Proposal Title Sponsor Province Subbasin ISRP Rec Council Rec BPA Rec FY08 FY09
200750000 A New Aging Technique For Lake Trout and Northern Pikeminnow Using Allometric Relationships Between Fish Size and Otolith Mass University of Montana Mountain Columbia Flathead Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $86,644 $28,596
200750100 Adapting tree-ring techniques to reconstruct stream environmental histories from the growth increments of long-lived freshwater mussels Oregon State University Mainstem/Systemwide Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $51,405 $22,097
200750200 Application of Innovative Acoustic Telemetry Technology to Underpin Statistically-Valid Survival Estimates for Chinook Salmon in the Nearshore Ocean Off the Mouth of the Columbia River Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Mainstem/Systemwide Systemwide R4: Innovative, Research-Oriented, Highly Justified Not fundable Not fundable $447,928 $84,752
200750300 Assessment of Functional Biological Differences Between Natural and Hatchery-Raised Redfish Lake Sockeye Salmon University of Idaho - Aquaculture Research Institute Mountain Snake Salmon Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $199,751 $0
200750400 Automated Scale Image Analysis (ASIA) Biopar, LLC Blue Mountain Grande Ronde Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $153,250 $45,000
200750500 Catching Predator fish with commercial traps Gulf Vessel Management Inc. Mainstem/Systemwide Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $200,000 $200,000
200750600 Chiwawa River Adult Spring Chinook Otolith Study Wild Fish Conservancy (formerly Washington Trout) Columbia Cascade Wenatchee Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $11,592 $36,321
200750700 Crumble-Crete Habitat Revegetation and Stability Blocks - Development of degradable bank protection/reveg block to provide temporary stability during recovery of natural bank-stabilizing vegetation. WDFW and CRITFC Columbia Plateau Yakima Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $25,498 $2,240
200750800 Designing Pre- and Post-Fire Restoration Strategies For Recovery of Salmonid Habitats in a Period of Climate Change and Increased Forest Fire Disturbance Earth Systems Institute Columbia Cascade Methow R3: Innovative, Research-Oriented, Highly Justified Not fundable Not fundable $38,500 $49,800
200750900 Develop structure for implementing and maintaining a Master Sample of rivers and streams in the Columbia Basin, and develop statistical tools for analyzing Master Sample applications. Oregon State University Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $188,777 $198,029
200751000 Development of a Low-cost Dual-Frequency Acoustic Tracking Capability for Ocean & Freshwater Components of the POST Tracking Array Kintama Research Mainstem/Systemwide None Selected Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $330,199 $0
200751100 DNA typing to identify native inland Oncorhynchus mykiss Washington State University Mainstem/Systemwide Systemwide R5: Innovative, Research-Oriented, Highly Justified Not fundable Not fundable $128,705 $88,659
200751200 Documentation of food-web linkages in the mainstem Columbia River: towards understanding the role of invasive species and establishing a baseline trophic state US Geological Survey - Cook Mainstem/Systemwide Columbia Gorge Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $232,228 $105,146
200751300 Eelgrass enhancement and restoration in the Columbia River Estuary through innovative site selection and planting techniques Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Lower Columbia Columbia Estuary A2: Innovative, On-The-Ground, Highly Justified Fundable Fundable $180,394 $72,400
200751400 Effectiveness monitoring of in-stream habitat restoration using tools from population ecology US Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station Columbia Cascade Entiat Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $96,812 $96,812
200751500 Elemental analysis of fin spines: A potential tool for assessing movement of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) within the Lower and Mid-Columbia River basin Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Columbia Gorge Columbia Gorge Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $42,122 $0
200751600 Enhancing Summer Instream Flow and Reducing Temperature in Agricultural Watersheds Washington State University Blue Mountain Tucannon A2: Innovative, On-The-Ground, Highly Justified Fundable Fundable $151,264 $73,502
200751700 Estimating abundance of white sturgeon by using visual strip-transects; an alternative to mark-recapture population estimates US Geological Survey - Cook Mainstem/Systemwide Columbia Gorge Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $344,027 $246,898
200751800 Evaluation of artificial upwelling to enhance lower Columbia River Gorge chum salmon spawning Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Lower Columbia Mainstem on the ground/Multiprovince B3: Innovative, On-The-Ground, Adequately Justified Not fundable Not fundable $109,369 $64,221
