Stream Temperature Data and Fish Counts Collected at Rotary Fish Screen Bypass Traps throughout the John Day Basin 1955 - 1995, South Fork John Day Subbasin

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Citation

Originator: Claire, Errol, Ken Delano, Pat Holliday and Gretchen Wilson

Publish Date: 1996

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: cedric.x.cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: The data contained in this report is a compilation of actual field measurements and fish counts taken throughout a 40 year period from 1955 to 1995. The information was collected as part of a major John Day River fish screening program designed to protect juvenile Salmon and Steelhead from perishing in irrigation diversion ditches throughout the John Day Basin. The program was started and funded in 1952 under the Columbia Program Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service. The actual construction, operation and maintenance of the fish screens was done under contract by the then Oregon State Game Commission (OSGC), later to become the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. These Data were actually collected on site by the screen maintenance technicians hired by OSGC to service and maintain the installed screens and bypass fish traps. At least one or more bypass traps were installed on each major stream with screens throughout the basin and all fish caught in the screen bypass traps throughout the irrigation season were counted to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. These technicians would check the traps and take stream temperatures from one to five times per week throughout the irrigation season which usually ran in the early years from mid March through mid November. The central maintenance shop for the John Day fish screen program was constructed in 1952-53 near Canyon City, Oregon and operateq in that location for over forty years (1953- 1994) until a new facility was built west of John Day, Oregon in 1994.

Purpose: The primary purpose of this project was to preserve a long term set of important actual empirical field data for future use that would otherwise have been disposed of. Errol Claire, a long term employee and John Day District fish biologist for ODFW (1959-1996) had the foresight to keep track of these old field reports and prevented their disposal. Mr. Claire had actually worked with each of the screen maintenance technicians that collected these data which still remained on the old original data forms. He has been the primary facilitator in recovering, interpreting and preparing this data for computer storage and analysis. Ken Delano, manager of the Grant Soil and Water Conservation District has played a major role in providing the computer base for storage and was responsible for writing and serving the contracts for funding. Gretchen Wilson and Pat Holliday provided invaluable help with .the computer key punching and data entry work. Colby Moulton, ODFW John Day Fish Screen Supervisor provided the most recent data from 1990-94. Mike Crumrine, B.L.M. - Prineville District and Julie Luetzelschwab of the Malheur National Forest, with technical help from Errol Claire were responsible for creating the excellent GIS maps for this project.

Time Period of Content: 1955-1995

Geographic Extent: South Fork John Day Subbasin

Status: Final

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Is a physical copy maintained for reference at Headquarters? Yes