Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
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Contract Number:
Contract Title:
1992-026-04 EXP GRANDE RONDE CH EARLY LIFE HISTORY STUDY
Contract Start Date:
2/1/2021
Contract End Date:
1/31/2022
Title:
L: 162 - ODFW Survival & Relative Success of Juvenile Salmonids of the Grande Ronde and Imnaha Subbasins
Description:
Estimates of survival will be generated using PIT tag detection information for both spring Chinook salmon and summer steelhead, and will cover important early life stages as well as relative success of fish that emigrate early (fall) and late (spring) from study streams of the Grande Ronde and Imnaha river basins. Estimates of survival of summer parr to Lower Granite Dam, egg to migrant survival, overwinter survival and relative success of juvenile spring Chinook salmon and summer steelhead that emigrated early (fall) and late (spring) from the study streams of Catherine Creek, upper Grande Ronde River, Lostine River, and Minam River during migration year 2022.

Specific Assessments Include:
• Estimate survival to Lower Granite Dam of spring Chinook salmon parr tagged in summer from five natural populations in the Grande Ronde River and Imnaha River subbasins using the SURPH (Survival Under Proportional Hazards) program developed by University of Washington.
• Estimate relative success of fall and spring migrant life history strategies of spring Chinook salmon and steelhead, derived by comparing survival probabilities of fall migrants to spring migrants in each of the study streams.
• Estimate Viable Salmonid Population (VSP) indicator, smolts from tributary per spawner, for spring Chinook salmon in Catherine Creek, Upper Grande Ronde River, Minam River, and Lostine River populations.
• Estimate survival from egg to migrant using the migrant abundance estimates combined with adult escapement and fecundity data obtained from Lower Snake River Compensation Plan - Oregon Evaluation Program for spring Chinook salmon in each of the study streams.
• Estimate overwinter survival of spring Chinook salmon in Catherine Creek, upper Grande Ronde River, and Lostine River using SURPH program. Overwinter survival estimates will be derived by comparing survival probabilities of winter residents to spring migrants in the study streams.
WE Agreement Type:
Contracted
Deliverable Specification:
For Estimates of Survival: An error-checked dataset and metadata will be stored consistent with the database(s) and protocol documented in contract. Data will be publicly accessible, with stipulations for limitations of use and data generator attribution. Additional implementation notes and analysis will be in the Annual Report, or attached to the protocol as implementation notes.

• Estimate survival to Lower Granite Dam of spring Chinook salmon parr tagged in summer from five natural populations in the Grande Ronde River and Imnaha River subbasins using the SURPH (Survival Under Proportional Hazards) program developed by University of Washington.

• Estimate relative success of fall and spring migrant life history strategies of spring Chinook salmon and steelhead, derived by comparing survival probabilities of fall migrants to spring migrants in each of the study streams.

• Estimate Viable Salmonid Population (VSP) indicator, smolts from tributary per spawner, for spring Chinook salmon in Catherine Creek, Upper Grande Ronde River, Minam River, and Lostine River populations.

• Estimate survival from egg to migrant using the migrant abundance estimates combined with adult escapement and fecundity data obtained from Lower Snake River Compensation Plan - Oregon Evaluation Program for spring Chinook salmon in each of the study streams.

• Estimate overwinter survival of spring Chinook salmon in Catherine Creek, upper Grande Ronde River, and Lostine River using SURPH program. Overwinter survival estimates will be derived by comparing survival probabilities of winter residents to spring migrants in the study streams.
WSE Effective Budget:
$131,287
% of Total WSE Effective Budget:
11.08%
WSE Start:
02/01/2021
WSE End:
01/31/2022
WSE Completion:
01/31/2022
WSE Progress:
Concluded
WSE ID Continued From:
n/a
WSE ID Continued To:
n/a
Finite or Recurring:
Recurring