200751900 Feasibility of using a computerized video system to estimate lamprey passage at Bonneville Dam Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $53,797 $39,735
200752000 Genetic Predisposition of Smoltification in Rainbow Trout and Steelhead Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Columbia Gorge Klickitat Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $44,837 $45,141
200752100 Improving Fish Habitat Using Innovative Strategies to Remediate Contaminated Sediments in the Columbia River Basin Washington State University Intermountain Coeur d'Alene A1: Innovative, On-The-Ground, Highly Justified Fundable Fundable $55,534 $129,578
200752200 Innovative Fish Sample Gear for Reducing Stress and Mortality in the Catch and Increasing Efficiency in Monitoring the Effectiveness of Dike Removal Projects Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce Lower Columbia Columbia Estuary Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $6,731 $1,107
200752300 Innovative methods to quantify transport of hydrophilic and legacy pesticides to the riparian zones within the Yakima Basin U.S. Geological Survey- Washington Water Science Center Columbia Plateau Yakima Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $143,528 $73,381
200752400 Integrated Non-Lethal Electric Barrier and Sonar System to Deter Marine Mammal Predation on Fish in the Columbia River System: A Demonstration Project Smith-Root, Inc Lower Columbia Columbia Lower A1: Innovative, On-The-Ground, Highly Justified Fundable Fundable $615,691 $824,792
200752500 Integrating Ecological Flows into River Management on the Willamette River Nature Conservancy Lower Columbia Willamette Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $52,538 $11,613
200752600 Lake oxygention pilot study: Improving Redband Trout habitat quality in Twin Lakes, WA Washington State University Intermountain Columbia Upper B2: Innovative, On-The-Ground, Adequately Justified Not fundable Not fundable $217,990 $53,644
200752700 Lake Roosevelt Littoral Habitat Enhancement Project Colville Confederated Tribes Intermountain Columbia Upper Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $293,806 $280,306
200752800 Little McCormick Creek: Investigating Placer Mine Impacts to Streamflow Connectivity and Developing New Restoration Techniques Trout Unlimited Mountain Columbia Clark Fork Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $45,500 $51,300
200752900 Loss of salmon and steelhead productivity due to barriers in the Lower Columbia River ESU Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Columbia Gorge Wind Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $101,250 $57,076
200753000 MADS Weir Demonstration Project in Walla Walla Subbasin (MADS - Modular Arch Drop Structure) Steward and Associates (in conjunction with the Walla Walla County Soil and Water Conservation District) Mainstem/Systemwide Walla Walla Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $103,050 $15,700
200753100 Microbial Assessment of Thermal Impacts of Dworshak Reservoir Releases Washington State University Mountain Snake Clearwater Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $108,368 $57,105
200753200 Molalla-Pudding Sub basin Assessment; utilizing the new EPA Watershed Assessment of the River Stability and Sediment Supply(WARSSS)procedural methods to increase anadromous fish survivability Molalla River Watch Lower Columbia Willamette Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $166,217 $105,005
200753300 Monitoring fine sediment delivery to fish habitat in the Entiat River subbasin PNW Research Station -- Wenatchee Columbia Cascade Entiat Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $220,550 $74,450
200753400 Performance comparison of a stationary PIT tag antenna array in Lookingglass Creek, Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Blue Mountain Grande Ronde Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $31,733 $16,096
200753500 Physical and Biological Field Testing of a Flow Velocity Enhancement System (FVES) Natural Solutions Mainstem/Systemwide Cowlitz B1: Innovative, On-The-Ground, Adequately Justified Fundable Fundable $318,310 $0
200753600 Piloting StreamBankā„¢ Web Tool and permitting efficiencies to achieve Middle Fork John Day River Channel Reactivation and Floodplain Restoration. Oregon Trout Columbia Plateau John Day Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $327,742 $27,199
200753700 Population specific in-season forecasts of Columbia River Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) returns for allowing selective in-river fisheries Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Mainstem/Systemwide Columbia Gorge Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $66,508 $33,254
200753800 Predicting the future effects of climate-induced stream warming on spring Chinook salmon and their predators in the John Day River Basin University of Washington Columbia Plateau John Day R1: Innovative, Research-Oriented, Highly Justified Not fundable Not fundable $161,802 $53,157
