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| A | 178390 | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Manage Project | Covers the administrative and technical work to fulfill BPA's contractual requirements such as financial reporting, and development of a contract renewal package (includes SOW, budget, property inventory). | $5,000 | 1.24% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| B | 178391 | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Prepare documentation needed and work with BPA environmental compliance staff to obtain environmental compliance clearance prior to conducting the work. | $3,000 | 0.75% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| C | 178393 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Estimate outmigrant O. mykiss & Spring Chinook in Warm Springs River Subbasin | Outmigrating fishes have been monitored in WSR since 1983. From 1983 to 2016 an outmigrant trap was operated near the mouth. Since 2014, an additional trap just upstream of WSNFH (rkm 17) was put into operation. In 2017, another trap began operation further upstream in WSR, just below primary spawning grounds at rkm 47. During spring 2018, a new trap will be fished at the mouth of Beaver Creek, a significant drainage of production. Location of these traps are meant to quantify salmon and steelhead production from upper WSR and Beaver Creek compared to the rest of the subbasin (Mill Creek and lower WSR). Outmigrant traps also serve as sampling locations for collecting tissue samples from juvenile salmonids for parentage analysis, linking tissue samples collected from adults prior to spawning to determine contribution of spawners by area of the drainage. Focus in 2018 will be to improve efficiency and accuracy of data collection by electronic capture and to improve quality of estimates by reducing relative standard error (increase number of marked and recaptured fish, number inspected for tags, and efficiency of traps). During summer and winter when the traps are taken out of service, they are stored and maintenance performed.
Crews of two will check traps once per day. Traps may be operated five days per week in the early and late season but will be run seven days per week during the peak of outmigration. When trap are operated five days per week, the cone will be raised on Friday and reset Sunday evening. If flows are too high to safely operate the trap, the cone will be raised until it is safe to operate. To check for fish in the trap, staff must wear a personal floatation device. Technicians pull the trap to the bank, step onto the trap, open the live box, and dipnet fish out and into 5-gallon buckets.
All fish captured will be anesthetized with MS-222, identified to species and recorded. The first 20 fish of each species and age class will be measured to the nearest millimeter and weighed to the nearest 0.1 gram. All subsequent individuals of each species and age class beyond 20 will be tallied. Juvenile O. mykiss that show signs of smolting (e.g. silvery body, torpedo shaped, no parr marks) will be tallied as steelhead. Juvenile O. mykiss that do not display signs of smolting will be tallied as resident redband trout. For trap efficiency estimates, all wild juvenile Chinook salmon and O. mykiss will be marked with caudal fin clips and released 1km upstream of the trap. All fish species caught in the trap are enumerated and data are stored in a database. | $22,000 | 5.48% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| D | 178394 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | PIT Tag Spring Chinook at Warm Springs River Rotary Screw Traps | Juvenile spring Chinook caught in RSTs in WSR that are greater than 75 mm and in good condition will be implanted with full duplex (FDX) PIT tags (12 mm x 2.5 mm, 134.2kHz, read-only tags with a 64 bit unique identification number). Opportunities for detecting FDX PIT tagged outmigrants and returning adults will occur at the mouth of the Shitike Creek, Sherars Falls, the mouth of the Deschutes, The Dalles Dam, Bonneville Dam, and through the towed FDX PIT array in the Columbia River Estuary (http://www.ptagis.org/ptagis/). Juvenile spring Chinook less than 75 mm will receive caudal clips for estimating trap efficiency. | $28,125 | 7.00% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| E | 178395 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | PIT Tag O. mykiss at Warm Springs River Rotary Screw Traps | Juvenile O. mykiss caught in RSTs in WSR that are greater than 100 mm and in good condition will be implanted with full duplex (FDX) PIT tags (12 mm x 2.5 mm, 134.2kHz, read-only tags with a 64 bit unique identification number). Opportunities for detecting FDX PIT tagged outmigrants and returning adults will occur at the mouth of the Shitike Creek, Sherars Falls, the mouth of the Deschutes, The Dalles Dam, Bonneville Dam, and through the towed FDX PIT array in the Columbia River Estuary (http://www.ptagis.org/ptagis/). Juvenile O. mykiss less than 100 mm will receive caudal clips for estimating trap efficiency. | $28,125 | 7.00% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| F | 178396 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Estimate outmigrant O. mykiss & Spring Chinook in Shitike Creek | Outmigrating fishes have been monitored in SC since 1995. An outmigrant trap just upstream of the footbridge at Warm Springs Forest Products (rkm 1) is fished during spring (February – June) and fall (September - December). Outmigrant estimates for juvenile spring Chinook and steelhead are calculated using recaptured fish marked with PIT tags and caudal clips. During summer and winter when the traps are taken out of service, they are stored and maintenance performed.