SOWRevision Planned Updated Contractor Comments (optional) BPA Comments (optional)
1. 74313 REL 91 (02/01/2021 - 01/31/2022) $175,000 $131,287 cost change due to staffing vacancies
Work Element Budget (Current Performance Period) $175,000 $131,287 cost change due to staffing vacancies

8 Milestones
Sort Type Title Start End Status Modified By Modified Date
A PUBPROTOCOL Review, revise, and publish Study Plan and Methods in monitoringmethods.org 2/1/2021 1/31/2022 Active Russell Scranton 8/11/2021 10:56:41 AM
Description: The Study Plan (including temporal and spatial design) and Methods for this work element are stored at monitoringresources.org and need to be finalized (i.e., "Published" through monitoringresources.org), preferably prior to data collection. Preparations for contract renewals must include reviewing any previously published Study Plan/Methods to ensure that they are consistent with how work will be done in any subsequent contract.
B Yearly upload of error-checked datasets 2/1/2021 1/31/2022 Concluded Russell Scranton 8/11/2021 10:56:41 AM
Description: Upload datasets with associated metadata to a publicly accessible site each year as soon as they have been QA/QC checked. This generally happens within 6 months for direct field-to-database input, but may be longer if laboratory analysis is required (e.g., scale reading or genetic analyses). If data is not QA/QCed within 1 year, data must be made accessible with acknowledgement of QA/QC limitations. Periods for dataset collection should be no longer than a year, and coincide with the logical biology of the data collection, which may not be on a calendar year. Example of a dataset: redd counts for one species for one season for a particular brood year. Dataset upload requirements apply to both original and derived data, which should be at a level of quality suitable for release to resource co-managers to make decisions – not the rigor required as if you were going to use the data for a peer-reviewed publication.
C Estimate survival to Lower Granite Dam for spring Chinook salmon parr tagged in late summer 9/1/2021 1/31/2022 Concluded Russell Scranton 8/11/2021 10:56:41 AM
Description: Information obtained from PTAGIS database will be used to estimate survival probabilities from parr to smolt at Lower Granite Dam using the SURPH (Survival Under Proportional Hazards) program developed by University of Washington.
D Estimate relative success of fall and spring migrant life history strategies 9/1/2021 1/31/2022 Concluded Russell Scranton 8/11/2021 10:56:41 AM
Description: Information obtained from PTAGIS database will be used to estimate survival probabilities to Lower Granite Dam for both fall migrants and spring migrants PIT tagged leaving the study streams using SURPH program. The relative success will be derived by comparing survival probabilities of fall migrants to spring migrants in each of the study streams.
E Estimate smolts leaving tributary per spawner (VSP Indicator) for spring Chinook salmon 9/1/2021 1/31/2022 Concluded Russell Scranton 8/11/2021 10:56:41 AM
Description: Estimate smolts leaving tributary per spawner from the abundance estimates from WE F, survival of fall and spring migrant life history strategies in this WE, and the number of spawners from each population obtained from the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan - Oregon Evaluation Program.
F Estimate survival from egg to migrant for spring Chinook salmon in each of four study streams 9/1/2021 1/31/2022 Concluded Russell Scranton 8/11/2021 10:56:41 AM
Description: Estimate spring Chinook salmon survival from egg to migrant using the migrant abundance estimates combined with adult escapement and fecundity data obtained from the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan - Oregon Evaluation Program.
G Estimate overwinter survival of spring Chinook salmon in selected study streams 9/1/2021 1/31/2022 Concluded Russell Scranton 8/11/2021 10:56:41 AM
Description: Information obtained from PTAGIS database will be used to estimate survival probabilities of spring Chinook salmon tagged in winter rearing areas (residents) above screw traps and spring migrants from Catherine Creek, upper Grande Ronde River, and Lostine River to Lower Granite Dam using SURPH program. Overwinter survival estimates will be derived by comparing survival probabilities of winter residents to spring migrants in the study streams.
H DELIV Produce accessible, error-checked datasets with metadata 1/31/2022 Concluded Russell Scranton 8/11/2021 10:56:41 AM
Description: For Estimates of Survival: An error-checked dataset and metadata will be stored consistent with the database(s) and protocol documented in contract. Data will be publicly accessible, with stipulations for limitations of use and data generator attribution. Additional implementation notes and analysis will be in the Annual Report, or attached to the protocol as implementation notes. • Estimate survival to Lower Granite Dam of spring Chinook salmon parr tagged in summer from five natural populations in the Grande Ronde River and Imnaha River subbasins using the SURPH (Survival Under Proportional Hazards) program developed by University of Washington. • Estimate relative success of fall and spring migrant life history strategies of spring Chinook salmon and steelhead, derived by comparing survival probabilities of fall migrants to spring migrants in each of the study streams. • Estimate Viable Salmonid Population (VSP) indicator, smolts from tributary per spawner, for spring Chinook salmon in Catherine Creek, Upper Grande Ronde River, Minam River, and Lostine River populations. • Estimate survival from egg to migrant using the migrant abundance estimates combined with adult escapement and fecundity data obtained from Lower Snake River Compensation Plan - Oregon Evaluation Program for spring Chinook salmon in each of the study streams. • Estimate overwinter survival of spring Chinook salmon in Catherine Creek, upper Grande Ronde River, and Lostine River using SURPH program. Overwinter survival estimates will be derived by comparing survival probabilities of winter residents to spring migrants in the study streams.

