Fish Passage Center Memos

• 13
• 12
• 11
• 10
• 09
• 08
• 07
• 06
• 05
• 04
• 03
• 02
• 01 & 00

• 2013
  • BON Operations Task Group - Comments on Proposed Fish Passage Plan Change Form and Supporting Memorandum - May 7, 2013
  • Transportation Start Date - April 23, 2013
  • Spread the Risk Data Request - April 23, 2013
  • Summer spill initiation under 2008 BiOp and subyearling fall Chinook timing at LMN - April 22, 2013
  • Operation of the Ice Harbor Adult Trap (Spring 2013) - April 12, 2013
  • Permission to Radio Tag (Previously PIT Tagged) Adult Chinook at Ice Harbor Dam, Spring 2013 - March 27, 2013
  • 2012 Performance Testing at Lower Columbia Dams - March 22, 2013
  • Performance Testing at Lower Monumental and Little Goose Dams, 2009 and 2012 - March 19, 2013
  • Review of Draft 2013 Fish Operations Plan compared to 2012 Fish Operations Plan - February 28, 2013
  • Re-Evaluation of winter 2012/2013 operations at Grand Coulee and Bonneville - February 27, 2013
  • 2012 Performance Testing at Lower Monumental and Little Goose Dams - February 11, 2013
  • Estimates of adult timing and smolt-to-adult returns (SARs) of PIT-tagged Hanford Reach wild fall Chinook - January 30, 2013
  • Juvenile survival estimates and SARs of Upper Columbia River stocks - January 25, 2013
  • Factors that could have affected the return of migration year 2011 A-Run Steelhead - January 10, 2013
  • Update: Passage timing, travel times, and juvenile survival of wild Hanford Reach sub-yearling Chinook to McNary Dam (1993-2012) - January 9, 2013
  • Review Comments on, “Effects of Release History, Migration History, and Adult Detection Location on Smolt to Adult Return Rates for Snake River Sockeye Salmon”, October 22, 2012 - January 8, 2013
  • Use of Monitoring Methods by the Fish Passage Center - January 4, 2013
  • Summary of Comments on Performance Testing - January 4, 2013
  • Columbia Gorge Complex Hatchery Report - updated through 2012 - January 2, 2013

• 2012
  • Sawtooth Hatchery Report 2007-2012 - December 31, 2012
  • Pahsimeroi Hatchery Report 2008-2012 - December 28, 2012
  • Clearwater Hatchery Report 2006-2012 - December 28, 2012
  • Dworshak Hatchery Report 1997-2012 - December 28, 2012
  • Lookingglass Hatchery Report 1997-2012 - December 28, 2012
  • McCall Hatchery Report 1997-2012 - December 28, 2012
  • Priest Rapids Hatchery Report 1997-2012 - December 28, 2012
  • Wells Hatchery Report 1997-2012 - December 28, 2012
  • Leavenworth Hatchery Report 1997-2012 - December 28, 2012
  • Rapid River Hatchery Report 1997-2012 - December 27, 2012
  • Recommendation for future operations at Bonneville Dam with regard to open geometry - December 18, 2012
  • Re-ascension rates at Bonneville Dam in response to Operations in 2012 - December 17, 2012
  • Effects of operations at Bonneville Dam second powerhouse and juvenile sample mortalities, 2008-2012 - December 17, 2012
  • Survival and migration timing for two release sites of Hanford Reach fall Chinook PIT-tagged and released in 2011 and 2012 - December 13, 2012
  • Odessa Subarea Special Study, Final Environmental Impact Statement - December 5, 2012
  • Results of 2012 Lamprey Monitoring - November 14, 2012
  • PTAGIS Data System, meeting October 23, 2012 - October 25, 2012
  • Summary of mortality, descaling, injury and gas bubble trauma data from Smolt Monitoring Program (2002-2012) - October 19, 2012
  • FPAC request to establish sockeye and fall Chinook monitoring mark groups - October 17, 2012
  • Evaluation of proposal entitled, “Provide access to Columbia River water when flows exceed the Biological Opinion (Bi-OP) flows for fish” - October 5, 2012
  • Estimated spill volumes resulting in 120% total dissolved gas in the tailrace at Upper-Columbia PUD projects - October 5, 2012
  • AMIP model inputs - October 3, 2012
  • Juvenile Migration Characteristics of the 2012 B Run Steelhead Return - September 18, 2012
  • Comments on bypass selectivity proposals to SRWG - September 10, 2012
