Draft May 13, 2005
Project Title:  Umatilla Hatchery and Liberation O&M
Statement of Work and Budget FY2005

BPA Project Number:  1989-035-00
BPA Project Title:  Umatilla Hatchery O&M
Contract Number:  20129
Contract Title:  Umatilla Hatchery O&M
Performance/Budget Period: October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005


Contract Background Section:

This ongoing contract funds Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to operate and maintain the Umatilla Hatchery and transfer fish from various Columbia River hatcheries (including Umatilla) to Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) operated facilities. The hatchery proposal is one of six strategies identified by ODFW, CTUIR, and others to restore anadromous fish production including reestablishing salmon production through hatchery releases and supplementing steelhead populations using endemic broodstock (Umatilla Sub-basin Umbrella). The Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) adopted the Master Plan in 1990 as part of its Fish and Wildlife Program (FWP) and Umatilla Hatchery began operating in 1991. Master Plan goals anticipate production of 5.5k adult summer steelhead, 8.0k adult spring chinook, 12.0k adult upriver bright fall chinook, and 6.0k adult coho. These goals include both natural and hatchery production expectations. Since Umatilla salmon were extirpated, non-indigenous stock were used to initiate this program. Steelhead supplementation uses endemic stock. Initial planning focused on release of 210k endemic summer steelhead smolts, 2.23M Carson spring Chinook, 7.0M upriver bright fall Chinook, and 1.0M Tanner Creek coho to meet these goals. Umatilla Hatchery goals were established based on an anticipated well capacity of 15k gpm and were 210k steelhead, 1.29M spring Chinook and 5.94M fall Chinook. Production from other Columbia Basin hatcheries would produce the remainder. Some adjustments to this initial program have been made as a result of program experience and facility limitations. The most notable of these limitations is that Umatilla Hatchery well capacity proved out at only 5k gpm. Umatilla Hatchery production objectives will be 150k summer steelhead (71% of goal), 600k spring Chinook (47% of goal), and 600k fall Chinook (9% of goal).  The fall chinook program has been reduced from 2.68M to 600k until factors that limit post release survival of fall chinook are identified and solved. Umatilla Hatchery is operated by ODFW and Umatilla satellite facilities by CTUIR in a coordinated manner under an Annual Operating Plan (AOP) developed under the Umatilla Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Oversite Committee (UMMEOC).
This project is primarily co-managed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.  ODFW is responsible to operate the Umatilla Hatchery, as well as, provide transfer of fish from production facilities to acclimation sites.  

Artificial propagation facilities not only include the Umatilla Hatchery, but five acclimation facilities, three adult spawning facilities and five fish production hatcheries.  Acclimation sites include: Imeques (Spring Chinook), Pendleton (coho and steelhead), Thornhollow (fall Chinook), Bonnifer (steelhead), and Minthorn (steelhead).  Adult collection facilities include: Minthorn (steelhead), Three Miles Falls Dam (fall Chinook), and South Fork of the Walla Walla (spring Chinook).  Additional fish hatcheries include: Priest Rapids, Bonneville, Oxbow, Cascade, and Little White Salmon hatcheries.