200753900 Promote Kokanee Repopulation in Lake Pend Orielle using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for Location and Verification of Lake Trout Spawning Areas. University of Idaho - Microelectronics Research & Communications Institute (MRCI) Intermountain Pend Oreille Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $363,476 $36,701
200754000 Quantitative Assessment Sampling for Pacific Lamprey in Cedar Creek (Lewis River Subbasin), Washington US Fish & Wildlife Service Lower Columbia Lewis Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $95,127 $44,873
200754100 Reecer Creek Floodplain Restoration Project to support ecosystem function using build-in-the dry and 3 yrs revegetation to encourage channel dynamics, habitat formation and natural sediment management South Central Washington Resource Conservation and Development Columbia Plateau Yakima Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $400,307 $28,000
200754200 Shad for Nutrient Enhancement -- Demonstration of Fishery Supply, Disease Evaluation, Product Type and Potential Use Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Mainstem/Systemwide Columbia Lower B4: Innovative, On-The-Ground, Adequately Justified Not fundable Not fundable $96,526 $66,874
200754300 Simmons Dike Removal feasability study Umatilla Basin Watershed Council Umatilla Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $39,800 $3,200
200754400 Spawning Channel for Chum Salmon at Beaver Creek Hatchery Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Columbia Estuary Elochoman Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $372,500 $25,500
200754500 Stock specific run timing and upstream migration mortality of adult Chinook salmon and steelhead through genetic stock identification and PIT tagging at Bonneville Dam Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Mainstem/Systemwide Systemwide Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $101,534 $21,616
200754600 Test of protocols and validation of estimates derived with traditional and new methods for steelhead adults, smolts, and parr using an instream PIT-tag interrogation system US Geological Survey - Cook Columbia Gorge Wind Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $155,853 $80,932
200754700 The Natural Tag - TNT Biopar, LLC Mainstem/Systemwide Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $170,238 $59,050
200754800 The use of cDNA microarrays to develop biomarkers of environmental stress in salmonids and other fishes US Geological Survey - Cook Mainstem on the ground/Multiprovince Systemwide Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $284,065 $288,287
200754900 Toppenish Creek Well Modification Project Yakama Nation Columbia Plateau Yakima Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $337,821 $13,602
200755000 Toxics as a limiting factor for salmon recovery throughout the Columbia River Basin: understanding the enhanced toxicity of pesticide mixtures Northwest Fisheries Science Center Mainstem/Systemwide Systemwide Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $162,493 $36,751
200755100 Use of a novel technique to compare of Pre-and Post-migratory energy storage and use in upriver coho salmon: How much change can can occur with intense selective pressure. Yakama Nation Mainstem/Systemwide Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $29,012 $20,233
200755200 Use of LA-ICPMS and fin ray microchemistry to examine historic and present movement patterns in Upper Columbia River white sturgeon Ministry of Environment Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $54,900 $20,625
200755300 Using acoustic telemetry to evaluate the behavior, habitat use, and survival of tagged juvenile salmonids in the John Day Reservoir US Geological Survey - Cook Mainstem/Systemwide John Day Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $844,848 $132,487
200755400 Using advanced technologies to help reduce the impacts of global warming on anadromous and resident fish populations in the Columbia Basin US Forest Service - Rocky Mt Research Station None Selected Systemwide R2: Innovative, Research-Oriented, Highly Justified Not fundable Not fundable $187,466 $106,836
200755500 Using otolith microchemistry and microstructure to assess the causes and consequences of alternative life history strategies for Snake River fall Chinook Northwest Fisheries Science Center Systemwide Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $295,787 $277,465
200755600 Water Stargrass Demonstration and Management in the lower Yakima River for Spawning Habitat, Water Quality and Beneficial Uses (WiSDoM) Benton Conservation District Columbia Plateau Yakima Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $314,570 $57,880
200755700 What was old is new again: evaluate traditional gears for selective harvest Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Lower Columbia Columbia Lower A2: Innovative, On-The-Ground, Highly Justified Not fundable Not fundable $333,728 $111,243
200755800 Willamette Mitigation The Nature Conservancy Lower Columbia Willamette Unranked Not fundable Not fundable $187,558 $90,086