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Province | Subbasin | % |
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Columbia Cascade | Wenatchee | 100.00% |
Description: Page: 8 Figure 1: Map of Wenatchee River Basin and spring Chinook spawning tributaries. Project(s): 2003-039-00 Document: P121605 Dimensions: 816 x 1056 Description: Page: 34 Figure 2: Vicinity map of upper Wenatchee River Basin and selected reaches where microhabitat data was collected on redds constructed by hatchery and naturally produced spring Chinook salmon. Project(s): 2003-039-00 Document: P121605 Dimensions: 1513 x 1685 Description: Page: 49 Figure 3: Map of Chiwawa River and delineated channel types where spawning site and redd microhabitat variables were collected. Project(s): 2003-039-00 Document: P121605 Dimensions: 1427 x 1750 |
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Acct FY | Acct Type | Amount | Fund | Budget Decision | Date |
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FY2024 | Expense | $410,212 | From: General | FY24 SOY Budget Upload | 06/01/2023 |
FY2025 | Expense | $0 | From: BiOp FCRPS 2008 (non-Accord) | FY25 SOY Budget Upload | 09/20/2024 |
Number | Contractor Name | Title | Status | Total Contracted Amount | Dates |
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16575 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | PI 200303900 MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $233,002 | 2/1/2004 - 1/31/2006 |
16501 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 MONITOR REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN WENATCHEE RIVER | Closed | $252,568 | 2/1/2004 - 1/31/2005 |
21391 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 MONITOR REPRO SUCCESS/CHINOOK SALMON IN WENATCHEE R. | Closed | $304,678 | 2/1/2005 - 1/31/2006 |
26495 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP MONITOR REPRO IN WENATCHEE | Closed | $324,258 | 2/1/2006 - 2/28/2007 |
26531 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 200303900 EXP MONITOR REPRO IN WENATCHEE | Closed | $126,150 | 2/1/2006 - 3/31/2007 |
32138 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP MONITOR REPRODUCTION SUCCESS IN WENATCHEE RIVER | Closed | $307,656 | 3/1/2007 - 2/29/2008 |
32041 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP MONITOR REPRO IN WENATCHEE | Closed | $135,340 | 4/1/2007 - 3/31/2008 |
BPA-003667 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $9,082 | 10/1/2007 - 9/30/2008 |
37118 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $270,500 | 3/1/2008 - 2/28/2009 |
37030 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $160,808 | 4/1/2008 - 3/31/2009 |
BPA-004338 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $10,829 | 10/1/2008 - 9/30/2009 |
41346 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $277,000 | 3/1/2009 - 2/28/2010 |
41826 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $160,587 | 4/1/2009 - 3/31/2010 |
BPA-004995 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $8,759 | 10/1/2009 - 9/30/2010 |
46489 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $282,054 | 3/1/2010 - 2/28/2011 |
46273 REL 1 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $168,724 | 4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011 |
BPA-005722 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $8,606 | 10/1/2010 - 9/30/2011 |
52093 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $309,330 | 3/1/2011 - 2/29/2012 |
46273 REL 23 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $169,408 | 4/1/2011 - 3/31/2012 |
BPA-006389 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $7,954 | 10/1/2011 - 9/30/2012 |
56538 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $319,543 | 3/1/2012 - 2/28/2013 |
46273 REL 43 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $187,079 | 4/1/2012 - 3/31/2013 |
BPA-007029 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $9,333 | 10/1/2012 - 9/30/2013 |
61576 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $318,743 | 3/1/2013 - 2/28/2014 |
46273 REL 64 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $178,500 | 4/1/2013 - 3/31/2014 |
BPA-007801 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $3,706 | 10/1/2013 - 9/30/2014 |
64892 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $265,768 | 3/1/2014 - 2/28/2015 |
46273 REL 83 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO IN WENAT/TUC/KAL | Closed | $241,897 | 4/1/2014 - 3/31/2015 |
BPA-008399 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $3,755 | 10/1/2014 - 9/30/2015 |
68529 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR REPRO SS | Closed | $268,108 | 3/1/2015 - 2/29/2016 |
46273 REL 95 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO SS | Closed | $221,969 | 4/1/2015 - 3/31/2016 |
BPA-008920 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $3,800 | 10/1/2015 - 9/30/2016 |
71862 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR REPRO SS | Closed | $284,338 | 3/1/2016 - 2/28/2017 |