  • Spilling water at hydroelectric projects in the Columbia & Snake rivers - September 6, 2012
  • Adult Sockeye survival in the Bonneville to McNary Dam reach - September 6, 2012
  • Open Geometry Operations - July 30, 2012
  • FPC data access request and PTAGIS beta website - June 19, 2012
  • Juvenile Fish Mortality Estimates for Bonneville Second Powerhouse Bypass - June 7, 2012
  • CSS Annual Review response to comments - May 22, 2012
  • Sockeye juvenile mortality and descaling at Bonneville Dam, May 3-9, 2012 - May 10, 2012
  • Bonneville Dam Passage - May 4, 2012
  • Potential for Reducing Daytime Spill/Increasing Nighttime Spill Using Storage at Bonneville to Aid in Adult Passage - May 2, 2012
  • Review comments on the NOAA paper entitled, “Changing rates of upstream survival in Snake River Spring-Summer Chinook Salmon during the migration season as indicated by short interval PIT tag estimates of survival” - April 26, 2012
  • Overview of Bonneville Dam powerhouse operations and Spring Creek subyearling Chinook passage and mortality - April 24, 2012
  • Review of “Adult Upper Columbia River and Snake River Spring Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Survival through the Federal Columbia River Power System Hydroelectric Projects” Final Phase I Report June 29, 2011 - April 24, 2012
  • 2011 Gas Bubble Trauma Biological Monitoring - Wells Hydroelectric Project - April 20, 2012
  • Historical Spill Summary 1981 to 2011 - April 18, 2012
  • Survival and migration timing for two release sites of Hanford Reach fall Chinook PIT-tagged and released in 2011 - April 18, 2012
  • Review Comments on draft report “The Marine Ecology of Juvenile Columbia River Basin Salmonids: A Synthesis of Research 1998-2011” - April 6, 2012
  • Conditions affecting the 2011 and 2012 Fall Chinook Adult Returns to Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery. - March 27, 2012
  • Comments on BON and TDA Performance Standards Testing in 2010 - March 23, 2012
  • Comparison of juvenile spring Chinook and steelhead survival estimates, Faulkner et al. (2010) and the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) (2011) - March 20, 2012
  • FCRPS Juvenile Performance Standard and Metrics - March 16, 2012
  • Comparison of fish mortality via spillways and turbines - March 9, 2012
  • Draft 2012 Fish Operation Plan - February 24, 2012
  • Acoustic tagging Studies in the Lower Columbia, performance standards, and review of “Analysis of Dam-Passage Survival of Yearling and Subyearling Chinook Salmon and Juvenile Steelhead at The Dalles Dam, Oregon, 2010 - February 15, 2012
  • Summer migration, Columbia River - February 10, 2012
  • Comparison of GBT incidence at Rock Island Dam versus Rocky Reach Dam in 2011 - January 30, 2012
  • Columbia Gorge Complex Hatchery Report - 2011 - January 3, 2012

• 2011
  • Comments Draft PITtag plan for the Snake-Columbia River Basin - December 29, 2011
  • Wild Chinook Lower Monumental transport SARs - December 28, 2011
  • Dworshak Hatchery Report 1997-2011 - December 22, 2011
  • Pahsimeroi Hatchery Report 2008-2011 - December 20, 2011
  • Sawtooth Hatchery Report 2007-2011 - December 20, 2011
  • Rapid River Hatchery Report 1997-2011 - December 20, 2011
  • Lookingglass Hatchery Report 1997-2011 - December 20, 2011
  • Clearwater Hatchery Report 2006-2011 - December 20, 2011
  • McCall Hatchery Report 1997-2011 - December 19, 2011
  • Juvenile survival estimates of Upper Columbia River stocks - December 19, 2011
  • Leavenworth Hatchery Report 1997-2011 - December 16, 2011
  • Clarification of December 9, 2011 memo regarding Little Goose spill operations and adult Chinook conversion rates and travel times. - December 14, 2011
  • 2011 Little Goose Dam spill operations and adult travel times and conversion rates. - December 9, 2011
  • Results of 2011 lamprey monitoring and request for guidance for 2012 - November 22, 2011
  • Priest Rapids Hatchery Report 1997-2011 - November 2, 2011
  • Wells Hatchery Report 1997-2011 - November 2, 2011
