Actively remove through snorkeling or electro- CBFWA number of non-native fishing (Recommendation) predators Enforce groundwater Monitor stream/spring flows, Legislative or CBFWA protection measures OWRD groundwater rules in place that (Recommendation) (Oregon State Water adequately preserve the spring flows in the Resources) Metolius Basin Enforce groundwater Monitor stream/spring flows, Legislative or CBFWA protection measures OWRD groundwater rules in place that (Recommendation) (Oregon State Water adequately preserve spring/surface flows in the Resources) Metolius Basin
Strategies and Measures for Deschutes Redband Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Prevent further Ensure compliance with state and federal policies on CBFWA introduction and introduced species (Recommendation) spread of introduced species Reduce the incidence Adhere to state and federal hatchery protocols CBFWA of stray hatchery described in the Round Butte Hatchery HGMP (Recommendation) steelhead escaping into Investigate magnitude, cause, effects of out of basin CBFWA the Deschutes and stray hatchery steelhead (Recommendation) reduce residualism of
35 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 36 of 210 hatchery steelhead released into the Deschutes Protect and restore Encourage land owners and managers to utilize best CBFWA aquatic and riparian management practices that both protect and restore (Recommendation) habitats aquatic habitat Implement conservation strategies developed in Deschutes River Restoration Program CTWSRO MOA Mid-C steelhead recovery plan and other planning (200830100) documents Reduce stream Encourage land owners and managers to utilize best Deschutes River Restoration Program CTWSRO MOA temperatures, and the management practices that do not increase (200830100) influence of pollutants temperatures, and cause point source pollution issues Replicate natural Implement water conservation and efficiency CBFWA hydrograph programs that reduce stream water withdrawals, and (Recommendation) upland conservation measures designed to replicate the natural hydrograph Implement water conservation strategies developed CBFWA in Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan and (Recommendation) other planning documents Return fish to their Implement measures identified in the Mid- Deschutes River Restoration Program CTWSRO MOA historic habitats Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan, and other Steelhead Management and Monitoring (200830100, planning documents designed to return fish to 200830500) previous utilized habitats
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Strategies and Measures for John Day Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore habitat Increase amounts of large wood Forrest Conservation Area Program/ Oxbow CTWSRO MOA Conservation Area Program/ John Day Watershed (200104101, Restoration Program 200001500, 199801800) Effectively manage grazing by livestock within CBFWA riparian areas (Recommendation) Reduce width to depth ratios Forrest Conservation Area Program/ Oxbow CTWSRO MOA Conservation Area Program/ John Day Watershed (200104101, Restoration Program 200001500, 199801800) Restore floodplain function and connectivity Forrest Conservation Area Program/ Oxbow CTWSRO MOA Conservation Area Program/ John Day Watershed (200104101, Restoration Program 200001500, 199801800) Increase the amount of canopy cover and shade Forrest Conservation Area Program/ Oxbow CTWSRO MOA Conservation Area Program/ John Day Watershed (200104101, Restoration Program 200001500, 199801800) Increase habitat diversity Forrest Conservation Area Program/ Oxbow CTWSRO MOA Conservation Area Program/ John Day Watershed (200104101, Restoration Program 200001500, 199801800) Reintroduce beaver where they are absent and CBFWA habitat conditions will support them (Recommendation) Protect existing high Acquire through either fee title or through CBFWA quality habitat conservation easements critical high quality (Recommendation) habitats Sign cooperative management agreements with CBFWA private landowners who voluntarily want to protect (Recommendation) high quality habitats
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Implement special management designations on CBFWA public lands (Recommendation) Restore passage at Replace culverts that do not meet fish passage Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA non-natural barriers criteria area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, 200001500, 199801800) Replace irrigation push up dams with permanent John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA structures that meet fish passage criteria (199801800) Restore streamflow in streams that flow John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA intermittently because of water withdrawals (199801800) Reduce water Increase shading of streams Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO moa temperatures during area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, summer months 200001500, 199801800) Lease water rights from willing sellers CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement more efficient irrigation systems John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA (199801800) Reduce the amount of irrigation water that returns John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA overland to the river (199801800) Restore stream flows Lease water rights from willing sellers CBFWA during low flow (Recommendation) periods Convert flood irrigation systems to more efficient John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA methods (199801800) Require measurement of water use CBFWA (Recommendation) Investigate feasibility and effectiveness of CBFWA floodplain aquifer recharge Specific Measure (Recommendation) (Project Reference)s Improve hydrologic connectivity of springs to CBFWA streams where poorly designed roads, small (Recommendation) impoundments and other disturbances have redirected spring flows away from drainages
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Determine feasibility of off-stream storage, CBFWA including ecological effects (Recommendation) Increase abundance of Implement habitat restoration program Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA juvenile and adult area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, steelhead and Chinook 200001500, 199801800) Improve water quality, restore streamflows, and Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA same as habitat restoration above area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, 200001500, 199801800) Remove brook trout Prohibit stocking of brook trout in drainages where CBFWA bull trout are present (Recommendation) Investigate effective methods of brook trout CBFWA removal (Recommendation) Stock bull trout from select donor populations into CBFWA areas with suitable habitat above naturally (Recommendation) occurring barriers 1Redband trout and 2Westslope cutthroat trout
Strategies and Measures for John Day Redband Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore habitat1,2 Increase amounts of large wood1,2 Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, 200001500, 199801800) Effectively manage grazing by livestock within CBFWA riparian areas1,2 (Recommendation) Reduce width to depth ratios1,2 Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, 200001500, 199801800) Restore floodplain function and connectivity1,2 Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101,
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200001500, 199801800) Increase the amount of canopy cover and shade1,2 Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, 200001500, 199801800) Increase habitat diversity1,2 Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, 200001500, 199801800) Reintroduce beaver where they are absent and CBFWA habitat conditions will support them1,2 (Recommendation) Protect existing high Acquire through either fee title or through CBFWA quality habitat1,2 conservation easements critical high quality (Recommendation) habitats1,2 Sign cooperative management agreements with CBFWA private landowners who voluntarily want to protect (Recommendation) high quality habitats1,2 Implement special management designations on CBFWA public lands1,2 (Recommendation) ]Restore passage at Replace culverts that do not meet fish passage Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA non-natural barriers1,2 criteria1,2 area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, 200001500, 199801800) Replace irrigation push up dams with permanent John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA structures that meet fish passage criteria1,2 (199801800) Restore streamflow in streams that flow John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA intermittently because of water withdrawals1,2 (199801800) Reduce water Increase shading of streams1,2 Forrest Conservation area program/ Oxbow Conservation CTWSRO MOA temperatures during area Program/ John day watershed restoration program (200104101, summer months1,2 200001500, 199801800) Lease water rights from willing sellers1,2 CBFWA (Recommendation)
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Implement more efficient irrigation systems1,2 John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA (199801800) Reduce the amount of irrigation water that returns John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA overland to the river1,2 (199801800) Restore stream flows Lease water rights from willing sellers1,2 CBFWA during low flow (Recommendation) periods1,2 Convert flood irrigation systems to more efficient John day watershed restoration program CTWSRO MOA methods1,2 (199801800) Require measurement of water use1,2 CBFWA (Recommendation) Investigate feasibility and effectiveness of CBFWA floodplain aquifer recharge Specific Measure (Recommendation) (Project Reference)s1,2 Improve hydrologic connectivity of springs to CBFWA streams where poorly designed roads, small (Recommendation) impoundments and other disturbances have redirected spring flows away from drainages1,2 Determine feasibility of off-stream storage, CBFWA including ecological effects1,2 (Recommendation) Remove brook trout2 Prohibit stocking of brook and rainbow trout in CBFWA drainages where cutthroat trout are present2 (Recommendation) Investigate effective methods of brook trout removal CBFWA where their distribution overlaps with cutthroat (Recommendation) trout2 Determine origin of Investigate options to minimize hybridization2 CBFWA hybridization2 (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Snake Lower White Sturgeon Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Provide suitable Operate the Federal Columbia River Power System CBFWA spawning and rearing (FCRPS) to provide suitable white sturgeon (Recommendation)
41 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 42 of 210 habitat spawning and rearing habitat in Priest Rapids, Wanapum, Rock Island, Rocky Reach, and Wells reservoirs by providing a minimum average April through July flow that translates to 250 KCFS at McNary Dam Develop a regionally- Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CRITFC accepted white Conservation and Management Plan Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) sturgeon management (200715500) plan framework WDFW Comment White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Dam (198605000) Evaluate the need for Monitor and evaluate a) restoration actions designed White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW and monitor the to mitigate for lost white sturgeon production due to Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) success of restoration the construction and operation of the FCRPS and b) Dam (198605000) efforts population responses to environmental conditions by: conducting assessments of the status of white sturgeon populations (eg, abundance, size distribution, length-weight relationship, etc) in McNary, Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental and Little Goose reservoirs every five (5) years
Indexing annual levels of, and variation in, white White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW sturgeon recruitment in McNary reservoirs in the Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) Columbia River, and in Ice Harbor, Lower Dam (198605000) Monumental, and Little Goose reservoirs in the Snake River
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Identify and quantify Consistent with existing and any future regional Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CRITFC the level of hatchery conservation and management plans, and in Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) augmentation that will consultation with the appropriate state agencies and (200715500) restore and enhance tribes, identify and quantify regional hatchery sturgeon populations augmentation needs and immediately implement and implement the Master Plan processes necessary to construct, Master Planning operate and maintain hatchery production facilities process to initiate the to augment natural production of depressed white construction, operation sturgeon populations in the impounded portions of and maintenance of the Columbia and Snake rivers regional facility(ies) Address critical Conduct research that addresses critical CBFWA uncertainties uncertainties identified in existing and future (Recommendation) regional white sturgeon conservation and management plans related to loss of white sturgeon productivity due to the construction and operation of the FCRPS These studies shall include determination of minimum spawning flows for successful white sturgeon recruitment throughout the Columbia River Basin in areas where they are not currently defined Assessment of white sturgeon broodstock Sturgeon Genetics LRT contribution to recruitment via genetic analysis (Recommendation) (200850400) Quantification of contaminant accumulation in CBFWA waters and sediments upstream of McNary Dam and (Recommendation) their effects upon white sturgeon productivity Identify and maintain Consistent with existing and any future regional White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW sustainable harvest conservation and management plans, and in Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) levels to ensure consultation with the appropriate state agencies, and Dam (198605000) adequate escapement tribes, fund white sturgeon fishery management of fish to broodstock including Identify sustainable recreational and Tribal harvest White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW levels through population simulation that accounts Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) for variable natural production, growth rate, and Dam (198605000)
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abundance Conduct recreational creel surveys that enable active White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW in-season management to attain pre-determined Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) sustainable harvest levels Dam (198605000) Conduct Tribal commercial and subsistence fishery White Sturgeon Mitigation and Restoration in the ODFW monitoring that enables active in-season Columbia and Snake River Upstream from Bonneville (Recommendation) management to attain pre-determined sustainable Dam (198605000) harvest levels
Strategies and Measures for Tucannon Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore habitat Improve stream flows in reaches partially dewatered CBFWA for irrigation (Recommendation) Increase sinuosity CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore large wood in the system CBFWA (Recommendation) Protect, or restore riparian zones CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase protective status of priority habitats in CBFWA landuse regulations (Recommendation) Modify channel and increase flood-plain function CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase habitat diversity CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore passage at Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA non-natural barriers irrigation use (Recommendation) Replace culverts or bridges not meeting fish CBFWA passage guidelines (Recommendation) Screen irrigation diversions, maintain passage CBFWA efficiency through ongoing O&M or additional (Recommendation) activities, implement irrigation efficiency Specific
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Measure (Project Reference)s, and replace irrigation diversion structures with improved structures meeting fish passage standards Continue to monitor and remove dams and barriers CBFWA made by recreationists (Recommendation) Reduce water Restore priority restoration and protection reach CBFWA temperatures during attributes to improve downstream conditions (Recommendation) summer months Modify channel and increase flood-plain function CBFWA (Recommendation) Modify detrimental land use activities CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore stream flows Increase water conservation and irrigation CBFWA during low flow efficiency, and purchase or lease water rights from (Recommendation) periods willing landowners Increase nutrients Increase spring Chinook returns CBFWA (Recommendation) Outplant hatchery spring chinook carcasses or fish CBFWA cubes (Recommendation) Identify population Conduct population estimates and evaluate CBFWA parameters distribution and genetic structure (Recommendation) Curtail poaching Continue and enhance WDFW, USFS and USFWS CBFWA enforcement to prevent illegal harvest/harassment of (Recommendation) bull trout Monitoring Conduct DNA analysis to identify populations and CBFWA Population set recovery goals (Recommendation) Identification genetic Continue, and expand, spawning surveys to CBFWA structure, abundance, determine relative spawning abundance and (Recommendation) movements and distribution general distribution are Expand Electrofishing or snorkeling to determine CBFWA not well understood (Recommendation) Population status and Determine habitat conditions and trends CBFWA trend information is (Recommendation) needed to Complete the draft recovery plan CBFWA appropriately set (Recommendation) criteria for recovery
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and to determine recovery status
Strategies and Measures for Umatilla Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore habitat Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA irrigation (Recommendation) Restore large wood in the system CBFWA (Recommendation) Fence and plant riparian zones CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase protective status of priority habitats CBFWA (Recommendation) Modify channel and flood-plain function, and CBFWA increase habitat diversity (Recommendation) Restore passage at Maintain Phase I and II and implement Phase III of CBFWA non-natural barriers the Umatilla Basin Specific Measure (Project (Recommendation) Reference), restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for irrigation use, replace culverts not meeting fish passage guidelines, screen irrigation diversions, maintain passage efficiency through ongoing O&M activities, implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure (Project Reference)s, and replace temporary irrigation diversion dams with structures that meet fish passage standards Reduce water Restore headwater attributes to improve downstream CBFWA temperatures during conditions, modify channel and flood-plain function, (Recommendation) summer months and modify detrimental land use activities
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Restore stream flows Maintain Phase I and II and implement Phase III of during low flow the Umatilla Basin Specific Measure (Project periods Reference), increase water conservation and irrigation efficiency, and purchase or lease water rights from willing landowners
Strategies and Measures for Umatilla Mussels Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Determine and restore Conduct field studies and re-location efforts to Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR preferred habitat identify preferred physical habitat of all three (Recommendation) genera, determine optimal stream flows, (200203700) especially in reaches dewatered for irrigation, determine habitat preferences through re- location experiments; increase habitat diversity Determine if existing Conduct physiological and condition Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR water quality in experiments to determine lethal limits for (Recommendation) Umatilla will maintain mussels in regards to summer temperatures, (200203700) viable and self- dislodging flows, food availability and sustaining mussel composition, and overall water quality populations requirements Determine host fish Determine host fish through laboratory Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR and minimum host experiments, culture juvenile mussels in (Recommendation) fish population levels hatchery setting for possible re-introduction (200203700) needed to maintain trials, determine optimal habitats for both fish self-sustaining mussel hosts and mussel species populations Determine which Determine genetically which genera of Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR genera and species Anodonta occur in the Umatilla River (a recent (Recommendation) occur in Umatilla new genus has been discovered) drainage, and which (200203700) stocks of the western Determine where stocks of western pearlshell Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR pearlshell may be best can be obtained that are best suited for (Recommendation) suited for reintroduction efforts reintroduction efforts (200203700)
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Match existing genetic makeup of Umatilla Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR populations of western ridge mussel and (Recommendation) Anodonta spp with extant populations in nearby (200203700) drainages to find most suitable candidates for re- introduction efforts
Strategies and Measures for Umatilla Redband Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore degraded Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA habitat irrigation (Recommendation) Restore large wood in the system, fence and plant CBFWA riparian zones (Recommendation) Increase protective status of priority habitats CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore floodplain function and channel complexity, CBFWA and increase habitat diversity (Recommendation) Restore passage at Maintain Phase I and II and implement Phase III of CBFWA non-natural barriers the Umatilla Basin Specific Measure (Project (Recommendation) Reference) Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA irrigation use (Recommendation) Replace culverts not meeting fish passage guidelines CBFWA (Recommendation) Screen irrigation diversions CBFWA (Recommendation) Maintain passage efficiency through ongoing O&M CBFWA activities (Recommendation) Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Replace temporary irrigation diversion dams with CBFWA
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structures that meet fish passage standards (Recommendation) Reduce water Restore headwater attributes to improve downstream CBFWA temperatures during conditions (Recommendation) summer months Modify channel and flood-plain function CBFWA (Recommendation) Modify detrimental land use activities CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore stream flows Maintain Phase I and II and implement Phase III of CBFWA during low flow the Umatilla Basin Specific Measure (Project (Recommendation) periods Reference) Increase water conservation and irrigation efficiency CBFWA (Recommendation) Purchase or lease water rights from willing CBFWA landowners (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Walla Walla Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore passage at Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA non-natural barriers irrigation use (Recommendation) Replace culverts not meeting fish passage guidelines CBFWA (Recommendation) Screen irrigation diversions CBFWA (Recommendation) Monitor fish passage improvement Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Replace temporary irrigation diversion dams with CBFWA structures meeting fish passage standards (Recommendation) Restore degraded Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA
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habitat irrigation (Recommendation) Restore large wood in the system CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce grazing impacts CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore floodplain function and channel complexity, CBFWA and increase habitat diversity (Recommendation) Reduce water Increase stream flows CBFWA temperatures during (Recommendation) summer months Lease water rights from willing sellers CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement more efficient irrigation systems, and CBFWA improve watershed function (Recommendation) Restore stream flows Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA during low flow (Project Reference) (Recommendation) periods Evaluate shallow aquifer recharge Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Lease or purchase water rights CBFWA (Recommendation) Initiate point of diversion transfers CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Walla Walla Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore passage at Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA non-natural barriers irrigation use (Recommendation) Replace irrigation diversion structures with improved CBFWA structures meeting fish passage standards (Recommendation) Replace culverts not meeting fish passage guidelines CBFWA (Recommendation) Screen irrigation diversions, maintain passage CBFWA
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efficiency through on-going O&M or additional (Recommendation) activities Monitor effectiveness of fish passage improvement CBFWA Specific Measure (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Replace temporary irrigation diversion dams with CBFWA structures meeting fish passage standards (Recommendation) Continue to monitor and remove dams and barriers CBFWA made by recreationists (Recommendation) Restore degraded Improve stream flows in reaches partially or CBFWA habitat completely dewatered for irrigation (Recommendation) Increase sinuosity CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore large wood in the system CBFWA (Recommendation) Protect, or restore riparian zones CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase protective status of priority habitats in CBFWA landuse regulations (Recommendation) Restore floodplain function and channel complexity, CBFWA and increase habitat diversity (Recommendation) Reduce water Increase stream flows CBFWA temperatures during (Recommendation) summer months Restore priority restoration and protection reach CBFWA attributes to improve downstream conditions (Recommendation) Modify channel and increase floodplain functions CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce detrimental land use activities CBFWA (Recommendation) Lease water rights from willing sellers CBFWA
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(Recommendation) Implement more efficient irrigation systems, and CBFWA improve watershed function (Recommendation) Restore stream flows Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA during low flow (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) periods Initiate point of diversion transfers CBFWA (Recommendation) Evaluate shallow aquifer recharge Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Increase water conservation and irrigation efficiency, CBFWA and purchase or lease water rights from willing (Recommendation) landowner Increase nutrients Increase spring chinook returns CBFWA (Recommendation) Outplant hatchery spring chinook carcasses or fish CBFWA cubes (Recommendation) Curtail Poaching and Continue and enhance WFDW, CTUIR, and USFWS CBFWA fishery impacts enforcement (Recommendation) Decrease predators and Increase stream flows CBFWA exotic species (Recommendation) Restore priority restoration and protection reach CBFWA attributes to improve downstream conditions (Recommendation) Modify channel and increase floodplain functions CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce detrimental land use activities CBFWA (Recommendation) Lease water rights from willing sellers CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement more efficient irrigation systems, and CBFWA improve watershed function (Recommendation) Decrease water temperatures CBFWA (Recommendation)
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Evaluate shallow aquifer recharge Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Increase water conservation and irrigation efficiency, CBFWA and purchase or lease water rights from willing (Recommendation) landowners Liberalize fishing regulations on exotic species CBFWA (Recommendation) Monitoring Conduct DNA analysis to identify populations and CBFWA Populations set recovery goals (Recommendation) identification, genetic Continue, and expand, spawning surveys to Migratory patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status of ODFW structure, abundance, movements and determine relative spawning abundance and Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the Columbia (Recommendation) distribution Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain Provinces (199405400) general distribution are not well understood Expand electrofishing or snorkeling to determine CBFWA Population status and distribution (Recommendation) trend information is Determine habitat conditions and trends CBFWA needed to (Recommendation) appropriately set Complete the draft recovery plan CBFWA criteria for recovery (Recommendation) and to determine recovery status
Strategies and Measures for Walla Walla Redband Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore passage at Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA non-natural barriers irrigation use (Recommendation) Replace culverts not meeting fish passage guidelines CBFWA (Recommendation) Screen irrigation diversions CBFWA (Recommendation) Monitor fish passage improvement Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation)
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Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Replace temporary irrigation diversion dams with CBFWA structures meeting fish passage standards (Recommendation) Restore habitat Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA irrigation (Recommendation) Restore large wood in the system CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce grazing impacts CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore floodplain function and channel complexity CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase habitat diversity CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce water Increase stream flows CBFWA temperatures during (Recommendation) summer months Lease water rights from willing sellers CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement more efficient irrigation systems CBFWA (Recommendation) Improve watershed function CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore stream flows Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA during low flow (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) periods Transfer point(s) of diversion CBFWA (Recommendation) Evaluate shallow aquifer recharge Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Lease or purchase water rights CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Yakima Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of
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Measure Protect properly Utilize conservation agreements and/or fee simple CBFWA functioning habitat acquisition opportunistically to protect local bull (Recommendation) trout population habitat that meets the definition of “properly functioning condition” Negotiate provisions in the USFS – Naches Ranger CBFWA District lease renewal for the SF Tieton River (Recommendation) grazing allotment to reduce or prevent livestock damage in bull trout spawning areas Negotiate with the USFS – Naches Ranger District CBFWA for the permanent abandonment of FS Rd 1800 west (Recommendation) of the Deep Cr culvert crossing for motorized vehicle traffic Remove the culverts, restore the creek bed and CBFWA provide a suitable ford for horses and non-motorized (Recommendation) recreational use (hiking, mountain biking) of the road west of Deep Creek Modify reservoir and Use the ESA Section 7 consultation process between CBFWA flow regime the USFWS and the Bureau of Reclamation (Recommendation) (Reclamation) to develop a new Biological Assessment (BA) with proposed actions that substantively address specific reservoir and flow regime problems that adversely impact local bull trout populations USFWS shall issue a Biological Opinion (BiOp) CBFWA that obligates Reclamation to implement negotiated (Recommendation) proposed actions to recover bull trout local populations with certainty and in a timely manner Improve irrigation and other water user efficiency CBFWA that moves flow toward normative conditions (Recommendation) Return flow regimes to more normative conditions CBFWA through increased natural and artificial storage (Recommendation)