46273 REL 110 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO SS | Closed | $208,605 | 4/1/2016 - 3/31/2017 |
BPA-009532 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $3,811 | 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017 |
75168 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW-MONITOR RSS WENATCHEE RVR. | Closed | $284,019 | 3/1/2017 - 2/28/2018 |
46273 REL 128 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR | Closed | $208,076 | 4/1/2017 - 3/31/2018 |
BPA-010018 | Bonneville Power Administration | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Active | $3,816 | 10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018 |
74314 REL 24 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW MONITOR RRS WENATCHEE RIVER | Closed | $283,441 | 3/1/2018 - 2/28/2019 |
46273 REL 151 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA-MONITOR REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR | Closed | $208,386 | 4/1/2018 - 3/31/2019 |
74314 REL 61 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Closed | $180,526 | 3/1/2019 - 2/29/2020 |
46273 REL 162 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Closed | $208,605 | 4/1/2019 - 3/31/2020 |
74314 REL 97 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Closed | $177,674 | 3/1/2020 - 2/28/2021 |
83639 REL 9 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Complete | $208,605 | 4/1/2020 - 3/31/2021 |
BPA-012285 | Bonneville Power Administration | FY21 Pit Tags | Active | $3,960 | 10/1/2020 - 9/30/2021 |
74314 REL 127 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Closed | $180,358 | 3/1/2021 - 2/28/2022 |
83639 REL 23 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Closed | $207,158 | 4/1/2021 - 3/31/2022 |
74314 REL 156 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Closed | $184,318 | 3/1/2022 - 2/28/2023 |
83639 REL 35 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Issued | $208,605 | 4/1/2022 - 3/31/2023 |
84042 REL 29 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW M&E RRS STUDY WENATCHEE RVR. | Issued | $184,318 | 3/1/2023 - 2/29/2024 |
83639 REL 50 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA M&E RRS STUDY WENATCHEE RVR. | Issued | $208,605 | 4/1/2023 - 3/31/2024 |
84042 REL 63 SOW | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Issued | $182,756 | 3/1/2024 - 2/28/2026 |
83639 REL 59 SOW | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Issued | $227,030 | 4/1/2024 - 2/28/2026 |
Annual Progress Reports | |
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Expected (since FY2004): | 37 |
Completed: | 31 |
On time: | 31 |
Status Reports | |
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Completed: | 158 |
On time: | 81 |
Avg Days Late: | 9 |
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Earliest Contract | Subsequent Contracts | Title | Contractor | Earliest Start | Latest End | Latest Status | Accepted Reports | Complete | Green | Yellow | Red | Total | % Green and Complete | Canceled |
16501 | 21391, 26495, 32138, 37118, 41346, 46489, 52093, 56538, 61576, 64892, 68529, 71862, 75168, 74314 REL 24, 74314 REL 61, 74314 REL 97, 74314 REL 127, 74314 REL 156, 84042 REL 29, 84042 REL 63 | 2003-039-00 EXP WDFW M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) | 02/01/2004 | 02/28/2026 | Issued | 82 | 151 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 166 | 93.98% | 4 |
16575 | 26531, 32041, 37030, 41826, 46273 REL 1, 46273 REL 23, 46273 REL 43, 46273 REL 64, 46273 REL 83, 46273 REL 95, 46273 REL 110, 46273 REL 128, 46273 REL 151, 46273 REL 162, 83639 REL 9, 83639 REL 23, 83639 REL 35, 83639 REL 50, 83639 REL 59 | 2003-039-00 EXP NOAA M&E REPRO SUCCESS/SURVIVAL WENATCHEE RVR. | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 02/01/2004 | 02/28/2026 | Issued | 76 | 94 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 99.13% | 9 |
BPA-3667 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2007 | 09/30/2008 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-4338 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2008 | 09/30/2009 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-4995 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2009 | 09/30/2010 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-5722 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2010 | 09/30/2011 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-6389 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2011 | 09/30/2012 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-7029 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2012 | 09/30/2013 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-7801 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2013 | 09/30/2014 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-8399 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2014 | 09/30/2015 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-8920 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2015 | 09/30/2016 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-9532 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2016 | 09/30/2017 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-10018 | PIT Tags - Monitor Repro in Wenat/Tuc/Kal | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2017 | 09/30/2018 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BPA-12285 | FY21 Pit Tags | Bonneville Power Administration | 10/01/2020 | 09/30/2021 | Active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Project Totals | 158 | 245 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 281 | 96.09% | 13 |
Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-NPCC-20230310 |
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Project: | 2003-039-00 - Monitor and Evaluate (M&E) Reproductive Success and Survival in Wenatchee River |
Review: | 2022 Anadromous Fish Habitat & Hatchery Review |
Approved Date: | 4/15/2022 |
Recommendation: | Implement |
Comments: |
Bonneville and Sponsor to take the review remarks into consideration in project documentation. Project to work towards smart close-out. Bonneville and Sponsor to confirm project timeline. The Council's 2018 Research Progress Review decision recommended this project to close in 2021 and any savings greater than $50,000 be directed to the Costs Savings pool to support the Program’s emerging priorities. The Council requests that Bonneville fund the production of a synthesis report of RRS projects for Council and ISRP review by January 2023. See Policy Issue I.b. [Background: See https://www.nwcouncil.org/2021-2022-anadromous-habitat-and-hatchery-review/] |
Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-ISRP-20230324 |
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Project: | 2003-039-00 - Monitor and Evaluate (M&E) Reproductive Success and Survival in Wenatchee River |
Review: | 2022 Anadromous Fish Habitat & Hatchery Review |
Completed Date: | 3/24/2023 |
Final Round ISRP Date: | 2/10/2022 |
Final Round ISRP Rating: | Meets Scientific Review Criteria |
Final Round ISRP Comment: | |
The ISRP reviewed this project favorably during the 2018 Research Project Status Review, and the project continues to make good progress toward achieving its objectives. M&E matrix - support. As habitat projects and monitoring projects are not presented as part of an integrated proposal or plan, the need for a crosswalk to identify the linkages between implementation and monitoring is extremely important for basins or geographic areas. The ISRP is requesting a response from the Upper Columbia River Programmatic Habitat Project (201000100) to summarize the linkages between implementation and monitoring projects in the Wenatchee, Entiat, Methow, and Okanogan subbasins. During the response loop (September 24 to November 22, 2021), we ask this project to assist them in creating the summary and provide information to them about what is being monitored by this project and where and when the monitoring occurs. A map or maps of locations of monitoring actions would be helpful in this regard. Q1: Clearly defined objectives and outcomes Five objectives are listed in the proposal. The first three objectives are updated from the previous (2018) review period: (1) Continue to estimate relative reproductive success (RRS) for Wenatchee River spring Chinook for additional brood years through brood year 2018 (2023 age-5 returns); (2) Continue to evaluate environmental and phenotypic factors influencing RRS, including sex, age, size, run timing, holding and spawning location; and (3) Continue to evaluate second and third generation broodstock effects by evaluating the RRS of hatchery and natural fish with varying numbers of hatchery and natural grandparents. Objective 4 has been added to allow further investigation of new findings and opportunities based on genomic techniques: (4) Characterize genomic diversity in samples of hatchery and wild fish to evaluate differences in effective population size and test for genomic regions associated with fitness differences between individuals. Objective 5 has been added to ensure support for publication of results in this final phase of the project: (5) Make results available to managers in the form of annual reports and peer reviewed publications. These objectives are clearly stated, achievable and highly relevant to the Council’s Program. Strictly speaking, they could be improved by specifying hypotheses and quantifying expected outcomes. (Objectives 4 and 5 are particularly vague in this respect.) That said, the project’s record of scientific discovery, primary publication and influence has been extraordinary, and the ISRP is satisfied with the focus and design of work being proposed in this final phase. Timelines are specified in the supporting text. Q2: Methods The proposal includes a brief but informative overview of the methods, but the details are