  • Re-ascension rates of adult Chinook at Lower Granite Dam and McNary Dam and spill operations (2007-2011) - October 18, 2011
  • Response to ISAB Comments, Review of Three Fish Passage Center Technical Memoranda September 16, 2011 - October 13, 2011
    • ISAB Review of Three Fish Passage Center Technical Memoranda- September 16, 2011
  • Smolt Monitoring Program, Gas Bubble Trauma Monitoring 2011 - October 10, 2011
  • Northwest Fishletter Article - September 28, 2011
  • Juvenile survival estimates for Snake River sockeye for 2011 out-migration - September 28, 2011
  • Results of 2011 Lamprey Monitoring and request for guidance for 2012 - September 15, 2011
  • The biological seriousness of Rank 1 and Rank 2 GBT signs - September 13, 2011
  • 2009 Acoustic Tag Study at Little Goose Dam - August 29, 2011
  • Data Request: Equations for survival, FTT graphs UCL, LCL reaches - July 19, 2011
  • Juvenile Fish Travel Time and Survival – a common currency for evaluating fish passage operations - July 15, 2011
  • Benefits of spill for juvenile fish passage at hydroelectric projects - July 14, 2011
  • 2011 spring outmigration and ocean conditions compared to 1998 and 1999 - July 12, 2011
  • Fallback and conversion rates of adult Chinook at Lower Granite Dam (2007-2011) (Amended) - July 12, 2011
  • Columbia & Snake Rivers Smolt Monitoring Program Gas Bubble Trauma – June 24, 2011 Update - June 24, 2011
  • John Day Acoustic Tagging Compliance Monitoring - June 21, 2011
  • Columbia & Snake Rivers Smolt Monitoring Program Gas Bubble Trauma – June 17, 2011 Update - June 17, 2011
  • Columbia & Snake Rivers Smolt Monitoring Program Gas Bubble Trauma – June 9, 2011 Update - June 10, 2011
  • Performance Standard Testing, Hydroelectric project configuration testing, comparing operations - June 8, 2011
  • Juvenile and adult passage timing of Salmon River spring/summer Chinook
    (2006-2010) - June 6, 2011
  • Columbia & Snake Rivers Smolt Monitoring Program Gas Bubble Trauma - June 3, 2011 Update - June 3, 2011
  • Columbia & Snake Rivers Smolt Monitoring Program Gas Bubble Trauma - May 27, 2011
  • Lower Monumental SOR 2011-2 - April 25, 2011
  • Juvenile migration success of spring Chinook adults that are returning in 2011 - April 14, 2011
  • Time series graphs of environmental conditions and spring Chinook adult counts (2001-2010) at Bonneville Dam - April 13, 2011
  • Adult spring Chinook timing at Bonneville Dam and environmental factors
    from March 15 – April 15 - April 12, 2011
  • Adult spring Chinook timing at Bonneville Dam and environmental factors - April 11, 2011
  • Estimated reduction in number of total dissolved gas exceedence days if managing to 120% TDG in tailrace monitors - April 4, 2011
  • Historic passage index at Bonneville Dam for yearling Chinook juveniles - April 4, 2011
  • Review 2011 Acoustic Tag study design for John Day Dam - March 24, 2011
  • Data request to review 2010 PIT-tag reach survival data in relation to flows and spill levels experienced by out-migrating juvenile salmon - March 2, 2011
  • John Day Dam Operations in 2011, COE White Paper Sensitivity Analysis - March 2, 2011
  • Comments on Draft 2011 Spring Fish Operations Plan - February 28, 2011
  • Data request regarding spill at John Day Dam - February 28, 2011
  • NOAA Tangle Net Study and Sort by Code Request - February 18, 2011
  • Review Performance Standard Testing / John Day 2010 - February 16, 2011
  • Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Odessa Subarea Special Study - January 13, 2011
  • Effects of passage through juvenile powerhouse bypass systems at main stem dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. - January 28, 2011

• 2010
  • 2011 Operations - November 30, 2010
  • Breakdown of ocean-age of returning PIT-tagged adult Fall Chinook at Lower Granite Dam in 2010 - November 19, 2010
  • Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Fall 2010 PIT-tagging Operations - November 19, 2010