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Modify or eliminate the annual “Flip-flop” flow CBFWA operation (Recommendation) Provide effective fish Participate in and support Reclamation’s efforts to CBFWA passage to restore develop technically feasible and economically (Recommendation) connectivity between viable engineering designs for upstream and the sixteen local bull downstream fish passage facilities at Cle Elum Dam, trout populations and Bumping Lake Dam and Clear Lake Dam (and other restore anadromous storage dams in future years) fish runs to boost ecosystem productivity Assist BOR in securing funding from Congress, CBFWA NPCC/BPA and other federal, state and local (Recommendation) partners for passage facility construction, operation and maintenance The fish co-managers, WDFW and Yakama Nation, CBFWA shall implement an anadromous fish re-introduction (Recommendation) plan using hatchery supplementation to accelerate restoration of salmon populations upstream of Reclamation storage dams equipped with fish passage Investigate the potential of a pilot bull trout hatchery CBFWA supplementation Specific Measure (Project (Recommendation) Reference) (or capture and redistribution of adult bull trout spawners from “healthy” local populations to “critical” populations (SaSI definitions)), to accelerate restoration of critical and depressed local populations Work with the USFS (Naches and Cle Elum RD’s) CBFWA and DNR (Ahtanum Cr basin) to educate the public (Recommendation) about the threat to bull trout populations caused by constructing numerous low rock dams in spawning tributaries during the summer months immediately prior to spawning migrations WDFW and USFS monitor spawning tributaries CBFWA adjacent to campgrounds and other areas of high (Recommendation)
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recreation use during the summer and de-construct recreational dams to restore upstream passage for adult bull trout Monitor passage conditions at the mouths of CBFWA Reclamation storage reservoir bull trout spawning (Recommendation) tributaries (Gold Cr, Box Canyon Cr, Indian Cr, SF Tieton R) and take measures to concentrate flow and assure passage across the reservoir lakebed during summer drawdown Coordinate with Reclamation to fund the CBFWA deployment of labor and materials to accomplish (Recommendation) this measure Improve compliance Continue and enhance WDFW and USFWS CBFWA with conservation- enforcement to prevent illegal harvest/harassment of (Recommendation) oriented fishing bull trout regulations that close Close the regulatory “loophole” unique to the CBFWA bull trout spawning/rearing areas Yakima Basin adfluvial populations (Deep Cr, SF (Recommendation) Tieton R, Indian Cr, NF Tieton R, Gold Cr, Box in tributaries to fishing year-round Canyon Cr, Kachess R) that some fishermen have exploited Extend the “closed water” rule downstream in these tributaries to include those portions of the creek flowing across the dry lakebed during irrigation season reservoir drawdown Continue to publish the “bull trout vs brook trout” CBFWA identification illustration in WDFW’s annual sport (Recommendation) fishing rules pamphlet Continue to produce and post the bull trout vs brook CBFWA trout identification sign prominently in areas where (Recommendation) bull trout and brook co-exist
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Strategies and Measures for Columbia Upper Middle Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Evaluate passage at Conduct telemetry studies to determine migration CBFWA hydro-facilities patterns and potential problems at hydro-facilities (Recommendation) Identify status and Conduct surveys to determine population density, CBFWA distribution composition, and distribution (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Columbia Upper Middle White Sturgeon Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Provide suitable Operate the Federal Columbia River Power System CBFWA spawning and rearing (FCRPS) to provide suitable white sturgeon (Recommendation) habitat spawning and rearing habitat in Priest Rapids, Wanapum, Rock Island, Rocky Reach, and Wells reservoirs by providing a minimum average April through July flow that translates to 250 KCFS at McNary Dam Conduct research to Conduct research that addresses critical CBFWA addresses critical uncertainties identified in existing and future (Recommendation) uncertainties regional white sturgeon conservation and management plans related to loss of white sturgeon productivity due to the construction and operation of the FCRPS These studies shall include (but are not limited to) determination of minimum spawning flows for successful white sturgeon recruitment throughout the Columbia River Basin in areas where they are not currently defined Implement hatchery Consistent with existing and any future regional Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CRITFC based white sturgeon conservation and management plans, and in Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) augmentation consultation with the appropriate state agencies, (200715500) program(s) tribes, and PUDs, implement regional hatchery
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augmentation to restore white sturgeon populations in the impounded portions of the Columbia River upstream of Priest Rapids Dam [Specific and detailed background, objectives and tasks are described in FERC Relicensing documents – Priest Rapids Specific Measure (Project Reference) Final 401 Certification, as amended, March 2008; Grant PUD FLA 2003, White Sturgeon Conservation Aquaculture Plan; Chelan PUD Rocky Reach Settlement Agreement, White Sturgeon Management Plan, 2005] Evaluate and monitor Consistent with existing and any future regional CBFWA white sturgeon conservation and management plans, and in (Recommendation) population restoration consultation with the appropriate state agencies, efforts tribes, and PUDs, monitor and evaluate a) restoration actions designed to mitigate for lost white sturgeon production due to the construction and operation of the FCRPS and b) population responses to environmental conditions by conducting periodic assessments of the status of white sturgeon populations (eg, abundance, size distribution, length-weight relationship, etc) in Priest Rapids, Wanapum, Rock Island, Rocky Reach, and Wells reservoirs [Detailed objectives and tasks are described in FERC Relicensing documents – ] Develop a regionally- Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon Develop a regionally accepted White Sturgeon CRITFC accepted white Conservation and Management Plan Conservation and Management Plan (Recommendation) sturgeon management (200715500) plan framework Identify and maintain Consistent with existing and any future regional CBFWA sustainable harvest conservation and management plans, and in (Recommendation) levels to ensure consultation with the appropriate state agencies, adequate escapement tribes, and PUDs, fund white sturgeon fishery of fish to broodstock management including
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Identify sustainable recreational and Tribal harvest CBFWA levels through population simulation that accounts (Recommendation) for variable natural production, growth rate, and abundance Conduct recreational creel surveys that enable active CBFWA in-season management to attain pre-determined (Recommendation) sustainable harvest levels Conduct Tribal subsistence fishery monitoring that CBFWA enables active in-season management to attain pre- (Recommendation) determined sustainable harvest levels
Strategies and Measures for Entiat Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce non-natives Remove brook trout through harvest or other means CBFWA (eg, chemical and trapping) (Recommendation) Increase agency presence through creel surveys and CBFWA enforcement (Recommendation) Reduce non-natives Remove brook trout through harvest or other means CBFWA (eg, chemical and trapping) (Recommendation) Increase agency presence through creel surveys and CBFWA enforcement (Recommendation) Evaluate habitat and Quantify habitat needs and implement restoration CBFWA current use measures (Recommendation) Curtail poaching Evaluate and control harvest activities CBFWA activities (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Entiat Westslope Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of
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Measure Reduce non-native Reduce rainbow trout population through harvest or CBFWA species other means (eg, chemical and trapping) (Recommendation) Increase agency presence through creel surveys and CBFWA enforcement (Recommendation) Evaluate habitat and Quantify habitat needs and implement restoration CBFWA current use measures (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Entiat Rainbow Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve population Conduct biological and creel surveys CBFWA structure (ie, age and (Recommendation) growth) Implement regulation changes to reduce rainbow CBFWA trout population or limit harvest of larger fish (Recommendation) Determine best options in relation to westslope CBFWA cutthroat trout objectives (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Lake Chelan Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Seek/create a refuge Survey for remnant populations in Stehekin CBFWA population (Recommendation) Identify reason for population crash or extirpation CBFWA (Recommendation) Identify stock for reintroduction to Stehekin refuge CBFWA population (Recommendation) Reduce predator Reduce lake trout populations through harvest or CBFWA populations other means where feasible (Recommendation)
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Evaluate regulation modifications CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Lake Chelan Westslope Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Enhance numbers of Obtain better estimate of production, especially for CBFWA broodstock and age-0 Stehekin (Recommendation) fish Stock 100,000 catchable-sized fish annually or use CBFWA net pen rearing to attain desirable size (Recommendation) Deploy remote site incubators and/or fry stocking in CBFWA tributaries (Recommendation) Reduce introduced Reduce predator populations through harvest or CBFWA species other means where feasible (Recommendation) Regulation evaluation and consider closing tributary CBFWA sections (Recommendation) Enhance access to Modify current hydro-operations to preserve access CBFWA tributaries to spawning/rearing tributaries (Recommendation) Remove alluvial barriers CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Lake Chelan Kokanee Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Develop a Conduct population surveys to better estimate CBFWA management plan natural production and adjust stocking for proper (Recommendation) harvest size and catch per unit effort Conduct genetic surveys to identify the best CBFWA broodstock source for culture purposes (Recommendation)
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Reduce introduced Reduce introduced species (ie, mysis shrimp, lake CBFWA species trout, and rainbow trout) through harvest or other (Recommendation) means where feasible
Strategies and Measures for Lake Chelan Burbot Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Develop a Conduct extensive surveys to obtain baseline CBFWA management plan population data, habitat use information, and (Recommendation) pathology data
Strategies and Measures for Methow Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce competitive Evaluate species interactions and status CBFWA species populations (Recommendation) Remove brook trout through harvest or other means CBFWA (eg chemical, trapping) (Recommendation) Increase agency presence through creel surveys and CBFWA enforcement (Recommendation) Evaluate regulation effectiveness CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce hybridizing Evaluate species interactions and status CBFWA species populations (Recommendation) Remove brook trout through harvest or other means CBFWA (eg chemical, trapping) (Recommendation) Increase agency presence through creel surveys and CBFWA enforcement (Recommendation) Evaluate regulation effectiveness CBFWA (Recommendation)
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Improve spawning and Survey current habitat, quantify needs, and evaluate CBFWA rearing conditions current uses (Recommendation) Implement appropriate restoration actions CBFWA (Recommendation) Estimate impact of Conduct yearly surveys to determine population CBFWA harvest health (Recommendation) Develop a population estimate to management CBFWA purposes (Recommendation) Work with federal biologists to develop a database CBFWA for the Lost River population (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Methow Westslope Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce competitive Reduce rainbow trout populations through harvest or CBFWA species populations other means (eg, chemical and trapping) (Recommendation) Investigate re-introduction to increase distribution CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce hybridizing Reduce rainbow trout populations through harvest or CBFWA species populations other means (eg, chemical and trapping) and (Recommendation) investigate re-introduction to increase distribution Control harvest Evaluate harvest practices through increased agency CBFWA practices presence using creel surveys and law enforcement (Recommendation) Improve spawning and Survey current habitat, quantify needs, and evaluate CBFWA rearing conditions current uses (Recommendation) Implement appropriate restoration actions CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Okanogan Rainbow Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure
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Address population Implement a feminized triploid rainbow trout Lake Rufus Woods Subbasin Area Stock Assessment, CCT and reservoir-specific stocking and creel survey program for Lake Habitat Assessment, and Fisheries Evaluation (Recommendation) data gaps to better Rufus Woods Program (20072700) inform decision Monitor fishery to determine angler catch rates, Lake Rufus Woods Subbasin Area Stock Assessment, CCT making processes optimal number and size of fish to be released Habitat Assessment, and Fisheries Evaluation (Recommendation) Program (20072700) Determine origin of fish caught with marking Lake Rufus Woods Subbasin Area Stock Assessment, CCT identification, stomach content analysis, and Habitat Assessment, and Fisheries Evaluation (Recommendation) radio isotope studies Program (20072700) Determine primary factors affecting the quality Lake Rufus Woods Subbasin Area Stock Assessment, CCT of the Rufus Woods fishery including the study Habitat Assessment, and Fisheries Evaluation (Recommendation) of the primary productivity of the reservoir Program (20072700) Modify actions Work with local ranchers to develop cost share CBFWA associated with Specific Measure (Project Reference)s with (Recommendation) current land-use Natural Resource and Conservation Service activities (NRCS) that will stabilize streams and stream banks Re-establish riparian vegetation, and exclude CBFWA cattle from riparian zones (Recommendation) Work with Colville Tribes integrated review CBFWA process and land use board to reduce impacts (Recommendation) from proposed timber harvest, range plans and Specific Measure (Project Reference)s, and road construction Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to reduce road densities and water quality impacts from proposed Specific Measure (Project Reference)s and land uses Protect and enhance Work with Colville Tribes integrated review CBFWA in-stream flows process and land use board to reduce impacts (Recommendation) from proposed timber harvest, range plans and Specific Measure (Project Reference)s, and road construction Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to reduce road densities and water quality impacts from proposed Specific Measure
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(Project Reference)s and land uses Work with Colville Tribal Council to purchase CBFWA water rights and protect and enhance in-stream (Recommendation) flows
Strategies and Measures for Okanogan Lahotan Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve flows to Coordinate the participation, planning, and CBFWA provide access to implementation of proposed timber harvest, (Recommendation) spawning habitat range plans and Specific Measure (Project Reference)s, and road construction Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to reduce road densities and hydrological impacts from proposed Specific Measure (Project Reference)s and land uses Purchase property, water rights, and CBFWA conservation agreements, for the protection and (Recommendation) enhancement of in-stream flows Continue collection of brood stock and harvest Colville Hatchery CCT of fertile eggs to be raised in the hatchery and (Recommendation) planted into Omak Lake annually and monitor (198503800) harvest Enhance Omak Lake Continue collection of brood stock and harvest Colville Hatchery CCT population of fertile eggs to be raised in the hatchery and (Recommendation) planted into Omak Lake annually (198503800) Monitor harvest Colville Hatchery CCT (Recommendation) (198503800)
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Strategies and Measures for Okanogan Kokanee Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Address reservoir- Continue monitoring Nespelem River and Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT specific population develop sampling and monitoring plan for entire (Recommendation) data gaps to better reservoir addressing key factors such as (199501100) inform decision limnology, primary productivity, secondary making processes productivity, and fish productivity Identify magnitude of Investigate predators effects on kokanee in Lake Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT predatory impacts on Rufus Woods (Recommendation) natural origin kokanee (199501100) Assess entrainment at Develop and implement an assessment Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT Chief Joseph Dam addressing entrainment at Chief Joseph Dam (Recommendation) determine corrective (199501100) measures Modify current land- Work with local ranchers to develop cost share Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT use practice Specific Measure (Project Reference)s with (Recommendation) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) (199501100) that will stabilize streams and stream banks, re- establish riparian vegetation, and exclude cattle from riparian zones Work with Colville Tribes integrated review CBFWA process and land use board to reduce impacts (Recommendation) from proposed timber harvest, range plans and Specific Measure (Project Reference)s, and road construction Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to reduce road densities and water quality impacts from proposed Specific Measure (Project Reference)s and land uses Improve habitat Work with Colville Tribal Council and NRCS to Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT conditions identify conservation actions that protect and (Recommendation) enhance in stream habitat Determine the (199501100) feasibility of constructing spawning channels in the Nespelem sub basin and other areas Coordinate the participation, planning, and CBFWA
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implementation of proposed timber harvest, (Recommendation) range plans and Specific Measure (Project Reference)s, and road construction Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to reduce road densities and hydrological impacts from proposed Specific Measure (Project Reference)s and land uses Purchase property, water rights, and conservation agreements and easements, for the protection and enhancement of in-stream habitat
Strategies and Measures for Wenatchee Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce competitive Evaluate species interactions and status CBFWA species populations (Recommendation) Remove brook trout through harvest or other means CBFWA (eg chemical, trapping) (Recommendation) Increase/improve Quantify habitat needs CBFWA spawning and rearing (Recommendation) habitat Identify habitat currently being used CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement restoration measures CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce hybridizing Evaluate species interactions and status CBFWA species populations (Recommendation) Conduct biological surveys (population estimates) in CBFWA Lake Wenatchee, the Wenatchee River and its (Recommendation) tributaries Remove brook trout through harvest or other means CBFWA (eg chemical, trapping) (Recommendation)
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Reduce poaching Evaluate harvest practices through creel surveys and CBFWA activities the presence of law enforcement (Recommendation) Evaluate regulation effectiveness and modify if CBFWA warranted (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Wenatchee Westslope Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce competitive Reduce rainbow trout populations through harvest or CBFWA species populations other means (eg, chemical and trapping) (Recommendation) Investigate re-introduction to increase distribution CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce hybridizing Reduce rainbow trout populations through harvest or CBFWA species populations other means (eg, chemical and trapping) (Recommendation) Investigate re-introduction to increase distribution CBFWA (Recommendation) Control harvest Evaluate harvest practices through increased agency CBFWA practices presence using creel surveys and law enforcement (Recommendation) Improve spawning and Survey current habitat, quantify needs, and evaluate CBFWA rearing conditions current uses (Recommendation) Implement appropriate restoration actions CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Wenatchee Westslope Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce competitive Perform population surveys CBFWA species populations (Recommendation) Reduce cutthroat trout populations through harvest CBFWA or other means (eg, chemical and trapping) (Recommendation)
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Reduce or eliminate high lakes stocking program CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce hybridizing Perform population and genetic surveys CBFWA species populations (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Coeur d’Alene Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce impacts from Work with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, CBFWA past mining operations Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Forest Service, other agencies, (Recommendation) and development private developers and landowners, county planners along river and stream and interested angling groups to make protection of corridors and reduce fisheries habitat a primary concern in land use sediment delivery to decisions the stream network Incorporate evaluations of existing habitat into CBFWA Specific Measure (Project Reference) plans (Recommendation) whenever possible Develop a database to demonstrate the magnitude of CBFWA habitat loss and more effectively influence land use (Recommendation) decisions Work with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, CBFWA Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Forest Service, Department of (Recommendation) Transportation, Silver Valley Natural Resource Trustees, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Lands, Department of Environmental Quality, and others to insure mitigation of habitat loss or restoration of habitat whenever possible Promote lessons learned from past research to CBFWA improve habitat critical to bull trout survival (Recommendation) Reduce impacts from Set liberal regulations on northern pike, smallmouth CBFWA introduced species bass and brook trout to reduce their numbers and (Recommendation) limit their spread
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Develop informational programs to educate anglers CBFWA and the public to risks of random introductions of (Recommendation) exotic species Through planning, use enforcement efforts to curtail CBFWA illegal introductions (Recommendation) Work with anglers to reach a balance between exotic CBFWA species and bull trout (Recommendation) Reduce heavy metal Work with Idaho Fish and Game, Coeur d'Alene CBFWA concentrations Restore Tribe, Forest Service, Department of Environmental (Recommendation) functional riparian Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, US Fish habitat and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and other agencies in reducing heavy metal loading into the Coeur d’Alene River watershed Monitor the fish populations to show benefits from reductions in heavy metal concentrations and water temperatures Restore connectivity Work with the Idaho Fish and Game, Coeur d’Alene CBFWA to important Tribe, Forest Service, Idaho Department of Lands, (Recommendation) spawning, rearing and other agencies, private developers and landowners, refugia habitat county planners and interested angling groups to make protection of fisheries habitat a primary concern in land-use decisions Incorporate evaluations of roads, railroads and dikes in survey Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to assess where access to important habitat has been lost Develop a data base to demonstrate the magnitude of CBFWA habitat loss and more effectively influence land use (Recommendation) decisions Work with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, CBFWA Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Forest Service, Department of (Recommendation) Transportation, Silver Valley Natural Resource Trustees, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Lands, Department of Environmental Quality and others to insure mitigation of habitat loss
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or to restore access whenever possible
Stategies and Measures for Coeur d’Alene Kokanee Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce impacts from Set liberal regulations on smallmouth bass to CBFWA introduced species reduce their numbers and limit their spread (Recommendation) Determine habitat use, movement and feeding CBFWA habits of smallmouth bass to assess impacts on (Recommendation) kokanee and other desired game fishes Evaluate chinook survival and recruitment to the CBFWA fishery by monitoring chinook derbies and (Recommendation) conducting redd count surveys Adjust chinook stocking as necessary to meet CBFWA kokanee goals (Recommendation) Modify angler harvest Evaluate angler harvest of kokanee through creel CBFWA to meet kokanee surveys (Recommendation) abundance and size Continue to evaluate kokanee abundance and Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG goals size through trawling and/or hydroacoustics to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Seek public input on whether anglers desire to CBFWA harvest more kokanee of smaller size or fewer (Recommendation) kokanee of a larger size Develop a model that uses kokanee exploitation, CBFWA Chinook abundance and the number and size of (Recommendation) spawning kokanee to predict the expected number and size of mature kokanee three years later This model could be used to help adjust
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angler harvest of kokanee and introductions of Chinook salmon to maintain the desired size and number of mature kokanee Minimize impacts to Work with Idaho Department of Fish and Game, CBFWA lake fisheries due to Coeur d'Alene Tribe, county planners and (Recommendation) lakeshore Department of Lands to make protection of fish encroachment, habitat and water quality a primary concern in pollution and nutrient land use decisions loading
Strategies and Measures for Coeur d’Alene Westslope Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce impacts from Collaboratively work with all agencies Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT development along (including Forest Service, Coeur d'Alene Tribe (Recommendation) river and stream and Idaho Fish and Game), private developers (1990004400) corridors and reduce and landowners, county planners and interested sediment delivery to angling groups to make protection of fisheries the stream network habitat a primary concern in land use decisions Incorporate evaluations of existing habitat into Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT Specific Measure (Project Reference) plans (Recommendation) whenever possible (1990004400) Develop a database to demonstrate the Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT magnitude of habitat loss and more effectively (Recommendation) influence land use decisions (1990004400) Work with the Forest Service, Department of Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT Transportation, Silver Valley Natural Resource (Recommendation) Trustees, Environmental Protection Agency, (1990004400) Department of Lands, Department of Environmental Quality, Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Idaho Department of Fish and Game and others to insure mitigation of habitat loss or restoration of habitat whenever possible Promote lessons learned from cutthroat trout Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT
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research in the Coeur d’Alene Subbasin to (Recommendation) improve habitat critical to cutthroat trout survival (1990004400) Reduce impacts from Set liberal regulations on northern pike, Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT introduced species smallmouth bass, brook trout and rainbow trout (Recommendation) to reduce their numbers and limit their spread (1990004400) Develop informational programs to educate Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT anglers and the public to risks of random (Recommendation) introductions of exotic species (1990004400) Evaluate potential impacts that high kokanee Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT densities may have on restoration of adfluvial (Recommendation) cutthroat trout (1990004400) Through planning, use enforcement efforts to Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT curtail illegal introductions (Recommendation) (1990004400) Work with anglers to reach a balance between Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT exotic species and cutthroat trout (Recommendation) (1990004400) Reduce illegal harvest Work with the Idaho Fish and Game, Coeur Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT d’Alene Tribe, Forest Service, Idaho Department (Recommendation) of Lands, other agencies, private developers and (1990004400) landowners, county planners and interested angling groups to make protection of fisheries habitat a primary concern in land use decisions Incorporate evaluations of roads, railroads and Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT dikes into survey Specific Measure (Project (Recommendation) Reference)s to assess where access to important (1990004400) habitat has been lost Develop a database to demonstrate the Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT magnitude of habitat loss and more effectively (Recommendation) influence land use decisions (1990004400) Work with the Idaho Fish and Game, Coeur Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT d’Alene Tribe, Forest Service, Department of (Recommendation) Transportation, Silver Valley Natural Resource (1990004400)
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Trustees, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Lands, Department of Environmental Quality, and others to insure mitigation of habitat loss or to restore access whenever possible Reduce heavy metal Work with the Idaho Department of Fish and Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT concentrations Game, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Department of (Recommendation) Environmental Quality, Environmental (1990004400) Protection Agency, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and other agencies in reducing heavy metal loading into the Coeur d’Alene River watershed Reduce in-stream Work to restore functional riparian areas in order Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT water temperatures to facilitate lower summer temperatures with (Recommendation) during the warm higher mean flows (1990004400) summer months Monitor the fish populations to show benefits to Coeur d’Alene Reservation Habitat Enhancement CDAT reductions in heavy metal concentrations and (Recommendation) water temperatures (1990004400)
Strategies and Measures for Columbia Upper Redband Trout/Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Burbot, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, and White Sturgeon Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Modify hydro- Determine rates of entrainment under different Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT operations1,2,3,5 hydro-operation scenarios and negotiate hydro- (Recommendation) operations and facility operations1,2,3 (199501100) Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation) (199404300) Quantify levels of primary, secondary and benthic Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI macroinvertebrate production in near-shore habitats (Recommendation) under various hydro-operation scenarios, and (199404300) identify critical areas for habitat protection,
