FY 2001 Ongoing proposal 199102900

Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary

Reviews and Recommendations

Additional documents

Title	Type

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Life History and Survival of Fall Chinook Salmon in Columbia River Basin
Proposal ID	199102900
Organization	U.S. Geological Survey (Western Fisheries Research Center); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USGS/USFWS)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Kenneth F. Tiffan; William P. Connor
Mailing address	5501A Cook-Underwood Rd Cook, WA 98605
Phone / email	5095382299 / ken_tiffan@usgs.gov
Manager authorizing this project
Review cycle	FY 2001 Ongoing
Province / Subbasin	Systemwide / Systemwide
Short description	Facilitate implementation of federal and tribal fall chinook salmon recovery plans by monitoring and evaluating post-release attributes and survival of natural and hatchery juvenile fall chinook in the Snake River and Hanford Reach of the Columbia River.
Target species

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
2000	Publication: Tiffan, K.F., D.W. Rondorf, and P.G. Wagner. 2000. Physiological development and migratory behavior of subyearling fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20:28-40.
2000	Publication: Venditti, D.A., D.W. Rondorf, and J.M. Kraut. 2000. Migratory behavior and forebay delay of radio-tagged juvenile fall chinook salmon in a lower Snake River impoundment. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20:41-52.
2000	Publication: Marshall, A.R., H.L. Blankenship, and W.P. Connor. 2000. Genetic characterization of naturally spawned Snake River fall-run chinook salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129:680-698.
2000	Publication: Connor, W.P., R.K. Steinhorst, and H.L. Burge. In press. Forecasting survival and passage of migratory juvenile salmonids. North American Journal of Fisheries Management.
2000	Publication: Tiffan, K.F., D.W. Rondorf, R.D. Garland, and P.A. Verhey. In Review. Morphological differences between juvenile fall and spring chinook salmon migrating through the lower Snake River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
1999	Publication: Dauble, D.D., R.L. Johnson, and A.P. Garcia. 1999. Fall chinook salmon spawning in the tailraces of lower Snake River hydroelectric projects. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 128:672-679.
1999	Report: Tiffan, K.F., D.W. Rondorf, W.P. Connor, and H.L. Burge, editors. 1999. Post-release attributes and survival of hatchery and natural fall chinook salmon in the Snake River. 1998 Annual Report to the Bonneville Power Administration, Portland
1999	Report: Tiffan, K.F., D.W. Rondorf, W.P. Connor, and H.L. Burge, editors. 1999. Identification of the spawning, rearing, and migratory requirements of fall chinook salmon. 1996-97 Annual Report to the Bonneville Power Administration, Portland
1999	Report: Sheer, M., R. Garland, M. Parsely, K. Tiffan, D. Rondorf. 1999. Chapter 3 in Assessment of the impacts of the Columbia River Hydroelectric System on mainstem salmon habitats. Draft Report to Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR.
1999	Report: Provided data, analyses, and co-authored the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coordination Act Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on drawing down the lower Snake River.
1999	Report: Connor, W.P. (coauthor). 1999. PATH Decision Analysis Report for Snake River Fall Chinook. Prepared by Essa Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC, 332 pp.
1999	Presentation: Venditti, D.A. 1999. Use of temperature-sensing radio transmitters to estimate thermal exposure in emigrating fall chinook salmon. 15th International Symposium on Biotelemetry, Juneau, Alaska.
1999	Presentation: Connor, W.P. 1999. Detection of PIT-tagged subyearling chinook salmon at a Snake River dam; Implications for summer flow augmentation. Annual Meeting of the Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Moscow, Idaho.
1999	Presentation: Connor, W.P. 1999. Early life history and survival of subyearling chinook salmon. Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society, Moscow, Idaho.
1999	Provided in-season data on forecasted juvenile fall chinook salmon passage timing at Lower Granite Dam to the Fish Passage Advisory Committee for use in planning flow augmentation.
