Project Program M&E for Grande Ronde Spring Chinook Salmon and Summer Steelhead Steve Boe Rey Weldert Carrie Crump Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Catherine Creek Lostine River Minam River Wenaha River Lookingglass Creek Upper Grande Ronde River
Catherine Creek Spring Chinook Smolt Arrival Timing to Lower Granite Dam YearGroupEarliestMedianLatestn 2001Hatchery4/105/157/107, Wild4/275/197/ Hatchery4/115/177/313, Wild4/155/177/ Hatchery3/254/297/133, Wild4/135/246/23269
Upper Grande Ronde River Spring Chinook Smolt Arrival Timing to Lower Granite Dam YearGroupEarliestMedianLatestn 2001Hatchery4/105/45/ Wild5/45/165/ Hatchery4/225/185/ Wild4/145/296/ Hatchery3/295/55/ Wild3/315/146/2200
Juvenile Spring Chinook Hatchery vs. Wild Size Natural migration times fall, spring Release times Facility size Disease, broodstock, location, PIT tag Technology
Adult Spring Chinook Hatchery vs. Wild Spring flow conditions Widely varying numbers Prespawning mortality Management of Catherine Cr. Vs. upper Grande Ronde River Genetics
Lookingglass Cr Catherine Cr Catherine Cr Wallowa Hatchery 2002 Wallowa Hatchery 2003 upper Grande Ronde R Lookingglass Cr upper Grande Ronde R
Environmental Data Streamflow and Water Temperature Gauges operated in upper Grande Ronde River and Catherine Creek Water Temperature Loggers also operated at Adult Collection Facilities
Lookingglass Creek Spring Chinook Salmon Reintroduction Project funded under LSRCP Rotary screw trap for juveniles near mouth Adult weirs/traps Spawning ground surveys Water temperature/streamflow