A Proposal is an application to continue existing work or start new work. While historically the Program solicited for all types of projects at once, starting in fiscal year 2009, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and BPA are reviewing and soliciting for projects that are similar in nature and intent. These "categorical" reviews started with Wildlife projects and continue with Research, Monitoring, & Evaluation (RME) and Artificial Production (Hatchery) projects.
![]() | RMECAT-2005-002-00 | Proposal Version 1 | Existing Project | Pending BPA Response | 2005-002-00 | Lower Granite Dam Adult Trap Operations | Collection and sampling of adult salmonids at Lower Granite Dam is an integral part of many studies. Past operation of the adult trap has been conducted primarily by NOAA Fisheries staff, in cooperation with other agencies. The demands on use of the Lower Granite Dam adult trap have increased in recent years, and are expected to increase in future years. Current uses of the adult trap include fall Chinook broodstock collection, run-reconstruction sampling, sampling of PIT-tagged fish from transportation studies to determine life history type (reservoir or oceantype migrant) for PIT tagged fish with known passage histories (i.e, transported, bypassed as a subyearling, bypassed as a yearling, or never detected), radio telemetry studies (both tagging and tag removal at the adult trap), PIT tagging of wild adult steelhead and wild adult Chinook to assess the efficacy of using genetic stock identification (GSI) and PIT tags to estimate the population characteristics of naturally produced steelhead and Chinook salmon, and starting in 2010, collection of sockeye salmon broodstock. Operation of the Lower Granite Dam adult trap will provide significant biological benefits for the Snake River fall Chinook ESU and critical information for run reconstuctions for other stocks needed by US v Oregon parties for harvest management. The continued operation of the trap is a proposed action in the federal Action Agencies' 2008 Final Updated Proposed Action and an offsite artificial propagation measure in NOAA Fisheries 2008 Remand Biological Opinion on operation of the FCRPS. | William Muir (Inactive) | 06/02/2010 | 07/08/2011 | William Muir (Inactive) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Programmatic | None | RME / AP Category Review | RM&E Cat. Review - RM&E | BiOp | ||
![]() | NPCC19-2005-002-00 | Proposal Version 2 | Existing Project | Pending Council Recommendation | 2005-002-00 | Lower Granite Dam Adult Trap Operations | Collection and sampling of adult salmonids at Lower Granite Dam is an integral part of many studies. Past operation of the adult trap has been conducted primarily by NOAA Fisheries staff, in cooperation with other agencies. The demands on use of the Lower Granite Dam adult trap have increased in recent years, and are expected to increase in future years. Current uses of the adult trap include fall Chinook broodstock collection, run-reconstruction sampling, sampling of PIT-tagged fish from transportation studies to determine life history type (reservoir or oceantype migrant), radio telemetry studies (both tagging and tag removal at the adult trap), PIT-tagging of wild adult steelhead and wild adult spring/summer Chinook to assess the efficacy of using genetic stock identification (GSI) and PIT tags to estimate the population characteristics of naturally produced steelhead and Chinook salmon, and bulltrout population monitoring. The trap also serves as an emergency collection site when environmental conditions are such that removal of adults is preferable to allowing them to continue migrating upriver; for example, the 2015 emergency trap-and-haul operation to collect sockeye broodstock. The continued operation of the trap is a proposed action in the federal Action Agencies' 2008 Final Updated Proposed Action and an offsite artificial propagation measure in NOAA Fisheries 2014 Remand Biological Opinion on operation of the FCRPS. | Rasa Keanini (Inactive) | $479,770 | 11/14/2018 | 05/30/2019 | Rasa Keanini (Inactive) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Programmatic | None | 2019-2021 Mainstem/Program Support | 2019-2021 Mainstem/Program Support | BiOp |