documented in peer-reviewed publications. Standard procedures are being used to trap, sample, and enumerate downstream juveniles and returning adults. DNA samples are analyzed to determine genotypes at 96 SNP loci, which are used to identify the pedigree of parents (i.e., degree of hatchery influence) and to enumerate their progeny at both the smolt and adult stages. Reproductive success (i.e., the number of progeny per spawner) is determined for each parent and linked to co-variables associated with environmental conditions and biological traits. Statistical analysis and general linear modeling are used to compare RRS in hatchery and natural environments among lineages with different degrees of hatchery influence (Objectives 1 and 3) and to determine causes of differences in reproductive success by analyzing the influence of co-variables (Objectives 2 and 4). Appropriate methods are being used to measure and analyze biological attributes (e.g., adult size and age at maturity, maturation timing, hatchery influence on pedigree, genomic background) and behavioral traits (e.g., spawning location, redd geomorphology, straying rates within and outside of the Wenatchee subbasin). Q3: Provisions for M&E The current proposal is to complete the monitoring and evaluation of RRS in Wenatchee spring Chinook during the final five years of this project (2023-2028). It emphasizes evaluation and publication of scientific findings and advice for management of conservation hatcheries. This project is aligned with three other BPA projects: 198909600 (Genetic Monitoring and Evaluation Program for Salmon and Steelhead); 199305600 (Advance Hatchery Reform Research) and 201003300 (Study Reproductive Success of Hatchery and Natural Origin Steelhead in the Methow). The proponents work closely to coordinate their approaches, methodology, analyses, and management recommendations. The proponents also collaborate with WDFW and NMFS scientists in developing life-cycle models for Upper Columbia Chinook salmon; participate in periodic Columbia Basin hatchery forums sponsored by the Council, NMFS and CRITFC; and have collaborated with proponents of other Columbia River Basin hatchery projects to publish a review paper that synthesizes results from multiple projects (Christie et al. 2014). The proposal does not include an overview of the process and schedule for planning activities and adjusting objectives or protocols. However, the proponents note (and their publication record attests) that they have been quick to respond to new information and to adopt new technology. For example, new questions related to straying and genetic effects on age-at-maturity arose over the course of the project and were investigated successfully. We commend the proponents for their creative and continuing efforts to distinguish environmental and genetic influences on RRS, and to address potential bias by comparing RRS at different spatial scales among tributaries and for subsets of fish that are known to have survived migration to the spawning areas. Q4: Results – benefits to fish and wildlife The project is meeting its objectives and providing information of value to managers in the upper Columbia River and throughout the Pacific Northwest. To date, RRS has been estimated for nine brood years (2004 to 2012; work on brood years 2013-2018 is still in progress). Major findings include:
The key finding that hatchery rearing and release practices affect subsequent spawning success of released fish will help to refine future hatchery procedures. Advice from the project has also been used to develop escapement goals for hatchery Chinook in tributary streams within the Wenatchee subbasin. Annual reporting is adequate, and the record of primary publications and conference presentations is excellent. Important analyses and reporting of final results will be completed in 2022 to 2028. |
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Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-NPCC-20210302 |
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Project: | 2003-039-00 - Monitor and Evaluate (M&E) Reproductive Success and Survival in Wenatchee River |
Review: | 2018 Research Project Status Review |
Approved Date: | 12/20/2018 |
Recommendation: | Implement |
Comments: |