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Primary Focal Species:
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened); Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened)
Secondary Focal Species:
None

This work element does not require Environmental Compliance
Title Link
Fish Monitoring (SN Trends) https://dev.streamnet.org/data/trends/
Study Plan Name Study Plan Owner Protocol State Sample Design Name
ODFW Seining Sampling and Data Collection Activities for Chinook Salmon Parr in Summer v1.0 Polly Gibson Draft ODFW Survival & Relative Success of Juvenile Salmonids of the Grande Ronde and Imnaha Subbasins - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife v1.0

ID Name Type Optional Customized Based On Status
485 Cormack-Jolly-Seber (CJS) Model v1.0 Data Analysis/Interpretation No N/A Finalized
204 Fish Capture-Seining v1.0 Data Collection No N/A Finalized
785 Fish survival using mark-recapture v1.0 Data Analysis/Interpretation No N/A Archived
1734 Fish wet weight v1.0 Data Collection No N/A Finalized
550 Juvenile fish survival v1.0 Data Analysis/Interpretation No N/A Draft
4041 Measuring Fish Length: Fork length v2.0 Data Collection No N/A Finalized
891 Modified Beach Seine - Wandering Pole Seine v1.0 Data Collection No Beach Seine - Wandering Pole Seine v1.0 Finalized
6583 PIT tag marking procedures v2.0 Data Collection No N/A Finalized

Title Category Subcategory Subcategory focus 1 Subcategory focus 2
Length of fish at age Fish Length: Fish Species (ID: 75) Fish Life Stage: Juvenile - Migrant NA
Population-scale survival Fish Survival Rate: Fish (ID: 99) Fish Life Stage: RANGE: Juvenile to Juvenile Fish Origin: Natural
PIT tagging Fish Mark/Tag Application (ID: 201) NA NA
Weight Fish Weight: Fish (ID: 206) Fish Life Stage: Juvenile - Parr Fish Origin: Natural
Name Value
Chinook Spring-Summer Interior Columbia Pop. Name Catherine Creek
Chinook Spring-Summer Interior Columbia Pop. Name Grande Ronde River upper mainstem
Steelhead Summer-Winter Interior Columbia Pop. Name Grande Ronde River upper mainstem
Chinook Spring-Summer Interior Columbia Pop. Name Imnaha River mainstem
Chinook Spring-Summer Interior Columbia Pop. Name Lostine River
Chinook Spring-Summer Interior Columbia Pop. Name Minam River
Steelhead Summer-Winter Interior Columbia Pop. Name Wallowa River