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Contract 78650: 2008-307-00 EXP DESCHUTES RIVER SOCKEYE DEVELOPMENT
Project Number:
Title:
Deschutes River Sockeye Development
BPA PM:
Stage:
Complete
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Columbia Plateau Deschutes 100.00%
Contract Number:
78650
Contract Title:
2008-307-00 EXP DESCHUTES RIVER SOCKEYE DEVELOPMENT
Contract Continuation:
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Contract Status:
Closed
Contract Description:
The anadromous form of sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka (O. nerka) is functionally absent and possibly extinct from the Deschutes River Basin.  Artificial barriers to fish movement including the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project (PRB Project) which was completed in 1964 on the Deschutes River (rkm 161 - 178), are among the factors contributing to potential sockeye extinction.  The PRB Project is owned and operated by Portland General Electric Company (PGE), an Oregon corporation, and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (CTWSRO).  In 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted PGE and CTWSRO (the Licensees) a new 50-year operating license (FERC License No. 2030-077).  In 2004, a Settlement Agreement concerning the re-licensing of the PRB Project was made by and among the Licensees and 21 other Parties.  The Settlement Agreement includes provisions for a Fish Passage Plan to: 1) establish self-sustaining harvestable anadromous fish runs of Chinook salmon, steelhead and sockeye salmon above the PRB Project; and to 2) provide for safe, timely and effective upstream and downstream fish passage of adult and juvenile life stages of several fish species including sockeye salmon.

The goal of this sockeye development project is to re-establish a self-sustaining, harvestable, anadromous sockeye run(s) above the PRB Project.  The goal is included in the first requirement of the Settlement Agreement and supports requirements of the FERC license.  Goal achievement is a shared responsibility among the CTWSRO, PGE and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) because CTWSRO and PGE are co-licensees and CTWSRO has co-management authority with ODFW regarding fish and wildlife in the Deschutes River Basin.  Within the Deschutes River subbasin, CTWSRO, PGE and ODFW conduct O. nerka investigations both cooperatively and independently.  This project has been developed to support information and data sharing.

Self-sustaining populations of resident O. nerka persist in the Round Butte Dam pool known as Lake Billy Chinook (LBC).  Additionally, Suttle Lake, the historic Deschutes River Basin sockeye nursery lake in the upper Metolius River Basin, holds a self-sustaining O. nerka population.  The O. nerka populations in each of these lakes offers an opportunity to restore an anadromous sockeye population.  Smolt-sized fish already attempting to emigrate from these two lakes above the PRB Project may be used to re-establish the sockeye run.  Such restoration would focus on preserving or potentially enhancing genetic fitness of these populations.  Due to completion of fish passage improvements at the PRB Project in 2009, annual springtime emigrations of juvenile O. nerka from LBC into the Deschutes River have occurred since 2010.  Each year since, a portion of these juvenile fish have returned to the PRB Project as adults.  Effects of continued juvenile O. nerka downstream passage on establishment of self-sustaining harvestable adult sockeye salmon runs is still being assessed by fisheries managers.

Project study objectives are designed to address information needs in the Deschutes River Basin for O. nerka ecology and life-history.  Such information informs fisheries management decisions.  Information needs for LBC and Suttle Lake O. nerka include:

1) Estimate the timing and abundance of O. nerka emigrating from Suttle Lake during springtime using a smolt trap on Lake Creek;
2) Determine fate of Suttle Lake O. nerka outmigrant smolts in upper Lake Creek;
3) Determine survival of Suttle Lake O. nerka outmigrant smolts released at two points downstream of Lake Creek to Round Butte Dam;
4) Estimate the number of O. nerka in LBC during November/December using mobile hydroacoustic survey techniques;
5) Estimate the number of resident O. nerka spawning in the Metloius River Basin during fall using mark-recapture population estimate techniques; and,
6) Determine genetic structure and assess population relatedness of O. nerka in the Deschutes, Metolius and Columbia River Basins.  (CTWSRO personnel will collect O. nerka tissue samples from adult sockeye salmon captured at the Pelton Adult Fish Trap at Re-regulating Dam).  Genetic analysis will be conducted by geneticists at Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission (CRITFC)).
Account Type(s):
Expense
Contract Start Date:
03/01/2018
Contract End Date:
02/28/2019
Current Contract Value:
$134,716
Expenditures:
$134,716

* Expenditures data includes accruals and are based on data through 31-Oct-2024.