This set of projects [200303900, 200305400, 200306300 and 201003300] went through a policy review in 2017, and this review by the ISRP for progress. Studies to date have revealed that RRS between hatchery and naturally spawning fish can be reduced in a variety of ways. Because of this complexity, a more detailed conceptual framework is needed to predict how different species or populations will respond to hatchery supplementation and to allow managers to make better case-specific decisions. The ISRP believes that an updated synthesis is needed to make progress toward such a framework. They suggest that any new effort to synthesize results across the RRS studies should consider the history of hatchery influence prior to and during each study. Many of the projects reviewed are expected to report their most valuable results over the next few years. At that time, an updated synthesis of findings will be especially valuable. The ISRP is reassured that the RRS studies are on track and that proponents are collaborating and sharing information effectively. The Council concurs and asks that the sponsors work together on a synthesis report to be submitted and reviewed by the Council and the ISRP ahead of the start of the 2021 Anadromous Habitat and Hatchery Review process. Recommendation: Bonneville to work with the sponsors on a coordinated reporting of results as a “synthesis” review. Bonneville and the sponsors are requested to present this progress report/results to the Council and ISRP in summer of 2020; close to when these projects will be wrapping up, and ahead of the 2020 Anadromous Habitat and Hatchery Review. |
Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-NPCC-20110125 |
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Project: | 2003-039-00 - Monitor and Evaluate (M&E) Reproductive Success and Survival in Wenatchee River |
Review: | RME / AP Category Review |
Proposal: | RMECAT-2003-039-00 |
Proposal State: | Pending BPA Response |
Approved Date: | 6/10/2011 |
Recommendation: | Fund (Qualified) |
Comments: | Implement with condition through FY 2014: Implementation beyond 2014 based on ISRP and Council review of the results report and/or outcome of a regional hatchery effects evaluation process. |
Conditions: | |
Council Condition #1 Programmatic Issue: RMECAT #4 Hatchery Effectiveness—. | |
Council Condition #2 Programmatic Issue: RMECAT #6 Research projects in general—. |
Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-ISRP-20101015 |
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Project: | 2003-039-00 - Monitor and Evaluate (M&E) Reproductive Success and Survival in Wenatchee River |
Review: | RME / AP Category Review |
Proposal Number: | RMECAT-2003-039-00 |
Completed Date: | 12/17/2010 |
Final Round ISRP Date: | 12/17/2010 |
Final Round ISRP Rating: | Meets Scientific Review Criteria |
Final Round ISRP Comment: | |
This project is a study of the relative reproductive success of naturally spawning hatchery and natural spring Chinook salmon in the Wenatchee River above Tumwater Dam. The study was initiated in 2003 in response to the 2000 BiOp RPA 182.
The project is called for in the 2008 BiOp, is consistent to the Fish and Wildlife Program research and monitoring plans, and the Wenatchee subbasin plan. The reporting of results and adaptive management implications was succinct and thorough in a much-needed ongoing project of significance to the Columbia Basin on issues of supplementation and hatchery straying. The study design is appropriate and appears to be logistically feasible (that is, they can catch the adults and juveniles to obtain genotypic data for executing the parentage analysis). This investigation concludes that hatchery spring Chinook salmon in this watershed have substantially reduced reproductive success relative to natural-origin individuals. Reproductive success increases as fish move upstream in the watershed. Most hatchery fish spawn lower in the watershed, near where they are released. It is not entirely clear whether the reduced success of hatchery-origin adults is a consequence of their hatchery background or their choice of spawning location. The proponents have answered the fundamental question that they originally set out to address. The initial findings raise mechanistic questions, which are amendable to further exploration. The proponents plan to run this investigation for two complete generations, through 2018 with last brood in 2013, to expand on the initial findings and gain insight into mechanistic explanations of the observations. 1. Purpose, Significance to Regional Programs, Technical Background, and Objectives The significance to regional programs, technical background and problem description, and objectives are all well described and appropriate for the investigation. 2. History: Accomplishments, Results, and Adaptive Management Financial Performance and History - adequate response Deliverable Performance - Based on Pisces reports, the project has delivered fine responses. Major Accomplishments - The project has achieved the objective of evaluating the RRS of hatchery versus natural spring Chinook in the Wenatchee River subbasin. The hatchery fish have about 50% of the fitness of natural fish. Initial investigation of potential explanatory variables suggest spawning location, age, size, and spawning date influence the difference in performance between hatchery and natural parents. Adaptive Management - The findings have contributed to the development of hatchery fish exclusion at Tumwater Dam, a revised HGMP reflecting limits on the genotype of fish passed upstream to spawn, and ongoing efforts to develop Parental Based Tagging (PBT) to reduce or eliminate the need for broodstock collection weirs in tributaries. 