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| A | 229670 | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | SOW and Budget for FY 2024 | Draft and Final Scope of Work and Budget, Spending Plan and Property Inventory for contract renewal. Accrual estimate for ongoing contract and budget. | $4,000 | 0.37% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| B | 229671 | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Produce NEPA Checklist and Regulatory Clearances to BPA | • Coordinate with ODFW and NOAA staff to receive a 4(d) take permit.
• Provide a copy of the 4(d) permit to BPA
• 4(d) take report
• Provide a copy of the Section 6 bull trout coverage to BPA.
• Coordinate with BPA staff to get NEPA Clearance | $1,000 | 0.09% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| C | 229672 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collect Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Outmigrant Abundance and SAR Data at Rotary Screw Traps | Collect and enumerate emigrating spring Chinook and steelhead smolts using rotary screw traps. Five rotary screw traps will be placed at three locations: Middle Fork (2), upper Mainstem (2), and the South Fork John Day River (1). Two traps are used side by side at the upper Mainstem, and staggered upstream-downstream in the Middle Fork.
Estimate trap efficiency and HUC 6 or near population scale abundance of emigrating juvenile Chinook and steelhead.
Collect scale samples of juvenile steelhead that migrate past capture locations to determine age structure of the populations and to be able to detect changes in age structure (e.g. due to density-dependent effects as adult population abundance fluctuates). | $185,000 | 17.13% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| D | 229673 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Monitor/Maintain PIT Tag Interrogation Arrays | • Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain 12 PIT tag arrays located: at two locations in the Middle Fork John Day River near Armstrong Creek and Ritter (MJ1 and MJ2); at three locations in the Mainstem John Day River (JD0, JD1, JDM); at one location in Lower Thirtymile Creek (30M); at one location on Lower Rock Creek (RCX); at two locations on the South Fork John Day River (SJ1 and SJ2); at two locations on Bridge Creek (Wheeler County-BR0 and BR1), and at one location on Cottonwood Creek (JDC).
• Perform routine maintenance and system checks for Passive Instream Arrays.
• Conduct periodic read range and antenna performance testing.
• Ensure PIT tag data is uploaded and backed-up. | $75,000 | 6.94% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| E | 229674 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collect Steelhead Spawner Survey and Adult Escapement Data | Conduct steelhead spawning ground surveys to estimate steelhead escapement for the South Fork John Day River population.
Adult steelhead redd surveys will be conducted from February 15 - June 1 annually based on standard ODFW methods for conducting steelhead redd surveys (Susac and Jacobs, 1999; Jacobs et al., 2000; Jacobs et al., 2001). Twelve to fifteen sites will be visited every two weeks throughout the season to quantify the cumulative redd count at each site. Surveyors will sample upstream from the downstream end of each survey reach. Each surveyor counts live fish and determines the fin-mark status of all live fish through observations. All redds are counted and flagged. A representative subsample reach will be visited at a greater frequency to validate bi-weekly redd enumeration. Redds with spawners present will also be measured to develop a database of redd size for each life history strategy. | $90,000 | 8.33% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| F | 229675 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Conduct Juvenile Steelhead Density Surveys | Conduct juvenile fish abundance surveys using electrofishing and seining in the Lower Mainstem John Day and Middle Fork John Day steelhead populations. Juvenile sampling data for 2023 will be focused on key tributaries in the Middle Fork basin. We will primarily focus on tagging of juvenile steelhead in the Middle Fork tributaries, but due to sparse numbers of juvenile steelhead at some sites in the Middle Fork, we may use chinook parr as a surrogate for the expected movement patterns of juvenile steelhead.
In the Lower Mainstem John Day population we will re-visit legacy habitat and juvenile fish sampling sites last sampled in 2012-2013, per our ISRP proposal. Juvenile steelhead sampling sites in the Lower John Day population will be paired with adult spawner data collected at a subset of the same sites by ODFW District Staff (cost share). We also propose to collect juvenile steelhead abundance data with greater spatial density in Thirtymile Creek in addition to the broadly drawn legacy sites located throughout the Lower Mainstem John Day. This would allow us to evaluate if Thirtymile Creek, and the planned monitoring investments in that stream, could serve as a potential indicator stream for the Lower Mainstem John Day population.
Scales will be collected for age analysis and possible genetic analysis via collaboration with Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission (2008-907-00) in future years. | $76,920 | 7.12% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| G | 229677 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Use Seines to Collect Spring Chinook Smolts | The intent of this WE is to quantify wild smolt abundance for all populations (North Fork, Granite Creek, Middle Fork, Upper John Day) of spring Chinook salmon the John Day basin. Yearling spring Chinook smolts from all populations in the John Day River basin must emigrate through the Kimberly-Spray portion of the John Day River, and typically migrate through this area between February and May. The Kimberly to Spray reach of the river is low gradient, which facilitates boat seining as an effective means of capturing Chinook smolts. Enough Chinook smolts can be captured in this reach to monitor changes in abundance, size, migration timing and resulting adult age at maturation (e.g., Tattam et al. 2015) across years.