BPA CO:
BPA COR:
Env. Compliance Lead:
Work Order Task(s):
Contract Type:
Request
Pricing Method:
Cost Reimbursement (CNF)
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Full Name Organization Write Permission Contact Role Email Work Phone
Cyndi Baker Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Yes Contract Manager cyndi.baker@ctwsbnr.org (541) 553-3586
Jay Chong Bonneville Power Administration Yes Contracting Officer jxchong@bpa.gov (503) 230-4007
Charles Combs Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Yes Interested Party chuck.combs@ctwsbnr.org (541) 553-3568
Israel Duran Bonneville Power Administration Yes Env. Compliance Lead induran@bpa.gov (503) 230-3967
Desmond Gelman Bonneville Power Administration No CO Assistant dxgelman@bpa.gov (503) 230-4960
Jen Graham Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Yes Interested Party jennifer.graham@ctwsbnr.org (541) 553-3585
Heidi Haak Bonneville Power Administration No Interested Party hlhaak@bpa.gov (541) 922-6856
Jeffrey Hogle Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Yes Technical Contact jeff.hogle@ctwsbnr.org (503) 305-6942
Brad Houslet Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Yes Supervisor brad.houslet@ctwsbnr.org (541) 553-2039
Leona Ike Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs No Administrative Contact leona.ike@wstribes.org (541) 553-3219
Lyman Jim Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs No Interested Party lyman.jim@ctwsbnr.org (541) 553-3587
Dennis Johnson Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs No Interested Party dennis.johnson@wstribes.org (541) 553-3479
John Skidmore Bonneville Power Administration Yes F&W Approver jtskidmore@bpa.gov (503) 230-5494
Jesse Wilson Bonneville Power Administration Yes COR jcwilson@bpa.gov (503) 230-4506


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Deliverable Title WSE Sort Letter, Number, Title Start End Concluded
Manage Project and Coordinate with BPA A: 119. Manage Project 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Documentation & Assistance to Support BPA's Environmental Compliance Group B: 165. Environmental Compliance for Data Collection Activities 2018 - 2019 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Conduct Hydroacoustic Survey in Lake Billy Chinook C: 157. Lake Billy Chinook - Conduct Hydroacoustic Survey 02/28/2019 12/31/2018
Analyze & Interpret Hydroacoustic Data D: 162. Lake Billy Chinook - Analyze & Interpret Hydroacoustic Data 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Determine Hydroacoustic Targets E: 157. Lake Billy Chinook - Verify Species and Length Structure of Hydroacoustic Targets 02/28/2019
Mark And Tag O. nerka Outmigrants From Suttle Lake F: 158. Suttle Lake - Mark/Tag O. nerka Outmigrants 12/31/2018 05/23/2018
Conduct Radio-Telemetry Study G: 157. Suttle Lake - Detect/Track Radio-Tagged O. nerka Outmigrants to Determine Smolt Disposition 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Analyze & Interpret Marked and Radio-Tagged O. nerka Outmigrant Data H: 162. Suttle Lake - Analyze Radio Tracking Data to Determine Movement from Release Location near Smolt Trap 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Monitor/Assess Timing & Abundance of O. nerka Outmigrants from Suttle Lake I: 157. Suttle Lake - Monitor/Assess Timing & Abundance of Marked O. nerka Outmigrants 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Analyze Marked and un-marked smolt capture data J: 162. Suttle Lake - Analyze & Interpret Timing and Abundance of Marked O. nerka Outmigrant Data 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Release PIT tagged smolts at two locations K: 157. Suttle Lake - Monitor PIT tagged O. nerka Smolts Survival to Lake Billy Chinook's Round Butte Dam 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Analyze PIT tagged fish data to determine survival to Round Butte Dam and beyond L: 162. Suttle Lake - Analyze & Interpret PIT tagged O. nerka Outmigrant Data 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Investigate Fate of O. nerka Smolt Outmigrants in Upper Lake Creek M: 157. Suttle Lake - Determine Fate of Suttle Lake O. nerka smolts in upper Lake Creek 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Mark/Tag Adult O. nerka in Lake Billy Chinook N: 158. Metolius River - Mark/Tag Adult O. nerka in Lake Billy Chinook 09/30/2018 09/06/2018
Count spawning O. nerka. O: 157. Metolius River - Conduct Counts of O. nerka from Lake Billy Chinook Spawning in the Metolius River and Tributaries 02/28/2019 12/27/2018
Analyze Mark-Resight Data to Produce Estimate of O. nerka Spawners in Metolius River P: 162. Metolius River - Analyze Mark-Resight Data to Produce Estimate of O. nerka Spawners in Metolius River 02/28/2019 11/14/2018
Collect Tissue Samples Q: 157. Collect Tissue Samples from Adult O. nerka at Deschutes River's Re-Regulating Dam's Pelton Fish Trap 02/28/2019 02/28/2019
Completed Annual Report S: 132. Submit Progress Report for the Period (1/1/17) to (12/31/17) 02/22/2019