3. Project Relationships, Emerging Limiting Factors, and Tailored Questions for Type of Work (Hatchery, RME, Tagging) Adequate responses are given for project relationships, emerging limiting factors, and tailored tagging questions. There are no emerging limiting factors that would reduce the likelihood of success of the investigation. 4. Deliverables, Work Elements, Metrics, and Methods The objectives of the investigation are appropriate for the topic – RRS of hatchery salmon and evaluation of supplementation. The deliverables, work elements, metrics, and methods are all acceptable. The proponents have a commendable track record of publication in peer-reviewed literature and have solved logistic and technical issues that have arisen during the course of the project. |
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First Round ISRP Date: | 10/18/2010 |
First Round ISRP Rating: | Meets Scientific Review Criteria |
First Round ISRP Comment: | |
This project is a study of the relative reproductive success of naturally spawning hatchery and natural spring Chinook salmon in the Wenatchee River above Tumwater Dam. The study was initiated in 2003 in response to the 2000 BiOp RPA 182. The project is called for in the 2008 BiOp, is consistent to the Fish and Wildlife Program research and monitoring plans, and the Wenatchee subbasin plan. The reporting of results and adaptive management implications was succinct and thorough in a much-needed ongoing project of significance to the Columbia Basin on issues of supplementation and hatchery straying. The study design is appropriate and appears to be logistically feasible (that is, they can catch the adults and juveniles to obtain genotypic data for executing the parentage analysis). This investigation concludes that hatchery spring Chinook salmon in this watershed have substantially reduced reproductive success relative to natural-origin individuals. Reproductive success increases as fish move upstream in the watershed. Most hatchery fish spawn lower in the watershed, near where they are released. It is not entirely clear whether the reduced success of hatchery-origin adults is a consequence of their hatchery background or their choice of spawning location. The proponents have answered the fundamental question that they originally set out to address. The initial findings raise mechanistic questions, which are amendable to further exploration. The proponents plan to run this investigation for two complete generations, through 2018 with last brood in 2013, to expand on the initial findings and gain insight into mechanistic explanations of the observations. 1. Purpose, Significance to Regional Programs, Technical Background, and Objectives The significance to regional programs, technical background and problem description, and objectives are all well described and appropriate for the investigation. 2. History: Accomplishments, Results, and Adaptive Management Financial Performance and History - adequate response Deliverable Performance - Based on Pisces reports, the project has delivered fine responses. Major Accomplishments - The project has achieved the objective of evaluating the RRS of hatchery versus natural spring Chinook in the Wenatchee River subbasin. The hatchery fish have about 50% of the fitness of natural fish. Initial investigation of potential explanatory variables suggest spawning location, age, size, and spawning date influence the difference in performance between hatchery and natural parents. Adaptive Management - The findings have contributed to the development of hatchery fish exclusion at Tumwater Dam, a revised HGMP reflecting limits on the genotype of fish passed upstream to spawn, and ongoing efforts to develop Parental Based Tagging (PBT) to reduce or eliminate the need for broodstock collection weirs in tributaries. 3. Project Relationships, Emerging Limiting Factors, and Tailored Questions for Type of Work (Hatchery, RME, Tagging) Adequate responses are given for project relationships, emerging limiting factors, and tailored tagging questions. There are no emerging limiting factors that would reduce the likelihood of success of the investigation. 4. Deliverables, Work Elements, Metrics, and Methods The objectives of the investigation are appropriate for the topic – RRS of hatchery salmon and evaluation of supplementation. The deliverables, work elements, metrics, and methods are all acceptable. The proponents have a commendable track record of publication in peer-reviewed literature and have solved logistic and technical issues that have arisen during the course of the project. |
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Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-BIOP-20101105 |
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Project Number: | 2003-039-00 |