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enhancement, and restoration1,2,3,5 Experiment with release strategies to maximize Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT recruitment to fishery1,2,5 (Recommendation) (199501100) Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation) (199404300) Maximize water retention times to increase rearing Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT capacity and maintain high water elevation2 (Recommendation) (199501100) Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation) (199404300) Conduct research to examine the relationships Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT between spring and summer discharge and (Recommendation) recruitment (in relation to increase mean daily (199501100) discharge at the international border in the spring Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI and summer)5 (Recommendation) (199404300) Conduct research to determine if delayed reservoir Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT refill results in more riverine habitat and/or (Recommendation) recruitment5 (199501100) Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation) (199404300) Maintain and improve Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT in-stream and riparian enhancement, and restoration, purchase lands, (Recommendation) habitat1,2,3,4,5 easements or conservation agreements to protect and (199501100) enhance existing habitat1,2,3,4,5 Enhance and restore physical in-stream and riparian Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT habitat1,2,3,4,5 (Recommendation) (199501100) Increase available Develop a habitat improvement plan that identifies Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT habitat2 specific sites, action, and prioritization for each (Recommendation) (199501100)
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action2 Lake Roosevelt White Sturgeon Recovery Project STOI (Recommendation) (199502700) Develop a community outreach plan2 CBFWA (Recommendation) Ensure adequate water Establish minimum in-stream flow rules for CBFWA for all life stages1,2,3 tributaries and all life stages1,2,3 (Recommendation) Purchase water rights3 CBFWA (Recommendation) Develop water conservation program and public CBFWA outreach and education about water conservation3 (Recommendation) Maintain current hydrograph with a peak during the Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI freshet to cue spawning5 9recommendation) (199404300) Modify hydro- Determine water temperature and dissolved oxygen Lake Rufus Woods Subbasin Area Stock Assessment, CCT operations to ensure conditions under different hydro-operation Habitat Assessment, and Fisheries Evaluation Program (Recommendation) adequate water scenarios1,2,3,5 (20072700) temperatures and Banks Lake Fishery Evaluation Program WDFW dissolved oxygen (Recommendation) levels throughout Lake (200102800) Roosevelt1,2,3,5 Experiment with release strategies to maximize Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI recruitment to fishery1,2,5 (Recommendation) (199404300) Banks Lake Fishery Evaluation Program WDFW (Recommendation) (200102800) Negotiate hydro-operations and facility Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT improvements1,2,3,5 (Recommendation) (199501100) Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation) (199404300) Increase dissolved Identify lakes with hypolimnetic anoxia4 CBFWA oxygen levels4 (Recommendation) Develop strategies to address dissolved oxygen Lake Rufus Woods Subbasin Area Stock Assessment, CCT
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limitation4 Habitat Assessment, and Fisheries Evaluation Program (Recommendation) (20072700) Increase nutrients1,2,3,5 Identify streams and populations that would benefit CBFWA from nutrient enhancement1,2,3 (Recommendation) Implement a nutrient addition program1,2,3 CBFWA (Recommendation) Modify hydro-operations to increase retention times CBFWA to allow for nutrient assimilation and increased (Recommendation) primary and secondary production1,2,3 Develop a nutrient enhancement program including CBFWA levels needed, application strategy, monitoring and (Recommendation) evaluation, and public outreach and education1,2,3,5 Quantify impacts of hydro-operations on primary Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI and secondary production related to retention (Recommendation) times1,2,3,5 (199404300) Negotiate hydro-operations1,2,3,5 Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation) (199404300) Reduce nutrient Identify sources of point and non-point nutrient CBFWA loading1,2 addition1,2,3 (Recommendation) Develop strategies and programs to reduce nutrient CBFWA additions1,2,3 (Recommendation) Remove point and Determine types, extent, and impacts of all potential CBFWA non-point sources of contaminants, and develop cleanup strategies for (Recommendation) contaminants1,2,3,4,5 pollution sources1,2,3,4,5 Reduce or eliminate Quantify rates of predation/competition by non- Lake Rufus Woods Subbasin Area Stock Assessment, CCT non-native native predators1,2,3,4,5 Habitat Assessment, and Fisheries Evaluation Program (Recommendation) predators1,2,3,4,5 (20072700) Banks Lake Fishery Evaluation Program WDFW (Recommendation) (200102800) Develop fishing regulation changes1,2,3,5 Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation)
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(199404300) Experiment with release strategies to maximize Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI recruitment to fishery1,2,5 (Recommendation) (199404300) Banks Lake Fishery Evaluation Program WDFW (Recommendation) (200102800) Establish a removal/ reduction program1,3,4,5 Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation) (199404300) Increase removal efficiency by liberalizing bag CBFWA limits for non-native species (walleye and (Recommendation) smallmouth bass)2
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Maintain wild-type Utilize triploid/sterile hatchery fish for stocking Lake Rufus Woods Subbasin Area Stock Assessment, CCT genetic diversity and programs1,2 Habitat Assessment, and Fisheries Evaluation Program (Recommendation) minimize (20072700) hybridization1,2 Lake Roosevelt Rainbow Trout Net Pens LRDA (Recommendation) (199500900) Maximize harvest of hatchery fish1,2 Colville Hatchery CCT (Recommendation) (198503800) Use marking methods to differentiate hatchery and Colville Hatchery CCT wild fish for regulation of angler harvest1,2 (Recommendation) (198503800) Spokane Tribal Hatchery STOI (Recommendation (199104600) Lake Rufus Woods Subbasin Area Stock Assessment, CCT Habitat Assessment, and Fisheries Evaluation Program (Recommendation) (20072700) Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation) (199404300) Sherman Creek Hatchery WDFW (Recommendation) (199104700) Lake Roosevelt Rainbow Trout Net Pens LRDA (Recommendation) (199500900) Develop a breeding program to ensure only pure Colville Hatchery CCT native stocks are used1,2 (Recommendation) (198503800) Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI (Recommendation) (199404300) Lake Roosevelt White Sturgeon Recovery Project STOI (Recommendation) (199502700)
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Lake Roosevelt White Sturgeon Conservation Hatchery STOI Project (Recommendation) (200737200) Ford Hatchery and Operations WDFW (Recommendation) (200102900) Modify stocking Experiment with release strategies to maximize Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program STOI strategy4 recruitment to fishery4 (Recommendation) (199404300) Banks Lake Fishery Evaluation Program WDFW (Recommendation) (200102800) Reduce harvest on Quantify angling impacts on wild stocks1,2,5 Colville Hatchery CCT sensitive stocks1,2,5 (Recommendation) (198503800) Develop fishing regulation changes1,2,5 Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT (Recommendation) (199501100) Increase enforcement to prevent poaching, and Lake Roosevelt White Sturgeon Recovery Project STOI Increase public outreach and education1,2,5 (Recommendation) (199502700) Intermountain Province Resident Fish Conference and E- LRF Library (Recommendation) (200103100) Decrease bag limit from 2 to 0 (natural origin) in CBFWA Lake Roosevelt2 (Recommendation) Restore fish passage Identify critical areas for tributary access / passage Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT for all life stages to all protection, enhancement, and restoration1,2 (Recommendation) habitats1,2 (199501100) Identify barriers preventing access to tributaries Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT under different hydro-operation scenarios1,2 (Recommendation) (199501100) Enhance or restore access as appropriate1,2 Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT (Recommendation) (199501100) Identify barriers preventing access to habitat1,2 Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT
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(Recommendation) (199501100) Negotiate hydro-operations1 Chief Joseph Kokanee Enhancement CCT (Recommendation) (199501100) 1Redband/rainbow trout, 2Kokanee, 3Burbot, 4Westslope cutthroat trout, 5White sturgeon
Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Remove non-native Continue program of removing lake trout by Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG predators (lake trout trap netting and gillnetting to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) and rainbow trout) Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Locate concentrations of lake trout by sonic Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG telemetry to improve harvest to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Keep liberal regulations for the sport fishery on CBFWA lake and rainbow trout (no harvest limits, no (Recommendation) season, and no size limits) Pay anglers to harvest lake trout and rainbow CBFWA trout to increase harvest (Recommendation) Allow harvest of rainbow trout in tributary CBFWA streams where rainbow trout spawn (Recommendation) Evaluate removal program through an adaptive Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG management approach and change methodology to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) as needed Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Research the potential for lake level changes to CBFWA impact lake trout spawning (Recommendation) Monitor predator and kokanee populations in Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG
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the lake to determine if measures are working to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Research and implement other alternatives for Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG lake trout and rainbow trout management as to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) they are developed in an attempt to reduce the Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) forage demand of predators Pend Oreille Drainage Provide passage The US Army Corps of Engineers, the State of Restoration of Bull Trout Passage at Albeni Falls Dam KT Idaho, Bonneville Power Administration, and using a Trap-and Haul Approach in Conjunction with (Recommendation) US Fish and Wildlife Service shall work Investigations to Assess Effectiveness of Rapid (200724600) cooperatively to evaluate, develop and Genetic Analysis in Assigning Natal Tributary implement a method to allow bull trout passage at Albeni Falls Dam At Cabinet Gorge Dam, Avista Corps, the State CBFWA of Idaho, and US Fish and Wildlife Service (Recommendation) should continue its efforts for the evaluation and implementation of bull trout passage
Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Bull Trout (Northeast Washington) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Modify hydro- Determine rates of entrainment under different CBFWA operations hydro-operation scenarios and negotiate hydro- (Recommendation) operations and facility operations Quantify levels of primary, secondary and benthic CBFWA macroinvertebrate production in near-shore habitats (Recommendation) under various hydro-operation scenarios, and identify critical areas for habitat protection, enhancement, and restoration Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery (Recommendation) Provide adequate Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT
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Reduce non-native Quantify rates of predation/competition by non- Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT predator densities native predators (Recommendation) (199500100) Develop fishing regulation changes CBFWA (Recommendation) Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery (Recommendation) Establish a removal/ reduction program Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT (Recommendation) (199500100) Pend Oreille Nonnative Fish Suppression Project KT (Recommendation) (200714900) Minimize Maximize harvest of hatchery fish CBFWA hybridization (Recommendation) Modify stocking strategies to reduce potential CBFWA genetic interaction (Recommendation) Limit non-native species expansion Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT (Recommendation) (199500100) Reduce take on Quantify angling impacts on wild stocks CBFWA sensitive stocks (Recommendation) Increase enforcement to stop poaching CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase public outreach and education CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore fish passage Identify barriers preventing access to tributaries Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT and habitat under different hydro-operations (Recommendation) connectivity for all life (199500100) history stages Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Where appropriate install fish passage at Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT hydropower Specific Measure (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) to provide access to tributaries to allow for (199500100)
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expression of all life histories Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Implement fish passage program where appropriate Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT (Recommendation) (199500100) Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Negotiate hydro-operations Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT (Recommendation) (199500100)
Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Kokanee (Lake Pend Oreille) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce predation on Continue the program of removing lake trout by Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG kokanee by non- trap netting and gillnetting to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) native predators until Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) kokanee recover Pend Oreille Drainage Locate concentrations of lake trout by sonic Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG telemetry to improve harvest to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Maintain liberal regulations for the sport fishery CBFWA for predatory fish (no harvest, no season, and no (Recommendation) size limits) Pay anglers to harvest lake trout and rainbow Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG trout to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Allow harvest of rainbow trout in tributary CBFWA streams where rainbow trout spawn (Recommendation) Monitor the abundance of lake trout, rainbow Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG trout, bull trout and kokanee to determine the to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation)
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effectiveness of the recovery efforts Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Evaluate removal program through an adaptive Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG management approach and change methodology to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) as needed Investigate establishing a commercial Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) lake whitefish fishery and increasing by-catch of Pend Oreille Drainage lake trout as one additional way to suppress lake trout abundance and predation on kokanee Research the potential for lake level changes to Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG impact lake trout spawning to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Assess potential benefits of fertilizing a section CBFWA of the lake to: 1) increase kokanee growth to help (Recommendation) them avoid predation, and 2) change their distribution in the lake and avoid the north end where lake trout are more numerous Implement a fertilization Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference) if the evaluation shows (Recommendation) potential benefits and acceptable risks Research kokanee stocking strategies for CBFWA methods to improve kokanee recovery (Recommendation)
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Modify hydro- In some years, lower the winter elevation of the CBFWA operations lake to the minimum pool level to allow wave (Recommendation) action to clean and re-sort shoreline gravel Then in subsequent years, hold the lake 4 feet higher to allow kokanee to spawn in the previously cleaned gravel In any given year consideration should be given to adult kokanee abundance, precipitation forecast, the success of chum salmon spawning during the previous year, and previous frequency of draw downs in deciding on a winter lake level Annually, during August or September, the CBFWA IDFG, USACE, BPA, USFWS, NOAA, and the (Recommendation) Lakes Commission should meet to decide on winter lake elevations that benefit both kokanee and chum salmon below Bonneville Dam A decision tree has been developed to assist in the section of a pool level To assist in the selection of a lake level, the abundance of kokanee spawners should be estimated annually Examine kokanee spawning habitat annually by CBFWA core sampling to determine if lake level changes (Recommendation) are having the desired effect of improving habitat quality Protect and improve Work with regulatory agencies to ensure CBFWA shoreline spawning kokanee spawning areas are protected by the (Recommendation) habitat established regulatory process Establish a fund for purchasing land or obtaining CBFWA conservation easements to kokanee spawning (Recommendation) areas that occur on private property, and to do habitat work on the shoreline to protect nearby spawning areas
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Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Kokanee (Washington portion) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Modify hydro- Determine rates of entrainment under different CBFWA operations hydro-operation scenarios and negotiate hydro- (Recommendation) operations and facility operations Quantify levels of primary, secondary and benthic CBFWA macroinvertebrate production in near-shore habitats (Recommendation) under various hydro-operation scenarios, and identify critical areas for habitat protection, enhancement, and restoration Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery (Recommendation) Provide adequate Identify critical areas for habitat protection, CBFWA water temperatures enhancement, and restoration, purchase lands, (Recommendation) and dissolved oxygen easements or conservation agreements to protect and levels enhance existing habitat Enhance and restore physical in-stream and riparian CBFWA habitat (Recommendation) Modify hydro- Determine water temperature and dissolved oxygen CBFWA operations to ensure conditions under different hydro-operation scenarios (Recommendation) adequate water temperatures and Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery (Recommendation) dissolved oxygen levels throughout Pend Negotiate hydro-operations and facility CBFWA Oreille River Drainage improvements (Recommendation) Reduce nutrient Identify sources of point and non-point nutrient CBFWA loading addition (Recommendation) Develop strategies and programs to reduce nutrient CBFWA
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additions (Recommendation) Remove point and Determine types, extent, and impacts of all potential CBFWA non-point sources of contaminants (Recommendation) contaminants Develop cleanup strategies for pollution sources CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce non-native Quantify rates of predation/competition by non- CBFWA predator densities native predators (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes CBFWA (Recommendation) Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery (Recommendation) Establish a removal/ reduction program Pend Oreille Nonnative Fish Suppression Project KT (Recommendation) (200714900) Minimize Maximize harvest of hatchery fish CBFWA hybridization (Recommendation) Modify stocking strategies to reduce potential CBFWA genetic interaction (Recommendation) Limit non-native species expansion CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce take on Quantify angling impacts on wild stocks CBFWA sensitive stocks (Recommendation) Increase enforcement to stop poaching CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase public outreach and education CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore fish passage Identify barriers preventing access to tributaries CBFWA and habitat under different hydro-operations (Recommendation) connectivity for all life history stages Where appropriate install fish passage at CBFWA hydropower Specific Measure (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) to provide access to tributaries to allow for expression of all life histories Implement fish passage program where appropriate CBFWA
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(Recommendation) Negotiate hydro-operations CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Whitefish (Idaho) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve passage Prioritize streams with habitat access problems and CBFWA implement Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to (Recommendation) remove the barrier Improve the habitat in Prioritize streams where the most benefit for CBFWA tributary streams mountain whitefish and other native species can be (Recommendation) obtained Conduct stream improvement Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s to repair damaged habitat (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Whitefish (Washington) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Modify hydro- Identify critical areas for habitat protection, CBFWA operations enhancement, and restoration (Recommendation) Negotiate hydro-operations CBFWA (Recommendation) Maintain and improve Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT in-stream and riparian enhancement, and restoration, purchase lands, Coulee Dams (Recommendation) habitat easements or conservation agreements to protect and (199700400) enhance existing habitat Enhance and restore physical in-stream and riparian CBFWA habitat (Recommendation)
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Ensure adequate water Establish minimum in-stream flow rules for CBFWA for all life stages tributaries and all life stages (Recommendation) Purchase water rights CBFWA (Recommendation) Develop water conservation program, and public CBFWA outreach and education about water conservation (Recommendation) Modify hydro- Determine water temperature and dissolved oxygen CBFWA operations to ensure conditions under different hydro-operation scenarios (Recommendation) adequate water temperatures and Negotiate hydro-operations and facility CBFWA improvements (Recommendation) dissolved oxygen levels Increase dissolved Identify lakes with hypolimnetic anoxia and develop CBFWA oxygen in lakes strategies to address dissolved oxygen limitation (Recommendation) Reduce nutrient Identify sources of point and non-point nutrient CBFWA loading addition (Recommendation) Develop strategies and programs to reduce nutrient CBFWA additions (Recommendation) Remove point and Determine types, extent, and impacts of all potential CBFWA non-point sources of contaminants, and develop cleanup strategies for (Recommendation) contaminants pollution sources Reduce non-native Quantify rates of predation/competition by non- CBFWA predator densities native predators (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes CBFWA (Recommendation) Establish a removal/ reduction program CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce harvest on Quantify angling impacts on wild stocks CBFWA sensitive stocks (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase enforcement to prevent poaching CBFWA (Recommendation)
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Increase public outreach and education CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore fish passage Identify critical areas for tributary access/passage Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT for all life stages to all protection, enhancement, and restoration Coulee Dams (Recommendation) habitats (199700400) Identify barriers preventing access to tributaries Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT under different hydro-operation scenarios, and Coulee Dams (Recommendation) enhance or restore access as appropriate, identify (199700400) barriers preventing access to habitat Negotiate hydro-operations CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement fish passage restoration programs where CBFWA appropriate (Recommendation) Where appropriate, install volitional fish passage CBFWA facilities at all hydropower Specific Measure (Recommendation) (Project Reference)s to provide access to tributaries to allow for expression of all life histories
Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Idaho) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce the abundance Continue the program of removing lake trout Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG of lake trout in Lake by trap netting and gillnetting to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) Pend Oreille Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Locate concentrations of lake trout by sonic Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG telemetry to improve harvest to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) Pend Oreille Drainage Maintain liberal regulations for the sport CBFWA fishery on lake trout (no harvest, no season, (Recommendation) and no size limits) Pay anglers to harvest lake trout CBFWA (Recommendation)
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Monitor the abundance of lake trout to Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG evaluate the removal program through an to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) adaptive management approach and change Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700) methodologies as needed Pend Oreille Drainage Investigate establishing a commercial lake CBFWA whitefish fishery and increasing by-catch of (Recommendation) lake trout as one additional way to suppress lake trout abundance and predation on cutthroat Research the potential for lake level changes to CBFWA impact lake trout spawning (Recommendation) Identify/correct barriers Inventory migration barriers on cutthroat Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope KT spawning streams, and prioritize their Cutthroat Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) importance to improve stream and population (200703800) connectivity Address habitat Inventory cutthroat habitat throughout the Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope KT limitations where subbasin Cutthroat Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) feasible (200703800) Develop a prioritized list of habitat Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope KT improvement Specific Measure (Project Cutthroat Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) Reference)s that gives priority to genetically (200703800) pure populations and economically feasible solutions to habitat problems Implement habitat Specific Measure (Project Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope KT Reference)s and evaluate cutthroat population Cutthroat Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) response to habitat improvement efforts (200703800) Identify pure westslope Conduct a drainage-wide inventory to evaluate Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope KT cutthroat trout the distribution, population status and genetic Cutthroat Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) populations and purity of westslope cutthroat trout populations (200703800) implement measures to Implement a program to expand genetically CBFWA protect the genetic integrity of remaining pure populations in cutthroat trout in key (Recommendation) spawning tributaries and monitor the pure populations effectiveness of these efforts
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Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Washington) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Modify hydro- Determine rates of entrainment under different CBFWA operations hydro-operation scenarios and negotiate hydro- (Recommendation) operations and facility operations Quantify impacts of hydro-operations on primary CBFWA and secondary production related to retention times (Recommendation) (Boundary Reservoir) Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT enhancement, and restoration Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery (Recommendation) Negotiate hydro-operations CBFWA (Recommendation) Maintain and improve Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat KT in-stream and riparian enhancement, and restoration, purchase lands, Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) habitat easements or conservation agreements to protect (200703800) and enhance existing habitat Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Enhance and restore physical in-stream and riparian Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat KT habitat Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) (200703800) Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Ensure adequate water Establish minimum in-stream flow rules for CBFWA for all life stages tributaries and all life stages (Recommendation) Purchase water rights CBFWA (Recommendation) Develop water conservation program, and public CBFWA
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outreach and education about water conservation (Recommendation) Modify hydro- Determine water temperature and dissolved oxygen CBFWA operations to ensure conditions under different hydro-operation (Recommendation) adequate water scenarios temperatures and dissolved oxygen Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery (Recommendation) levels Negotiate hydro-operations and facility CBFWA improvements (Recommendation) Increase dissolved Identify lakes with hypolimnetic anoxia and CBFWA oxygen in lakes develop strategies to address dissolved oxygen (Recommendation) limitation
Reduce nutrient Identify sources of point and non-point nutrient CBFWA loading addition (Recommendation) Develop strategies and programs to reduce nutrient CBFWA additions (Recommendation) Remove point and Determine types, extent, and impacts of all potential CBFWA non-point sources of contaminants, and develop cleanup strategies for (Recommendation) contaminants pollution sources Reduce non-native Quantify rates of predation/ competition by non- CBFWA predator densities native predators (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes CBFWA (Recommendation) Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery (Recommendation) Establish a removal/ reduction program Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT (Recommendation) (199500100) Pend Oreille Nonnative Fish Suppression Project KT (Recommendation) ( 200714900)
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Restore fish passage Identify critical areas for tributary access/passage Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat KT for all life stages to all protection, enhancement, and restoration Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) habitats (200703800) Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT (Recommendation) (199500100) Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Identify barriers preventing access to tributaries Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat KT under different hydro-operation scenarios, and Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) enhance or restore access as appropriate (200703800) Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT (Recommendation) (199500100) Identify barriers preventing access to habitat Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat KT Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendation) (200703800) Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT (Recommendation) (199500100) Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Negotiate hydro-operations CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement fish passage restoration programs where Preserving/Enhancing Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat KT appropriate Trout within the Upper Pend Oreille Basin (Recommendations) (200703800) Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish Project KT (Recommendation) (199500100) Where appropriate, install volitional fish passage CBFWA facilities at all hydropower Specific Measure (Recommendation) (Project Reference)s to provide access to tributaries to allow for expression of all life histories