  • Delayed/latent mortality and dam passage, fish passage operations implications. - October 6, 2010
  • Delayed/latent mortality and dam passage. - October 5, 2010
  • Adult fall Chinook counts at Priest Rapids Dam in relation to those at McNary and Ice Harbor dams. - September 27, 2010
  • Carson Hatchery Report 1997-2010 - September 1, 2010
  • Rapid River Hatchery Report 1997-2010 - September 1, 2010
  • Priest Rapids Hatchery Report 1997-2010 - September 1, 2010
  • McCall Hatchery Report 1997-2010 - September 1, 2010
  • Lookingglass Hatchery Report 1997-2010 - September 1, 2010
  • Leavenworth Hatchery Report 1997-2010 - September 1, 2010
  • Dworshak Hatchery Report 1997-2010 - September 1, 2010
  • Wells Hatchery Report 1997-2010 - September 1, 2010
  • Review of Acoustic Telemetry Evaluation of Juvenile Salmonid Passage at John Day Dam, 2009 Draft Final Report. - July 29, 2010
  • Comments on fall Chinook workshop and Methods for Analysis Report Draft. - July 9, 2010
  • Preliminary Reach survival estimates and transport probabilities for Spring migrant juvenile salmon from the Snake River Basin in 2010. - July 8, 2010
  • Data request looking at SARs by passage route at Bonneville Dam for subyearling Chinook. - June 2, 2010
  • Passage timing data at Rock Island Dam - May 24, 2010
  • Estimated spill volume, survivals, and spill passage at Ice Harbor under FOP Operations versus IDFG Proposed 50%/50% spill operation - May 12, 2010
  • Response to Comments: Scoping for the Independent Scientific Advisory Board Review of Fish Passage Center Products - May 7, 2010
    • Scoping for the Independent Scientific Advisory Board Review of Fish Passage Center Products- March 4, 2010
  • Initiation of Transportation in 2010 - April 18, 2010
  • 2010 Water Supply and Snowpack - April 14, 2010
  • NOAA proposed juvenile fish passage operation for 2010 in the Snake River - March 2, 2010
  • COE proposal regarding increase smolt transportation at McNary Dam - February 17, 2010
  • Review of the NOAA Transportation analyses and potential effects of reducing spill for fish passage in May and beginning the transportation program earlier in the spring and supporting analyses - February 9, 2010
  • Lower Monumental bypass effects on Snake River Chinook and steelhead - February 3, 2010
  • Update of Sockeye Memos – Inclusion of 2009 data - January 26, 2010
  • Review of RSW and TSW studies - January 15, 2010
  • Tucannon River Steelhead Straying Behavior - January 8, 2010
  • Juvenile Fall Chinook timing in the Columbia River - January 5, 2010

• 2009
  • Pit Tag Effects - December 7, 2009
  • Spring Chinook adult run timing at Bonneville Dam (1977-2009) - November 20, 2009
  • Adult spring Chinook timing at Bonneville Dam and environmental factors (revised) - November 16, 2009
  • Greater than 30% spill at Little Goose Dam and adult travel times and conversion rates. - November 6, 2009
  • Steelhead daily passage estimates at Lower Granite Dam 2005 to 2009. - November 5, 2009
  • Juvenile Lamprey timing at McNary Dam 2000 to 2008. - November 5, 2009
  • Adult spring Chinook timing at Bonneville Dam and environmental factors (original) - November 5, 2009
  • Fall Chinook Jack Count 2009 - October 29, 2009
  • Reach Survival Estimates for Steelhead reported in 2009 - September 29, 2009
  • Travel time, migration timing, and survival of yearling spring Chinook reared and released at Lookingglass Hatchery. - September 25, 2009
  • Carson Hatchery Report 1997-2009 - September 2, 2009
  • Rapid River Hatchery Report 1997-2009 - September 2, 2009
  • Priest Rapids Hatchery Report 1997-2009 - September 2, 2009
  • McCall Hatchery Report 1997-2009 - September 2, 2009
  • Lookingglass Hatchery Report 1997-2009 - September 2, 2009
  • Leavenworth Hatchery Report 1997-2009 - September 2, 2009
  • Dworshak Hatchery Report 1997-2009 - September 2, 2009
  • Wells Hatchery Report 1997-2009 - September 2, 2009
  • Steelhead Adult Returns in 2009 - August 27, 2009