Crews of two will check traps once per day. Traps may be operated five days per week in the early and late season but will be run seven days per week during the peak of outmigration. When trap are operated five days per week, the cone will be raised on Friday and reset Sunday evening. If flows are too high to safely operate the trap, the cone will be raised until it is safe to operate. To check for fish in the trap, staff must wear a personal floatation device. Technicians pull the trap to the bank, step onto the trap, open the live box, and dipnet fish out and into 5-gallon buckets.
All fish captured will be anesthetized with MS-222, identified to species and recorded. The first 20 fish of each species and age class will be measured to the nearest millimeter and weighed to the nearest 0.1 gram. All subsequent individuals of each species and age class beyond 20 will be tallied. Juvenile O. mykiss that show signs of smolting (e.g. silvery body, torpedo shaped, no parr marks) will be tallied as steelhead. Juvenile O. mykiss that do not display signs of smolting will be tallied as resident redband trout. For trap efficiency estimates, all wild juvenile Chinook salmon and O. mykiss will be marked with caudal fin clips and released 1km upstream of the trap. All fish species caught in the trap are enumerated and data are stored in a database. | $0 | 0.00% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| G | 178397 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | PIT Tag Spring Chinook at Shitike Creek Rotary Screw Trap | Juvenile spring Chinook caught in RSTs in WSR that are greater than 75 mm and in good condition will be implanted with full duplex (FDX) PIT tags (12 mm x 2.5 mm, 134.2kHz, read-only tags with a 64 bit unique identification number). Opportunities for detecting FDX PIT tagged outmigrants and returning adults will occur at the mouth of the Shitike Creek, Sherars Falls, the mouth of the Deschutes, The Dalles Dam, Bonneville Dam, and through the towed FDX PIT array in the Columbia River Estuary (http://www.ptagis.org/ptagis/). Juvenile spring Chinook less than 75 mm will receive caudal clips for estimating trap efficiency. | $0 | 0.00% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| H | 178398 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | PIT Tag O. mykiss at Shitike Creek Rotary Screw Trap | Juvenile O. mykiss caught in RSTs in WSR that are greater than 100 mm and in good condition will be implanted with full duplex (FDX) PIT tags (12 mm x 2.5 mm, 134.2kHz, read-only tags with a 64 bit unique identification number). Opportunities for detecting FDX PIT tagged outmigrants and returning adults will occur at the mouth of the Shitike Creek, Sherars Falls, the mouth of the Deschutes, The Dalles Dam, Bonneville Dam, and through the towed FDX PIT array in the Columbia River Estuary (http://www.ptagis.org/ptagis/). Juvenile O. mykiss less than 100 mm will receive caudal clips for estimating trap efficiency. | $0 | 0.00% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| I | 178402 | 162 | Analyze/Interpret Data | Analyze Spring Chinook and Steelhead Juvenile Outmigration Data | Data collected at RSTs will be used to estimate of the number of juvenile spring Chinok and O. mykiss outmigrating from the Warm Springs River and Shitike Creek during the spring and fall trapping periods. Estimates will be calculated for three age/size classes of salmon/steelhead (spring 0+, spring 1+, and fall 1+). | $5,000 | 1.24% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| J | 178399 | 159 | Transfer/Consolidate Regionally Standardized Data | Upload O. mykiss & Spring Chinook PIT Tag Data into PTAGIS | Juvenile spring Chinook salmon and O. mykiss caught in RSTs in WSR and SC and implanted with full duplex (FDX) PIT tags (12 mm x 2.5 mm, 134.2kHz, read-only tags with a 64 bit unique identification number) will have tag codes and associated data data (tag code, release location, release date, and biological information about the individual fish) uploaded to PTAGIS on a weekly basis.