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Minimize Utilize triploid/sterile hatchery fish for stocking CBFWA hybridization programs (Recommendation) Maximize harvest of hatchery fish CBFWA (Recommendation) Modify stocking strategies to reduce potential CBFWA genetic interaction (Recommendation) Limit non-native species expansion CBFWA (Recommendation) Use marking methods to differentiate hatchery and CBFWA wild fish for regulation of angler harvest (Recommendation) Develop a breeding program to ensure only pure CBFWA native stocks used, and establish an active (Recommendation) removal/reduction program Reduce harvest on Quantify angling impacts on wild stocks CBFWA sensitive stocks (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase enforcement to prevent poaching CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase public outreach and education CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Gerrard Trout (Idaho) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Implement a short- Reduction efforts include maintaining liberalized CBFWA term reduction of the fishing regulations for rainbow trout on the lake (Recommendation) rainbow trout and in the tributaries Investigate and implement population such that other means of population control (tributary age 1-2 kokanee weiring, redd removal) if a sport fishery is not survival is over 50% successful at reducing rainbow trout abundance by 2010 Continue Annually estimate the kokanee abundance Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Project: Purpose IDFG efforts to reduce the within Lake Pend Oreille and calculate survival to Restore Fisheries Impacted by the Federal (Recommendation) predation of kokanee rates, production, and yield from the previous Hydropower System within the Idaho Portion of the (199404700)
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by lake trout to reduce year as well as periodically estimating the Pend Oreille Drainage lake trout-rainbow abundance of lake trout and rainbow trout to see trout competition if efforts to reduce predacious fish are having the desired effect
Once kokanee are recovered, implement CBFWA management strategies to restore the trophy (Recommendation) rainbow trout fishery in Lake Pend Oreille Strategies may include special rules on harvest, re-stocking with pure strain Gerrard rainbow trout, or other means necessary to meet stated objectives The strategy is to not Following kokanee recovery, improve CBFWA improve spawning connectivity and condition of Gerrard rainbow (Recommendation) habitat for rainbow trout spawning habitat trout until kokanee recover
Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Burbot (Washington) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Modify hydro- Determine rates of entrainment under different CBFWA operations hydro-operation scenarios and negotiate hydro- (Recommendation) operations and facility operations Quantify levels of primary, secondary and benthic CBFWA acroinvertebrate production in near-shore habitats (Recommendation) under various hydro-operation scenarios Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT enhancement, and restoration Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Negotiate hydro-operations CBFWA (Recommendation) Maintain and improve Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT in-stream and riparian enhancement, and restoration, purchase lands, Coulee Dams (199700400)
99 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 100 of 210 habitat easements or conservation agreements to protect and enhance existing habitat Enhance and restore physical in-stream and riparian CBFWA habitat (Recommendation) Maintain dissolved Develop strategies to address potential future CBFWA oxygen levels dissolved oxygen limitation due to increased (Recommendation) development and land use Increase nutrients in Develop a nutrient enhancement program including CBFWA Lake Sullivan levels needed, application strategy, monitoring and (Recommendation) evaluation, and public outreach and education Quantify impacts of hydro-operations on primary CBFWA and secondary production related to retention times, (Recommendation) negotiate hydro-operations Reduce nutrient Identify sources of point and non-point nutrient CBFWA loading addition (Recommendation) Develop strategies and programs to reduce nutrient CBFWA additions (Recommendation) Remove point and Determine types, extent, and impacts of all potential CBFWA non-point sources of contaminants, and develop cleanup strategies for (Recommendation) contaminants pollution sources Reduce non-native Quantify rates of predation/competition by non- CBFWA predator densities native predators (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes CBFWA (Recommendation) Establish a removal/ reduction program CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce harvest on Quantify angling impacts on wild stocks CBFWA sensitive stocks (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase enforcement to prevent poaching CBFWA (Recommendation)
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Increase public outreach and education CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Pend Oreille Pygmy Whitefish (Washington) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Modify hydro- Determine rates of entrainment under different CBFWA operations hydro-operation scenarios and negotiate hydro- (Recommendation) operations and facility operations Quantify levels of primary, secondary and benthic CBFWA acroinvertebrate production in near-shore habitats (Recommendation) under various hydro-operation scenarios Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT enhancement, and restoration Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Negotiate hydro-operations CBFWA (Recommendation) Maintain and improve Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT in-stream and riparian enhancement, and restoration, purchase lands, Coulee Dams (Recommendation) habitat easements or conservation agreements to protect and (199700400) enhance existing habitat Enhance and restore physical in-stream and riparian Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand KT habitat Coulee Dams (Recommendation) (199700400) Maintain dissolved Develop strategies to address potential future CBFWA oxygen levels in laes dissolved oxygen limitation due to increased (Recommendation) development and land use Increase nutrients in Develop a nutrient enhancement program including CBFWA Lake Sullivan levels needed, application strategy, monitoring and (Recommendation) evaluation, and public outreach and education Quantify impacts of hydro-operations on primary CBFWA and secondary production related to retention times, (Recommendation)
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negotiate hydro-operations Reduce nutrient Identify sources of point and non-point nutrient CBFWA loading addition (Recommendation) Develop strategies and programs to reduce nutrient CBFWA additions (Recommendation) Remove point and Determine types, extent, and impacts of all potential CBFWA non-point sources of contaminants, and develop cleanup strategies for (Recommendation) contaminants pollution sources Reduce non-native Quantify rates of predation/competition by non- CBFWA predator densities native predators (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes CBFWA (Recommendation) Establish a removal/ reduction program CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce incidental Increase public outreach and education CBFWA impact (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Sanpoil Kokanee Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Increase available Develop habitat improvement strategy that Lake Roosevelt Rainbow Trout Habitat/Passage CCT habitat identifies specific sites and actions and Improvement Program (Recommendation) prioritization of each action (199001800) Restore fish passage at all major barriers (ie, Lake Roosevelt Rainbow Trout Habitat/Passage CCT dams, dikes, weirs, etc) and culvert crossing Improvement Program (Recommendation) (199001800) Restore habitat complexity (in-stream and Lake Roosevelt Rainbow Trout Habitat/Passage CCT riparian),relocate, obliterate, or reconstruct road Improvement Program (Recommendation) segments, restore flow (199001800) Develop community outreach plan with the CBFWA primary purpose of educating land owners on (Recommendation) land use practices
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Reduce non-native Increase removal efficiency by liberalizing bag CBFWA population limits for non-native species (walleye and (Recommendation) smallmouth bass) Modify hydro- Maximize water retention times to increase CBFWA operations rearing capacity (Recommendation) Maintain higher water elevation CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce angler harvest Decrease bag limit from 2 to 0 kokanee/day CBFWA (natural origin kokanee only) in Lake Roosevelt (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Spokane Redband Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Kokanee, and Largemouth Bass Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Modify hydro- Determine rates of entrainment under different CBFWA operations1,2,3,4 hydro-operation scenarios and negotiate hydro- (Recommendation) operations and facility operations1,2,3 Identify critical areas for habitat protection, CBFWA enhancement and restoration1,2,3 (Recommendation) Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery1,2,3 (Recommendation) Negotiate hydropower operations at Post Falls HED CBFWA to provide optimal discharge for spawning and (Recommendation) emergence1,2 Quantify levels of primary, secondary, and benthic CBFWA macroinvertebrate production in near-shore habitats (Recommendation) under various hydro-operation scenarios4 Maintain and improve Identify critical areas for habitat protection, Coeur d’Alene Fisheries Enhancement, Hangman Creek CDAT in-stream and riparian enhancement, and restoration, purchase lands, (Recommendation) habitat1,2,3 easements or conservation agreements to protect and (200103200) enhance existing habitat1,2,3 Enhance and restore physical in-stream and riparian Coeur d’Alene Fisheries Enhancement, Hangman Creek CDAT
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habitat1,2,3 (Recommendation) (200103200) Ensure adequate water Establish minimum in-stream flow rules for CBFWA for all life stages1,2,3 tributaries and all life stages1,2,3 (Recommendation) Purchase water rights1,2,3 CBFWA (Recommendation) Develop water conservation program, and public Coeur d’Alene Fisheries Enhancement, Hangman Creek CDAT outreach and education about water conservation1,2,3 (Recommendation) (200103200) Modify hydro- Determine water temperature and dissolved oxygen CBFWA operations to ensure conditions under different hydro-operation (Recommendation) adequate water scenarios1,2,3 temperatures and dissolved oxygen Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery1,2,3 (Recommendation) levels in the mainstem Spokane River1,2,3 Negotiate hydro-operations and facility CBFWA improvements1,2,3 (Recommendation) Implement TMDL1,2,3 Work with DOE to develop and implement TMDL CBFWA for temperature, dissolved oxygen, and nutrients1,2,3 (Recommendation) Reduce nutrient Identify sources of point and non-point nutrient CBFWA loading1,2,3 addition1,2,3 (Recommendation) Develop strategies and programs to reduce nutrient CBFWA additions1,2,3 (Recommendation) Remove point and Determine types, extent, and impacts of all potential CBFWA non-point sources of contaminants, and develop cleanup strategies for (Recommendation) contaminants1,2,3,4 pollution sources1,2,3,4 Reduce non-native Quantify rates of predation/competition by non- CBFWA predator densities1,2,3 native predators1,2,3 (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes1,2,3 CBFWA (Recommendation) Experiment with release strategies to maximize CBFWA recruitment to fishery1,2,3 (Recommendation)
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Establish a removal/ reduction program1,2,3 CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore fish passage Identify critical areas for tributary access / passage Coeur d’Alene Fisheries Enhancement, Hangman Creek CDAT for all life stages to all protection, enhancement, and restoration1,2,3 (Recommendation) habitats1,2,3 (200103200) Identify barriers preventing access to tributaries Coeur d’Alene Fisheries Enhancement, Hangman Creek CDAT under different hydro-operation scenarios, and (Recommendation) enhance or restore access as appropriate1,2,3 (200103200) Identify barriers preventing access to habitat1,2,3 Coeur d’Alene Fisheries Enhancement, Hangman Creek CDAT (Recommendation) (200103200) Negotiate hydro-operations, and implement fish CBFWA passage restoration programs where appropriate1,2,3 (Recommendation) Implement fish passage restoration programs where Coeur d’Alene Fisheries Enhancement, Hangman Creek CDAT appropriate3 (Recommendation) (200103200) Reduce harvest on Quantify angling impacts on wild stocks1,2,3 CBFWA sensitive stocks1,2,3 (Recommendation) Develop fishing regulation changes1,2,3 CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase enforcement to prevent poaching1,2,3 CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase public outreach and education1,2,3 Coeur d’Alene Fisheries Enhancement, Hangman Creek CDAT (Recommendation) (200103200) Minimize Utilize triploid/sterile hatchery fish for stocking CBFWA hybridization1,3 programs1 (Recommendation) Maximize harvest of hatchery fish1 CBFWA (Recommendation) Modify stocking strategies to reduce potential CBFWA genetic interaction1,3 (Recommendation) Limit non-native species expansion, use marking CBFWA methods to differentiate hatchery and wild fish for (Recommendation) regulation of angler harvest1
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Maintain wild-type Develop a breeding program that ensures wild-type CBFWA genetic diversity and genetic structure and diversity of the target (Recommendation) population structure1 population are fully represented1 1Redband, 2Mountain whitefish, 3Kokanee, 4Largemouth bass
Strategies and Measures for Flathead Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore natural hyrologic Implement integrated rule curves (IRC’s) at Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP conditions (ie flow, Hungry Horse Dam (Recommendation) timing and duration); (199101903) operate Hungry Horse Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Dam to minimize Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendations) negative impacts Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Adopt flood control provisions of the IRC’s Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (VAR-Q) approach (Recommendation) (199101903) Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation) Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Reduce reservoir Reduce reservoir drawdown and reduce Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP operational impacts frequency of Hungry Horse refill failure to (Recommendation) within five feet of full pool (199101903) Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation) Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Maintain or exceed recommended instream Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP flows in the South Fork Flathead River (Recommendation)
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(199101903) Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation) Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Consider bull trout and westslope cutthroat Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP trout when developing flood control release (Recommendation) patterns (199101903) Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation) Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Increase/Improve in-lake Revegetate top ten feet of varial zone Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT habitat (Recommendation) (199101901) Montana Focus watershed Coordinator CSKT Recommendation (199608701) Secure and Restore Resident Fish Habitat CSKT (Recommendation) (200200300) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Flathead MFWP Subbasin (Recommendation) (200200300) Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP (Recommendation) (200880000) Place artificial habitat structures where they Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT are likely to benefit native fish (Recommendation) (199101901)
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Montana Focus Watershed Coordinator CSKT (Recommendation) (199608701) Secure and Restore Resident Fish Habitat CSKT (Recommendation) (200200300) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Flathead MFWP Subbasin (Recommendation) (200200300) Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP (Recommendation) (200880000) Increase seasonal or in- Work with action agencies to adjust operations Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP seasonal reservoir to increase retention time by five days relative (Recommendation) retention time to past (199101903) Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation) Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Reduce the level of Conduct public-involved lake trout removal Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT competition/ predation by efforts in Flathead Lake (Recommendation) non-native lake trout in (199101901) Flathead Lake Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Monitor lake trout status and harvest levels in Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT Flathead Lake (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Identify status of newly Quantify lake trout population size and habitat Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT
108 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 109 of 210 discovered lake trout utilization in Swan Lake (Recommendation) population in Swan Lake (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Develop and implement strategies to reduce or Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT eliminate lake trout (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Develop a management direction for bull trout Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT protection in the Swan Drainage (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Reduce competition with Implement liberal harvest regulations on brook Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT brook trout trout (Recommendation) Develop/Implement fish stocking policies (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Suppress/eradicate brook trout where feasible Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Minimize risk of brook Assess current status and hybridization in bull Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT trout hybridization in trout spawning and rearing tributaries (Recommendation) critical bull trout (199101901) spawning and rearing Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP tributaries (Recommendation) (199101903) Determine the life history and habitat Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT
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utilization of the hybrid fish (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Maintain liberal angling regulations for brook Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT trout (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Increase educational efforts on proper fish Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT identification (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Develop and enforce fish stocking policies and Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT private fish pond licensing requirements (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Suppress/eradicate brook trout where feasible Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Protect and maintain Work with willing landowners to provide long- Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT spawning and rearing term habitat protection through acquisition or (Recommendation) habitat quality and the easement (199101901) connectivity necessary for Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Flathead MFWP the migratory life history Subbasin (Recommendation) (200200300) Montana Focus Watershed Coordinator CSKT
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(Recommendation) (199608701) Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP (Recommendation) (200880000) Implement stream restoration/enhancement Montana Focus Watershed Coordinator CSKT Specific Measure (Project Reference)s where (Recommendation) feasible (199608701) Secure and Restore Resident Fish Habitat CSKT (Recommendation) (200200300) Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Flathead MFWP Subbasin (Recommendation) (200200300) Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP (Recommendation) (200880000) Fulfill statutory obligations relative to Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT streambed and bank protection (Recommendation) (199101901) Montana Focus Watershed Coordinator CSKT (Recommendation) (199608701) Secure and Restore Resident Fish Habitat CSKT (Recommendation) (200200300) Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP (Recommendation) (200880000) Assure that rural residential development of Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT private lands in alluvial valleys does not (Recommendation) negatively impact migratory corridors (199101901) connecting upstream spawning and rearing Montana Focus Watershed Coordinator CSKT areas with the lake and river system (Recommendation) (199608701) Secure and Restore Resident Fish Habitat CSKT
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(Recommendation) (200200300) Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP (Recommendation) (200880000) Participate in the evaluation of forestry “best Montana Focus Watershed Coordinator CSKT management practices” as stipulated by the (Recommendation) legislature (199608701) Secure and Restore Resident Fish Habitat CSKT (Recommendation) (200200300) Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP (Recommendation) (200880000) Mitigate for the 1258 km Acquire and restore the equivalent amount of Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP of habitat inundated by the habitat lost by acquiring fee title and/or (Recommendation) construction of Hungry conservation easements at fair market value (200880000) Horse Dam Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Flathead MFWP Subbasin (Recommendation) (200200300) Mitigate for the loss of Acquire and restore the equivalent amount of Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP over 40% of the spawning habitat lost by acquiring fee title and/or (Recommendation) habitat blocked by Hungry conservation easements at fair market value (200880000) Horse Dam Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Flathead MFWP Subbasin (Recommendation) (200200300)
Strategies and Measures for Flathead Westslope Cutthroat Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure
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Restore and maintain Implement integrated rule curves (IRCs) for Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP natural hydrologic operation of Hungry Horse Dam and pursue (Recommendation) conditions (ie, flow, adoption of the flood control provisions of the (199101903) timing, and duration), and IRCs (VAR-Q approach) operate the dam to minimize negative impacts Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation) Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT
Reduce reservoir Reduce reservoir drawdown and reduce Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP operational impacts frequency of Hungry Horse refill failure to (Recommendation) within five feet of full pool (199101903) Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation) Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Maintain or exceed recommended instream Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP flows in the South Fork Flathead River (Recommendation) (199101903) Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation) Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Consider bull trout and westslope cutthroat Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP trout when developing flood control release (Recommendation) patterns (199101903) Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation)
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Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Increase seasonal or in- Work with action agencies to adjust operations Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP seasonal reservoir to increase retention time by five days relative (Recommendation) retention time to past (199101903) Evaluation of the Biological Effects of the MFWP Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Recommendation) Mainstem Amendment on Fisheries Upstream and (200600800) Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams, MT Increase/Improve in-lake Revegetate top ten feet of varial zone; improve Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT habitat shoreline habitat in Flathead Lake by (Recommendation) implementing Kerr Specific Measure (Project (199101901) Reference) FWIS Montana Focus Watershed Coordinator CSKT (Recommendation) (199608701) Secure and Restore Resident Fish Habitat CSKT (Recommendation) (200200300) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Flathead MFWP Subbasin (Recommendation) (200200300) Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP (Recommendation) (200880000) Place artificial habitat structures where they are Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT likely to benefit native fish (Recommendation) (199101901) Montana Focus Watershed Coordinator CSKT (Recommendation) (199608701)
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Secure and Restore Resident Fish Habitat CSKT (Recommendation) (200200300) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Flathead MFWP Subbasin (Recommendation) (200200300) Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition MFWP (Recommendation) (200880000) Reduce the level of Conduct public-involved lake trout removal Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT predation by non-native efforts in Flathead Lake (Recommendation) lake trout in Flathead (199101901) Lake and mainstem Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP Flathead River (Recommendation) (199101903) Monitor lake trout status and harvest levels in Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT Flathead Lake (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Reduce competition with Implement liberal harvest regulations on Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT rainbow & brook trout rainbow trout and brook (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Develop/Implement fish stocking policies Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903)
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Suppress/eradicate rainbow trout where feasible Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Assess current status of competition with brook Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT trout in westslope cutthroat spawning and (Recommendation) rearing tributaries (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Increase educational efforts on proper fish Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake CSKT identification (Recommendation) (199101901) Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199101903) Protect existing Remove all of the exotic trout from lakes and Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP genetically pure their associated streams where possible (Recommendation) populations of westslope (199101903) cutthroat trout in the Rely on genetically pure fish stocked in the Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP South Fork Drainage headwater lakes to repopulate the stream (Recommendation) systems and move them towards a genetically (199101903) pure state Increase educational and enforcement activities Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP to discourage illegal fish introduction (Recommendation) (199101903) Characterize, conserve and monitor genetic Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP diversity and gene flow among local (Recommendation) populations (199101903) Conduct genetic inventory to understand the Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP genetic baseline and monitor genetic strategies (Recommendation) (199101903) Establish conservation refuge areas for Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP
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stronghold species assemblages (Recommendation) (199101903) Incorporate conservation of genetic and Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP behavioral attributes of westslope cutthroat (Recommendation) trout into recovery and management plans (199101903) Manage local populations to maintain long-term Hungry Horse Mitigation Program MFWP viability (Recommendation) (199101903)
Strategies and Measures for Kootenai Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of (SBP Obj) Measure Physical Habitat Operate Libby Dam and the downstream CBFWA Restoration hydropower system in ways that restore normative (Recommendation) river functions in the lower Kootenai River, To improve the altered including hydrograph cycles that promote and hydrograph: maintain habitat diversity, and floodplain Bring Libby Dam connectivity operations 50% closer Evaluate alternatives for Libby Dam operations to CBFWA to normative provide more appropriate water temperatures and (Recommendation) conditions during increased flexibility in flow management, especially summer and spring during winter and spring while providing flood control (M1a) Develop, evaluate, and implement more normative CBFWA Determine seasonal flow windows and flow ramping rates (Recommendation) opportunities for hydro operations to remove delta blockages from tributary streams (M1b, T7b) Improve hydrographs to meet QHA- generated high/low flow habitat restoration
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scores of reference streams (T7a) To improve the altered Use models to evaluate responses of habitat and fish CBFWA thermograph: populations to alternative dam operating strategies (Recommendation) Monitor temperatures within the reservoir and CBFWA Modify the mainstem downstream sites during flow augmentation and (Recommendation) thermal regime to be normative flow operations more normative, within current thermal Develop multi-year experimental discharge CBFWA limitations imposed by agreements for Libby Dam operations to evaluate the (Recommendation) Libby Dam and effectiveness of restoring more natural thermographs Koocanusa Reservoir, for natural spawning, development, and recruitment to be more within the for white sturgeon, burbot, bull trout and other tolerance range of all important species and ecological functions life stages of various aquatic and focal fish species (M4a) Research, develop, and test new operational strategies for Libby Dam that could expand its role in more effectively providing a more normative downstream thermograph (M4b) Protect and revegetate riparian areas to maintain shading and cool water temperatures (T5a) Improve the thermograph to a level
118 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 119 of 210 equivalent to the QHA-generated thermograph scores of reference and Class 1 streams (T5b) To improve channel See details of the 11 associated measures (listed as Reconnect Kootenai River with the Historic Floodplain KTI stability: strategies) on Page 28 of the Management Plan (Recommendation) section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan (200200800) Improve channel Libby Mitigation Project MFWP stability to a level (Recommendation) equivalent to the (199500400) QHA-generated, channel stability Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG habitat-restoration (Recommendation) scores of reference (198806500) streams (M6) Improve channel stability to a level equivalent to the QHA-generated channel stability scores of reference and Class 1 streams (T4) To improve Identify, monitor, and maintain existing barriers Reconnect Kootenai River with the Historic Floodplain KTI connectivity: necessary to keep introduced species at bay install (Recommendation) new barriers where necessary to prevent invasion of (200200800) Restore, provide, and introduced species Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG maintain passage to (Recommendation) migratory fish by (198806500) removing potential man-caused barriers, ie Libby Mitigation Project MFWP impassable culverts, (Recommendation) hydraulic headcuts, (199500400) water diversion Identify barriers or sites of entrainment for focal Reconnect Kootenai River with the Historic Floodplain KTI blockages, landslides, species, and implement tasks to provide passage and (Recommendation) (200200800)
119 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 120 of 210 and impassable deltas eliminate entrainment Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (T8) (Recommendation) (198806500) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Eliminate entrainment in diversions and provide fish Reconnect Kootenai River with the Historic Floodplain KTI passage around diversions (Recommendation) (200200800) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Install appropriate fish passage structures around Reconnect Kootenai River with the Historic Floodplain KTI diversions and/or remove related migration barriers (Recommendation) (200200800) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Eliminate culvert barriers Monitor road crossings for Reconnect Kootenai River with the Historic Floodplain KTI blockages to upstream passage and replace existing (Recommendation) culverts that impede passage (200200800) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) To increase habitat Periodically alter Kootenai River hydrograph to CBFWA diversity: restore hydraulic energy needed to create increase (Recommendation) habitat diversity Improve habitat