  • WTT and Fish Survival and the 1 Maf of Supplemental Canadian Storage. - August 17, 2009
  • Data request regarding the large numbers of returning adults. - August 5, 2009
  • Proportion of sockeye adults passing McNary Dam during evening non-counting hours. - July 21, 2009
  • ISAB/ISRP Tagging Report and associated NPCC staff recommendation to the NPCC. - July 10, 2009
  • Data Request on adult return timing of PIT-tagged spring and summer Chinook - July 9, 2009
  • High spring Chinook jack counts in 2009 - July 2, 2009
  • Adult Count Discrepancies at Columbia and Snake Rivers hydro electric projects - July 2, 2009
  • Review of; "Statistical Design for the Lower Columbia River Acoustic-Tag Investigations of Dam Passage Survival and Associated Metrics" - June 24, 2009
  • Mainstem monitoring: Comparative Survival Study; Coordination and integration of marking for estimation of smolt to adult returns (SAR) juvenile migration survivals and mainstem passage characteristics, The Smolt Monitoring Program; juvenile migration passage characteristics including survival. - June 22, 2009
  • 2009 Update of Proportion of hatchery Snake River subyearling Chinook (released above Lower Granite Dam) that are released unclipped and/or unmarked. - June 16, 2009
  • Proportion of fall Chinook and steelhead adults passing LGR during evening noncounting hours - June 11, 2009
  • Data request to evaluate the adult passage count discrepancy for sockeye between John Day and McNary dams in 2008 - June 10, 2009
  • Spring Chinook adult passage in Snake River in May 2009 - June 1, 2009
  • Survival and detectability for 2007 Hanford Reach juvenile fall Chinook - May 22, 2009
  • Ice Harbor bypass effects on Snake River hatchery Chinook returns - May 21, 2009
  • Survival and detectability for 2008 Hanford Reach juvenile fall Chinook - April 28, 2009
  • Audit of PTAGIS server system by Darin Jackson and Andrew Wilcox - April 15, 2009
  • Report on PTAGIS web query progress - April 15, 2009
  • Quarterly Fish Passage Center Report for January - March, 2009 - April 14, 2009
  • Factors affecting adult passage of spring Chinook - April 8, 2009
  • Responses to list of concerns regarding FPC32.net data entry program - March 31, 2009
  • Standardized Sample Size requirements for SMP condition sampling and transportation Barge loading data requirements and weight calculations - March 31, 2009
  • Reduction in spring spill at FCRPS Projects under the Draft 2009 Fish Operations Plan, compared to 2008 Fish Operations Plan - March 27, 2009
  • Fish Passage Operations 2009 - March 24, 2009
  • Meeting both April 10th needs at Grand Coulee and Chum needs below Bonneville - March 24, 2009
  • Comparing Yakima PIT tagged fish and acoustic/PIT tagged fish from 2006-2008 - March 13, 2009
  • Libby End of December Draft - March 10, 2009
  • Reduction in spring spill at Lower Granite, Little Goose, and Lower Monumental dams due to later spring spill start date and earlier initiation of summer spill volumes under the 2008 Biological Opinion - March 5, 2009
  • Estimated spill volume at IHR under 40%/40% operations and estimated reduction in summer spill at Snake River projects due to termination of spill in August, as presented in the 2008 BiOp - March 5, 2009
  • Start of sampling at Smolt Monitoring Program Sites. - March 5, 2009
  • Review of Reservoir Operations 2008/2009. - March 2, 2009
  • Update Smolt Monitoring Program remote site data entry program upgrade. - February 27, 2009
  • Review, NOAA, Factors affecting sockeye salmon returns to the Columbia River in 2008. - February 18, 2009
  • Fish Passage Plan, transportation dates and spill - February 18, 2009
  • Adult travel times through Bonneville Dam, before and after the operation of Powerhouse 1. - January 29, 2009
  • FPC use of PITAGIS - January 9, 2009

• 2008
  • Review, "Survival of migrating salmon smolts in large rivers with and without dams", Welch et al. PLOS Biology 2008 - November 13, 2008
