Klickitat Lead Entity Region Salmon Recovery Strategy

Klickitat Lead Entity Region Salmon Recovery Strategy

Klickitat Lead Entity Region Salmon Recovery Strategy Klickitat River White Salmon River Rock Creek August 2013 Klickitat Lead Entity Klickitat Citizens Review Committee Member Alternate Interest Ken Bales None Klickitat County Land and Natural Resources Advisory Committee Mike Copenhefer None Eastern Klickitat Conservation District Adam Fahlenkamp None Central Klickitat Conservation District Marc Harvey Doug Miller Mid-Columbia Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group James Kiona None Tribal Fishermen – Yakama Nation Confederated Tribes and Bands Jay Letto Susan Lourne Environmental Interests Dan Lichtenwald None Environmental Interests Bill Paulsen None Sport Fishing Sherry Penney Lance Beckman Underwood Conservation District Wayne Vineyard None Timber Interests Klickitat Technical Committee Member Expertise and Affiliation Brady Allen Fisheries Biologist, US Geological Survey Diane Driscoll Fishery Resource Specialist, NOAA Fisheries Jill Hardiman Fisheries Biologist, US Geological Survey Jim Hill District Manager, Central Klickitat Conservation District Loren Meagher (Alt.) Engineer, Central Klickitat Conservation District Mark Kreiter Hydrologist, USDA Forest Service David Lindley Habitat Restoration Specialist, Yakama Nation Fisheries Program Will Conley (Alt.) Hydrologist, Yakama Nation Fisheries Program Margaret Neuman Executive Director, Mid-Columbia Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group Tova Tillinghast District Manager, Underwood Conservation District Dan Richardson (Alt.) Field Technician, Underwood Conservation District Joe Zendt, Chairman Fisheries Biologist, Yakama Nation Fisheries Program Klickitat Lead Entity Staff David McClure Director, Klickitat County Natural Resource Department John Foltz Lead Entity Coordinator Kelly Tracy Administrative Assistant, Klickitat County Natural Resource Department i TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 1 2 VISION ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 MISSION ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 GOALS ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 MEASURING SUCCESS ................................................................................................................................. 6 2.4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT LIMIT OR SUPPORT THE VISION AND GOALS ......................................... 6 2.5 CURRENT STATE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE THAT LIMITS OR SUPPORTS THE VISION AND GOALS ........... 8 2.5.1 FISH DISTRIBUTION ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2.5.2 SPAWNING LOCATIONS AND SPAWNING TIMING ....................................................................................... 10 2.5.3 RUN SIZE TRENDS ..................................................................................................................................... 11 2.5.4 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INTRODUCED OR HATCHERY POPULATIONS AND NATURAL POPULATIONS ...... 13 2.5.5 STREAM FLOW AND SURFACE/GROUND WATER INTERACTION ................................................................. 14 2.5.6 CURRENT HABITAT CONDITIONS............................................................................................................... 15 2.5.7 HISTORIC HABITAT CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................... 18 2.5.8 PATHOGENS ............................................................................................................................................... 20 2.5.9 INVASIVE SPECIES ..................................................................................................................................... 21 2.5.10 WATER QUALITY/QUANTITY .................................................................................................................... 22 3 POLICY FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................................... 23 3.1 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER SALMON RECOVERY EFFORTS .......................................................................... 24 3.2 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION ...................................................................... 25 4 SALMONID STOCK PRIORITIZATION .................................................................................................... 26 4.1 WHITE SALMON WATERSHED ................................................................................................................... 30 4.1.1 CHINOOK SALMON .................................................................................................................................... 30 4.1.2 STEELHEAD ............................................................................................................................................... 31 4.1.3 CHUM SALMON ......................................................................................................................................... 32 4.1.4 BULL TROUT ............................................................................................................................................. 32 4.1.5 OTHER NATIVE POPULATIONS ................................................................................................................... 33 4.2 KLICKITAT RIVER WATERSHED ................................................................................................................ 33 4.2.1 CHINOOK SALMON .................................................................................................................................... 33 4.2.2 STEELHEAD ............................................................................................................................................... 34 4.2.3 COHO SALMON .......................................................................................................................................... 34 4.2.4 BULL TROUT ............................................................................................................................................. 35 4.2.5 OTHER NATIVE POPULATIONS ................................................................................................................... 35 4.3 ROCK-GLADE WATERSHED AREA ............................................................................................................. 35 4.3.1 STEELHEAD ............................................................................................................................................... 35 4.3.2 OTHER SALMONIDS ................................................................................................................................... 35 4.4 COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM ................................................................................................................... 36 4.4.1 CHINOOK SALMON .................................................................................................................................... 36 4.4.2 STEELHEAD ............................................................................................................................................... 37 4.4.3 CHUM SALMON ......................................................................................................................................... 37 4.4.4 COHO SALMON .......................................................................................................................................... 37 4.4.5 SOCKEYE SALMON .................................................................................................................................... 37 4.4.6 BULL TROUT ............................................................................................................................................. 37 4.4.7 OTHER NATIVE POPULATIONS ................................................................................................................... 37 5 GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND ACTION PRIORITIES ................................................................................. 37 ii 5.1 WHITE SALMON RIVER WATERSHED ........................................................................................................ 38 5.2 KLICKITAT RIVER WATERSHED ................................................................................................................ 40 5.3 MAJOR CREEK SUBBASIN (RANK C) ......................................................................................................... 42 5.4 ROCK-GLADE WATERSHED AREA ............................................................................................................. 42 5.5 COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM (RANK C) ................................................................................................... 43 5.6 COMMUNITY INTERESTS REGARDING SALMON RECOVERY....................................................................... 44 5.7 ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN PRIORITY ACTIONS .............................................................................. 96 5.8 PROJECT RANKING

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