Oregon Plan Monitoring John Day Chinook Escapement

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

Project ID	212-909-1.10
Recovery Domains	Middle Columbia River
Start Date	07/01/2011
End Date	06/30/2013
Year	2010
Status	Completed
Last Edited	05/08/2024

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Description

Field-based surveys of adult and juvenile Chinook in the John Day basin were conducted. Two years of adult abundance surveys in three populations and life cycle monitoring at three sites were completed. These data continue to add to our status and trend information for the species addressed, serve as reference information for comparison with and management of ESA-listed Snake River stocks, contribute to a larger intensively-monitored watershed study, and allow informed harvest management decisions.

Project Benefit

The FCRPS Biological Opinion calls for the development and implementation of a basin-wide hierarchical monitoring program. This monitoring program provides statistically rigorous estimates of the status, trends, and distribution of adult and juvenile salmon and their habitats. Data from this program will meet most of the requirements for proposed Tier 1, Tier 2, and some Tier 3 sampling in the BiOp. The BiOp identifies the John Day River Basin as a priority/pilot watershed to receive immediate attention for habitat and species recovery efforts in the Mid-Columbia DPS. Information derived from this project will quantify the current status and future trends in fish populations in this important basin. The John Day River is also an important reference subbasin for comparisons to other more highly impacted subbasins in the Columbia and Snake River Basins.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Research and Monitoring

Stream Miles Monitored

175.00

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$262,977

Other

$10,621

Report Total:

$273,597

Worksites

212-909-1.10

Worksite Identifier: 212-909-1.10
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Mid Columbia

Location Information

Basin: John Day (170702)
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: Oregon
Recovery Domain: Middle Columbia River
Latitude: 44.814
Longitude: -119.564

ESU

Mid-Columbia River Spring-run Chinook Salmon ESU

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Metrics

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

. . E.0.a RM&E Funding 273,597.00
. . E.0.b
Complement habitat restoration project

John Day Habitat Enhancement, ODFW, BPA funded project 1984-021-00
. . E.0.c
Project identified in a plan or watershed assessment.

NWPCC 2005 John Day Subbasin Plan
. . E.0.d.1 Number of Cooperating Organizations 2
. . E.0.d.2
Name Of Cooperating Organizations.

USFS, Con. Tribes of Warm Springs Res. of OR
. . E.0.e.1 Number of reports prepared 2

. . E.0.e.2

Name Of Report

Bare, C., A. Bult, I. Tattam, & J. Ruzycki. 2012. Chinook Salmon Productivity and Escapement Monitoring In the John Day River Basin, Annual Technical Report to Bonneville Power Administration Banks, S. K., C. M. Bare, K. B. DeHart, A. M. Bult, J. L. Latshaw, C. A. James, I. A. Tattam, J. R. Ruzycki, and R. W. Carmichael 2013. Escapement and Productivity of Summer Steelhead and Spring Chinook Salmon in the John Day River, Annual Technical Report to Bonneville Power Administration

. . E.1 MonitoringY (Y/N)

. . . . E.1.a Monitoring funding 273,597.00
. . . . E.1.b.1 Stream Miles Monitored 175.00
. . . . E.1.b.2 Acres of Watershed Area Monitored 1,976.0
. . . . E.1.c.4 Redd countsY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . E.1.c.4.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for redds 175.00

. . . . E.1.c.5 Carcass countsY (Y/N)

. . . . . . E.1.c.5.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for Carcasses 175.00
. . . . E.1.d
Name Of Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy/Program

NWPCC 2005 John Day Subbasin Plan

. . . . E.1.e

Description of monitoring
Census spawning ground surveys for each of the 3 John Day River spring chinook populations. Surveys count redds and collect carcasses for tag and biological samples. Redd counts are expanded with a fish/redd ratio to estimate escapement and make reference comparisons to more heavily impacted listed stocks.