PRSME Infrastructure Support

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

Monitoring
Project ID019 12 CW
Recovery DomainsSnake River
Start Date01/06/2015
End Date05/31/2016
Year2012
StatusCompleted
Last Edited05/08/2024
 
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Description    


Project was originally proposed with multiple work types, but for actual metric reporting it is recorded only as an IMW.

Funds for this project were used at Worksite #1) to purchase, install, and operate a PIT-tag array on Pine Creek, the lower Potlatch River control tributary in the before-after-control-impact monitoring framework. The PIT-tag array was installed in Pine Creek 300 feet above the confluence with the Potlatch River and was operational for the 2016 adult migration event.

Funds for this project were used at Worksite #2) to expand mobile radio-telemetry work. The worksite location is a midpoint in the watershed. Mobile tracking is conducted throughout the Potlatch twice weekly during the winter and spring. During peak spawning in the spring the ground tracking is supplemented by weekly aerial tracking.

Spawn Year 2015: Lower Drainage: nine radio-tagged fish completed their upstream spawning migration in the West Fork Little Bear Creek (WFLBC). Three radio-tagged steelhead traveled upstream of the Dutch Flat Dam, which was removed in 2013 to restore access to upstream spawning and rearing habitat. A redd count above the dam removal site on 4/28/2015 documented 6 steelhead redds and 4 possible redds. This was the first documented adult steelhead spawning upstream of the old dam site.

Upper Drainage: 15 of the 16 radio-tagged fish completed their upstream spawning migration in the mainstem EFK. Of these, 11 fish did not migrate upstream of a large log jam approximately 12 km above the weir site. The furthest documented upstream spawning migration in EFK was 22 km above the weir site and the fish was detected below the confluence with Pivash Creek.

Spawn Year 2016: The first radio-tagged adult steelhead entered the Potlatch River on 12/10/2015. Fifty percent of the tagged fish entered the drainage on 2/14/2016 and the last pre-spawn tagged fish was detected on 3/18/2015. Fifteen of 19 (79%) lower Potlatch River steelhead tagged at LGR entered the Potlatch River during SY2016.

Lower Drainage: The spawning distribution of radio-tagged fish was dispersed throughout the lower Potlatch drainage in SY 2016. Four radio-tagged fish migrated to West Fork Little Bear Creek, Little Bear Creek, and Big Bear Creek respectively. In the WFLBC, one radio-tagged fish traveled approximately 2.3 km upstream of the Dutch Flat Dam restoration site. Furthermore, three live adults were observed upstream of the second replaced culvert directly below a beaver dam. Four radio-tagged fish ended their upstream migration on Big Bear Creek, including one fish that stopped directly downstream of Big Bear Falls.

Upper Drainage: Fourteen radio-tagged fish completed their upstream migration into the mainstem EFK. Nine of the 14 fish migrated upstream of the log jam that was identified as a potential barrier in 2015. The furthest documented upstream spawning migration in EFK was approximately 28 km above the weir site. One radio-tagged fish was detected in the West Fork Potlatch River approximately 15 km upstream of the confluence with the EFK. 30 of 31 radio-tagged fish ended their upstream spawning migration in the mainstem EFK in 2015 and 2016.

Project Benefit    


Expected benefits are: Increased monitoring of steelhead production and productivity in the Potlatch River (PR) drainage; Adult steelhead escapement estimates for spawning tributary in lower Potlatch drainage (Pine Creek); estimates of juvenile steelhead instream survival and emigration timing from Pine Creek tributary; drainage-scale estimates of adult steelhead escapement in the PR; assessment of barrier removal habitat projects in the lower PR study area; knowledge of adult steelhead mainstem migration and overwinter habitat use; and identify steelhead spawning distribution and priority reaches in the upper PR study area.