Opportunities for detecting FDX PIT tagged outmigrants and returning adults will occur at the mouth of the Shitike Creek, Sherars Falls, the mouth of the Deschutes, The Dalles Dam, Bonneville Dam, and through the towed FDX PIT array in the Columbia River Estuary (http://www.ptagis.org/ptagis/). | $15,000 | 3.73% | 09/25/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| K | 178400 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Record and Upload O. mykiss & Spring Chinook PIT tag Detections at Arrays Located at the Mouths of WSR and SC | In 2018-2019, the CTWSRO will operate four dual-reader (HDX/FDX) arrays in the Deschutes Basin that were constructed and installed by Biomark, Inc.:
1) The mouth of the Deschutes River (DRM; annual O&M and date management funded by the Fall Chinook Project 2008-306-00);
2) Sherars Falls fish ladder and high-flow ladder (DSF; annual O&M and data management funded by fall Chinook project 2008-306-00);
3) The mouth of the Warm Springs River (WSR; annual O&M and data management funded by this project), and;
4) The mouth of Shitike Creek (SHK; annual O&M and data management funded by this project).
Through a contract with Biomark, Inc., CTWS will operate WSR and SHK throughout the FY18 contract period. This involves making sure there is power to the SHK and WSR arrays, entering into a contract with Biomark, Inc. for and operations and maintenance and a data management contract. The Warm Springs Mill was shut down and AC power has been unpredictable to power SHK so CTWS will operate this by solar panel or some alternative power source. The site WSR requires propane to operate the thermo-electric generator. Biomark ensures the read range is optimal and that antenna are fully operational temporally and spatially. They also upload data to PTAGIS for public access.
Additionally, CTWS operates and maintains 10 dual-reader (HDX/FDX) arrays in WSR and SC drainages. These were constructed from Biomark, Inc. components but built and maintained by CTWS under bull trout (2007-157) and lamprey (2011-014) projects. Dual reading antennas have become increasingly useful for other projects, such as Natural Production. A series of arrays in a drainage can be used to estimate returning adults and characterize migration patterns and identify holding and spawning areas. Natural Production project will install three additional antennas in WSR subbasin to supplement work elements related to adult spring Chinook and summer steelhead migration to spawning grounds. In this WE, some operations and maintenance and data management for the three new antenna sites will be included. | $9,000 | 2.24% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| L | 183155 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Install 3 HDX/FDX antenna arrays in Warm Springs Drainage | The CTWS operates and maintains three dual-reader arrays in Shitike Creek and six in Warm Springs River under BPA projects 2011-014-00 and 2007-157-00. In addition, we contract Biomark, Inc. to operate, maintain, and upload data to PTAGIS from antennas at the mouth of Shitike Creek, Warm Springs River (both under this project), and the Deschutes River plus a series of arrays in fish ladders at Sherars Falls. Arrays in the Deschutes River are under BPA project 2008-306-00.
This WE is to add additional antennas near the mouth of Warm Springs River and two in Mill Creek. The array at the mouth of Warm Springs River is to provide a means for determining direction of travel as there is an one array there; this one would be installed nearby. This array will be useful to all species of fish having PIT tags but will be particularly useful for determining whether PIT tagged fish are "dipping in" or using the lower river if not detected in upstream arrays. The two arrays in Mill Creek would cover a gap as this stream is important for spring Chinook and steelhead but less so for bull trout and lamprey. This would provide useful information if some of our PIT tagged spring Chinook and steelhead use Mill Creek.
No ground-disturbing activities take place during installation. Antenna are placed over the streambed and anchored with earth anchors. Equipment box, housing the recorder and 12V battery, will be placed on the ground without moving any material or placed on a large rock or downed tree. | $20,813 | 5.18% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| M | 183156 | 162 | Analyze/Interpret Data | Manage data from arrays in Warm Springs River and Mill Creek and summarize detections by species | Data recorded by dual reading antennas in Warm Springs River and Mill Creek will be uploaded to a database managed by CTWS. Codes from PIT tags implanted into spring Chinook and summer steelhead will be compared with recorded codes. Any detections will be reported along with dates and times, including detections from other antennas not associated with this work element. | $8,500 | 2.12% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| N | 178401 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collect tissue samples from returning adults (Chinook and steelhead) and outmigrating juveniles (Chinook) in WSR | As part of an investigation into discrepancies in escapement of wild spring Chinook passing WSNFH and redd counts the following fall, CTWSRO will collect tissue samples of returning wild adult Chinook at the hatchery for parentage analysis. This concern stems from declining abundance of spring Chinook in the Warm Springs River, where the primary production of spring Chinook in the Deschutes River occurs, and recent evidence of pre-spawn mortality. Tissue samples from wild adult spring Chinook have been archived since 2015. Adult tissue samples will be compared with tissue samples from outmigrant progeny to determine the number of successful spawners and what area of the WSR drainage spawning occurred. Tissue samples from juvenile spring Chinook will be collected during RST operations.
