Proposal title | Improve the Kootenai River Ecosystem |
Proposal ID | 199404900 |
Organization | Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (KTOI) |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
Name | Charlie Holderman |
Mailing address | P.O. Box 1269 Bonners Ferry, ID 83805 |
Phone / email | 2082673620 / cholderman@kootenai.org |
Manager authorizing this project | Sue Ireland |
Review cycle | FY 2001 Ongoing |
Province / Subbasin | Mountain Columbia / Kootenai |
Short description | Identify the best management strategies to enhance aquatic biota in the Kootenai River Ecosystem and recover native species assemblages across multiple trophic levels (e.g. zooplankton, mayflies, kokanee salmon, redband trout, white sturgeon). |
Target species | |
Year | Accomplishment |
2000 |
PUBLICATIONS (1996-PRESENT) |
2000 |
Holderman, C. E. 2000. A field experiment to assess white sturgeon egg development and hatching success in the Kootenai River. In prep. Kootenai Tribe of Idaho report to Bonneville Power Administration (Contract No. 95BI40364). Portland, OR. |
2000 |
Anders, P.J., D.L. Richards, and M.S. Powell. The first endangered white sturgeon population (Acipenser transmontanus):Repercussions in an altered large-river-floodplain ecosystem. In Prep. |
1999 |
Korman, J. and C.W. Walters. 1999. Summary of the Kootenai River adaptive environmental assessment modeling exercise. Ecometric Research, Inc. and University of British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C. Prepared for the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. |
1999 |
Century West Inc. Comprehensive Water Quality Monitoring Plan for the Kootenai River Basin, in British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho. |
1999 |
Bauer, S. B. 1999. Kootenai River Water Quality Summary 1997/1998. Boise, ID. Prepared for Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. |
1999 |
(1996-Present) Contributions to: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1999. Recovery plan for the Kootenai River white sturgeon. Region 1. Portland, OR |
1998 |
EcoAnalysts, Inc. 1998. Stream habitat survey of Long Canyon, Parker, and Trout Creeks: Tributaries to the Kootenai River, Idaho, with special consideration of kokanee spawning habitat and enhancement potential. Moscow, ID. Prep. for Kootenai Tribe. |
1998 |
EcoAnalysts, Inc. 1998. Stream biota survey of Long Canyon, Parker, and Trout Creeks: Tributaries to the Kootenai River, Idaho, with emphasis on macroinvertebrate and fish communities. Moscow, ID. Prep. for Kootenai Tribe. |
1998 |
Richards, D.L. 1998. Kootenai River macroinvertebrate investigation. Kootenai Tribe of Idaho report to Bonneville Power Administration (Contract No. 95BI40364). Portland, OR. |
1997 |
Richards, D.L. 1997. Kootenai River biological baseline status report. Kootenai Tribe of Idaho report to Bonneville Power Administration (Contract No. 95BI40364). Portland, OR. |
1996 |
Anders, P.J, and D.L Richards. 1996. Implications of ecosystem collapse on white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) in the Kootenai River, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia. Proc. of the Int. Congr. Biol. of Fishes. San Francisco, CA. July 14-18, 1996 |
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DEMONSTRATED RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTIONS (1995-PRESENT) |
2000 |
"Ecologically-based long-term systematic monitoring and research plan" |
1998 |
(1998-Present) Analysis of age-class-structure, growth, movements, and fish community dynamics in the lower Kootenai River and its tributaries. |
1998 |
(1998-Present) Analysis of seasonal dietary preferences of non-game fishes in the lower Kootenai River in Idaho. |
1997 |
(1997-Present) Reintroduction of Kootenai subbasin kokanee salmon into lower Kootenai River tributaries in Idaho. |
1996 |
(1996-Present) Development and use of Adaptive Environmental Assessment process to identify and prioritize ecosystem restoration and management strategies. |
1996 |
(1996-Present) Development and use of Adaptive Environmental Assessment model, resulting in identification of factors limiting ecosystem productivity and biodiversity. |
1995 |
(1995-Present) Collection of fisheries, water quality and limnological field data and subsequent baseline datasets for Kootenai River and its tributaries. |
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INTERAGENCY COOPERATION |
2000 |
(1996-Present) Formation of the International Kootenai River Ecosystem Restoration Team (IKRERT) (an international, inter-agency research and management team) to develop and guide ecosystem restoration research and management. |
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2001 cost | Subcontractor |
1. Initiate NEPA permiting process to accommodate Kootenai River ecosytem restoration research, monitoring and management activities. |
Provide all required NEPA documentation. |
2 |
$10,000 |
Yes |
2. Test the feasibility of a Kootenai River controlled nutrient addition experiment |
2a. Design, implementation, and refinement of comprehensive, multi-trophic level monitoring program.