  • Estimation of holdover proportion among PIT-tagged Snake River hatchery and wild fall Chinook, migration years 1997-2007 - November 7, 2008
  • Response to Questions regarding the FPC Spill Volume Analysis - October 20, 2008
  • Questions from Agnes Lut: If the 2001 data was removed, would the figures still show a statistically significant relationship? Would the relationships remain the same? - October 15, 2008
  • Carson Hatchery Report 1997-2008 - September 25, 2008
  • Rapid River Hatchery Report 1997-2008 - September 25, 2008
  • Priest Rapids Hatchery Report 1997-2008 - September 25, 2008
  • McCall Hatchery Report 1997-2008 - September 25, 2008
  • Lookingglass Hatchery Report 1997-2008 - September 25, 2008
  • Leavenworth Hatchery Report 1997-2008 - September 25, 2008
  • Dworshak Hatchery Report 1997-2008 - September 25, 2008
  • Wells Hatchery Report 1997-2008 - September 25, 2008
  • Chinook jack passage at Priest Rapids Dam - September 22, 2008
  • Updated data request regarding Adult Lamprey passage numbers at Bonneville Dam in 2008 compared to other recent years - September 17, 2008
  • Response to Data Request from Scott Levy, Bluefish.org - September 15, 2008
  • Passage timing of juvenile subyearling Chinook above Lower Granite Dam - August 27, 2008
  • Natural Flow Component of Upper Snake Flow Augmentation - August 27, 2008
  • Fin hemorrhage/inflammation at Lower Monumental Dam and other dams in relation to higher temperatures in July and August - August 18, 2008
  • Adult Sockeye and ocean conditions - August 18, 2008
  • Data request regarding Adult Lamprey passage numbers at Bonneville Dam in 2008 compared to other recent years - August 14, 2008
  • Estimation of termination date of summer spill at Snake River projects under the 2008 BiOp and 2008 MOA - August 14, 2008
  • 1998-2008 Average Daily Temperature, Average 12-hr TDG, and Spill at Dworshak Dam, the Clearwater at Peck, and the Clearwater at Lewiston - August 13, 2008
  • Upper Snake Flow Augmentation and Irrigation - August 11, 2008
  • Response to NOAA Memorandum: 'Initial Critique of Fish Passage Center’s July 14, 2008 Memorandum from Michele DeHart to Liz Hamilton re: Sockeye adult returns in 2008'. - August 06, 2008
  • Proportion of hatchery Snake River subyearling Chinook (released above Lower Granite Dam) that are released unclipped and/or unmarked. - July 29, 2008
  • Adult sockeye return and ocean conditions. - July 21, 2008
  • Sockeye adult returns in 2008. - July 14, 2008
  • Preliminary Detection Probability Estimates for Snake River Subs in 2008. - June 30, 2008
  • Response to COE’s comments on GBT Presentation by the Fish Passage Center. - June 19, 2008
  • Libby Summer Operation Scenarios 2008. - June 19, 2008
  • Examination of incidental take mortality of juvenile sockeye as presented in 2008 Biological Opinion. - June 19, 2008
  • Timing of subyearling Chinook at Bonneville Dam in late August - June 11, 2008
    • Attached memo: Transportation of Fall Chinook Smolts and Related Fall Chinook Migration and Tag Data Concerning Summer Spill for Fish Passage - 04/06/04
  • Review of Report on the SYSTDG Modeling for AMT: With and Without 115% TDG Standard (May 8, 2008) presented to AMY on May 13, 2008. - June 2, 2008
  • Fish Condition Sampling at SMP Sites: Current practices and plans for the interim and 2009 sampling seasons. - June 2, 2008
  • Response to comments on FPC’s Presentation Importance of spill in Juvenile Hydro-system Survivals and SARs - June 2, 2008
  • Response to comments made by Shane Scott regarding CSS Study presentation - June 2, 2008
  • BPA comments on the FPC Analysis of Spill Volume - June 2, 2008
  • Response to COE comments regarding FPC modeling efforts presented in December 2007 Adaptive Management Team meeting. - June 2, 2008
  • Review of NOAA document to ISAB by the CSS Oversight Committee - May 1, 2008
  • Average Spill Proportion variable used in analysis of importance of spill in SAR’s of Snake River yearling Chinook and steelhead - April 23, 2008