120 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 121 of 210 diversity to levels Design and implement re-connection of side channel, Reconnect Kootenai River with the Historic Floodplain KTI equivalent to the slough, backwater and, in-river habitats (Recommendation) QHA-generated habitat (200200800) diversity habitat Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG restoration scores, and (Recommendation) habitat diversity (198806500) conditions based on Libby Mitigation Project MFWP ecological primary (Recommendation) literature and possible (199500400) references rivers (M5) Protect habitat diversity in Class 1 streams and reaches (T6a) Improve habitat diversity to a level equivalent to the QHA-generated habitat diversity scores of reference streams (T6b) To restore the Work with action agencies to improve reservoir refill Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG hydraulic regime: probability and reduce maximum drawdown and (Recommendation) increase seasonal and in-seasonal reservoir retention (198806500) Reduce reservoir time by at least five days relative to past operations Libby Mitigation Project MFWP drawdown and reduce during similar water years (Recommendation) the frequency of (199500400) Koocanusa Reservoir refill failure to within five feet of full pool as compared to previous post-dam operation (R1) To improve shoreline Plan, coordinate, implement cost-effective means of Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG condition: revegetating the river and reservoir varial zones with (Recommendation)
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Revegetate the varial appropriate techniques, agencies, and organizations (198806500) zone using best Libby Mitigation Project MFWP available techniques (Recommendation) (R2) (199500400) To improve riparian Develop a consolidated riparian and wetland habitat Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG habitat condition: map for the Kootenai Subbasin (Recommendation) (198806500) Improve riparian Libby Mitigation Project MFWP function and (Recommendation) complexity of (199500400) mainstem riparian habitat to support or Investigate and analyze historic losses of riparian and Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG contribute to wetland habitats in the Kootenai Subbasin (Recommendation) sustainable population (198806500) levels of focal species Libby Mitigation Project MFWP that function naturally (Recommendation) and may be capable of (199500400) supporting appropriate Identify associated losses in biological functions and Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG forms of human use performance (eg riparian dependent fish, animals, (Recommendation) (M2) birds) (198806500) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP Restore riparian (Recommendation) habitats to levels (199500400) equivalent to the Coordinate efforts with natural resource managers to Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG QHA-generated develop a comprehensive riparian and wetland (Recommendation) riparian condition habitat protection, rehabilitation, and enhancement (198806500) habitat restoration plan for the Kootenai River mainstem Libby Mitigation Project MFWP scores of reference (Recommendation) streams (T2) (199500400) To address turbidity, See details of the 19 associated measures (listed as fine sediments: strategies) on pages 23 and 24, and the 20 associated measures (listed as strategies) on pages 31-32 of the Achieve turbidity Management Plan section of the Kootenai River levels in the mainstem Subbasin Plan that support sustainable population levels of focal species
122 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 123 of 210 that function naturally and may be capable of supporting appropriate forms of human use (M3a) Reduce the delivery offine sediments in the mainstem to support sustainable population levels of focal species that function naturally and may be capable of supporting appropriate forms of human use (M3b) Reduce the delivery of fine sediments to a level equivalent to the QHA-generated fine sediment habitat attribute scores of reference streams or reaches (T3) To improve reservoir Work with action agencies to improve reservoir refill Libby Mitigation Project MFWP volumetric turnover probability and reduce maximum drawdown and (Recommendation) rate: increase seasonal and in-seasonal reservoir retention (199500400) time by at least five days relative to past operations Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG Improve reservoir during similar water years (Recommendation) refill probability and (198806500) reduce maximum drawdown to increase reservoir retention time by at least five days relative to past operations during similar water years
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(R1) To address number of See details of the 14 associated measures (listed as Libby Mitigation Project MFWP local populations: strategies) on pages 41-42 of the Management Plan (Recommendation) section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan (199500400) Maintain or increase Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG the total number of (Recommendation) identified local (198806500) populations and maintain the broad distribution of local populations across all four existing core areas (BT1) To address small See details of the 13 measures (listed as strategies) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG population size: on pages 43-44 of the Management Plan section of (Recommendation) the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan (198806500) Achieve at least 5 local Libby Mitigation Project MFWP populations (including (Recommendation) British Columbia (199500400) tributaries) with 100 adults in each of the primary Lake Koocanusa and Kootenai River/Kootenay Lake core areas, with each of these primary core areas containing at least 1,000 adult bull trout (BT2a) Achieve at least 1 local population of bull trout containing 100 or more adult fish in each of the Bull Lake and Sophie Lake secondary
124 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 125 of 210 core areas (BT2b) To address population See details of the 13 associated measures (listed as Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG stability: strategies) on pages 44-45 of the Management Plan (Recommendation) section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan (198806500) Achieve an overall bull Libby Mitigation Project MFWP trout population trend (Recommendation) in the Kootenai River (199500400) Recovery Unit that is accepted, under contemporary standards, to be stable or increasing, based on at least 10 years of monitoring data (BT3) To address affects of Take actions necessary to suppress and prevent Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG non-native species expansion of populations of non-native fish species (Recommendation) introductions: (198806500) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP Suppress and prevent (Recommendation) expansion of (199500400) populations of non- native fish species beyond current levels in Koocanusa Reservoir (BT4a) Support and coordinate with suppression and removal activities for nonnative fish species in British Columbia waters of the Kootenai Subbasin to reduce relative and total abundance of non- native fishes in the Subbasin (BT4b)
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To address the effects Nutrient restoration in Kootenay Lake and Kootenai Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG of reduced nutrients/ River (Recommendation) system productivity: (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI Restore system (Recommendation) productivity (BT5) (199404900) Libby Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Implement ongoing annual nutrient addition water Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG quality monitoring program (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Libby Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Implement ongoing Biomonitoring Program to Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG measure water quality, algal accrual, (Recommendation) macroinvertebrate community condition (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Libby Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Implement annual fish survey Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) To mitigate for the 240 Acquire and restore the equivalent amount of habitat Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Kootenai Subbasin MFWP MOA km of habitat lost by acquiring fee title and/or conservation (Recommendation)
126 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 127 of 210 inundated by the easements at fair market value construction of Libby Dam Address critical Conduct research needed to address critical Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG uncertainties uncertainties (Recommendation) (198806500) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400)
Strategies and Measures for Kootenai Burbot Source of Strategy Recommended Measure Measure SAME FOR ALL FOCAL SPECIES (See physical habitat restorations strategies and measures for bull trout above) To address altered Document specific temperature and flow Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG winter hydro and requirements (Recommendation) thermal regime: (198806500) Develop and Investigate existing hydrological models to evaluate Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG implement an effects of operational alternatives life stages (Recommendation) experimental Kootenai (198806500) River flow/water Evaluate use of selective withdrawal to affect Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG temperature operation thermograph (Recommendation) (198806500) Develop and implement multi-year plan for Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG experimental operations (Recommendation) (198806500)
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To improve reduced Nutrient restoration in Kootenay Lake and Kootenai Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG nutrients/system River (Recommendation) productivity: (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI Restore system (Recommendation) productivity (BUR1) (199404900) Libby Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Implement ongoing annual nutrient addition water Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG quality monitoring program (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Libby Mitigation Program MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Implement ongoing Biomonitoring Program to Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG measure water quality, algal accrual, (Recommendation) macroinvertebrate community condition (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement annual fish survey Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) To compensate for Develop, evaluate, implement, and monitor Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG post-dam community improvements to hydro operations, physical (Recommendation) composition shifts: habitats, and ecological community components to (198806500) restore ecological and environmental selection Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in the Kootenai Subbasin MFWP MOA Rehabilitate mainstem pressures to favor native assemblages of fish and (Recommendation) Kootenai River fish wildlife taxa in the mainstem Kootenai River and community structure Libby Mitigation Program MFWP associated and historical floodplain areas and density to better (Recommendation) approximate pre-Libby (199500400) Dam ecological Restore lower winter water temperatures Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG
128 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 129 of 210 community (Recommendation) characteristics (BUR2) (198806500) To address recruitment Restore natural recruitment and/or develop, refine, Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG failure: implement, and evaluate a conservation aquaculture (Recommendation) program for burbot (198806500) Achieve consistent Kootenai River Native Fish Restoration and Conservation KTI natural recruitment in Aquaculture (Recommendation) at least three different (198806400) spawning areas with net recruitment and juvenile population size sufficient to support desired adult population size (BUR3a) BUR3b Achieve stable size and age distributions as determined by an upward trend in a 6- year moving average of population abundance (BUR3b) To address small Develop, refine, implement, and evaluate a Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG population size: conservation aquaculture program for burbot (Recommendation) (198806500) Achieve a minimum Kootenai River Native Fish Restoration and Conservation KTI number of 2,500 adults Aquaculture (Recommendation) in the burbot (198806400) population (BUR4) To address the effects See details of the 5 associated measures (listed as Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG of contaminants strategies) on page 71 of the Management Plan (Recommendation) (altered water quality: section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan (198806500)
Evaluate lethal and sublethal effects of
129 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 130 of 210 environmental contaminants (including reproductive and behavioral effects) on white sturgeon and burbot (BUR5a) Seek remedies for contaminant problems if warranted (BUR5b) Address critical Conduct research needed to address critical Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (198806500) uncertainties uncertainties
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Strategies and Measures for Kootenai Redband Trout Source of Strategy Recommended Measure Measure SAME FOR ALL FOCAL SPECIES (See physical habitat restorations strategies and measures for bull trout above) To address number of Protect remaining redband populations by enacting MFWP local populations: conservation measures in sport angling regulations Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) and fisheries management plans, guidelines, and (199500400) Maintain and/or policies to minimize unintentional mortality of Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism IDFG increase the total redband trout in Kootenai River tributaries (SNPs)) genetic Markers Diagnostic between Coastal (Recommendation) number of genetically Rainbow Trout and Interior Redband Trout (200721800) pure local populations (RBT1a) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) Replicate genetically (198806500) pure redband stocks for use in restoration actions throughout their historic range (RBT1b) To address small Evaluate potential effects of introduced fishes on bull MFWP population size: trout recovery, westslope cutthroat trout, redband Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) trout, and kokanee conservation and implement tasks (199500400) Achieve a minimum of to minimize negative effects Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism IDFG two genetically pure (SNPs)) genetic Markers Diagnostic between Coastal (Recommendation) conservation Rainbow Trout and Interior Redband Trout (200721800) populations, each containing at least 250 Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG adult redband trout (Recommendation) (including British (198806500) Columbia tributaries) Evaluate effects of existing and proposed sport Libby Mitigation Project MFWP In Kootenai Subbasin harvest regulations on redband trout (Recommendation) redband trout (199500400) populations that have Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG subpopulations, (Recommendation) (198806500)
131 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 132 of 210 subpopulations should Characterize, conserve, and monitor genetic diversity Libby Mitigation Project MFWP contain at least 50 in isolate populations (Recommendation) adult individuals to (199500400) improve the Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism IDFG probability of (SNPs)) genetic Markers Diagnostic between Coastal (Recommendation) subpopulation Rainbow Trout and Interior Redband Trout (200721800) persistence (RBT2) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Incorporate conservation of genetic and behavioral Libby Mitigation Project MFWP attributes of redband trout into recovery and (Recommendation) management plans (199500400) Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism IDFG (SNPs)) genetic Markers Diagnostic between Coastal (Recommendation) Rainbow Trout and Interior Redband Trout (200721800) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Maintain long-term viability of conservation Libby Mitigation Project MFWP populations (numbers and lifecycle strategies) and (Recommendation) establish wild populations where native stocks have (199500400) been extirpated Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism IDFG (SNPs)) genetic Markers Diagnostic between Coastal (Recommendation) Rainbow Trout and Interior Redband Trout (200721800) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Rear genetically pure redband trout in restored Libby Mitigation Project MFWP natural rearing habitat at the Libby Area Office (Recommendation) (199500400) Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism IDFG (SNPs)) genetic Markers Diagnostic between Coastal (Recommendation) Rainbow Trout and Interior Redband Trout (200721800) Use F1 progeny for restoration Specific Measure Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Project Reference)s within their historic range (Recommendation) (199500400)
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Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism IDFG (SNPs)) genetic Markers Diagnostic between Coastal (Recommendation) Rainbow Trout and Interior Redband Trout (200721800) Evaluate effects of existing and proposed sport Libby Mitigation Project MFWP harvest regulations on redband trout populations (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Maintain long-term viability of conservation MFWP populations Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) (199500400) Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism IDFG (SNPs)) genetic Markers Diagnostic between Coastal (Recommendation) Rainbow Trout and Interior Redband Trout (200721800) Where necessary, isolate pure populations to prevent MFWP invasion of nonnative species or genetically Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) introgressed populations (199500400) Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism IDFG (SNPs)) genetic Markers Diagnostic between Coastal (Recommendation) Rainbow Trout and Interior Redband Trout (200721800) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP Evaluate available over-winter rearing habitat for (Recommendation) young redband trout and determine means of (199500400) improving or optimizing available over winter Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG rearing (Recommendation) (198806500) To address affects of Take actions necessary to suppress and prevent Libby Mitigation Project MFWP non-native species expansion of populations of non-native fish species (Recommendation) introductions: (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG Suppress and prevent (Recommendation) expansion of (198806500) populations of non- native fish species Rehabilitate habitat to favor native species Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (RBT3a) assemblages (Recommendation) (199500400)
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Support and coordinate with suppression and removal activities for nonnative fish species in British Columbia waters of the Kootenai To address the effects Nutrient restoration in Kootenay Lake and Kootenai MFWP of reduced nutrients/ River Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) system productivity: (199500400) IDFG Restore system Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory (Recommendation) productivity (198806500) KTI Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing annual nutrient addition water MFWP quality monitoring program Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) (199500400) IDFG Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory (Recommendation) (198806500) KTI Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing Biomonitoring Program to MFWP measure water quality, algal accrual, Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) macroinvertebrate community condition (199500400) IDFG Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI
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(Recommendation) (199404900) Implement annual fish survey MFWP Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) (199500400) KTI Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project (Recommendation) (199404900) IDFG Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory (Recommendation) (198806500) To mitigate for the 240 Acquire and restore the equivalent amount of habitat MFWP km of habitat lost by acquiring fee title and/or conservation Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) inundated by the easements at fair market value (199500400) construction of Libby MFWP Secure and Protect Fish habitat in the Kootenai Subbasin Dam (Recommendation) MFWP Libby Mitigation Project (Recommendation) Address critical Conduct research needed to address critical (199500400) uncertainties uncertainties IDFG Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory (Recommendation) (198806500)
Strategies and Measures for Kootenai Kokanee Source of Strategy Recommended Measure Measure SAME FOR ALL FOCAL SPECIES (See physical habitat restorations strategies and measures for bull trout above) To address the effects Nutrient restoration in Kootenay Lake and Kootenai Libby Mitigation Project MFWP of reduced nutrients/ River (Recommendation) system productivity: (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG Restore system (Recommendation) productivity (KOK1) (198806500)
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Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing annual nutrient addition water Libby Mitigation Project MFWP quality monitoring program (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing Biomonitoring Program to Libby Mitigation Project MFWP measure water quality, algal accrual, (Recommendation) macroinvertebrate community condition (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement annual fish survey Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) To address the effects Develop, evaluate, implement, and monitor Kootenai River Native Fish Restoration and Conservation KTI of community improvements to hydro operations, physical habitats, Aquaculture (Recommendation) composition shifts: and ecological community components to restore (198806400) ecological and environmental selection pressures to Rehabilitate tributary favor native assemblages of fish & wildlife in the fish community mainstem Kootenai R and associated historical structure and density to floodplain areas better approximate pre-Libby Dam ecological community
136 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 137 of 210 characteristics (KOK2) To address small Implement a combination of nutrient addition, Libby Mitigation Project MFWP population size: habitat restoration, and reintroduction efforts (Recommendation) (199500400) Document greater than 50 adult spawning kokanee in each tributary by 2007 Document greater than 100 adult spawning kokanee in each tributary by 2020 Develop a multi-year average of 250 adult spawning kokanee in each tributary by 2030 (KOK3) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Conduct research needed to address critical Libby Mitigation Project MFWP uncertainties (Recommendation) Address critical (199500400) uncertainties Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500)
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Strategies and Measures for Kootenai Westslope Cutthroat Trout Source of Strategy Recommended Measure Measure SAME FOR ALL FOCAL SPECIES (See physical habitat restorations strategies and measures for bull trout above) To address number of See details of the 12 associated measures (listed as Libby Mitigation Project MFWP local populations: strategies) on pages 52-53 of the Management Plan (Recommendation) section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan (199500400) Maintain or increase Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG the total number of (Recommendation) genetically pure local (198806500) populations, and maintain the broad distribution of local populations in existing metapopulations (WCT1) To address small See details of the 5 associated measures (listed as Libby Mitigation Project MFWP population size: strategies) on page 54 of the Management Plan (Recommendation) section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan (199500400) Achieve at least five Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG genetically pure (Recommendation) conservation (198806500) populations (including British Columbia tributaries) with 50 adults in each of the subpopulations in Lake Koocanusa, Kootenai River and Kootenay Lake, with each of these conservation populations containing at least 500 adult westslope
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cutthroat trout (WCT2) To address the effects See details of the 10 associated measures (listed as Libby Mitigation Project MFWP of non-native species strategies) on pages 54-55 of the Management Plan (Recommendation) introductions: section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG Suppress and prevent (Recommendation) expansion of (198806500) populations of non- native fish species (WCT3a) Support and coordinate with suppression and removal activities for nonnative fish species in British Columbia waters of the Kootenai Subbasin to reduce relative and total abundance of non- native fishes in the Subbasin (WCT3b) To address the effects Nutrient restoration in Kootenay Lake and Kootenai Libby Mitigation Project MFWP of reduced nutrients/ River (Recommendation) system productivity: (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG Restore system (Recommendation) productivity (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing annual nutrient addition water Libby Mitigation Project MFWP quality monitoring program (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG
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(Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing Biomonitoring Program to Libby Mitigation Project MFWP measure water quality, algal accrual, (Recommendation) macroinvertebrate community condition (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement annual fish survey Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) To mitigate for the 240 Acquire and restore the equivalent amount of habitat Secure and Protect Fish Habitat in Kootenai Subbasin MFWP MOA km of habitat lost by acquiring fee title and/or conservation (Recommendation) inundated by the easements at fair market value construction of Libby Dam Address critical Conduct research needed to address critical Libby Mitigation Project MFWP uncertainties uncertainties (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500)
Strategies and Measures for Kootenai White Sturgeon Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure
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SAME FOR ALL FOCAL SPECIES (See physical habitat restorations strategies and measures for bull trout above) To address the effects Nutrient restoration in Kootenay Lake and Kootenai Libby Mitigation Project MFWP of reduced nutrients/ River (Recommendation) system productivity: (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG Restore system (Recommendation) productivity (WST1) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing annual nutrient addition water Libby Mitigation Project MFWP quality monitoring program (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing Biomonitoring Program to Libby Mitigation Project MFWP measure water quality, algal accrual, (Recommendation) macroinvertebrate community condition (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement annual fish survey Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) To address recruitment See details of the 27 associated measures (listed as Reconnect Kootenai River with the Historic Floodplain KTI
141 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 142 of 210 failure: strategies) on pages 730-732 of the Management (Recommendation) Plan section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan (200200800) Implement Restore natural Recruitment of Kootenai River White KTI conservation Sturgeon (Recommendation) aquaculture and (200200200) habitat restoration efforts (WST2) Kootenai River Native Fish Restoration and Conservation KTI Aquaculture (Recommendation) (198806400) To address small Implement conservation aquaculture and habitat Kootenai River Native Fish Restoration and Conservation KTI population size: restoration efforts Aquaculture (Reommendation) (198806400) Achieve an estimated See details of the 5 associated measures (listed as white sturgeon strategies) on page 63 of the Management Plan population that is section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan stable or increasing with juveniles reared through a conservation aquaculture program available to be added to the wild population each year for a 10-year period For this purpose, a year class will be represented by the equivalent of 1,000 one-year old fish from each of 6 to 12 families, ie 3 to 6 female parents Each of these year classes must be large enough to produce 24 to 120 white sturgeon surviving to sexual maturity (WST3a)
Evaluate establishment
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To address the effects See details of the 5 associated measures (listed as CBFWA of contaminants strategies) on page 64 of the Management Plan (Recommendation) (altered water quality: section of the Kootenai River Subbasin Plan
Evaluate lethal and sublethal effects of environmental contaminants (including reproductive and behavioral effects) on white sturgeon and burbot (WST4a)
Seek remedies for contaminant problems if warranted (WST4b) Address critical Conduct research needed to address critical Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG uncertainties uncertainties (Recommendation) (198806500)
Strategies and Measures for Kootenai Mountain Whitefish Source of Strategy Recommended Measure Measure To address the effects Nutrient restoration in Kootenay Lake and Kootenai Libby Mitigation Project MFWP of reduced nutrients/ River (Recommendation) system productivity: (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG Restore system (Recommendation) productivity (198806500)
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Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing annual nutrient addition water Libby Mitigation Project MFWP quality monitoring program (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement ongoing Biomonitoring Program to Libby Mitigation Project MFWP measure water quality, algal accrual, (Recommendation) macroinvertebrate community condition (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Kootenai River Ecosystem Improvements Project KTI (Recommendation) (199404900) Implement annual fish survey Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400) Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG (Recommendation) (198806500) Address critical Conduct research needed to address critical Kootenai River White Sturgeon Inventory IDFG uncertainties uncertainties (Recommendation) (198806500) Libby Mitigation Project MFWP (Recommendation) (199500400)
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Strategies and Measures for Asotin Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Identify populations, Conduct genetic analyses to map genetic similarities CBFWA and assess abundance, and differences within and among populations (Recommendation) distribution, genetic similarities, and Expand redd counts to better assess spawning CBFWA distribution and relative abundance (Recommendation) populations status/tends Expand electrofishing and snorkeling to further CBFWA define bull trout distribution and relative abundance (Recommendation) Complete the Draft Recovery Plan CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore stream flows Increase water conservation and irrigation CBFWA during low flow efficiency, and purchase or lease water rights from (Recommendation) periods willing landowners Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Increase nutrients Increase spring Chinook returns CBFWA (Recommendation) Complete a spring chinook reintroduction plan CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore passage at Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA non-natural barriers irrigation use (Recommendation) Replace irrigation diversion structures with CBFWA improved structures meeting fish passage standards (Recommendation) Replace culverts not meeting fish passage guidelines CBFWA (Recommendation) Screen irrigation diversions, maintain passage CBFWA efficiency through on-going O&M or additional (Recommendation) activities,
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Monitor effectiveness of fish passage improvement CBFWA Specific Measure (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Continue to monitor and remove dams and barriers CBFWA made by recreationists (Recommendation) Restore degraded Improve stream flows in reaches partially or CBFWA habitat completely dewatered for irrigation (Recommendation) Increase sinuosity CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore large wood in the system CBFWA (Recommendation) Protect, or restore riparian zones CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore floodplain function and channel complexity, CBFWA and increase habitat diversity (Recommendation) Increase protective status of priority habitats in CBFWA landuse regulations (Recommendation) Reduce water Increase stream flows to decease temperatures CBFWA temperatures during (Recommendation) summer months Restore priority restoration and protection reach CBFWA attributes to improve downstream conditions (Recommendation) Modify channel and increase floodplain functions CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce detrimental land use activities CBFWA (Recommendation) Lease water rights from willing sellers CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement more efficient irrigation systems, and CBFWA improve watershed function (Recommendation) Increase nutrients Increase spring chinook returns CBFWA (Recommendation)