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3 |
$5,000 |
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3. Develop large-scale nutrient addition experiment to compensate for nutrient limitation identified by Task 2. |
3a. Design, implement, and evaluate experimental large-scale controlled nutrient addition experiment. |
5 |
$25,000 |
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4. Develop baseline investigation/inventory of near-river wetland habitats |
4a. Review literature and perform small scale studies to determine the relationship and relative importance of backwater-slough habitat within the Kootenai River ecosystem.
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3 |
$10,000 |
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Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2001 cost | Subcontractor |
1. Monitor fish community dynamics at index sites on the mainstem Kootenai River |
1a. Late summer, night-time electrofishing of near-shore, feeding-zone habitats |
5 |
$11,781 |
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1b. Gill netting of deepwater habitats |
5 |
$11,781 |
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1c. Beach seining of shallow water habitats |
5 |
$11,781 |
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2. Monitor fish community dynamics at index sites on selected tributaries of the Kootenai River |
2a. Derive fish community composition and relative abundance by snorkeling techniques |
5 |
$10,412 |
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2b. Derive fish community composition and relative abundance by backpack electrofishing techniques |
5 |
$10,412 |
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3. Monitor macroinvertebrate community dynamics within the mainstem Kootenai River as part of a pre-nutrient enhancement decision |
3a. Deploy macroinvertebrate samplers during the biologically productive months at sites within representative reaches of the Kootenai River from Libby Dam to Porthill, Idaho |
3 |
$33,927 |
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3b. Do monthly field collections of macroinvertebrate samplers |
3 |
$33,927 |
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3c. Clean and sort macroinvertebrate samples in the laboratory, and prepare for identification |
3 |
$33,927 |
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3d. Macroinvertebrate taxonomy and community dynamics analysis |
3 |
$25,000 |
Yes |
4. Monitor primary productivity, algal community composition, and test nutrient addition effects on these parameters |
4a. Perform detailed mesocom analysis within key reaches of the Kootenai River in Montana and Idaho |
2 |
$25,000 |
Yes |
5. Monitor key water quality parameters at mainstem Kootenai River sites as part of pre-nutrient enhancement decision |
5a. Take monthly water quality samples during the biologically productive months within key reaches of the Kootenai River in Montana and Idaho, and B.C. |
3 |
$4,600 |
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5b. Ship water quality samples to certified lab for nutrient and chemical analysis |
3 |
$5,400 |
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6. Evaluate aquatic biota community dynamics and productivity of backwater-slough habitats adjacent to the lower Kootenai River ? |
6a. Derive fish community composition and relative abundance by gill netting and hook and line techniques |
2 |
$6,795 |
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6b. Derive macroinvertebrate abundance and species composition information by various techniques |
2 |
$6,795 |
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6c. Sample zooplankton abundance and species composition by plankton towing techniques |
2 |
$6,795 |
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7. Evaluate physical and biological parameters of selected lower Kootenai River tributaries |
7a. Perform stream habitat and biota inventories by various techniques |
5 |
$35,000 |
Yes |
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.