Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead FINAL – August 6, 2010 FINAL LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY PLAN FOR OREGON POPULATIONS OF SALMON AND STEELHEAD August 6, 2010 APPENDICES Appendix Page A: Planning and Stakeholder Team Members .................................................................................1 B: Strata and Population Issues in Lower Columbia River Domain Planning ...............................4 C: CATAS Support Information ...................................................................................................13 D: Most Recent Harvest Limits ....................................................................................................51 E: Limiting Factor and Threats to Lower Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Populations................................................................................................................................57 F: SLAM Model Support Information ........................................................................................133 G: Related Management Plans for Lower Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Populations..............................................................................................................................162 H: Programs to Implement Recovery Actions .............................................................................164 I: Oregon's Columbia River Chum Salmon Recovery Strategy .................................................172 J: Current Monitoring for VSP Parameters in the Oregon Portion of the Lower Columbia River.......................................................................................................................231 K: Example of Research Approach to Assess Impact of Land Management on Mortality of Salmonids due to Parasites .................................................................................270 L: Maps of Lower Columbia River Population Areas in Oregon................................................272 Page i – Appendices Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead FINAL – August 6, 2010 Appendix A Planning and Stakeholder Team Members Page 1 – Appendix A Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead FINAL – August 6, 2010 Stakeholder Team Members Interest Group Area Name Agriculture Orchards Brian Nakamura Agriculture Orchards Anne Saxby Agriculture Dairy Randy Bergman Commerce AOI John Ledger Commerce OBA Peter Mohr Commerce OBA Justin Gericke Commerce Clatsop ED Tod Jones Commerce Steve Theberge Conservation/Recreation Oregon Trout Brett Brownscombe Conservation/Recreation David Moskowitz Conservation/Recreation Trout Unlimited Tom Wolf Conservation/Recreation Oregon Trout Mark McCollister Federal BLM Al Doelker Federal BLM Joe Moreau Federal USFS Lisa Norris Fishing NW Guides Bob Toman Fishing NSIA Liz Hamilton Fishing SFA Steve Fick Fishing Bio-Oregon Bruce Buckmaster Forestry Hampton Bud Henderson Fishing Ris Bradshaw Forestry Pulp/Paper Carol Whitaker Forestry Kathryn VanNatta Forestry OSWA Gilbert Shibley Local Government Portland Mary Wahl Local Government Portland Chris Prescott Local Government Portland Kaitlin Lovell Local Government Clatsop County Sam Patrick Local Government Metro Katy Weil Local Government Metro Gerry Uba Ports Portland Marla Harrison Ports Portland Dorothy Sperry Ports Astoria Bill Hunsinger SWCD Columbia Bill DeJager SWCD East Multnomah Brent Davies SWCD East Multnomah Dianna Pope SWCD East Multnomah Jean Fike Utilities PGE John Esler Wastewater ACWA Kathy Majidi Watershed Councils Scappoose Janelle St. Pierre Watershed Councils Clackamas Matthew Kimble Project Management ODFW Bruce McIntosh Project Management ODFW Jay Nicholas Project Management ODFW Jeff Rodgers Project Management ODFW Dave Jepsen Project Management ODFW Kevin Goodson Project Management ODFW Tom Stahl Project Management ODFW Consultant Ray Beamesderfer Page 2 – Appendix A Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead FINAL – August 6, 2010 Stakeholder Team Members (continued) Interest Group Area Name Project Management NOAA Patty Dornbusch Project Management LCREP Catherine Corbett Project Management GNRO Sue Knapp Facilitators Bill Blosser Facilitators Jim Owens Facilitators Alisha Dishaw Planning Team Members BLM Joe Moreau City of Portland Steve Kucas DLCD Bob Bailey DLCD Jay Charland DOGAMI Gary Lynch DSL Nikki Moore DSL Joy Vaughn GNRO Sue Knapp LCREP Debrah Marriott NMFS Patty Dornbusch NMFS Rich Turner NMFS Robert Anderson NMFS Paul McElhany ODA Ellen Hammond (Hood) ODA Sheila Ault ODEQ Andy Schaedel ODF Jo Morgan ODF Marganne Allen ODF Kristin Cotugno ODFW Bruce McIntosh ODFW Chris Knutsen ODFW Jay Nicholas ODFW Kevin Goodson ODFW Dave Jepsen ODFW Rod French ODFW Todd Alsbury ODFW Jeff Rodgers ODFW Mark Chilcote OWEB Douglass Fitting OWEB Tom Shafer PGE Doug Cramer USFS Dan Shively WRD Elizabeth Klicker Page 3 – Appendix A Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead FINAL – August 6, 2010 Appendix B Strata and Population Issues in Lower Columbia River Domain Planning Page 4 – Appendix B Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead FINAL – August 6, 2010 Appendix B Strata and Population Issues in Lower Columbia River Domain Planning This paper identifies several issues with strata and population definitions identified during the Oregon and Washington recovery plan domain roll-up process. These issues warrant further consideration and discussion at a technical level. This document is intended to be an informal working paper to facilitate further discussion and progress in moving forward with timely completion of a sound and defensible domain plan. Efforts to develop comprehensive recovery objectives as part of the Oregon and Washington domain planning effort led to a fresh examination of the biological basis for definitions of geographical/ecological sub-regions (strata) and demographically independent populations. These delineations are critical to definition of recovery objectives, priorities, and strategies consistent with TRT recovery criteria which require at least two populations per strata restored to high levels of viability and a strata average for all populations of medium plus (score of 2.25). The review considered: 1) Treatment of similar questions in recovery plans for Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast (SONCC) coho, Oregon Coastal coho, Puget Sound Chinook and chum, and Upper Columbia River salmon. 2) Documentation and support for the original delineations as reported by Myers et al. (2006) (Historical population structure of Pacific Salmonids in the Willamette River and Lower Columbia River Basins, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-73), 3) New information and analysis of accessible habit areas by populations and minimum requirements to support demographically independent populations, 4) Modeling of recovery strategies conducted for Oregon and Washington to estimate viable population levels and gaps between current and target status. Issues with current delineations identified based on this review include: A. Delineations among Lower Columbia River strata (particularly Cascade and Gorge strata) appear to be subjective and inconsistent with ecoregion definitions identified as the basis of delineation. B. Several populations are identified in the gorge strata in areas where the historically accessible habitat does not appear adequate to support demographically independent populations. C. Strata and population designations result in gorge strata and delineations of questionable historical viability. Several populations appear to have been too small or fragmented to have been demographically independent. A combination of too few populations of too low inherent capacity suggests that high levels of viability cannot be reached without very great and unlikely improvements. The concern is whether implied recovery strategies are an artifact of subjective or erroneous assumptions. Page 5 – Appendix B Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead FINAL – August 6, 2010 Domain Treatments Strata and population identification was compared among recovery domains to examine the consistency in treatment of this problem in other areas. All domains except the relatively small upper Columbia, include some type of spatial and life history stratification scheme based on a mixture of geographical and ecological considerations. Lower Columbia: A total of 98 populations of Chinook, steelhead, coho, and chum were classified by three geographical zones and one (chum, coho), two (steelhead), or three (Chinook) life history types for a total of 17 groupings. Recovery objectives target at least two populations per strata restored to high levels of viability with a strata-wide average viability of better than “moderate.” Puget Sound Chinook: This ESU was separated into five bio-geographical regions consisting of 2 to 10 populations (total of 22). Recovery objectives target all existing independent populations for improvement, at least two to four populations per region to a low risk status, representing at least one viable population from each major genetic and life history group per region. Geographic regions were based on similarities in hydrographic, biogeographic,