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Outplant hatchery spring chinook carcasses or fish CBFWA cubes (Recommendation) Monitoring Conduct DNA analysis to identify populations and CBFWA Populations set recovery goals (Recommendation) identification, genetic structure, abundance, Continue, and expand, spawning surveys to CBFWA determine relative spawning abundance and (Recommendation) movements and general distribution distribution are not well Expand Electrofishing or snorkeling to determine CBFWA understood distribution (Recommendation) Population status and Determine habitat conditions and trends CBFWA trend information is (Recommendation) needed to Complete the draft recovery plan CBFWA appropriately set (Recommendation) criteria for recovery and to determine recovery status
Strategies and Measures for Grande Ronde Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Identify species Conduct genetic analyses to map genetic similarities Migratory Patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status of ODFW distribution, genetic and differences within and among populations Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the Columbia (Recommendation) similarities, and Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain Provinces (199405400) status/tends Expand reed counts to better assess spawning Migratory Patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status of ODFW distribution and relative abundance Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the Columbia (Recommendation) Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain Provinces (199405400) Expand electrofishing and snorkeling to further Migratory Patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status of ODFW define bull trout distribution and relative abundance Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the Columbia (Recommendation) Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain Provinces (199405400) Complete the Draft Recovery Plan CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase nutrients Increase spring Chinook returns CBFWA (Recommendation) Outplant hatchery chinook carcasses CBFWA
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(Recommendation) Curtail poaching Continue and enhance USFS and USFWS CBFWA enforcement to prevent illegal harvest/harassment of (Recommendation) bull trout
Restore passage at Restore stream flows in reaches dewatered for CBFWA non-natural barriers irrigation use (Recommendation) Replace irrigation diversion structures with CBFWA improved structures meeting fish passage standards (Recommendation) Replace culverts not meeting fish passage guidelines CBFWA (Recommendation) Screen irrigation diversions, maintain passage CBFWA efficiency through on-going O&M or additional (Recommendation) activities,
Monitor effectiveness of fish passage improvement CBFWA Specific Measure (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Continue to monitor and remove dams and barriers CBFWA made by recreationists (Recommendation) Improve passage at Improve passage conditions on Deer and Sage CBFWA road crossings creeks at USFS Road crossings, and address passage (Recommendation) issues in Catherine, Indian and Lookingglass (hatchery) creeks
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Restore degraded Improve stream flows in reaches partially or CBFWA habitat completely dewatered for irrigation (Recommendation) Increase sinuosity CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore large wood in the system CBFWA (Recommendation) Protect, or restore riparian zones CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore floodplain function and channel complexity, CBFWA and increase habitat diversity (Recommendation) Increase protective status of priority habitats in land CBFWA use regulations (Recommendation) Improve grazing Provide infrastructure and develop agreements to CBFWA management address grazing related issues on Catherine and (Recommendation) Indian creeks and upper Grande Ronde River Reduce water Increase stream flows CBFWA temperatures during (Recommendation) summer months Restore priority restoration and protection reach CBFWA attributes to improve downstream conditions (Recommendation) Modify channel and increase floodplain functions CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce detrimental land use activities CBFWA (Recommendation) Lease water rights from willing sellers CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement more efficient irrigation systems, and CBFWA improve watershed function (Recommendation) Improve grazing Protect existing good quality riparian and watershed CBFWA management areas, provide infrastructure and develop agreements (Recommendation) to address grazing related issues on Catherine and Indian creeks and the upper Grande Ronde River Restore stream flows Implement irrigation efficiency Specific Measure CBFWA during low flow (Project Reference)s (Recommendation)
149 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 150 of 210 periods Initiate point of diversion transfers CBFWA (Recommendation) Evaluate shallow aquifer recharge Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) Increase water conservation and irrigation CBFWA efficiency, and purchase or lease water rights from (Recommendation) willing landowners Water conservation or lease (Little Bear, Indian and CBFWA Catherine creeks) (Recommendation) Decrease predators Increase stream flows CBFWA and exotic species (Recommendation) Restore priority restoration and protection reach CBFWA attributes to improve downstream conditions (Recommendation) Modify channel and increase floodplain functions CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce detrimental land use activities CBFWA (Recommendation) Lease water rights from willing sellers CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement more efficient irrigation systems, and CBFWA improve watershed function (Recommendation) Decrease water temperatures CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase water conservation and irrigation CBFWA efficiency, and purchase or lease water rights from (Recommendation) willing landowners Liberalize fishing regulations on exotic species CBFWA (Recommendation) Monitoring Conduct DNA analysis to identify populations and Migratory Patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status of ODFW Populations set recovery goals Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the Columbia (Recommendation) identification, genetic Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain Provinces (199405400) structure, abundance, Continue, and expand, spawning surveys to Migratory Patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status of ODFW movements and determine relative spawning abundance and Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the Columbia (Recommendation)
150 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 151 of 210 general distribution distribution Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain Provinces (199405400) are not well Expand Electrofishing or snorkeling to determine Migratory Patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status of ODFW understood distribution Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the Columbia (Recommendation) Population status and Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain Provinces (199405400) trend information is Determine habitat conditions and trends Migratory Patterns, Structure, Abundance, and Status of ODFW needed to Bull Trout Populations in Subbasins of the Columbia (Recommendation) appropriately set Gorge, Columbia Plateau, and Blue Mountain Provinces (199405400) criteria for recovery Complete the draft recovery plan CBFWA and to determine (Recommendation) recovery status Reduce incidence of Focus harvest on brook trout, restrict stocking of CBFWA brook trout brook trout, and manage brook trout introduction at (Recommendation) Langdon Lake/Lookingglass Creek
Strategies and Measures for Wallowa Lake Kokanee Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Enforce land use Work with County, State, and Federal regulators to CBFWA regulations and assure that existing regulations are applied in a way (Recommendation) ordinances that reduces potential for impact to aquatic resources in the river and lake Develop a Recruit a fluvial geomorphologist to design and CBFWA comprehensive implement a Specific Measure (Project Reference) (Recommendation) approach to address to address channel and bedload problems in the channel conditions in Wallowa River above Wallowa Lake the river above the Conduct annual monitoring of Mysid population in CBFWA lake Evaluate effects of Wallowa Lake (Recommendation) non-native species Monitor abundance and species composition of CBFWA zooplankton and conduct investigations of trophic (Recommendation) dynamics in Wallowa Lake Determine lake trout population dynamics, size and CBFWA age structure, and kokanee consumption rates as part (Recommendation)
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of investigation of Wallowa Lake trophic dynamics Modify angling regulations, if necessary, to achieve CBFWA management objectives for kokanee and lake trout (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Grande Ronde Redband Trout Note: Limiting factors, Threats and Measures for redband trout are the same as those for steelhead in the Grande Ronde
Strategies and Measures for Imnaha Bull Trout Strategy Measure Source of Measure Protection/ Improve grazing management (Big Sheep/ Little CBFWA Restoration Sheep system) (Recommendation) Restore channel complexity (Big Sheep system) CBFWA (Recommendation) Increase summer Implement water conservation and water CBFWA streamflow lease/purchases (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Imnaha Redband Trout Strategy and Measures: Same as Imnaha summer steelhead
Strategies and Measures for Snake Hells Canyon Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore connectivity, Provide funding for on-the-ground actions to restore CBFWA food base, and habitat connectivity Provide funding to determine (Recommendation) nutrients to historic the feasibility of using nutrients to improve food levels base
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Increase fish Provide funding for on-the-ground actions to restore CBFWA productivity and habitat quality (Recommendation) production, as well as life stage specific survival, through in- subbasin habitat improvement and protection Improve water quality Provide funding for on-the-ground actions to CBFWA and quantity improve riparian conditions, improve stream flow (Recommendation) and improve water quality
Strategies and Measures for Snake Hells Canyon Redband Trout (Idaho) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore upstream and Provide funding for on-the-ground actions to restore CBFWA downstream habitat connectivity (Recommendation) connectivity
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Increase fish Provide for on-the-ground actions to restore habitat CBFWA productivity and quality (Recommendation) production, as well as life stage specific survival, through in- subbasin habitat improvement and protection
Improve water quality Provide funding for on-the-ground actions to CBFWA and quantity improve riparian conditions, improve stream flow (Recommendation) and improve water quality
Strategies and Measures for Snake Hells Canyon White Sturgeon Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve flow regimes Provide funding to restore habitat connectivity as CBFWA to provide adequate well as to determine the feasibility of using nutrients (Recommendation) flows for spawning to improve the food base and proper conditions for eggs and juveniles, connectivity, and food base
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Reduce sediment and Provide funding to identify sources of sedimentation CBFWA nutrient delivery from and actions to mitigate Work with appropriate (Recommendation) irrigation return flows, agencies and land owners to develop a strategy for aquaculture reducing sedimentation operations, and municipal discharge Restore and manage Provide funding to determine the need to develop CBFWA demographic and volitional passage facilities or the need for a (Recommendation) genetic interchange periodic trap and transplant program to maintain among white sturgeon population structure populations Increase abundance Provide funding to determine the contribution of CBFWA and size structure hatchery-reared fish and translocated wild fish to (Recommendation) where necessary to spawning populations Maintain no-harvest angling maintain angling regulations opportunity and promote natural spawning Quantify catch-and- Provide funding to determine the magnitude of loss CBFWA release hooking associated with catch-and-release fishing Provide (Recommendation) mortality, illegal funding to examine alternate sport gear types harvest, as well as (hooks) Provide funding to collaborate with direct tribal harvest Washington and Oregon enforcement agencies and levels the Nez Perce Tribe to quantify levels of tribal harvest Provide funding to determine the magnitude of loss associated with illegal sturgeon harvest
Strategies and Measures for Snake Hells Smallmouth Bass Strategy Recommended Measure Source of
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Measure Quantify smallmouth Provide funding to assess smallmouth bass CBFWA predation on rainbow population status and distribution as well as to (Recommendation) trout determine the level of predation on rainbow trout
Strategies and Measures for Clearwater (North Fork) Bull Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Redband Trout, and Mountain Whitefish Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Protect existing A Develop Specific Measure (Project CBFWA riparian habitat that is Reference)s to address sedimentation issues, such (Recommendation) classified as properly as road obliteration/decommissioning, and functioning Enhance historic mine cleanup1,2,4,5 and rehabilitate Work with grazing unit permit holders and the CBFWA riparian habitat that is USFS to retire grazing permits in key tributaries (Recommendation) currently classified as within the Middle Fork1 functioning at risk or Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA not functioning agencies, private landowners, and sportsman’s (Recommendation) Reduce sediment groups to make protection of fisheries habitat a delivery to the stream primary concern in land use decisions, and to network by reducing improve/restore riparian habitat1,2,4,5 impacts of land Incorporate evaluations of existing habitat in CBFWA practices along river survey Specific Measure (Project Reference)s (Recommendation) and stream corridors1 whenever possible2,4,5 Modify hydro- Install strobe lights near the spillway and CBFWA operations and penstock intakes to Dworshak Dam to prevent (Recommendation) facilities3 kokanee entrainment3 Work shall be a cooperative effort between BPA, CBFWA Idaho Fosh and Game, the Army Corps of (Recommendation) Engineers, and the Nez Perce Tribe3 Selectively withdraw water from the reservoir at CBFWA depths to avoid kokanee, while providing the (Recommendation) appropriate temperature water for the river and hatchery downstream3
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Identify the depth of kiokanee during the day and CBFWA night, throughout the year, and determine a (Recommendation) profile of water temperatures The Corps of Engineers will then use this information to decide if water can be withdrawn at depths where kokanee entrainment would be minimized3 Reduce impacts from Develop informational programs to educate CBFWA introduced species1 anglers and the public to risks of introductions of (Recommendation) exotic species1 Develop methods to remove exotic CBFWA populations1,2,4 (Recommendation) Determine levels of hybridization and CBFWA distribution of exotic species1,2,4 (Recommendation) Set liberal regulations on brook trout to reduce CBFWA their numbers and limit their spread1 (Recommendation) Emphasize use of westslope cutthroat trout for CBFWA stocking mountain lakes in the Clearwater (Recommendation) drainage2 Reduce impacts of Develop methods to remove exotic populations CBFWA competition with and to determine levels of hybridization and (Recommendation) invasive species1 distribution of exotic species1,2 Improve water Improve riparian cover and land use practices to CBFWA quality1 reduce water temperatures1,2,4,5 (Recommendation) Secure conservation easements in riparian and CBFWA floodplain areas to protect vegetation and protect (Recommendation) coldwater spring sources1,2,4,5 Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA agencies, private landowners, county planners, (Recommendation) conservation groups, and sportsman’s groups1,2,4,5 Restore connectivity, Restore connectivity and develop fish CBFWA food base, and passage1,2,4,5 (Recommendation) nutrients to historic Determine the feasibility of using nutrients to Dworshak Dam Resident Fish Mitigation IDFG (200700300) levels1 improve the food base1,4 Reduce illegal Install easy to read roadside signs that will CBFWA harvest1 inform anglers of the fishing regulations1 (Recommendation) Increase enforcement and education in areas CBFWA where non-compliance with fishing regulations (Recommendation)
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have been found to be a problem1 Simplify the fishing regulations1 CBFWA (Recommendation) Improve habitat Remove or modify culverts which have been CBFWA access1 identified as fish barriers1,2,4,5 (Recommendation) Improve water quality Enhance the nutrients in Dworshak reservoir Dworshak Dam Resident Fish Mitigation IDFG and increase Supplement and balance annual levels of base (Recommendation) zooplankton nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous)3 (200700300) production3 Water quality will be monitored so that the Dworshak Dam Resident Fish Mitigation IDFG proper balance of nutrients can be maintained3 (Recommendation) (200700300) Examine kokanee abundance, growth, and Dworshak Dam Resident Fish Mitigation IDFG survival rates in an effort to evaluate the nutrient (Recommendation) enhancement program3 (200700300) Assess potential Document smallmouth bass food habits and a CBFWA impacts of bioenergetic evaluation of the amount of (Recommendation) smallmouth bass on gamefish that are eaten annually3 kokanee and define Perform annual kokanee monitoring studies that CBFWA the magnitude of the determine the survival rate of kokanee to (Recommendation) problem3 determine if it is below normal3 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Kokanee, 4 Redband trout, 5Mountain whitefish
Strategies and Measures for Clearwater (Selway) Bull trout, Westslope Cutthroat, Redband Trout, and Mountain Whitefish Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce impacts from Develop informational programs to educate anglers CBFWA introduced species1,2,3 and the public to risks of introductions of exotic (Recommendation) species1,2,3 Develop methods to remove exotic populations1,2,3 CBFWA (Recommendation) Determine levels of hybridization and distribution of CBFWA exotic species1,2,3 (Recommendation) Set liberal regulations on brook trout to reduce their CBFWA numbers and limit their spread1,2 (Recommendation) Emphasize use of westslope cutthroat trout for CBFWA stocking mountain lakes in the Clearwater drainage2 (Recommendation)
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Reduce impacts of Develop methods to remove exotic populations and CBFWA competition with to determine levels of hybridization and distribution (Recommendation) invasive species1,2 of exotic species1,2 Reduce illegal harvest1 Install easy to read roadside signs that will inform CBFWA anglers of the fishing regulations1 (Recommendation) Increase enforcement and education in areas where CBFWA non-compliance with fishing regulations have been (Recommendation) found to be a problem1 Simplify the fishing regulations1 CBFWA (Recommendation) Improve habitat Remove or modify culverts which have been CBFWA access1,2 identified as fish barriers1,2,4 (Recommendation) Increase abundance of Determine the feasibility of using nutrients to CBFWA native forage improve food base1 (Recommendation) 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout, 4Mountain whitefish
Strategies and Measures for Clearwater (Potlatch) Redband Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore riparian Develop Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to CBFWA habitat and function, address sedimentation issues, such as road (Recommendation) and reduce sediment obliteration/decommissioning, and historic mine delivery to the stream cleanup network by reducing Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA impacts of land use agencies, private landowners, and sportsman’s (Recommendation) practices along the groups to make protection of fisheries habitat a river and stream primary concern in land use decisions, and to corridors improve/restore riparian habitat Incorporate evaluations of existing habitat in survey CBFWA Specific Measure (Project Reference)s whenever (Recommendation) possible Improve water quality Improve riparian cover and land use practices to CBFWA and restore natural reduce water temperatures (Recommendation) hydrograph Secure conservation easements in riparian and CBFWA floodplain areas to protect vegetation and protect (Recommendation) coldwater spring sources
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Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA agencies, private landowners, county planners, (Recommendation) conservation groups, and sportsman’s groups Improve habitat access Remove or modify culverts which have been CBFWA identified as fish barriers (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Clearwater (South Fork) Bull Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Redband Trout, and Mountain Whitefish Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Protect existing Develop Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to CBFWA riparian habitat that is address sedimentation issues, such as road (Recommendation) classified as properly obliteration/decommissioning, and historic mine functioning Enhance cleanup1,2 and rehabilitate Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA riparian habitat that is agencies, private landowners, and sportsman’s (Recommendation) currently classified as groups to make protection of fisheries habitat a functioning at risk or primary concern in land use decisions, and to not functioning improve/restore riparian habitat1,2 Reduce sediment delivery to the stream network by reducing impacts of land practices along river and stream corridors1,2 Reduce impacts from Develop informational programs to educate anglers CBFWA introduced species1,2,3,4 and the public to risks of introductions of exotic (Recommendation) species1,2,3,4 Develop methods to remove exotic populations1,2,3,4 CBFWA (Recommendation) Determine levels of hybridization and distribution of CBFWA exotic species1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Set liberal regulations on brook trout to reduce their CBFWA numbers and limit their spread1,2,3,4 (Recommendation)
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Emphasize use of westslope cutthroat trout for CBFWA stocking mountain lakes in the Clearwater drainage2 (Recommendation) Reduce impacts of Develop methods to remove exotic populations and CBFWA competition with to determine levels of hybridization and distribution (Recommendation) invasive species1,2 of exotic species1,2 Improve water Improve riparian cover and land use practices to CBFWA quality1,2,3,4 reduce water temperatures1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Secure conservation easements in riparian and CBFWA floodplain areas to protect vegetation and protect (Recommendation) coldwater spring sources1,2,3,4 Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA agencies, private landowners, county planners, (Recommendation) conservation groups, and sportsman’s groups1,2,3,4 Reduce illegal harvest1 Install easy to read roadside signs that will inform CBFWA anglers of the fishing regulations1 (Recommendation) Increase enforcement and education in areas where non-compliance with fishing regulations have been found to be a problem1 Simplify the fishing regulations1 CBFWA (Recommendation) Improve habitat Remove or modify culverts which have been CBFWA access1,2,3,4 identified as fish barriers1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout, 4Mountain whitefish
Strategies and Measures for Clearwater (Lochsa) Bull Trout, Westslope Trout, Redband Trout, and Mountain Whitefish Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Protect existing Develop Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to CBFWA riparian habitat that is address sedimentation issues, such as road (Recommendation) classified as properly obliteration/decommissioning, and historic mine functioning Enhance cleanup1,2 and rehabilitate Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA riparian habitat that is agencies, private landowners, and sportsman’s (Recommendation) currently classified as groups to make protection of fisheries habitat a
161 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 162 of 210 functioning at risk or primary concern in land use decisions, and to not functioning improve/restore riparian habitat1,2 Reduce sediment Incorporate evaluations of existing habitat in survey CBFWA delivery to the stream Specific Measure (Project Reference)s whenever (Recommendation) network by reducing possible1 impacts of land practices along river and stream corridors1,2 Reduce impacts from Develop informational programs to educate anglers CBFWA introduced species1,2,3,4 and the public to risks of introductions of exotic (Recommendation) species1,2,3,4 Develop methods to remove exotic populations1,2,3,4 CBFWA (Recommendation) Determine levels of hybridization and distribution of CBFWA exotic species1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Set liberal regulations on brook trout to reduce their CBFWA numbers and limit their spread1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Emphasize use of westslope cutthroat trout for CBFWA stocking mountain lakes in the Clearwater drainage2 (Recommendation) Reduce impacts of Develop methods to remove exotic populations and CBFWA competition with to determine levels of hybridization and distribution (Recommendation) invasive species1,2 of exotic species1,2 Improve water Improve riparian cover and land use practices to CBFWA quality1,2,3,4 reduce water temperatures1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Secure conservation easements in riparian and CBFWA floodplain areas to protect vegetation and protect (Recommendation) coldwater spring sources1,2,3,4 Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA agencies, private landowners, county planners, (Recommendation) conservation groups, and sportsman’s groups1,2,3,4 Reduce illegal harvest1 Install easy to read roadside signs that will inform CBFWA anglers of the fishing regulations1 (Recommendation) Increase enforcement and education in areas where non-compliance with fishing regulations have been found to be a problem1 Simplify the fishing regulations1 CBFWA (Recommendation)
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Improve habitat Remove or modify culverts which have been CBFWA access1,2,3,4 identified as fish barriers1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout, 4Mountain whitefish
Strategies and Measures for Salmon (Lower Salmon River, mouth to Little Salmon River) Bull Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Redband trout, and White Sturgeon Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Protect existing Develop Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to CBFWA riparian habitat that is address sedimentation issues, such as road (Recommendation) classified as properly obliteration/decommissioning, and historic mine functioning Enhance cleanup1,2,3 and rehabilitate Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA riparian habitat that is agencies, private landowners, and sportsman’s (Recommendation) currently classified as groups to make protection of fisheries habitat a functioning at risk or primary concern in land use decisions, and to not functioning improve/restore riparian habitat1,2,3 Reduce sediment Incorporate evaluations of existing habitat in survey delivery to the stream Specific Measure (Project Reference)s whenever network by reducing possible1,2,3 impacts of land practices along river and stream corridors1,2 Increase abundance Determine the contribution of hatchery-reared fish CBFWA and size structure and translocated wild fish to spawning populations4 (Recommendation) where necessary to maintain angling opportunity and Maintain no-harvest angling regulations4 CBFWA promote natural (Recommendation) spawning4 Reduce sediment and Improve riparian cover and land use practices to CBFWA nutrient delivery from reduce water temperatures1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) irrigation return flows, Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA aquaculture operations agencies, private landowners, county planners, (Recommendation) and municipal conservation groups, and sportsman’s groups1,2,3,4
163 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 164 of 210 discharge1,2,4 Identify sources of sedimentation and actions to CBFWA mitigate1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Improve flow regimes Identify on-the-ground actions that could be CBFWA to provide adequate implemented to optimize white sturgeon spawning (Recommendation) flows for spawning success, incubation, and juvenile rearing conditions and proper conditions This is especially critical in core conservation areas for eggs and juveniles, where populations are supported entirely by natural and to restore recruitment4 connectivity, food Continue to provide technical support and input to CBFWA base, and nutrients to state and federal regulatory agencies regarding land (Recommendation) historic levels4 management, water quality, hydropower operations, and flow management4 Restore connectivity and food base4 CBFWA (Recommendation) Quantify catch-an- Determine the magnitude of loss associated with CBFWA release hooking catch-and-release fishing4 (Recommendation) mortality, illegal Examine alternate sport gear types (hooks)4 CBFWA harvest, as well as (Recommendation) direct tribal harvest Collaborate with Washington and Oregon CBFWA levels4 enforcement agencies and the Nez Perce Tribe to (Recommendation) quantify levels of tribal harvest4 Determine the magnitude of loss associated with CBFWA illegal sturgeon harvest4 (Recommendation) Improve habitat Remove or modify culverts which have been CBFWA access1,2,3 identified as fish barriers1,2,3 (Recommendation) 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout, 4White sturgeon
Strategies and Measures for Salmon (Little Salmon to Middle Fork)Bull Trout, Westslope cutthroat Trout, and Redband Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce impacts from Identify sources of sedimentation1,2 CBFWA development and (Recommendation)
164 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 165 of 210 construction along Work with jurisdictional agencies to identify priority CBFWA stream corridors and needs1,2 (Recommendation) reduce sedimentation1,2 Work with federal agencies, state agencies, local CBFWA city planners, developers, and landowners to make (Recommendation) the protection of fisheries habitat a primary concern1, 2
Promote the value and protection of functioning CBFWA riparian zones and flood plains to reduce (Recommendation) sedimentation, flood control, and solar heating1,2 Reduce impacts from Identify where introduced species pose risks to CBFWA introduced species1 populations of native species1 (Recommendation) Where feasible, remove introduced species1 CBFWA (Recommendation) Develop informational programs to educate anglers CBFWA and the public to risks of random introductions of (Recommendation) exotics1 Provide liberal regulations on brook trout1 CBFWA (Recommendation) Through planning, use enforcement efforts to curtail CBFWA illegal introductions1 (Recommendation) Ensure connectivity is Identify manmade instream barriers that negatively CBFWA maintained from impact stream connectivity1,2,3 (Recommendation) mainstem to all Prioritize remedial actions1,2,3 CBFWA tributaries1,2,3 (Recommendation) Work with federal agencies, state agencies, local CBFWA city planners, developers, and landowners to make (Recommendation) the protection of fisheries habitat a primary concern1,2,3 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout,
Strategies and Measures for Salmon (Little Salmon to Middle Fork Salmon) Measure Recommended Measure Source of Measure Protect existing Develop Specific Measure (Project Reference)s to CBFWA riparian habitat that is address sedimentation issues, such as road (Recommendation)