Review: | RME / AP Category Review |
Proposal Number: | RMECAT-2003-039-00 |
Completed Date: | None |
2008 FCRPS BiOp Workgroup Rating: | Supports 2008 FCRPS BiOp |
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BiOp Workgroup Comments: No BiOp Workgroup comments The BiOp RM&E Workgroups made the following determinations regarding the proposal's ability or need to support BiOp Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) RPAs. If you have questions regarding these RPA association conclusions, please contact your BPA COTR and they will help clarify, or they will arrange further discussion with the appropriate RM&E Workgroup Leads. BiOp RPA associations for the proposed work are: ( 62.5 64.1 64.2 52.1 52.2 53.2 53.3 54.1 54.12 54.5 54.6 54.7 54.8 55.1 55.2 52.1 52.2 53.2 53.3 ) All Questionable RPA Associations ( ) and All Deleted RPA Associations (50.6 56.1 59.1 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.5 ) |
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Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-NPCC-20090924 |
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Project: | 2003-039-00 - Monitor and Evaluate (M&E) Reproductive Success and Survival in Wenatchee River |
Review: | FY07-09 Solicitation Review |
Approved Date: | 10/23/2006 |
Recommendation: | Fund Pending Available Funds |
Comments: | Tier 2. Fund at a level consistent with ISRP comments, as funds become available. |
Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-ISRP-20060831 |
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Project: | 2003-039-00 - Monitor and Evaluate (M&E) Reproductive Success and Survival in Wenatchee River |
Review: | FY07-09 Solicitation Review |
Completed Date: | 8/31/2006 |
Final Round ISRP Date: | None |
Final Round ISRP Rating: | Meets Scientific Review Criteria |
Final Round ISRP Comment: | |
This is a well-written proposal that was a pleasure to review. This kind of project is high priority and critical to conduct prior to larger scale implementation of supplementation projects. This project continues quantitative evaluation of the relative reproductive success of naturally spawning hatchery- and natural- origin spring Chinook salmon in the Wenatchee River watershed.
The statement on the need for this project, "All major reviews of hatchery programs have hatchery risks, including the relative reproductive success of hatchery fish, as a critical uncertainty for salmon recovery" says it all. The need for this work was also identified clearly in the subbasin plan. The project objectives fit, except objective 2 on causes for differences, which could be considered more of an academic question, but still of great interest. Methods are appropriate and described in considerable detail. The proposal shows evidence of collaboration with related experiments in the basin and with other researchers. The proposal includes a good summary of progress to date (2 years) and interesting unveiling of problems in sampling (hatchery progeny assignment) and proposed solutions (modeling and sampling) and study refinements (adaptive management of the experiment and the management actions already evident). |
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Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-INLIEU-20090521 |
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Project Number: | 2003-039-00 |
Review: | FY07-09 Solicitation Review |
Completed Date: | 10/6/2006 |
In Lieu Rating: | Problems May Exist |
Cost Share Rating: | 3 - Does not appear reasonable |
Comment: | M&E of the relative reproductive success and survival of naturally spawning hatchery and natural origin spring Chinook salmon in the Wenatchee River watershed above Tumwater Dam; fishery/hatchery managers, others authorized/required; need confirmation that cost share sufficient. |
Assessment Number: | 2003-039-00-CAPITAL-20090618 |
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Project Number: | 2003-039-00 |
Review: | FY07-09 Solicitation Review |
Completed Date: | 2/27/2007 |
Capital Rating: | Does Not Qualify for Capital Funding |
Capital Asset Category: | None |
Comment: | None |
Name | Role | Organization |
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Michael Ford | Project Lead | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
McLain Johnson | Supervisor | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) |
Gregory Smith | Interested Party | Bonneville Power Administration |
Mark Strom | Supervisor | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Brenda Aguirre | Env. Compliance Lead | Bonneville Power Administration |
Hughes Mike | Project Lead | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) |
Peter Lofy | Supervisor | Bonneville Power Administration |
Victoria Bohlen | Interested Party | Bonneville Power Administration |
Victoria Bohlen | Project Manager | Bonneville Power Administration |
Martin Allen | Project SME | Bonneville Power Administration |