Summer steelhead trends have been more resilient than spring Chinook but their escapement numbers have been low in recent years. While the radio-telemetry study of steelhead in this contract is expected to address uncertainties (Where returning steelhead overwinter in the Deschutes River? How many spawn in the Deschutes River compared to tributaries? Are steelhead deterred (or fallback) from entering Shitike Creek or Warm Springs River?), genetic analysis could further add insight into these questions. If tissue samples of wild returning adults were collected at Sherars Falls trap, WSNFH, outmigrant traps operating on WSR and SC, or eastside tributaries by ODFW (Bakeoven, Buckhollow creeks) parentage analysis can illuminate uncertainties on effective spawner population (compare whole river Nb from Sherars Falls and Nb from WSR), which tributaries have the greatest production (family groups), number of mating partners producing progency, and identification of most productive spawners over time by lineage. This information, in conjuction with outmigrant estimates, escapement, redd counts will be useful to corroborate trends in population status (i.e., are trends in WSR and SC indicative of overall Deschutes Basin or are steelhead deterred from these tributaries and spawning in the mainstem Deschutes, if so, how successful are they?). | $3,000 | 0.75% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| O | 182864 | 162 | Analyze/Interpret Data | Analyze and interpret tissue samples collected from spring Chinook and steelhead | Tissue samples collected from adult and juvenile wild spring Chinook and steelhead will be analyzed by CRITFC genetictists. They will be determining genotype and effective population size. This information will be compared with escapement estimates and redd count data (fish/redd) for spring Chinook to determine indicate pre-spawn mortality. For steelhead, effective population size from tissue samples of adults collected at Sherars Falls, compared with juvenile outmigrants, will indicate how many may be spawning in the mainstem Deschutes River relative to west side tributaries, Shitike Creek and Warm Springs River. | $5,000 | 1.24% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| P | 178403 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Operate Resistance Board Weir in Shitike Creek for Spring Chinook & Steelhead Escapement | The resistance-board weir (RBW) in SC (rkm 1) was designed to operate year-round to capture fish traveling up and downstream. The RBW will capture all fish from the beginning of the steelhead upstream migration (approximately mid December) by video observation. Video monitoring will continue until steelhead upstream migration resumes the following year.
Escapement of adult steelhead and adult spring Chinook migrating into SC will be obtained by summing daily counts of fish counted at the video weir. | $0 | 0.00% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
| Q | 178404 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Conduct Steelhead Redd Counts in Index and Rotating Panel Reaches | Since 1982, redd counts for steelhead have been conducted annually in index reaches of streams within the boundaries of the CTWSRO. Index reaches account for 48% of the total available for anadromous distribution (89 km out of 184 km) for steelhead and were selected to represent the largest concentration of suitable spawning habitat. Spawning ground surveys for steelhead in lower Deschutes Westside tributaries index reaches include: Nena Creek, Skookum Creek, Eagle Creek, Shitike Creek, and Warm Springs River, including Beaver Creek, Mill Creek, and Badger Creek, tributaries of Warm Springs River. Available habitats to anadromous fishes outside of index reaches are largely in canyons, so streams have high gradients dominated by cobble-sized substrate with little suitable spawning gravel. In 2012, the CTWSRO instituted a 5-year rotating panel design in which 20% of the non-index reach habitat was surveyed annually, so that 100% of all stream habitats are surveyed every five years to validate that the majority of spawners are represented in index reach counts. For steelhead, the remaining 95 km of the anadromous distribution are divided by fifths (~19 km) and surveyed annually.
Steelhead redd surveys are conducted over an 8-10 week period beginning in mid-March and concludes in early June. A team of two or three crew will begin surveys at the upstream end of each established reach and walk downstream, or float using kayaks in lower WSR. For each survey, the date, time, and water temperature will be recorded. Redds will be flagged on a nearby riparian tree and a GPS location recorded to mark its location to avoid double counting. Each reach will be surveyed two to three times between March 15 and June 15 as new redds accumulate. Stream depth and clarity may inhibit the ability for surveyors to accurately identify redds. In cases where visibility is limited, crew leads will make the decision whether to continue with sampling. All staff will be trained properly to conduct these surveys with discussions about physical variables that may increase potential observer error.
Data gathered though this work element will be supplied to the CTWSRO Habitat Program to evaluate the performance of riparian fencing. These data may be used to associate riparian preservation/improvements with increase redd densities inside riparian fences. | $36,500 | 9.09% | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 |
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