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Primary Focal Species Work Statement Elements
Kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka)
  • 8 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 2 instances of WE 158 Mark/Tag Animals
  • 5 instances of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data

Sort WE ID WE Title NEPA NOAA USFWS NHPA Has Provisions Inadvertent Discovery Completed
A 119 Manage Project 03/01/2018
B 165 Environmental Compliance for Data Collection Activities 2018 - 2019 03/01/2018
C 157 Lake Billy Chinook - Conduct Hydroacoustic Survey 03/01/2018
D 162 Lake Billy Chinook - Analyze & Interpret Hydroacoustic Data 03/01/2018
E 157 Lake Billy Chinook - Verify Species and Length Structure of Hydroacoustic Targets 08/13/2018
F 158 Suttle Lake - Mark/Tag O. nerka Outmigrants 03/14/2018
G 157 Suttle Lake - Detect/Track Radio-Tagged O. nerka Outmigrants to Determine Smolt Disposition 03/01/2018
H 162 Suttle Lake - Analyze Radio Tracking Data to Determine Movement from Release Location near Smolt Trap 03/01/2018
I 157 Suttle Lake - Monitor/Assess Timing & Abundance of Marked O. nerka Outmigrants 03/14/2018
J 162 Suttle Lake - Analyze & Interpret Timing and Abundance of Marked O. nerka Outmigrant Data 03/01/2018
K 157 Suttle Lake - Monitor PIT tagged O. nerka Smolts Survival to Lake Billy Chinook's Round Butte Dam 03/01/2018
L 162 Suttle Lake - Analyze & Interpret PIT tagged O. nerka Outmigrant Data 03/01/2018
M 157 Suttle Lake - Determine Fate of Suttle Lake O. nerka smolts in upper Lake Creek 03/14/2018
N 158 Metolius River - Mark/Tag Adult O. nerka in Lake Billy Chinook 03/01/2018
O 157 Metolius River - Conduct Counts of O. nerka from Lake Billy Chinook Spawning in the Metolius River and Tributaries 03/01/2018
P 162 Metolius River - Analyze Mark-Resight Data to Produce Estimate of O. nerka Spawners in Metolius River 03/01/2018
Q 157 Collect Tissue Samples from Adult O. nerka at Deschutes River's Re-Regulating Dam's Pelton Fish Trap 03/01/2018
R 185 Periodic Status Reports for BPA 03/01/2018
S 132 Submit Progress Report for the Period (1/1/17) to (12/31/17) 03/01/2018