165 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 166 of 210 classified as properly obliteration/decommissioning, and historic mine functioning Enhance cleanup2,3,4 and rehabilitate Work with grazing unit permit holders and the USFS CBFWA riparian habitat that is to retire grazing permits in key tributaries within the (Recommendation) currently classified as Middle Fork2,3,4 functioning at risk or Work with the USFS, other state and federal CBFWA not functioning agencies, private landowners, and sportsman’s (Recommendation) Reduce sediment groups to make protection of fisheries habitat a delivery to the stream primary concern in land use decisions, and to network by reducing improve/restore riparian habitat2,3,4 impacts of land Incorporate evaluations of existing habitat in survey CBFWA practices along river Specific Measure (Project Reference)s whenever (Recommendation) and stream possible2,3,4 corridors2,3,4 Reduce habitat Remove or modify culverts which have been CBFWA fragmentation1,2,3 identified as fish barriers1,2,3 (Recommendation) Provide passage at irrigation and hydroelectric CBFWA diversions on tributaries to the Middle Fork1,2,3 (Recommendation) Reduce impacts from Develop informational programs to educate anglers CBFWA introduced species1 and the public to risks of introductions of exotic (Recommendation) species1 Develop methods to remove exotic populations1 CBFWA (Recommendation) Determine levels of hybridization and distribution of CBFWA exotic species1 (Recommendation) Set liberal regulations on brook trout to reduce their CBFWA numbers and limit their spread1 (Recommendation) Reduce illegal Install easy to read roadside signs that will inform CBFWA harvest1,2,3 anglers of the fishing regulations1,2,3 (Recommendation) Increase enforcement and education in areas where CBFWA non-compliance with fishing regulations have been (Recommendation) found to be a problem1,2,3 Simplify the fishing regulations1,2,3 CBFWA (Recommendation) Provide river floaters with educational material CBFWA regarding fish conservation needs1,2,3 (Recommendation) Reduce and/or Identify and screen high entrainment diversion CBFWA
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eliminate entrainment locations in tributary areas1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) treats at key locations1,2,3,4 Work with private landowners/irrigators1,2,3,4 CBFWA (Recommendation) Improve habitat access Remove or modify culverts which have been CBFWA identified as fish barriers4 (Recommendation) Improve fish passage at irrigation and hydroelectric CBFWA diversions on tributaries to the Middle Fork4 (Recommendation) 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout, 4Mountain whitefish
Strategies and Measures for Salmon (Middle Fork Panther) Bull Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, redband trout, and Mountain Whitefish Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve habitat access Reconnect strategic tributaries to the main-stem CBFWA by reconnecting Salmon River1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) strategic Work with local landowners, irrigators, land CBFWA tributaries1,2,3,4 management agencies, Lemhi County, and the (Recommendation) highway administration to implement reconnects as manpower allows and as funding levels permit1,2,3,4 Improve water diversion and irrigation systems to CBFWA conserve water for fish migration and passage1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Coordinate with land management agencies, Lemhi CBFWA County, and the highway administration to ensure (Recommendation) fish passage at road and highway crossings which may be fish barriers upon tributary stream reconnect1,2,3,4 Develop water conservation agreements with CBFWA irrigation districts to reduce levels of stream (Recommendation) diversion1,2,3,4 Protect existing Remove riprap, reopen isolated side channels and CBFWA healthy, intact riparian spring sources to provide flows to the historic (Recommendation) habitat and enhance floodplain1,2,3,4 and rehabilitate Work with private landowners to protect and CBFWA riparian habitats that enhance riparian resources1,2,3,4 (Recommendation)
167 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 168 of 210 are currently degraded Improve grazing management, improve fencing, and CBFWA Restore proper purchase conservation easements1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) floodplain Restore riparian vegetation via planting native CBFWA function1,2,3,4 vegetation in locations requiring shading, and bank (Recommendation) stability1,2,3,4 Improve water quality Improve water quality in the Panther Creek CBFWA in the Panther Creek watershed by reducing mine effluents into the (Recommendation) watershed1,2,3,4 watershed1,2,3,4 Habitat improvement work to replace lost resources CBFWA within the watershed12,3,4 (Recommendation) Reduce and/or Identify and screen high entrainment diversion CBFWA eliminate entrainment locations in tributary areas1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) threats at key 1,2,3,4 locations1,2,3,4 Work with private landowners / irrigators CBFWA (Recommendation) 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout, 4Mountain whitefish
Strategies and Measures for Salmon (Lemhi) Bull Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Redband Trout, and Mountain Whitefish Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore natural Provide funding to reconnect strategic tributaries to CBFWA hydrographs in key the main-stem Lemhi River1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) tributaries to ensure CBFWA adequate base flows Work with local landowners, irrigators, land management agencies, and the highway (Recommendation) are available for fish migration at all life administration to implement reconnects as manpower and funding levels permit1,2,3,4 stages1,2,3,4 Work with irrigators to improve water diversion and CBFWA irrigation systems to conserve water for fish (Recommendation) migration and passage1,2,3,4 Strategies such as dry year lease options, CBFWA
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conveyance improvements, change in water (Recommendation) application techniques, and water banking can be employed1,2,3,4 Coordinate with land management agencies, Lemhi CBFWA County, and the highway administration to ensure (Recommendation) fish passage at road and highway crossings which may be fish barriers upon reconnect1,2,3,4 Develop water conservation agreements with water CBFWA districts to reduce levels of stream diversion1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Protect existing Provide funding to complete improvements to CBFWA healthy and intact irrigation diversions to provide stable diversion (Recommendation) riparian habitat and points and reduce erosion (stream sedimentation)1,2,3,4 enhance and Work with private landowners to protect and CBFWA rehabilitate riparian enhance riparian resources with grazing management (Recommendation) habitats that are strategies, fencing and/or conservation currently degraded easements1,2,3,4 Reduce sediment Work with water users to mimic or restore natural CBFWA delivery to the stream hydrographs in the main-stem to transport and (Recommendation) network by reducing recruit gravels to spawning and rearing habitats1,2,3,4 impacts of land use practices along river and stream corridors1,2,3,4 Improve water quality Provide funding to improve riparian cover and land CBFWA and quantity to use practices to improve flows and reduce water (Recommendation) provide adequate temperatures1,2,3,4 flows to support Fund improved water conveyance systems using CBFWA spawning and rearing pipelines and/or lined ditch systems1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) life history stages of Lease or acquire water rights to be dedicated in- CBFWA in river and stream stream1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) reaches that support Work with irrigators to develop water management CBFWA these life history plans that create the most efficient program based on (Recommendation) stages1,2,3,4 crop needs and soil types to preserve water for in- stream needs1,2,3,4 Work with irrigation districts to ensure that diverted CBFWA
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water is returned to the natural channel at the end of (Recommendation) the irrigation season1,2,3,4 Work with private landowners/ irrigators1,2,3,4 CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce and/or Provide funding to identify and screen high CBFWA eliminate entrainment entrainment diversion locations in tributary areas1 (Recommendation) threats at key locations1,2,3,4 Work with private landowners / irrigators1,2,3,4 CBFWA (Recommendation) 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout, 4Mountain whitefish
Strategies and Measures for Salmon (Pahsimeroi) Mountain Whitefish Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve habitat access Improve water diversion and irrigation systems to CBFWA by reconnecting conserve water for fish migration and passage1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) strategic Remove or modify culverts at road and highway CBFWA tributaries1,2,3,4 crossings which may be fish barriers upon (Recommendation) reconnect1,2,3,4 Develop water conservation agreements to reduce CBFWA levels of stream diversion1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Improve water Improve water diversion and irrigation systems to CBFWA diversion and conserve water and connect isolated river (Recommendation) irrigation systems to reaches1,2,3,4 conserve water and facilitate the connection of isolated river reaches Protect existing healthy riparian habitat and enhance and rehabilitate riparian habitats that are currently degraded
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Reduce sediment delivery to the stream network by reducing impacts of land use practices along river and stream corridors1,2,3,4
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Improve water quality CBFWA and quantity to (Recommendation) provide adequate CBFWA flows to support (Recommendation) spawning and rearing Strategies such as dry year lease options, CBFWA life history stages of in conveyance improvements, change in application (Recommendation) river and stream techniques, and water banking can be employed1,2,3,4 reaches that support these life history Protect and enhance riparian resources with grazing CBFWA stages1,2,3,4 management strategies, fencing and/or conservation (Recommendation) easements1,2,3,4 Work with water users to mimic or rehabilitate CBFWA natural hydrographs in the main-stem to transport (Recommendation) and recruit gravels to spawning and rearing habitats1,2,3,4 Complete improvements to irrigation diversions to CBFWA provide stable diversion points and reduce erosion (Recommendation) (stream sedimentation) 1,2,3,4 Improve riparian cover and land use practices to CBFWA improve flows and reduce water temperatures1,2,3,4 (Recommendation)
Improve of water conveyance systems1,2,3,4 CBFWA (Recommendation) Lease or acquire water rights to be dedicated in- CBFWA stream1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Work with irrigators to develop water management CBFWA plans that create the most efficient program based on (Recommendation) crop needs and soil types to preserve water for in- stream needs1,2,3,4 Work with irrigation districts to ensure that diverted CBFWA water is returned to the natural channel at the end of (Recommendation) the irrigation season1,2,3,4 Reduce and/or Identify and screen high entrainment diversion CBFWA
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eliminate entrainment locations in tributary areas1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) threats at key locations Work with private landowners / irrigators1,2,3,4 CBFWA (Recommendation) 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout, 4Mountain whitefish
Strategies and Measures for Salmon (Upper Salmon)Bull Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Redband Trout, and Mountain Whitefish Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve habitat access Reconnect strategic tributaries to the main-stem CBFWA by reconnecting upper Salmon River1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) strategic Work with local landowners, irrigators, land CBFWA tributaries1,2,3,4 management agencies, and the highway (Recommendation) administration to implement reconnects as manpower and funding levels permit1,2,3,4 Work with irrigators to improve water diversion and CBFWA irrigation systems to conserve water for fish (Recommendation) migration and passage1,2,3,4 Strategies such as dry year lease options, CBFWA conveyance improvements, change in water (Recommendation) application techniques, and water banking can be employed1,2,3,4 Coordinate with land management agencies, Custer CBFWA County, and the highway administration to ensure (Recommendation) fish passage at road and highway crossings which may be fish barriers upon reconnect1,2,3,4 Develop water conservation agreements with water CBFWA
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districts to reduce levels of stream diversion1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Protect existing Protect and enhance riparian resources with grazing CBFWA healthy and intact management strategies, fencing and/or conservation (Recommendation) riparian habitat, and easements1,2,3,4 enhance and Implement on-the-ground actions including: the CBFWA rehabilitate riparian reopening of isolated side channels and spring (Recommendation) habitats that are sources to provide flows to the historic floodplain, currently degraded planting native vegetation in locations requiring Restore proper shading and bank stability, and determining the floodplain feasibility and cost effectiveness of reclaiming and function1,2,3,4 restoring habitats damaged by historic mining activities1,2,3,4 Reduce summer water Improve riparian cover and land use practices to CBFWA temperatures1,2,3,4 reduce water temperatures1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Secure conservation easements in riparian and CBFWA floodplain areas to protect vegetation and protect (Recommendation) coldwater spring sources1,2,3,4 Reconnect of tributary habitat to provide cold water CBFWA refugia to fishes in the main-stem Salmon River1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) Work with private landowners/ irrigators1,2,3,4 CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce and/or Identify and screen high entrainment diversion CBFWA eliminate entrainment locations in tributary areas1,2,3,4 (Recommendation) threats at key 1,2,3,4 locations1,2,3,4 Work with private landowners / irrigators CBFWA (Recommendation) 1Bull trout, 2Westslope cutthroat trout, 3Redband trout, 4Mountain whitefish
Strategies and Measures for Bruneau, Boise, Owyhee, Payette, Snake Upper Middle, Weiser Redband Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure
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Reduce or eliminate Assess entrainment losses at diversions and to CBFWA impacts associated describe population impacts (Recommendation) with surface water Prioritize and implement measures to CBFWA storage, diversion and reduce/eliminate entrainment loss (Recommendation) adjacent land use along stream corridors Work with Federal agencies, State agencies, CBFWA irrigation districts and landowners to improve (Recommendation) flow regimes where native redband trout occur Promote efficient water use CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce sedimentation Identify sedimentation sources and work with CBFWA impacts from road jurisdictional agencies to mitigate (Recommendation) development and Restore riparian areas to control erosion and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Habitat Enhancement SPT maintenance and reduce solar heating (Recommendation) construction along 199701100 stream corridors Implement TMDLs where appropriate CBFWA (Recommendation) Work with Federal agencies, State agencies, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Habitat Enhancement SPT local city planners, developers, and landowners (Recommendation) to make the protection of fisheries habitat a 199701100 primary concern Avoid or mitigate Conduct standard population and habitat surveys CBFWA habitat impacts from (Recommendation) development and land Work with Federal agencies, State agencies, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Habitat Enhancement SPT use along stream local city planners, developers, and landowners (Recommendation) corridors to make the protection of fisheries habitat a 199701100 primary concern Incorporate habitat assessment into standard CBFWA population surveys (Recommendation) Maintain or restore Identify and prioritize the removal of in stream CBFWA population barriers (Recommendation) connectivity throughout mainstem reaches, between
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mainstem rivers and tributaries, and within tributaries Restore ecosystem Refine methods and describe ecological benefits CBFWA productivity and of nutrient supplementation to redband trout as (Recommendation) redband trout well as other resident fish, aquatic, and abundance and terrestrial species resiliency by nutrient Develop and fund a marine nutrient mitigation CBFWA supplementation in program to benefit redband trout and other (Recommendation) key habitats resident fish, riparian, and upland species
Strategies and Measures for Bruneau, Boise, Owyhee, Payette, Snake Upper Middle, Weiser Mountain Whitefish Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Reduce impacts from Conduct standard population and habitat surveys CBFWA development and (Recommendation) construction along Work with Federal agencies, State agencies, local CBFWA stream corridors and city planners, developers, and landowners to (Recommendation) reduce sedimentation implement protection and conservation of wetland, riparian, and instream habitats Prevent the removal of woody debris critical to the CBFWA development and maintenance of winter habitat (ie (Recommendation) pools) Preserve and restore side channel habitat CBFWA (Recommendation) Incorporate habitat assessment into standard CBFWA population surveys (Recommendation) Reduce impacts from Identify sedimentation sources and work with CBFWA development and jurisdictional agencies to mitigate (Recommendation) construction along stream corridors and
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reduce sedimentation Reduce impacts from CBFWA development and (Recommendation) surface water Work with Federal agencies, State agencies, local CBFWA diversion along stream city planners, developers, and landowners to (Recommendation) corridors implement protection and conservation of wetland, riparian, and instream habitats Promote the value, restoration and protection of CBFWA functioning riparian zones, wetlands, and flood (Recommendation) plains to reduce sedimentation, solar heating and increase flood control Determine the extent of entrainment loss at major CBFWA diversions and identify the level of population loss (Recommendation) that is occurring Work with Federal agencies, State agencies, local CBFWA city planners, developers, irrigation districts and (Recommendation) landowners to make the protection of fisheries habitat a primary concern Promote efficient water use CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Bruneau, Boise, Owyhee, Payette, Snake Upper Middle, Weiser White Sturgeon (Shoshone Falls to Hells Canyon Dam) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve flow regimes Implement management actions that optimize white CBFWA to provide adequate sturgeon spawning success, incubation, and juvenile (Recommendation) flows for spawning rearing conditions, with emphasis on core and proper conditions conservation populations supported entirely by for eggs and juveniles, natural recruitment connectivity, and food base Reduce sediment and Identify sources of sedimentation and actions to CBFWA
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Strategies and Measures for Bruneau, Boise, Owyhee, Payette, Snake Upper Middle, Weiser Wood River Sculpin Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Prevent/reduce Determine the distribution and abundance of brown CBFWA upstream expansion of trout (Recommendation) brown trout Reduce or eliminate Evaluate entrainment loss at major diversions CBFWA impacts associated with (Recommendation) surface water diversion and adjacent land use along stream corridors Reduce impacts from Describe the magnitude of the problem and CBFWA development and prioritize actions to correct (Recommendation) construction along Work with jurisdictional agencies to mitigate CBFWA stream corridors and
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Strategies and Measures for Malheur Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore and protect Improve instream habitat, incorporate bull trout Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT riparian habitats recovery actions into The Oregon Plan for Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) Salmon and Watersheds and the Northwest (200712000) Power and Conservation Council Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Subbasin/Management Plans Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000)
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Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Identify site-specific threats that may be limiting Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT bull trout in watersheds with historical bull trout Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) habitat (200717100) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Identify and pursue opportunities to implement Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT recovery strategies Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) (199701900) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Restore shade and canopy, riparian cover, and Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT native vegetation in all bull trout spawning areas Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Reduce grazing impacts in all bull trout Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT spawning areas Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation)
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Anadromous and Resident Fish Identify and prioritize opportunities for channel Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT restoration in Lake Creek Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Determine life history requirements of resident Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT and migratory bull trout local population in the Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) Malheur Core Area (199701900) Provide long-term habitat protection through Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT land purchase or easements Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Develop educational materials on bull trout and Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT their habitat needs to provide to landowners and Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) interested public parties (199701900) Integrate watershed analyses and assessments Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT and restoration activities on public and private Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) lands (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Coordinate bull trout recovery with recovery Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT efforts, management plans, etc of other species Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) such as redband trout (199701900) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT
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Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Improve and implement fisheries management Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT guidelines and policies designed to protect native Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) species (199701900) Evaluate effectiveness of different habitat Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT restoration techniques in restoring channel Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) functions and local bull trout populations in the (200712000) Malheur Core Area Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Determine the movement and seasonality of use Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT of different habitat types by adult and sub-adult Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) migratory bull trout in multiple streams, with (199701900) emphasis on reservoirs and mainstem rivers Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for (199701900) Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Anadromous and Resident Fish Conduct regular surveys in potential habitat in Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT the Malheur Core Area where bull trout status is Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation)
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unknown or re-colonization is anticipated (199701900) Re-establish historical Identify and implement opportunities for two- CBFWA (Recommendation) connectivity and way passage at major dams migratory corridors Install appropriate fish screen and passage Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT for all native fish structures around diversions and/or remove Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) species related migration barriers (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Provide passage at transportation/ road-related Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT barriers Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Incorporate bull trout recovery actions into The Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and the Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) Northwest Power and Conservation Council (199701900) Subbasin/Management Plans Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Review reservoir operational concerns and provide operating recommendation through Federal consultation or other means Coordinate bull trout recovery with recovery Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT efforts, management plans, etc of other species Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) such as redband trout, work cooperatively with (199701900)
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the Burns-Paiute tribal government to implement Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT recovery actions, and periodically review Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) progress towards recovery goals and assess (200712000) recovery tasks Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Genetic identification Develop genetic management plan for bull trout Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT of populations population isolated by human made barriers Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) Meet water quality (199701900) standards set by the Determine consequences of genetic Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT Malheur River DEQ fragmentation/isolation due to human-made Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) TMDL’s barriers, identify and pursue opportunities to (199701900) implement recovery strategies Assess sediment sources in Malheur Subbasin Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Stabilize roads, crossings, and other sources of Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT sediment delivery Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Incorporate bull trout recovery actions into The Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and the Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) Northwest Power and Conservation Council (200712000) Subbasin/Management Plans Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation)
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(200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Identify and pursue opportunities to implement Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT recovery strategies, increase monitoring of Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) sediment inputs on the Malheur National Forest (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Coordinate bull trout recovery with recovery Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT efforts, management plans, etc of other species Malheur Subbasin (199701900) such as redband trout, improve and implement Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT fisheries management guidelines and policies Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) designed to protect native species, work (200712000) cooperatively with the Burns-Paiute tribal Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT government to implement recovery actions, and Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) periodically review progress towards recovery (200712000) goals and assess recovery tasks Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Restore historical Assess current and historical effects of upland Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT stream discharge management on changes to the hydrograph in all Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) hydrograph to spawning tributaries (200712000) mainstem and Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT tributary habitats Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Incorporate bull trout recovery actions into The Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and the Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) Northwest Power and Conservation Council (199701900) Subbasin/Management Plans Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT
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Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Identify and pursue opportunities to implement Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT recovery strategies, establish/provide instream Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) flows downstream from reservoirs and stabilize (200712000) flow regimes Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Restore connectivity and opportunities for Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT migration by improving instream flows and/or Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) water rights (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Coordinate bull trout recovery with recovery Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT efforts, management plans, etc of other species Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) such as redband trout, improve and implement (199701900) fisheries management guidelines and policies Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT designed to protect native species Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Work cooperatively with the Burns-Paiute tribal Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT government to implement recovery actions, and Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation)
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periodically review progress towards recovery (199701900) goals and assess recovery tasks Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Identify non-point Assess and mitigate effects on bull trout from CBFWA (Recommendation) sources non-point source pollution Remove or control Implement brook trout removal efforts Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT non-native fish Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) populations that (199701900) impact native fish Incorporate bull trout recovery actions into The Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT populations Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and the Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) Northwest Power and Conservation Council (199701900) Subbasin/Management Plans Determine site-specific levels of competition and Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT hybridization with introduced sport fish and Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) assess impacts of those interactions (199701900) Identify and pursue opportunities to implement Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT recovery strategies Malheur Subbasin 9Recommendation) (199701900) Develop and implant an educational effort to Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT address problems and consequences of Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) unauthorized fish introductions (199701900) Increase information outreach to anglers Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) (199701900) Improve and implement fisheries management Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT guidelines and policies designed to protect native Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) species (199701900) Determine the movement and seasonality of use Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT of different habitat types by adult and sub-adult Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) migratory bull trout in multiple streams, with (199701900)
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emphasis on reservoirs and mainstem rivers Work cooperatively with the Burns-Paiute tribal Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT government to implement recovery actions, Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) periodically review progress towards recovery (199701900) goals and assess recovery tasks Restore nutrient cycle Investigate potential for restoring historic prey CBFWA (Recommendation) and prey base base by reintroducing anadromous species interactions Identify and pursue opportunities to implement CBFWA (Recommendation) recovery strategies Develop an annual work plan to support CBFWA (Recommendation) implementation in the Malheur Recovery Unit Review reservoir operational concerns and CBFWA (Recommendation) provide operating recommendation through Federal consultation or other means Improve and implement fisheries management Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT guidelines and policies designed to protect native Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) species (199701900) Evaluate food web interactions in drainages most Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT affected by introduced fishes, reservoir Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) operations, loss of anadromous species (prey (199701900) base/nutrients), etc, Work cooperatively with the Burns-Paiute tribal Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT government to implement recovery actions, and Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) periodically review progress towards recovery (199701900) goals and assess recovery tasks
