Fish Research Project Oregon; Implementation of the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) Protocol in the John Day Subbasin of the Columbia Plateau Province - Annual Progress Report 2006

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Citation

Originator: James, C. A., M. L. Garriott, A. M. Bult, J. R. Ruzycki, R. W. Carmichael

Publish Date: 2007

Online Link: https://www.cbfish.org/Document.mvc/Viewer/P104780

BPA Project #: 1998-016-02

Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Ian Tattam

Job Position: Project Leader

Telephone: 541-962-3027

E-Mail Address: Ian.A.Tattam@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: The Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP), in their guidance on monitoring, strongly recommended that the region move away from index surveys and embrace probabilistic sampling for most population and habitat monitoring. To meet the ISRP’s recommendation, we extended the structure and methods employed by the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds Monitoring Program to the John Day subbasin. This approach incorporates the sampling strategy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). The EMAP is a long-term research effort with a statistically based and spatially explicit sampling design. This program, successfully implemented in Oregon’s coastal watersheds, applies a rigorous, Tier-2 sampling design to answer key monitoring questions, integrate on-going sampling efforts, and improve agency coordination. The objectives of this project are to determine annual estimates of steelhead spawner escapement, juvenile salmonid rearing distributions, physical habitat conditions, smolt-to-adult survival rates (SAR), and track changes in the status and trends of these estimates over time. We began to meet these objectives in 2004 through spawning ground surveys initiated in spring and juvenile salmonid and habitat surveys during summer. In addition, data from on-going projects in the basin, such as smolt and adult monitoring, will be incorporated in future years to develop a more complete picture of status and trends in resources and life-stage specific survival not targeted under the EMAP program. We believe this project will be the vehicle to synthesize all related fish population and habitat monitoring data at the provincial and subbasin scales. ODFW, Eastern Oregon Fish Research (EOFR)

Purpose: 1. Monitor status and trends in the abundance of juvenile salmonids and stream and riparian habitats in the John Day River basin. 2. Monitor status and trends in steelhead redd abundance and spawners in the John Day River basin.

Time Period of Content: 2005-2006

Geographic Extent: John Day River Basin

Status: Final

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