CONSERVATION STRATEGY FOR INTERIOR REDBAND (Oncorhynchus mykiss subsp.) in the States of California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington November 2016 1 Acknowledgments We recognize the contribution of the Interagency Conservation Strategy Leaders, James Capurso, Dave Jepsen, Bob Austin, Martin Koenig, Dan Shively, and Scott Grunder. In addition, we recognize the contribution of the Geographic Management Unit (GMU) team leads Bruce Kinkead, Holly McLellan, Joe Dupont, Shawn Young, Rob Ryan, Mike Faler, Martin Koenig, Bob Austin, Alan Mauer, Jennifer Mickelsen, Richard Pyzik, Dave Lentz, and Mike Dege. Lastly, we thank participants in the interagency Redband Conservation Team for their participation in the preparation and, more importantly, the implementation of this document. Recommended Citation Interior Redband Conservation Team. 2016. A Conservation Strategy for Interior Redband (Oncorhynchus mykiss subsp.) in the states of California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Recommended Citation ................................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................. 3 List of Tables .................................................................................................................................................... 5 List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................... 5 I. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 6 II. Background ............................................................................................................................................ 6 III. Species Description .................................................................................................................................... 7 IV. Distribution and Status ............................................................................................................................ 10 Historical and Current Distribution ........................................................................................................ 10 V. Definitions ................................................................................................................................................. 11 VI. Species Threats ........................................................................................................................................ 14 A. Present or Threatened Destruction, Modification or Curtailment of its Habitat or Range .............. 14 B. Overutilization ................................................................................................................................... 15 C. Disease ............................................................................................................................................... 15 D. Inadequacy of Existing Regulatory Mechanisms ............................................................................... 16 E. Introduced Species ............................................................................................................................. 16 VII. Goals and Objectives............................................................................................................................... 17 VIII. 3Rs: Representation, Resiliency, and Redundancy Analysis ................................................................ 20 IX. Interior Redband GMUs ......................................................................................................................... 26 Upper Columbia-Spokane Geographic Management Unit (GMU) ........................................................ 26 Kootenai GMU ....................................................................................................................................... 33 Clearwater River GMU ........................................................................................................................... 38 Snake River GMU ................................................................................................................................... 43 Oregon Closed Basins GMU ................................................................................................................... 54 Deschutes GMU ..................................................................................................................................... 60 Klamath, Upper Sacramento, North Lahontan GMU (K-US-NL GMU) ................................................... 65 X. Literature Cited ...................................................................................................................................... 78 XI. Appendix A: 3R Analysis Maps ............................................................................................................... 84 XII. Appendix B, Existing Programs and Strategies ...................................................................................... 87 Burns Paiute Tribe .................................................................................................................................. 87 Colville Confederated Tribes .................................................................................................................. 88 Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation ............................................................ 89 California Department of Fish and Wildlife ........................................................................................... 90 Coeur d’Alene Tribe ............................................................................................................................... 91 Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) ......................................................................................... 92 Kootenai Tribe of Idaho…………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………..93 Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks……………………………………………………………………….……….94 Nevada Department of Wildlife, Fisheries Division………………………………………………………………………..….95 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) ................................................................................. 96 US Fish and Wildlife Service ................................................................................................................... 97 US National Park Service ........................................................................................................................ 98 US Bureau of Land Management ........................................................................................................... 99 US Bureau of Reclamation ................................................................................................................... 100 USDA Forest Service ............................................................................................................................. 101 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ..................................................................................... 102 3 XIII Appendix: GMU Team Participants ....................................................................................................... 103 Upper Columbia-Spokane GMU .......................................................................................................... 103 Kootenai GMU ..................................................................................................................................... 103 Clearwater GMU .................................................................................................................................. 104 Middle Snake GMU .............................................................................................................................. 104 Oregon Closed Basins GMU ................................................................................................................. 105 Deschutes GMU ................................................................................................................................... 105 Klamath and Upper Sacramento GMU ................................................................................................ 105 4 List of Tables Table 1. Estimates of amount of stream habitat occupied by Redband in the western United States (from Muhlfeld et al. 2015). ................................................................................................................... 10 Table 2. Results of 3R analysis for Redband conservation populations in hydrologic basins. .................... 22 Table 3. Results of 3R analysis for Redband non-conservation populations in hydrologic basins. ............ 23 Table 4. Basin-level summary of 3R results for conservation populations of Redband. ........................... 24 Table 5. Summary statistics for the Upper Columbia-Spokane Redband GMU......................................... 27 Table 6. Summary statistics for the Kootenai Redband GMU. Summary includes the number of core conservation, conservation, and sportfish