  • Effects of spring spill at the lower Snake River collector projects in 2007 on juvenile salmonids - April 21, 2008
  • Size differences in transported fish due to size selectivity of smaller fish by juvenile bypass/collection system - April 21, 2008
  • Seasonal Timing of CSS groups - April 21, 2008
  • Potential for Bias in NOAA TIR estimate as a result of tagging at LGR - April 21, 2008
  • Potential effects of Max-Transport/No Spill Operations proposed in 2007 Draft BiOp and 2008 Memorandum of Agreement - April 21, 2008
  • Recent Attempts to Improve Mainstem Migration Conditions for In-river migrating salmonids - April 21, 2008
  • Response to data request for estimates of the spill levels (% and/or volume) at each dam that result in gas cap conditions. - April 15, 2008
  • Data request in response to questions by Russ Kiefer IDFG. - March 24, 2008
  • Response to data request to evaluate outflows that can be expected from Dworshak Dam and Grand Coulee under a flood control shift in 2008. - March 10, 2008
  • Response to Data Request - FPC Database. - March 4, 2008
  • Response to data request for information on the 2007 migration. - February 28, 2008
  • Data Request to determine the volume of spill affected by the operation of the Camas/Washougal TDG monitor. - February 19, 2008
  • JDA Spill 4-10-08 to 4-21-08 - February 15, 2008
  • Data request regarding higher adult mortality for Upper Columbia spring Chinook and steelhead (BON-MCN) compared to Snake River spring/summer Chinook and steelhead (BON-LGR), as reported in 2007 Draft BiOp - February 13, 2008
  • Including Data since 2000 in calculation of 7Q10 flows - February 7, 2008
  • NOAA Biological Opinion flow targets and the affects of the
    specific operation at Grand Coulee - February 7, 2008
  • Spill Volume Changes with Use of Tailrace Monitors - February 6, 2008
  • Draft 2008 Fish Operation Plan - January 23, 2008
  • Surrogate fall Chinook experimental groups - January 20, 2008
  • Steelhead transport proportion in 2007 - January 15, 2008

• 2007
  • NOAA proposal for Snake River summer spill for fish passage - December 10, 2007
  • Review of the 2007 Draft Biological Opinion - December 10, 2007
  • Proposed maximum transportation, no voluntary spill for fish passage operation, May 15 to May 31, Snake River when flows are above 65 kcfs. - December 3, 2007
  • Data Request regarding the 2007 low returns of fall Chinook at Bonneville Dam and McNary and the above average returns of adult fall Chinook at Lower Granite Dam - November 21, 2007
  • Summer spill volumes and estimated proportion of subyearling Chinook passing in spill at Bonneville Dam under three operational scenarios - November 7, 2007
  • 2007 Upper Snake Biological Opinion Operation - October 30, 2007
  • Historic Sockeye PIT-Tag releases at Alturas and Redfish Lakes - October 29, 2007
  • Simulations of the effects of increased detection probabilities at Bonneville Dam on the variability in reach survival estimates. - October 23, 2007
  • Data request to estimate spill volumes under different project spill/transport operations. - September 21, 2007
  • The effect of transport on reach survival for steelhead smolts in water years 1996-2006 - September 11, 2007
  • Historical passage timing, travel times, and juvenile survival of wild Hanford Reach Sub-yearling Chinook to McNary Dam - September 13, 2007
  • Carson Hatchery Report 1997-2007 - August 29, 2007
  • Rapid River Hatchery Report 1997-2007 - August 29, 2007
  • Priest Rapids Hatchery Report 1997-2007 - August 29, 2007
  • McCall Hatchery Report 1997-2007 - August 29, 2007
  • Lookingglass Hatchery Report 1997-2007 - August 29, 2007
  • Leavenworth Hatchery Report 1997-2007 - August 29, 2007
  • Dworshak Hatchery Report 1997-2007 - August 29, 2007
  • Wells Hatchery Report 1997-2007 - August 29, 2007
  • Response to Comments from 6/21/07 Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Meeting August 24, 2007
  • Proportion Transported and Spill August 22, 2007
