Project No 199001800 Jason McLellan Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation January 18 2012 Background Habitat surveys Restoration Projects Riparian fencingplanting Culvert replacements ID: 786317
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Lake Roosevelt Rainbow Trout Habitat/Passage ImprovementProject No. 1990-018-00
Jason McLellanConfederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
January 18, 2012
Slide2BackgroundHabitat surveysRestoration ProjectsRiparian fencing/plantingCulvert replacements
Channel reconstructionRoad decommissioningNutrient enhancementWater right transfers
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Slide3BackgroundMonitoring and EvaluationSpawning escapementInvertebrate – nutrient enhancementLimited due to small sample sizes
Genetic AssessmentsSome “pure” populationsNew leadershipStatus and trend monitoringProject No. 2008-109-00
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Slide4Goal and ObjectiveGoal – restore healthy and harvestable salmonid populationsObjective – rehabilitate stream
habitat and restore ecological function in the riparian corridors4
Slide5Management QuestionsWhat are current habitat conditions?
Where are natural barriers?Root causes of habitat degradation?
Highest priority restoration actions?
Current distribution and density of fish?
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Slide6Project Design
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Slide7Inventory and AssessmentHabitatWater QualityDischargeInvertebrate driftFish presence, relative density, and species composition
Level II – environmental attributes – EDT7
Slide8Study Design – Habitat ConditionsCurrent Conditions – censusHabitat Inventory – ODFW protocolNatural barriers – WDFW protocol
Degradations – censusCulverts – National Inventory and Assessment ProcedureDiversions, pumps, dikes, levees, rip rap, riparian clearing – WDFW protocol
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Slide9Study Design – Other ComponentsCHaMP50 sites – two strataSanpoil (n=25); E. side streams (n=25)
12 fixed, 13 rotating panel (3 yr)Balanced across 6 multi-density categoriesLand ownership (private, public)Valley segment (source, transport, response)
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Slide10Habitat Protection and Restoration Plan10Process-based principles (
Beechie et al. 2010)Sequence of actions (Roni et al. 2008)Empirical observationEDT Model results
Slide11Restoration ProjectsRiparian vegetation and streambank conditionsFish passageChannel
migration potential & floodplain and sidechannel connectivityInstream flow & prevent entrainment or impingement of fish in irrigation structures
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Slide12Restoration Project Prioritization12
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TIER 1
TIER 4
TIER 2
Biological Benefit
Feasibility
Slide13Example Prioritization Criteria - BarriersBiological
Quantity and quality of habitat upstreamExtent of passage in current conditionNumber of focal species affectedOther benefitsRisk of catastrophic failure
FeasibilityLand ownershipSize of road
Cost
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Slide14SummaryAssessmentDevelop restoration planImplementation
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Slide1515Questions?