Abundance data collected via seining are used to estimate total abundance of outmigrating spring Chinook smolts and spawner-smolt recruitment analysis, which quantify population productivity. Marking approximately 1,500 Chinook smolts with PIT tags facilitates pre- and post-season estimation of adult escapement to the Columbia and John Day rivers. | $75,000 | 6.94% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| H | 229678 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collect Fish Habitat Data | The goal of this work element is to conduct habitat surveys at legacy habitat sites in the Lower Mainstem John Day River during 2023. | $90,000 | 8.33% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| I | 229679 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | PIT Tag Juvenile Chinook Salmon | We will PIT tag approximately 4,000 juvenile spring chinook (yearling and subyearling) in the John Day River basin. Approximately 1,500 juvenile Chinook outmigrants will be PIT tagged at the Mainstem Screw trap operated under Work Element D. Another roughly 1,500 Chinook smolts will be PIT tagged during the seining under Work Element H. Approximately 1,000 Chinook parr will be PIT tagged in the Upper Mainstem John Day River during August 2023 in cooperation with the Warm Springs Tribes. Data from PIT tagged parr will be used to estimate abundance, growth, and survival. These data provide important population vital rate information, and provide a measure of population response to habitat alterations. | $75,000 | 6.94% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| J | 229680 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | PIT Tag Emigrating Steelhead Smolts at Rotary Screw Traps | PIT tag approximately 6,000 wild out-migrating juvenile steelhead at the rotary screw traps operated under Work Element D. | $83,000 | 7.69% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| K | 229681 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | PIT Tag Juvenile Steelhead in Lower Mainstem John Day Population | Capture and PIT tag juvenile steelhead in up to 4 Lower Mainstem John Day Tributaries-- on the west side of the Lower John Day River. | $0 | 0.00% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| L | 229683 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | PIT Tag Smallmouth Bass | Smallmouth bass in the Middle Fork of the John Day River in and around the Oxbow Conservation Area (if present during sampling) and at the Ritter rotary screw trap site will be PIT tagged to determine seasonal movements, habitat use and potential impacts to juvenile anadromous salmonids. Tagged bass will be redetected via permanent and seasonal PIT arrays, and mobile PIT array surveys. | $1,000 | 0.09% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| M | 229684 | 162 | Analyze/Interpret Data | Estimate Smolt Abundance, Productivity, Age, and SAR | We analyze steelhead and spring chinook smolt trapping and spring chinook seining data to estimate out-migrant abundance. Out-migrant estimates are plotted against parental spawner abundance to estimate freshwater productivity. Out-migrants per spawner will be used to conduct stock-recruitment curves for assessment of population productivity and temporal trends in productivity.
Scale subsamples from out-migrant steelhead are aged using conventional methods to assign fish to cohorts through use of an age-length key.
PIT tag detections at John Day (juvenile bypass system) and Bonneville (adult fish ladders) dams are collected from PTAGIS and DART to estimate smolt to adult survival ratios (SAR) for John Day River origin summer steelhead and spring Chinook salmon. John Day River SAR ratios are estimated from smolt detection at John Day Dam to adult detection at Bonneville Dam. | $100,000 | 9.26% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| N | 229685 | 162 | Analyze/Interpret Data | Estimate Steelhead Escapement and Redd Density | Data from field surveys will be compiled to provide population metrics of steelhead status. Quantitative metrics include estimates of adult spawner escapement, redd density estimates, spatial structure and diversity (PHoS). | $73,000 | 6.76% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| O | 229687 | 159 | Transfer/Consolidate Regionally Standardized Data | Submit & Acquire PIT Tag Data to/from PTAGIS and NRIMP | PIT Tag data will be uploaded to the PTAGIS database in a timely fashion. A semi-automated system will be developed for efficient data transfer. Smolt trapping data are transferred and housed in ODFW's NRIMP database. | $45,000 | 4.17% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| P | 229688 | 161 | Disseminate Raw/Summary Data and Results | ATLAS Data Stewardship and Presentation | Help manage geo-spatial data for the ATLAS partnership via an AGOL account. Actively disseminate fish and habitat monitoring data during ATLAS meetings and in response to partnership requests to support data-driven restoration planning. | $30,000 | 2.78% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
| Q | 229689 | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | RM&E Technical Report | Each annual report will be organized as follows:
Abstract
Introduction
Description of project area
Materials and methods
Results and discussion of results by objective
Summary and conclusions
Appendices of supplemental information | $75,000 | 6.94% | 02/01/2023 | 01/31/2024 |
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