Klamath River Flow Study Activities

Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)

Project ID	511
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	04/30/2008
End Date	04/30/2009
Year	2007
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/14/2025

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Description

Work activites for this project have been completed or commenced. Fieldwork has been completed, data has been provided to larger investigations, and all reports have been completed.

Projects completed included: 1) The use of thermal refugia in the mainstem Klamath River by juvenile and adult salmonids; 2) assisting with a collaborative telemetry study of juvenile coho emigration in the Klamath and Trinity rivers; 3) assisting enumeration of wild spring Chinook adult salmon in the Salmon River; 4) monitoring disease pathogens of adult salmonids; 5) investigation of polychaete dynamics in the Shasta River; 6) an assessment of the magnitude, species composition, and distribution of spawning in the mainstem Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam; and 7) temperature monitoring of the mainstem Klamath River.

Project Benefit

This project addresses critical research needs regarding the relationship between Klamath River flows and the health of Chinook salmon, coho, and steelhead, which has and will result in the best available science being available to guide management discussions and decisions to assist with the maintenance and recovery of these salmonid populations.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Research and Monitoring

Stream Miles Monitored

193.00

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$71,650

Report Total:

$71,650

Worksites

20108171

Worksite Identifier: 20108171
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

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Location Information

Basin: Northern California Coastal (180101)
Subbasin: Mad-Redwood (18010102)
Watershed: Redwood Creek
Subwatershed:

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 41.11685554392238
Longitude: -123.86718749999693

ESU

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Metrics

E.0 Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)Y (Y/N)

. . E.0.a RM&E Funding 71,650.00
. . E.0.b
Complement habitat restoration project

na
. . E.0.c
Project identified in a plan or watershed assessment.

Long Range Plan for the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Fishery Restoration Program
. . E.0.d.1 Number of Cooperating Organizations 5
. . E.0.d.2
Name Of Cooperating Organizations.

Arcata FWS
. . E.0.e.1 Number of reports prepared 2

. . E.0.e.2

Name Of Report
1. Barry McCovey Jr. Jan 2009. Lower Klamath River adult Chinook salmon pathology monitoring, 2008. 2. Joshua Strange and Barry McCovey Jr. Feb 2009. Shasta River Polychaete Survey 2008. All from Yurok Tribal Fisheries Program available at: http://www.yuroktribe.org/departments/fisheries/reportsandpublications.htm

. . E.1 MonitoringY (Y/N)

. . . . E.1.a Monitoring funding 71,650.00
. . . . E.1.b.1 Stream Miles Monitored 193.00
. . . . E.1.b.2 Acres of Watershed Area Monitored 999.0

. . . . E.1.c.9 Water quantity (flow) monitoringY (Y/N)

. . . . . . E.1.c.9.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for water quantity (flow) monitoring 193.00
. . . . E.1.d
Name Of Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy/Program

Klamath River Flow Studies

. . . . E.1.e

Description of monitoring
A variety of complementary research and monitoring projects with the shared aim of addressing uncertainty in mainstem flow requirements and the related ecological impacts for salmonid fishes in the Klamath River.