Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
SOW Report
Contract 97921: 1988-053-03 EXP HOOD RIVER PRODUCTION M&E - CTWS
Project Number:
Title:
Hood River Production Program Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
BPA PM:
Stage:
Implementation
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Columbia Gorge Hood 100.00%
Contract Number:
97921
Contract Title:
1988-053-03 EXP HOOD RIVER PRODUCTION M&E - CTWS
Contract Continuation:
Previous: Next:
95806: 1988-053-03 EXP HOOD RIVER PRODUCTION M&E - CTWS FY25
Contract Status:
Issued
Contract Description:
Project Leader: Christine Longjohn (541) 352-9326
Fiscal Officer: Michelle Stacona (541) 553-3375
Fisheries Department Manager:  Lyman Jim (541) 553-3587
Address: 6030 Dee Highway, Parkdale, OR 97041

Fiscal Year 2025 contract tasks include:
-Estimate run year 2025 adult spring Chinook and hatchery winter steelhead returns.
-Develop spring Chinook harvest recommendation.
-Monitor and estimate 2025 tribal harvest at Punchbowl Falls.
-Capture juvenile salmonids at downstream migrant traps and generate smolt population estimates.
-Determine BY 23 Chinook smolt out migration timing.
-Document run year 2025 spring Chinook spawning locations, timing and success.
-Measure river flows and water temperatures throughout the Hood River basin.
-Reconstruct run year 2024 harvest and escapement.
-Assisting Parkdale Fish Hatchery staff with various fish culture activities including implementing natural feeding program.
-Install, maintain and operate PIT receivers in the basin.
-Report fiscal and calendar year 2024 findings to BPA.


Account Type(s):
Expense
Contract Start Date:
10/01/2025
Contract End Date:
09/30/2026
Current Contract Value:
$795,391
Expenditures:
$58,999

* Expenditures data includes accruals and are based on data through 31-Oct-2025.

BPA CO:
BPA COR:
Env. Compliance Lead:
Work Order Task(s):
Contract Type:
Coop
Accrual Category:
RM&E
Pricing Method:
Cost Reimbursement (CNF)
Click the map to see this Contract's location details.

No photos have been uploaded yet for this Contract.

Viewing of Work Statement Elements

Deliverable Title WSE Sort Letter, Number, Title Start End Concluded
Relevant documents/permits submitted to BPA for environmental compliance review. B: 165. Ensure environmental compliance is adequate 09/30/2026
Effective implementation management and timely contract administration C: 119. Manage BPA Project 09/30/2026
Approximately 25,260 PIT tagged spring Chinook salmon. D: 158. PIT tag hatchery spring Chinook salmon 09/30/2026
Produce accessible, error-checked datasets E: 157. Install and operate PIT antennae 09/30/2026
Submit HRPP implanted PIT tag codes to PTAGIS database. F: 159. Input Hood River PIT tag data to appropriate databases 09/30/2026
Monitor water temperatures in the Hood River subbasin. G: 157. Collect water temperature data in the Hood River subbasin 09/30/2026
Record water flows in Rogers Creek, Neal Creek and Odell Creek H: 157. Record stream flows in the Hood River basin. 09/30/2026
Forecast adult spring Chinook salmon returns to the mouth of the Hood River. I: 157. Run forecast models and generate spring Chinook salmon preseason adult run size estimate for upcoming run year 09/30/2026
Estimate harvest of spring Chinook salmon in the Hood River. J: 157. Spring Chinook salmon harvest monitoring 09/30/2026
2025-2026 Hood River Basin spring Chinook salmon redd enumeration and spawning distribution. K: 157. Spring Chinook spawning surveys 09/30/2026
Capture and tag juvenile Steelhead and Chinook to generate estimates of smolts emigrating from the Hood River Watershed. L: 157. Hood River subbasin juvenile and smolt abundance monitoring 09/30/2026
Provided data and analysis from genetic samples to facilitate Chinook and Steelhead population monitoring in the Hood River. M: 157. Genetic based population monitoring of natural produced steelhead and spring Chinook in the Hood River 09/30/2026
Fish abundance estimates for steelhead an spring Chinook stocks at the smolt and adult life stages. Updated population modeling analysis tools. N: 162. Perform data analysis and modeling to determine salmon and steelhead population abundance and productivity 09/30/2026
Complete formal written report determining the feasibility of the UAV detections of redds along the index reaches of the w. fork hood river O: 156. Assessing the feasibility of Spring Chinook Spawning survey using UAVs. 09/01/2026
Produce accessible, error-checked datasets P: 157. Collect eDNA samples in Hood River Basin. 09/30/2026
Completed Progress (Annual) Report Q: 132. Produce RM&E Annual Report covering contract 80512 09/30/2026
Completed Progress (Annual) Report R: 132. Produce RM&E Annual Report covering contract 91122 09/30/2026
Completed Progress (Annual) Report S: 132. Produce RM&E Annual Report covering contract 93499 09/30/2026
Completed Progress (Annual) Report T: 132. Produce RM&E Annual Report covering contract 95806 09/30/2026

Viewing of Implementation Metrics
Viewing of Environmental Metrics Customize

Primary Focal Species Work Statement Elements
Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - All Populations
  • 1 instance of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Lower Columbia River ESU (Threatened)
  • 8 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 158 Mark/Tag Animals
  • 1 instance of WE 159 Transfer/Consolidate Regionally Standardized Data
  • 1 instance of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Lower Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
  • 6 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 159 Transfer/Consolidate Regionally Standardized Data
  • 1 instance of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data
Lamprey, Pacific (Entosphenus tridentata)
  • 1 instance of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
Lamprey, River (L. ayresi)
  • 1 instance of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data

Sort WE ID WE Title NEPA NOAA USFWS NHPA Has Provisions Inadvertent Discovery Completed
A 185 Periodic Status Reports for BPA
B 165 Ensure environmental compliance is adequate
C 119 Manage BPA Project
D 158 PIT tag hatchery spring Chinook salmon 08/21/2025
E 157 Install and operate PIT antennae 08/21/2025
F 159 Input Hood River PIT tag data to appropriate databases
G 157 Collect water temperature data in the Hood River subbasin
H 157 Record stream flows in the Hood River basin.
I 157 Run forecast models and generate spring Chinook salmon preseason adult run size estimate for upcoming run year
J 157 Spring Chinook salmon harvest monitoring
K 157 Spring Chinook spawning surveys
L 157 Hood River subbasin juvenile and smolt abundance monitoring 08/21/2025
M 157 Genetic based population monitoring of natural produced steelhead and spring Chinook in the Hood River
N 162 Perform data analysis and modeling to determine salmon and steelhead population abundance and productivity
O 156 Assessing the feasibility of Spring Chinook Spawning survey using UAVs.
P 157 Collect eDNA samples in Hood River Basin.
Q 132 Produce RM&E Annual Report covering contract 80512
R 132 Produce RM&E Annual Report covering contract 91122
S 132 Produce RM&E Annual Report covering contract 93499
T 132 Produce RM&E Annual Report covering contract 95806