1998	Publication: Connor, W.P., H.L. Burge, and D.H. Bennett. 1998. Detection of PIT-tagged subyearling chinook salmon at a Snake River dam: Implications for summer flow augmentation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 18:530-536.
1998	Publication: Groves, P.A., and A.P. Garcia. 1998. Two carriers used to suspend an underwater video camera from a boat. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 18:1004-1007.
1998	Provided in-season data on forecasted juvenile fall chinook salmon passage timing at Lower Granite Dam to the Fish Passage Advisory Committee for use in planning flow augmentation.
1998	Presentation: Tiffan, K.F. 1998. Water temperature and fall chinook salmon life history. 2nd Annual Columbia River Water Temperature Workshop, Portland, Oregon.
1997	Report: Rondorf, D.W., and K.F. Tiffan, editors. 1997. Identification of the spawning, rearing, and migratory requirements of fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River basin. 1995 Annual Report to the Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon.
1997	Provided in-season data on forecasted juvenile fall chinook salmon passage timing at Lower Granite Dam to the Fish Passage Advisory Committee for use in planning flow augmentation.
1996	Report: Rondorf, D.W., and K.F. Tiffan, editors. 1996. Identification of the spawning, rearing, and migratory requirements of fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River basin. 1994 Annual Report to the Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon.
1996	Presentation: Tiffan, K.F. 1996. Osmoregulatory and ATPase development in subyearling fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River. 1996 International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, San Francisco, California.
1996	Presentation: Venditti, D.A. 1996. Use of radio telemetry to describe migratory behavior of juvenile fall chinook salmon through a lower Snake River reservoir. Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society, Eugene, Oregon.
1996	Presentation: Connor, W.P. 1996. Use of separation by code for fall chinook salmon research. 1996 PIT-tag Workshop, Stevenson, Washington.
1996	Presentation: Connor, W.P. 1996. To tag or not to tag?. 1996 PIT-tag Workshop, Stevenson, Washington.
1996	Provided in-season data on forecasted juvenile fall chinook salmon passage timing at Lower Granite Dam to the Fish Passage Advisory Committee for use in planning flow augmentation.
1995	Presentation: Connor, W.P. 1995. Stock and race identification of subyearling Snake River chinook salmon. Annual Meeting of the Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Boise, Idaho.
1994	Report: Rondorf, D.W., and K.F. Tiffan, editors. 1994. Identification of the spawning, rearing, and migratory requirements of fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River basin. 1993 Annual Report to the Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon.
1994	Report: Rondorf, D.W., and W.H. Miller, editors. 1994. Identification of the spawning, rearing, and migratory requirements of fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River basin. 1992 Annual Report to the Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon.
1994	Presentation: Connor, W.P. 1994. Estimating fall chinook salmon spawning habitat availability and seeding level in the lower Clearwater River, Idaho. Annual Meeting of the Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, McCall, Idaho.
1993	Report: Rondorf, D.W., and W.H. Miller, editors. 1993. Identification of the spawning, rearing, and migratory requirements of fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River basin. 1991 Annual Report to the Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon.
1993	Presentation: Connor, W.P. 1993. Application of passive integrated transponders for describing subyearling Snake River fall chinook salmon rearing, emigration, and survival in the Snake River. 1993 PIT-tag Workshop, Portland, Oregon.
1993	Presentation: McCann, J.A. 1993. Evaluation of PIT tagging subyearling fall chinook salmon. 1993 PIT-tag Workshop, Portland, Oregon.
1993	Presentation: McCann, J.A. 1993. Using an acoustic Doppler current profiler in fisheries research in the Columbia River basin. Annual Meeting of Pacific Fishery Biologists, Vancouver, British Columiba.
1992	Presentation: Connor, W.P. 1992. Migration timing of hatchery and wild Snake River fall chinook salmon: Implications for smolt survival. Annual Meeting of the Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Moscow, Idaho.

