| Yakima Basin Science & Management Conference |
| June 13th-14th, 2012 @ CWU's Science Bldg. Rm. 147 |
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| Sponsored by: |
Central Washington University, Bonneville Power Administration, Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project, Bureau of Reclamation, and Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board |
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| Wednesday June 13, 2012 |
| 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 |
Phil Roni - NOAA |
Effective Watershed Restoration: Key Considerations for Planning, Prioritizing, and Evaluation |
| 10:15 |
Break |
Flow Enhancement |
| 10:40 |
Michael Garrity -American Rivers |
YBIWRMP |
| 11:25 |
Lisa Pelly – TU |
Water Banks for People and Fish |
| 11:45 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Yuki Reiss – YBFWRB |
Bull Trout Action Plan |
Lamprey, Sockeye, BullTrout |
| 1:20 |
Brian Saluskin – YN Fisheries |
Cle Elum Reintroduction/Passage |
| 1:40 |
Patrick Luke – YN Fisheries |
Lamprey Program |
| 2:00 |
Andy Johnsen – USFWS |
Passage of Radio-tagged Adult Pacific Lamprey at Yakima River Diversions |
| 2:20 |
Ernie Farmer – WCC |
Washington Conservation Corps: Getting Things Done |
| 2:40 |
Break |
| 3:00 |
Anthony Fritts - WDFW |
Assessing Supplementation |
Spring Chinook |
| 3:20 |
Curt Knudsen – Oncorh Consulting |
Trends in upper Yakima River hatchery- and natural-origin spring Chinook salmon demographic and phenotypic traits |
| 3:40 |
Charlie Waters - UW |
Reducing Genetic Risks to Wild Populations: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Integrated Management in Captive Breeding Programs |
| 4:00 |
Chris Johnson – WDFW |
Yakima River Spring Chinook Competition/Capacity Studies |
| 4:20 |
Curt Knudsen – Oncorh Consulting |
Comparison of Breeding Success Between 1st and 2nd Generation Hatchery Spring Chinook |
| 4:40 |
Jeremy Cram |
Riverscape heterogeneity and spawning site selection by spring Chinook salmon at multiple scales |
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| Thursday June 14, 2012 |
| 8:40 |
Melinda Davis – YN Fisheries |
Summer/Fall Chinook Program |
Summer/Fall Chinook & Coho |
| 9:00 |
Rebecca Wassell – MCFEG |
Yakima River Delta Study |
| 9:20 |
Tom Elliot – YN Wildlife |
Wapato Reach Study |
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:20 |
Todd Newsome – YN Fisheries |
Coho Reintroduction |
| 10:40 |
Carol Ready/Rebecca Wassell - YTAHP |
Reecer Creek Restoration Project
Yakima River Delta Study |
| 11:00 |
Scott Nicolai – YN Fisheries |
YKFP Habitat Protection/Restoration – Current Projects |
Ecological Interactions & Steelhead |
| 11:20 |
Ian Courter, David Child, Jim Hobbs - CFS |
Influence of Resident Trout on Steelhead Production in the Yakima Basin |
| 11:40 |
Jason McCormick – WWT |
Teanaway River Long-Term Flow Restoration Strategy |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Gabe Temple – WDFW |
Non-Target Taxa of Concern Monitoring |
| 1:20 |
Michael Porter – YN Fisheries |
Bird and Fish Predation |
| 1:40 |
Chris Frederiksen – YN Fisheries Gabe Temple – WDFW |
Steelhead VSP |
| 2:20 |
Henry Fraser – YN Fisheries |
Middle Swauk Creek Restoration |
| 2:40 |
Andrew Pierce - CRITFC |
Evaluation of Reconditioned Steelhead Kelts Post-Release |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:20 |
Joel Freudenthal – Yakima Co. |
Current Status and Future Actions in the Gap to Gap Reach |
| 4:00 |
Toby Kock, Russ Perry – USGS Tommy Garrison, Ian Courter - CFS |
Assessment of Stream Flow Effects on Smolt Survival Below Roza Dam |
| 4:20 |
Ian Courter, Lauren Courter, Tommy Garrison - CFS |
Effects of Aquatic Herbicides On Survival of Salmon and Steelhead Smolts During Seawater Transition |
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