Oregon Plan Monitoring

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

Project ID	DEQ004
Recovery Domains	Willamette River
Start Date	07/02/2005
End Date	06/30/2007
Year	2005
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/26/2024

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Description

Conduct probabilistic monitoring (includes water quality, habitat, macroinvertebrates and fish) in the Willamette basin at 52 randomly selected stream and river sites in 2006. Produce a draft report based upon probabilistic sampling data (2003-2004) for the Lower Columbia River ESU that evaluates the relationship between stressors (e.g., temperature, sediment) and biological integrity as determined by an analysis of the community structure of macroinvertebrates and fish.

Project Benefit

This project will provide water quality and biomonitoring data that will be essential for salmon recovery planning, limiting factor analysis and for evaluating the effectiveness of programs to improve the health of rivers and streams in the Willamette basin. We will be able to describe the extent of impairment from selected stressors and the risk of that impairment to the biological community or health of the streams and rivers. Willamette basin including the following ESUs: Lower Columbia River Chinook, Upper Willamette River Chinook, Lower Columbia River Coho, Lower Columbia River Steelhead and Upper River Steelhead.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Research and Monitoring

Stream Miles Monitored

11,360.00

13,000.00

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$697,199

Report Total:

$697,199

Worksites

20048105

Worksite Identifier: 20048105
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Willamette (170900)
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: Oregon
Recovery Domain: Willamette River
Latitude: 44.6098467353
Longitude: -123.589012737888

ESU

Upper Willamette River Chinook Salmon ESU
Oregon Coast Chinook Salmon ESU
Oregon Coast Coho Salmon ESU
Pacific Coast Chum Salmon ESU
Upper Willamette River Steelhead DPS
Oregon Coast Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

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

. . E.0.a RM&E Funding 670,733.00
. . E.0.b
Complement habitat restoration project

None
. . E.0.c
Project identified in a plan or watershed assessment.

Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds
. . E.0.d.1 Number of Cooperating Organizations 7

. . E.0.d.2

Name Of Cooperating Organizations.
US Enivromental Protection Agency Corvallis Research Lab, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and City of Salem Environmental Services, Oregon Plan Monitoring Team, City of Portland, Long Tom Waterhsed Council.

. . E.0.e.1 Number of reports prepared 1
. . E.0.e.2
Name Of Report

Mulvey, Michael; Leferink, Robin; Borisenko, Aaron; Willamette Basin Rivers & Streams Assessment, DEQ, 2009

. . E.1 MonitoringY (Y/N)

. . . . E.1.a Monitoring funding 670,733.00
. . . . E.1.b.1 Stream Miles Monitored 11,360.00
. . . . E.1.b.2 Acres of Watershed Area Monitored 138,000.0
. . . . E.1.c.3 Biological instream monitoring (other than salmon)Y (Y/N)
- . . . . . . E.1.c.3.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for Biological indicies (other than salmon) 11,360.00

. . . . E.1.c.8 Water quality monitoringY (Y/N)

. . . . . . E.1.c.8.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) of stream monitored for water quality 11,360.00
. . . . E.1.d
Name Of Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy/Program

Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds Monitoring Strategy. OWEB. 2003

. . . . E.1.e

Description of monitoring

Draft will be written 1.5 years after field work ends. Report is scheduled for September 2008. Actual: No final reports have are available at this time. Some samples are still being analyzed and not all data are available. We anticipate a draft monitoring results report to be ready by spring 2008 with a final report done by spring 2009. The report will describe the biological, water quality and habitat quality of Willamette basin streams and rivers using survey data from a probabilistic poll of stream segments. The extent of impaired stream miles for key indicators will be identified based on state water quality criteria or reference condition benchmarks.