Strategies and Measures for Malheur Redband Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore and protect Allow stream flow processes to maintain Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) instream habitat and channels through restoration of natural flow Anadromous and Resident Fish stream channel Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT
188 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 189 of 210 processes regimes and floodplain connection Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Improve instream channel habitat through Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) placement of large woody debris and boulders, Anadromous and Resident Fish bank stabilization efforts and flow Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT augmentation/improvements Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Develop off-channel habitat Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Remove or modify levies, berms, roads or dikes Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) where appropriate Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Re-configure modified channels through active Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) restoration Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation)
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(200712000) Restore shade and canopy, riparian cover, and Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) native vegetation in all redband trout spawning Anadromous and Resident Fish areas Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Reduce grazing impacts in all redband trout Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) spawning areas Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Provide long-term habitat protection through land Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) purchase or easements Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Evaluate effectiveness of different habitat Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) restoration techniques Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Monitor habitat and water quality improvements Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) by utilizing methodologies identified in the Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur River Subbasin Native Salmonid Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT
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Monitoring Plan Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Improve habitat Create fish passage at dams and irrigation water Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) connectivity and fish diversion structures Anadromous and Resident Fish passage Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Remove unnecessary dam and diversion Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) structures, remove barriers at roads Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Repair/improve culverts to allow fish passage, Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) eliminate barriers created by dewatered reaches Anadromous and Resident Fish and poor water quality Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Install approved fish screens at irrigation Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) diversions Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation)
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(200712000) Identify and implement opportunities for two- CBFWA way passage at major dams (Recommendation) Determine consequences of genetic Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT fragmentation/isolation due to human-made Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) barriers (199701900) Monitor habitat and water quality improvements Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) by utilizing methodologies identified in the Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur River Subbasin Native Salmonid Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Monitoring Plan Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Improve riparian, Maintain/protect existing riparian, floodplain and Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) floodplain and wetland habitats Anadromous and Resident Fish wetland habitats Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Restore and maintain connection of stream Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) channels to their floodplains and restore Anadromous and Resident Fish floodplain function Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Plant native vegetation, reestablish wetlands Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) through easements, restoration and enhancement Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000)
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Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Establish buffers to improve riparian areas Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) through conservation easements, riparian fencing Anadromous and Resident Fish and implementation of setbacks, and implement Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT proper grazing management Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Monitor habitat and water quality improvements Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) by utilizing methodologies identified in the Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur River Subbasin Native Salmonid Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Monitoring Plan Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Improve water quality Maintain or create adequate vegetation in buffers Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) to intercept overland and subsurface sources of Anadromous and Resident Fish pollution Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Appropriate application of herbicides and Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) insecticides to protect water quality and aquatic Anadromous and Resident Fish resources Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Implement nutrient management Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation)
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Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Implement sewage and stormwater management Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Increase monitoring of sediment inputs Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Assess and mitigate effects on redband trout from Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) non-point source pollution Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Monitor habitat and water quality improvements Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) by utilizing methodologies identified in the Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur River Subbasin Native Salmonid Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Monitoring Plan Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000)
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Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Reduce upland Assess sediment sources in Malheur Subbasin Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) erosion and Anadromous and Resident Fish sedimentation Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Stabilize roads, crossings, and other sources of Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) sediment delivery Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Encourage improvements in grazing management Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Encourage improvements in timber management Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Encourage improvements in agricultural practices Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation)
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including methods such as no till farming or Anadromous and Resident Fish cover crops Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Monitor habitat and water quality improvements Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) by utilizing methodologies identified in the Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur River Subbasin Native Salmonid Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Monitoring Plan Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Reduce out-of-stream Assess current and historical effects of upland Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) water use through management on changes to the hydrograph in all Anadromous and Resident Fish efficiency, spawning tributaries Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT conservation, lease or Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) purchase (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Establish/provide instream flows downstream CBFWA from reservoirs and stabilize flow regimes (Recommendation) Improve irrigation efficiency and water Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) management to increase instream flows (may Anadromous and Resident Fish include lease and purchase of water where Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT necessary and available) Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Monitor habitat and water quality improvements Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT
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by utilizing methodologies identified in the Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) Malheur River Subbasin Native Salmonid (200712000) Monitoring Plan Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Remove or control Determine site-specific levels of competition and Evaluate the Life History of Native Salmonids in the BPT non-native fish hybridization with introduced sport fish and Malheur Subbasin (Recommendation) populations that assess impacts of those interactions (199701900) impact native fish Develop and implement an educational effort to CBFWA populations address problems and consequences of (Recommendation) unauthorized fish introductions Monitor habitat and water quality improvements Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) by utilizing methodologies identified in the Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur River Subbasin Native Salmonid Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Monitoring Plan Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000) Restore nutrient cycle Investigate potential for restoring historic prey CBFWA and prey base base by reintroducing anadromous species (Recommendation) interactions Evaluate food web interactions in drainages most CBFWA affected by introduced fishes, reservoir (Recommendation) operations, loss of anadromous species (prey base/nutrients), etc Utilize anadromous fish carcass planting CBFWA methodologies to restore lost marine derived (Recommendation) nutrients and monitor effectiveness of these actions
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Monitor habitat and water quality improvements Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitat for BPT (Recommendation) by utilizing methodologies identified in the Anadromous and Resident Fish Malheur River Subbasin Native Salmonid Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Monitoring Plan Enhancement – Logan Valley (Recommendation) (200712000) Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish BPT Enhancement – Stinkingwater Project (Recommendation) (200712000)
Strategies and Measures for Owyhee Redband Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Identify all potential Survey all streams that allow for permanent Shoshone-Paiute Habitat Enhancement SPT redband trout habitat residence, spawning, and rearing of young (Recommendation) (199701100) Classify streams by proper functioning condition Shoshone-Paiute Habitat Enhancement SPT (Recommendation) (199701100) Protect existing Exclude livestock from critical areas using Shoshone-Paiute Habitat Enhancement SPT properly functioning fences, stock troughs, and strategically placed salt (Recommendation) streams licks (199701100) Reduce sedimentation from roads by improving Shoshone-Paiute Habitat Enhancement SPT road crossings, maintaining culverts, and (Recommendation) restricting access during wet portions of the year (199701100) Improve streams with Exclude livestock from critical areas using Shoshone-Paiute Habitat Enhancement SPT inadequate proper fences, troughs, and strategically placed salt licks (Recommendation) functioning condition (199701100) Reduce sedimentation from roads by improving Shoshone-Paiute Habitat Enhancement SPT road crossings, maintaining culverts, and (Recommendation) restricting access during wet seasons of the year (199701100) Improve bank stabilization by reestablishing Shoshone-Paiute Habitat Enhancement SPT native vegetation such as willows and other (Recommendation) hydrophilic plants (199701100) Bank stabilization, Revegetating shore and banks by active planting Duck Valley Fisheries Project – Operations, SPT road maintenance, and Maintenance, Monitoring, and Evaluation (Recommendation)
198 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 199 of 210 livestock exclusion (199501500) from critical areas Requesting road maintenance as needed Duck Valley Fisheries Project – Operations, SPT Maintenance, Monitoring, and Evaluation (Recommendation) (199501500) Constructing livestock fences, water troughs, and Duck Valley Fisheries Project – Operations, SPT strategically placing salt licks to reduce impacts Maintenance, Monitoring, and Evaluation (Recommendation) from livestock (199501500) Change stocking Purchasing of only triploid rainbow trout to Duck Valley Fisheries Project – Operations, SPT practices to include minimize interbreeding of redband strains and Maintenance, Monitoring, and Evaluation (Recommendation) only triploid rainbow other strains (199501500) trout Ensuring that Installation of culverts, rock crossings, and other Shoshone-Paiute Habitat Enhancement SPT sufficient flows are types of stream crossings at each location roads (Recommendation) maintained in road intersect streams and designed to maintain (199701100) crossings to allow adequate flows through each structure to allow migration upstream fish passage and downstream
Strategies and Measures for Powder Bull Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve stream Allow stream flow processes to maintain channels CBFWA channel processes through restoration of natural flow regimes and (Recommendation) floodplain connection Improve instream channel habitat through placement CBFWA of large woody debris and boulders, bank (Recommendation) stabilization efforts and flow augmentation/improvement Develop off-channel habitat, remove or modify CBFWA levies, berms, roads or dikes where appropriate (Recommendation)
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Re-configure modified channels through active CBFWA restoration (Recommendation) Improve riparian, Maintain/protect existing riparian, floodplain and CBFWA floodplain and wetland habitats (Recommendation) wetland habitats Implement proper grazing management CBFWA (Recommendation) Establish buffers to improve riparian areas through CBFWA conservation easements, riparian fencing and (Recommendation) implementation of setbacks Reestablish wetlands through easements, restoration CBFWA and enhancement (Recommendation) Plant native vegetation CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore and maintain connection of stream channels CBFWA to their floodplains and restore floodplain function (Recommendation) Improve water quality Maintain or create adequate vegetation in buffers to CBFWA intercept overland and subsurface sources of (Recommendation) pollution Appropriate application of herbicides and CBFWA insecticides to protect water quality and aquatic (Recommendation) resources Implement nutrient management, and implement CBFWA sewage and stormwater management (Recommendation) Reduce upland Encourage improvements in road management to CBFWA erosion and reduce erosion (Recommendation) sedimentation Encourage improvements in grazing management CBFWA (Recommendation) Encourage improvements in timber management CBFWA (Recommendation) Encourage improvements in agricultural practices CBFWA including methods such as not till farming or cover (Recommendation) crops
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Reduce out-of- stream Improve irrigation and water management to CBFWA water use through increase flow (may include lease and purchase of (Recommendation) efficiency, water where necessary and available) conservation, lease or purchase Improve habitat Create fish passage at dams and irrigation water CBFWA connectivity and fish diversion structures (Recommendation) passage Remove unnecessary dams and diversion structures CBFWA (Recommendation) Remove barriers at roads; repair/improve culverts to CBFWA allow fish passage, eliminate barriers created by (Recommendation) dewatered reaches and poor water quality Install approved fish screens at irrigation diversions CBFWA (Recommendation)
Strategies and Measures for Powder Redband Trout Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Improve stream Allow stream flow processes to maintain channels CBFWA channel processes through restoration of natural flow regimes and (Recommendation) floodplain connection, and improve instream channel habitat through placement of large woody debris and boulders, bank stabilization efforts and flow augmentation/improvement
Develop off-channel habitat, remove or modify CBFWA levies, berms, roads or dikes where appropriate, and (Recommendation) re-configure modified channels through active restoration
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Improve riparian, Maintain/protect existing riparian, floodplain and CBFWA floodplain and wetland habitats (Recommendation) wetland habitats Implement proper grazing management CBFWA (Recommendation) Establish buffers to improve riparian areas through CBFWA conservation easements, riparian fencing and (Recommendation) implementation of setbacks Reestablish wetlands through easements, restoration CBFWA and enhancement (Recommendation) Plant native vegetation CBFWA (Recommendation) Restore and maintain connection of stream channels CBFWA to their floodplains and restore floodplain function (Recommendation) Improve water quality Maintain or create adequate vegetation in buffers to CBFWA intercept overland and subsurface sources of (Recommendation) pollution Appropriate application of herbicides and CBFWA insecticides to protect water quality and aquatic (Recommendation) resources Implement nutrient management CBFWA (Recommendation) Implement sewage and stormwater management CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce upland erosion Encourage improvements in road management to CBFWA and sedimentation reduce erosion (Recommendation) Encourage improvements in grazing management CBFWA (Recommendation) Encourage improvements in timber management CBFWA (Recommendation) Encourage improvements in agricultural practices CBFWA including methods such as not till farming or cover (Recommendation) crops
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Strategies and Measures for Upper, Headwaters, Closed Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (IDFG) Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Restore peak Monitor fish populations to evaluate CBFWA springtime flows in effectiveness of managed flow regimes (Recommendation) the South Fork of the Obtain sufficient normative river flows and river CBFWA Snake River processes to minimize survival bottlenecks of (Recommendation) Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and to hinder successful reproduction of rainbow trout Provide a maximum springtime: minimum CBFWA winter flow ratio of at least 15:1 in at least two (Recommendation) of every three years Increase stream flows Identify opportunities to increase stream flows CBFWA during critical periods and provide funding (eg, water purchase (Recommendation) for migration or mid- programs, donated water rights, more efficient late summer rearing irrigation practices, and possibly conversion to groundwater use) Provide access to thermal refugia by restoring CBFWA connectivity in key systems (Recommendation) Reduce impacts from Identify on-the-ground habitat Specific Measure CBFWA development along (Project Reference)s to protect key riparian (Recommendation) river and stream habitats and stream corridors (eg, through corridors and reduce conservation easements, acquisitions, and sediment delivery to technical guidance to prospective developers the stream network Reduce impacts from Conserve the genetic integrity of the YCT South Fork Snake River Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout IDFG (200717000) introduced species population through development and operation Recruitment and Survival Improvement of fish trapping facilities on the four main cutthroat trout spawning tributaries to the South Fork of the Snake River Continue efforts to encourage harvest of rainbow South Fork Snake River Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout IDFG (200717000) and hybrid trout in the South Fork of the Snake Recruitment and Survival Improvement River and in other areas where they pose direct threat to the genetic integrity of Yellowstone
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cutthroat trout Where rainbow or hybrid trout are stocked in CBFWA waters supporting native Yellowstone cutthroat (Recommendation) trout populations, only triploid (sterile) fish will be used Develop informational programs to educate CBFWA anglers and the public to risks of random (Recommendation) introductions of exotic species Through planning, use enforcement efforts to CBFWA curtail illegal introductions (Recommendation) Consider drainage restoration Specific Measure CBFWA (Project Reference)s that result in the removal of (Recommendation) hybridized rainbow trout X Yellowstone cutthroat trout population and the subsequent transplant of genetically pure YCY in naturally or artificially isolated populations Reduce impacts from Control impacts of introduced fish species South Fork Snake River Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout IDFG introduced species Recruitment and Survival Improvement (Recommendation) (200717000) Where brook trout are stocked in waters CBFWA supporting native Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Recommendation) populations, only triploid (sterile) fish will be used Develop informational programs to educate CBFWA anglers and the public to risks of random (Recommendation) introductions of exotic species Through planning, use enforcement efforts to CBFWA curtail illegal introductions (Recommendation) Provide liberal regulations on brook trout CBFWA (Recommendation) Reduce pelican Develop management strategies that will balance CBFWA predation on conservation and recreation interests for both (Recommendation) spawning YCT fish and pelican populations in Idaho
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Reduce impacts Produce and install easy to read road side signs CBFWA associated with the that inform anglers of what the fishing (Recommendation) illegal harvest of regulations are when traveling the major roads cutthroat trout within the Upper Snake subbasin Increase enforcement and education in areas CBFWA where non-compliance with fishing regulations (Recommendation) have been found to be a problem Restore connectivity Identify and inventory, impassible roads CBFWA to important crossings, subdivisions, railroads, dikes and (Recommendation) spawning, rearing and other man-caused developments that potentially refugia habitat jeopardize fish populations Develop a data base to demonstrate the CBFWA magnitude of habitat loss and more effectively (Recommendation) influence land use decisions Work with the Forest Service, Idaho Department CBFWA of Lands, other agencies, water users, non- (Recommendation) governmental organizations, private developers, landowners, county planners and interested angling groups to make protection of fisheries habitat a primary concern in land use decisions Work with the above entities to insure mitigation of habitat loss or to restore access whenever possible Unscreened irrigation Reduce entrainment to irrigation diversions in South Fork Snake River Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout IDFG (200717000) diversions that entrain systems where native fish populations are Recruitment and Survival Improvement fish adversely impacted Improve water quality Determine levels of in stream contaminants CBFWA (Recommendation) Work with Department of Environmental CBFWA Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, US (Recommendation) Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, private developers, landowners, and other agencies to
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improve riparian habitat conditions
Strategies and Measures for Upper, Headwaters, Closed Northern Leatherside Chub Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Enhance and preserve Assess population status and linkages to potentially CBFWA riparian habitat critical habitat (Recommendation) Provide information to land management agencies CBFWA and public on identification, population status and (Recommendation) distribution of leatherside chub in the drainage Work with local regulatory agencies and landowners CBFWA to minimize impacts of livestock grazing on riparian (Recommendation) areas Identify current Develop baseline population structure information CBFWA distribution and (Recommendation) evaluate genetic Work with local regulatory agencies and collection CBFWA composition permit applicants to document the presence of (Recommendation) Northern leatherside chub in the Raft and Goose creek drainages and to secure tissue samples for genetic evaluation
Strategies and Measures for Upper, Headwaters, Closed Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (SBT)
Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Increase species Evaluate the role of hatcheries for YCT Crystal Springs Hatchery SBT (MOA) composition to greater restoration and enhancement in streams once than 90% pure populated by pure YCT Yellowstone cutthroat Remove all non-native salmonids through Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (199201000)
206 Attachment 2c: Resident Fish Provisions – 11/18/2008 Page 207 of 210 all sample sites harvest, and weirs (mountain streams Continue stocking native cutthroat only Crystal Springs Hatchery SBT (MOA) and Bottoms) Increase catch per Continue with on-going restoration Specific Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (199201000) hour from 10 to 25 for Measure (Project Reference)s the Bottoms streams Inform public of YCT conservation importance Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (199201000) Develop and implement Fort Hall fish Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (199201000) management plan Protect and enhance YCT core populations (0% Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (199201000) hybridized) in the Ross Fork Creek watershed Restore creeks in the Bannock Creek watershed Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (199201000) from 25% to greater than 90% YCT and increase trout densities at all sites: West Fork 01m2 to 10m2 for trout >300mm; restore 0 back to 40m2 at site on Moonshine cr; restore back to 10m2 from 27m2 at Rattlesnake Creek Utilize hatchery facility to assist enhancement Crystal Springs Hatchery SBT (MOA) of core and conservation populations of YCT on the Reservation, and restoring I/E streams in closed systems Protect all spawning sites Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (Recommendation) (199201000) Identify and evaluate limiting factors of adult Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT trout on the Fort Hall Bottoms (Recommendation) (199201000) Supplement fishery through stocking of native Crystal Springs Hatchery SBT (MOA) cutthroat trout Utilize hatchery facility to assist enhancement Crystal Springs Hatchery SBT (MOA) of core and conservation populations of YCT on the Reservation, and restoring I/E streams in closed systems
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Protect and enhance Meet TMDLs Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT fish and wildlife (Recommendation) habitat (199201000)
Reduce contamination Identify areas of contamination and determine Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT any contamination to aquatic and terrestrial spp (Recommendation) and ecosystems (199201000) Enforce existing laws Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (Recommendation) (199201000) Inform public and tribal membership Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (Recommendation) (199201000) Improve riparian Land acquisitions, conservation easements, Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT habitat transfers and exchanges (Recommendation) (199201000) Regional planning, interagencies and private Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT landowners (Recommendation) (199201000) Protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT through altered grazing practices (Recommendation) (199201000) Increase flows Establish criteria for instream flows Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (Recommendation) (199201000) Improve irrigation management (water delivery) Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (Recommendation) (199201000) Screen diversions Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT (Recommendation) (199201000) Develop and implement Fort Hall Fish Habitat Improvement/Enhancement – Fort Hall, Idaho SBT Management Plan (Recommendation) (199201000)
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Strategies and Measures for Freshwater Mussels Strategy Recommended Measure Source of Measure Determine and restore Conduct field studies and re-location efforts to Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR preferred habitat identify preferred physical habitat of all three genera (Recommendation) (200203700) Determine optimal stream flows, especially in Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR reaches dewatered for irrigation or impacted by (Recommendation) dams (200203700) Determine habitat preferences through re-location Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR experiments; increase habitat diversity (Recommendation) (200203700) Design and implement Determine if recruitment is occurring, through Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR a basic monitoring cohort studies, in selected mussel populations Recommendation) program to determine throughout the basin for all three genera of river (200203700) trends in river mussel mussels populations Determine age structure of selected populations Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR throughout the Investigate which factors positively (eg, abundance (Recommendation) Columbia River of host fish) or negatively (water quality thresholds) (200203700) drainage Determine impact recruitment into existing mussel beds what factors may positively and negatively influence recruitment Determine which Determine genetically which genera of Anodonta Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR genera and species occur in the Columbia River Basin (a recent new (Recommendation) occur in the Columbia genus has been discovered) (200203700) River Basin, and Conduct systematic genetic surveys of mussels in Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR which stocks of the basin to match existing genetic makeup of (Recommendation) mussels in the basin, populations with extant populations in nearby (200203700) based partly on drainages to find most suitable candidates for re- genotypic diversity, introduction efforts may be best suited for targeted reintroduction efforts
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Determine host fish Determine host fish through laboratory experiments, Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR and minimum host culture juvenile mussels in hatchery setting for (Recommendation) fish population levels possible re-introduction trials, determine optimal (200203700) needed to maintain habitats for both fish hosts and mussel species self-sustaining mussel populations Determine host fish Determine host fish through laboratory experiments, Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTUIR and minimum host culture juvenile mussels in hatchery setting for (Recommendation) fish population levels possible re-introduction trials (200203700) needed to maintain Determine optimal habitats for both fish hosts and CTUIR self-sustaining mussel Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project populations mussel species (Recommendation) (200203700) Determine if existing Conduct physiological and condition experiments to Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project CTRUIR water quality in determine lethal limits for mussels in regards to Recommendation) selected reaches of the summer temperatures, dislodging flows, food (200203700) Columbia River Basin availability and composition, and overall water will maintain viable quality requirements and self-sustaining mussel populations
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