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed
Research and Monitoring
  Stream Miles Monitored 254.10 262.20

Funding Details

SourceFunds
PCSRF$71,366
Other$25,901
Report Total:$97,267


Project Map



Worksites

1 Pine Cr    


  • Worksite Identifier: 1 Pine Cr
  • Start Date: 01/06/2015
  • End Date: 05/31/2016
Area Description
Lower Clearwater River, 4th Field 17060306, 6th Field 170603060401, Pine Creek Drainage

Location Information

  • Basin: Clearwater (170603)
  • Subbasin:
  • Watershed:
  • Subwatershed: 170603060905
  • State: Idaho
  • Recovery Domain: Snake River
  • Latitude: 46.718230595
  • Longitude: -116.566072465

ESU

  • Snake River Basin Steelhead DPS

Map

Photos

Metrics

Metrics
  • E.0 Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)Y (Y/N)
    •      . . E.0.a RM&E Funding 30,843.00
    •      . . E.0.b
      Complement habitat restoration project
      Fry Creek Meadow Restoration 009 10 CW - IDFG, Troy Dam removal 010 11 CW - Latah SWCD, Bloom Creek 003 12 CW-IDFG,
    •      . . E.0.c
      Project identified in a plan or watershed assessment.
      NMFS. 2011. Draft Recovery Plan for Idaho Snake River Sp/Sum Chinook & Steelhead Populations. Latah SWCD. 2007. Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan.
    •      . . E.0.d.1 Number of Cooperating Organizations 0
    •      . . E.0.d.2
      Name Of Cooperating Organizations.
      None
    •      . . E.0.e.1 Number of reports prepared 2
    •      . . E.0.e.2
      Name Of Report
      Brian Knoth, 10/4/15, #1-OSC, PCSRF, Semi Annual Progress Report, IDFG, 3316 16th St, Lewiston, Id 83501 Brian Knoth, 4/1/16, #3-OSC PCSRF, Semi Annual Progress Report, IDFG, 3316 16th St, Lewiston, Id 83501
    •      . . E.1 MonitoringY (Y/N)
      •      . . . . E.1.a Monitoring funding 30,843.00
      •      . . . . E.1.b.1 Stream Miles Monitored 6.10
      •      . . . . E.1.b.2 Acres of Watershed Area Monitored .0
      •      . . . . E.1.c.15 Intensively monitored watershed (IMW)Y (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.15.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) of stream or streambank monitored 6.10
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.15.c # acres (to nearest 0.1 acre) monitored 20,600.0
        •      . . . . E.1.d
          Name Of Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy/Program
          None

2 Potlatch River Drainage    


  • Worksite Identifier: 2 Potlatch River Drainage
  • Start Date: 01/06/2015
  • End Date: 05/31/2016
Area Description
Lower Clearwater, 17060306, Potlatch River

Location Information

  • Basin: Clearwater (170603)
  • Subbasin:
  • Watershed:
  • Subwatershed:
  • State: Idaho
  • Recovery Domain: Snake River
  • Latitude: 46.565816
  • Longitude: -116.709035

ESU

  • Snake River Basin Steelhead DPS

Map

Photos

Metrics

Metrics
  • E.0 Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)Y (Y/N)
    •      . . E.0.a RM&E Funding 66,424.00
    •      . . E.0.b
      Complement habitat restoration project
      Fry Creek Meadow Restoration 009 10 CW - IDFG, Corral Creek - Race Track 007 10 CW-Latah SWCD, Troy Dam removal 010 11 CW - Latah SWCD, Bloom Creek 003 12 CW-IDFG,
    •      . . E.0.c
      Project identified in a plan or watershed assessment.
      NMFS. 2011. Draft Idaho Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook and Steelhead Recovery Plan. Latah SWCD. 2007. Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan
    •      . . E.0.d.1 Number of Cooperating Organizations 0
    •      . . E.0.d.2
      Name Of Cooperating Organizations.
      None
    •      . . E.0.e.1 Number of reports prepared 2
    •      . . E.0.e.2
      Name Of Report
      Brian Knoth, 5/31/16 OSC PCSRF Final Report and Ryan Banks & Brett Bowersox, 4/1/15, Mon15-104 Potlatch River Steelhead Monitoring 2012, IDFG
    •      . . E.1 MonitoringY (Y/N)
      •      . . . . E.1.a Monitoring funding 66,424.00
      •      . . . . E.1.b.1 Stream Miles Monitored 248.00
      •      . . . . E.1.b.2 Acres of Watershed Area Monitored .0
      •      . . . . E.1.c.15 Intensively monitored watershed (IMW)Y (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.15.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) of stream or streambank monitored 248.00
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.15.c # acres (to nearest 0.1 acre) monitored 377,776.0
        •      . . . . E.1.d
          Name Of Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy/Program
          None