| Yakima Basin Science & Management Conference | |||
| June 16th-17th, 2010 @ CWU's Science Bldg. Rm. 147 | |||
| Sponsored by: | Central Washington University, Bonneville Power Administration, Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project, Bureau of Reclamation, and Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board | ||
| Wednesday June 16, 2010 | |||
| 8:00 | Registration | Overview & Keynote | |
| 8:30 | Welcome to the Yakima Basin Science & Management Conference | ||
| 8:45 | Dave Fast- YN Fisheries | Overview of Fisheries Activities in the Yakima Basin | |
| 9:00 | Alex Conley- YBFWRB | Overview of Habitat Activities in the Yakima Basin | |
| 9:30 | Eric Quaempts- CTUIR | Natural Resource Management from a tribal 'first foods' perspective | |
| 10:30 | Break | ||
| 11:00 |
YRBWEP III What's in it for fish?
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| 11:45 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 | Joel Freudenthal- Yakima Co. | Nile Slide | Spring Chinook |
| 1:20 | Andy Dittman- NOAA Fisheries | Spatial and temporal interactions of hatchery and natural origin upper Yakima River spring Chinook spawners | |
| 1:40 | Jeremy Cram- UW | Salmon spawning site selection relative to habitat conditions near acclimation facilities | |
| 2:00 | Ryan Klett- UW | Longitudinal patterns of fine sediment infiltration and implications for Chinook egg-to-fry survival | |
| 2:20 | Chris Johnson- WDFW | Precocious Male/Egg Box | |
| 2:40 | Curt Knudsen- Oncorh Consulting | Effects of Domestication on Hatchery & Wild Yakima Spring Chinook Phenotypic & Demographic Traits: What Have We Observed So Far? | |
| 3:00 | Break | ||
| 3:20 | Steve Schroder- WDFW | The reproductive behavior and breeding success of hatchery and wild spring Chinook salmon spawning in an artificial stream | Spring Chinook |
| 3:40 | Todd Kassler- WDFW | Spring Chinook Pedigree | |
| 4:00 | Don Larsen- NOAA Fisheries | Are we seeing domestication selection associated with precocious male maturation in Yakima spring Chinook salmon? | |
| 4:20 | William Meyer- WDFW | Beaver ReIntroduction | |
| 4:40 | Joel Freudenthal- Yakima Co. | Wapato Reach/Yakima County FCZD | |
| Thursday June 17, 2010 | |||
| 8:30 | Scott Nicolai- YN Fisheries | Taneum Habitat Restoration Projects | Summer/Fall Chinook & Coho |
| 9:00 | Pat Monk- USFWS | Taneum PIT Tag Array | |
| 9:20 | Melinda Davis- YN Fisheries | Summer/Fall Chinook Program | |
| 9:40 | Todd Newsome- YN Fisheries | Coho Program | |
| 10:00 | Break | ||
| 10:20 | Anthony Fritts- WDFW | Coho salmon/rainbow trout interactions in Taneum Creek | Ecological Interactions & Steelhead |
| 10:40 | Gabe Temple- WDFW | Risk Management Monitoring of Non-Target Fish Taxa | |
| 11:00 | Mike Porter- YN Fisheries | Bird & Fish Predation | |
| 11:20 | Chris Frederickson- YN Fisheries Gabe Temple- WDFW |
Yakima River Steelhead Status and Trends RM&E Project Overview |
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| 12:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 | Tim Resseguie- YN Fisheries | Expanded Toppenish Steelhead | Ecological Interactions & Steelhead |
| 1:20 | Dave Myra | Yakima Tributary Access & Habitat Program | |
| 1:40 | Carol Ready | Reecer Creek Floodplain Restoration | |
| 2:00 | Scott Blankenship- WDFW | Genetic structure and adaptation of Columbia River Basin steelhead and rainbow trout | |
| 2:20 | Break | ||
| 2:40 | Bill Bosch- YN Fisheries | Kelt Reconditioning | |
| 3:00 | Brian Saluskin-YN Fisheries | Cle Elum Passage | |
| 3:20 | David Gerth- KCT | Lower Cle Elum Engineered Log Jam Project | |
| List of Affiliates: |
YN= Yakama Nation | CTUIR= Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | |
| KCT= Kittitas Conservation Trust | USFWS= United States Fish & Wildlife Service | ||
| UW= University of Washington | YBFWRB= Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board | ||
| YKFP= Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project | NOAA= National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association | ||
| Yakima Co.= Yakima County | MCRFEG= Mid Columbia Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group | ||
| Oncorh Consulting | WDFW= Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife | ||