200752900 - Loss of salmon and steelhead productivity due to barriers in the Lower Columbia River ESU

Sponsor: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Short description: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife proposes an innovative approach to develop a predictive model for steelhead, Chinook, coho, and chum salmon to determi productivity loss due barriers using representative sampling, GIS, and culvert inventory.

Location: Columbia Gorge province, Wind subbasin

Budgets: FY08: $101,250 | FY09: $57,076

Primary species:
Anadromous: Chinook: Lower Columbia River ESU (threatened)
 Anadromous: Chum: Columbia River ESU (threatened)
 Anadromous: Coho: Lower Columbia River ESU (proposed threatened)
 Anadromous: Steelhead: Lower Columbia River ESU (threatened)

Objectives

ObjectiveDescriptionSubbasin planStrategies
Productivty loss due to barriers Provide an estimate of population productivity loss due to blockages for steelhead, Chinook, coho, and chum salmon in the Lower Columbia River ESU and a prioritized list of blockages for removal or assessment from salmon recovery funding sources. Lower Columbia Grays/Chinook, Elochoman/Skamokawa/MAG, Cowlitz/Toutle/Coweeman, Kalama, Lewis, Lower Columbia Tribs, Washougal, Wind, Gorge Tributaries

Narrative

Recommendations

  • ISRP: Unranked
  • Council: Not fundable
  • BPA: Not fundable