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost
1. Provide in-season life history data and forecasts of subyearling chinook salmon passage at Lower Granite Dam to the Fish Passage Advisory Committee.	a. Capture and PIT tag natural fall chinook salmon rearing in different areas of Hells Canyon.	5	$214,400
1.	b. Estimate fry emergence and rearing timing, and provide forecasts of smolt passage timing at Lower Granite Dam to the Fish Passage Advisory Committee.	5	$33,900
2. Compare the survival of subyearling fall chinook migrating from the Hells Canyon and Hanford reaches.	a. Capture and PIT tag natural fall chinook salmon rearing in different areas of Hells Canyon (Task 1.a.) and the Hanford Reach.	5	$183,000
2.	b. Test for differences in survival of four Hanford Reach release groups to the tailraces of McNary and John Day dams using ANOVA.	5	$13,400
2.	c. Test for differences in survival of fish released in the up and downstream reaches of Hells Canyon to Lower Granite Dam using ANOVA.	5	$13,400
2.	d. Determine the relations between flow and temperature and survival of fish released in the Hells Canyon and Hanford reaches using multiple regression analysis.	5	$13,400
2.	e. Compare differences in early life history (i.e., emergence timing, growth, and migration timing) and survival between the Snake and Columbia rivers.	5	$13,500
3. Determine the effects of flow fluctuations on the quantity and quality of juvenile fall chinook rearing habitat in the Hanford and Hells Canyon reaches to determine if rearing habitat is potentially limiting the Snake River population.	a. Obtain bathymetric and water velocity data for the Hells Canyon Reach from the Idaho Power Company. Conduct additional 2-dimensional hydraulic modeling to fill in data gaps.	1	$30,000
3.	b. Construct GIS coverages of habitat variables important to rearing fall chinook such as velocity, gradient, depth, and substrate.	2	$62,000
3.	c. Modify an existing predictive model of juvenile fall chinook rearing habitat developed by USGS to estimate the amount of available habitat in the Hells Canyon Reach at different flows using data from Task 3.b.	2	$62,000
3.	d. Compare results of the completed Hanford Reach habitat analysis with those from the Hells Canyon Reach to determine if rearing habitat is limited in the Snake River and what the production potential of existing habitat is.	2	$45,000
4. Disseminate research results in peer-reviewed journal articles.	a. Prepare and submit article for publication that summarizes the effect of flow fluctuations on Hanford Reach fall chinook salmon rearing habitat.	1	$2,500
4.	b. Prepare and submit an article for publication that describes fall chinook salmon use of rip-rap habitat for rearing.	1	$2,500
4.	c. Prepare and submit and article for publication that describes the thermal history of fall chinook salmon smolts migrating through Little Goose Reservoir.	2	$2,500
4.	d. Prepare and submit an article for publication that describes the run composition and early life history attributes of subyearling fall chinook in the Snake River.	1	$2,500
4.	e. Prepare and submit an article for publication that summarizes the early life history and growth of juvenile Snake River fall chinook salmon.	1	$2,500
4.	f. Prepare and submit an article for publication that describes factors affecting the seaward migration of subyearling chinook salmon in the Snake River.	2	$2,500

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2002	FY 2003
$500,000	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2001 cost
Personnel	FTE: 7.7	$316,902
Fringe		$89,874
Supplies		$18,742
Travel		$21,800
Indirect		$175,921
PIT tags	# of tags: 16,000	$38,400
Other	Boat operation and vehicles	$37,361
		$699,000

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2001 cost	$699,000
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2001 budget request	$699,000
FY 2001 forecast from 2000	$799,525
% change from forecast	-12.6%

Reason for change in estimated budget

Portions of some study tasks have been completed ahead of schedule.

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Ongoing Funding: yes; New Funding: no

Date:
Jul 14, 2000

Comment:

There is no change in scope of work. Portions of some study tasks have been completed ahead of schedule, which resulted in a reduction in budget.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 13, 2000

Comment:

REVIEW:
NW Power and Conservation Council's FY 2006 Project Funding Review

Funding category:
expense

Date:
May 2005

FY05 NPCC start of year:	FY06 NPCC staff preliminary:	FY06 NPCC July draft start of year:
$356,375	$356,375	$356,375

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website