Klickitat and White Salmon Rivers (Columbia Gorge)
Fisheries and Watershed Science Conference
March 19, 2013
8:45 AM  – 4:15 PM

Presentations and abstracts can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding link, below (in Adobe .pdf format).

AGENDA

Chief Washines,
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Enforcement
Invocation
Bill Sharp,
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Opening Comments
Todd Olson,
PacifiCorp Energy
Removal of Condit Dam
Abstract

Bill Sharp on behalf of Rod Engle,
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Overview of 2012 Fall Chinook Salmon Redd and Escapement Surveys
in the White Salmon River

Abstract
Martin Lafrenz,
Portland State University
Recovery of Dewatered Upland Habitat Following Dam Removal
Abstract
Jeanette Burkhardt,
Yakama Nation Fisheries

Education Undammed:
the White Salmon River Experiential Learning Project
Abstract
Matt Mesa,
USGS Columbia River Research Lab
The Importance of Juvenile Shad in the Fall Diets of Smallmouth Bass and Walleye
in the Middle Columbia River
 
BREAK

Ben Hecht,
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
The Genetic Basis for the Propensity to Migrate in a Sequestered Population
of Rainbow and Steelhead Trout

 

Abstract
Joe Zendt,
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Klickitat Adult Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Updates

Abstract
Nico Romero,
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Using Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Technology to Characterize and Monitor
O. mykiss Populations in White Creek (Klickitat River, WA)
Abstract

Ryan Gerstenberger,
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Spring Chinook Runnin' Down a Dream - A Salmon Reintroduction in the Hood River.
Introduction of Warm Springs Tribal Lamprey Program
Abstract
 
LUNCH

Bob Rose,
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Columbia River Lamprey Regional Efforts:
A Call to Action

Abstract

Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
“Why Lamprey Matter”
Video
  
Sean Tackley,
US Army Corps of Engineers
Pacific Lamprey Passage at Lower Columbia and Snake River Dams:
An Overview of Efforts by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Abstract
Ralph Lampman,
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Yakama Nation Lamprey Propagation: Lessons Learned and Path Forward
Abstract
 
BREAK

Mike Babcock,
Yakama Nation Fisheries
Automating Stream Inventory Data Entry

Abstract
Brady Allen,
USGS Columbia River Research Lab
Fish Distribution and Population Dynamics in Rock Cr. (Klickitat County), WA
Abstract
John Foltz,
Klickitat County
Dept. of Natural Resources
An Overview and Update from the Local Salmon Habitat Recovery Hub –
the Klickitat Lead Entity for Salmon Recovery
Abstract
Wrap-Up