  • 2006 Spring Chinook survival and outmigration conditions in relation to predicted high SAR's. August 13, 2007
  • Juvenile passage timing at McNary Dam for in-river and transported Snake river subyearling Chinook that survived to adulthood. July 18, 2007
  • Preliminary Detection Probability Estimates for Snake River Subs in 2007 June 20, 2007
  • Questions regarding Gas Bubble Trauma June 18, 2007
  • FYI-Change in spring spill schedule at Ice Harbor Dam Dam June 14, 2007
  • Update on GBT June 11, 2007
  • Analysis of Jack Spring Chinook Returns at Bonneville Dam in 2007 June 11, 2007
  • Incidence of GBT in Juvenile Snake River Steelhead June 8, 2007
  • Steelhead and GBT at Little Goose and Lower Monumental dams June 8, 2007
  • Absolute abundance in relation to Passage Index at Rock Island Dam June 7, 2007
  • Methods for estimating a Population Index for juvenile salmon from detection probability at Lower Granite Dam June 6, 2007
  • GBT exceedance at Lower Monumental Dam June 6, 2007
  • Little Goose Fish Counts May 29, 2007
  • Spill in 2007 and Forebay Monitors May 23, 2007
  • Snake River Spill in 2007 April 25, 2007
  • Summary Memo on Spring Creek April 23, 2007
  • Transportation Research Fish Passage Center - April 10, 2007
  • Relationship between Fish Travel Time and Water Transit Time in the Lower Snake and Lower Columbia Rivers. - April 9, 2007
  • Snake River Fall Chinook life history investigations - March 27, 2007
  • Review of “Columbia River Stage and Discharge at Vernita Bar Under Current and Unimpounded Scenarios, 2004-2006" - March 26, 2007
  • Potential ways to calculate total dissolved gas in the Columbia and Snake Rivers to determine compliance with the water quality standard - March 21, 2007
  • Time line of events related to increased mortality in samples at Bonneville Dam during the Spring Creek release. - March 15, 2007
  • Fall Chinook Timing - March 12, 2007
  • Data Request from COE regarding "Spring Spill 2006" memorandum - March 5, 2007
  • Water Travel Time through JDA Pool at Minimum Irrigation Pool and at Minimum Operating Pool at Various Flows and the Impact of the Montana Plan as Outlined in the Proposed Action- follow-up to Feb 6, 2007 memorandum - February 7, 2007
  • Water Travel Time through JDA Pool at Minimum Irrigation Pool and at Minimum Operating Pool at Various Flows and the Impact of the Montana Plan - February 6, 2007
  • Associations between upstream migration success and smolt outmigration history for returning adult Snake River-origin hatchery and wild summer steelhead - January 18, 2007
  • Fish counting at Lower Snake Projects 2004-2007 - January 12, 2007
  • Summary of Pit-tag detections of fall Chinook salmon at Lower Granite Dam in 2006 - January 4, 2007
    
    

• 2006
  • Comments on Water Quality Plan for Dissolved Gas and Water Temperature in the Mainstem Columbia and Snake Rivers - November 16, 2006
  • Estimating transport proportions for spring and summer juvenile migrants and a discussion of 2006 spread-the-risk management - November 6, 2006
  • Spring Spill 2006 - September 29, 2006
  • Carson Hatchery Report 1997-2006 - August 16, 2006
  • Rapid River Hatchery Report 1997-2006 - August 16, 2006
  • Priest Rapids Hatchery Report 1997-2006 - August 16, 2006
  • McCall Hatchery Report 1997-2006 - August 16, 2006
  • Lookingglass Hatchery Report 1997-2006 - August 16, 2006
  • Leavenworth Hatchery Report 1997-2006 - August 16, 2006
  • Dworshak Hatchery Report 1997-2006 - August 16, 2006
  • Wells Hatchery Report 1997-2006 - August 16, 2006
  • NOAA Fisheries’ Fall Chinook Conversion Rate Estimates - August 15, 2006
  • Bonneville Detections and the Adult Fish Facility - August 1, 2006
  • Update to ‘Low spring Chinook rack returns at Dworshak Hatchery relative to Rapid River Hatchery’ - July 31, 2006
  • Spill and adult passage at Little Goose during summer 2005 - July 26, 2006
  • Estimated transportation proportion for yearling Chinook and steelhead in 2006 - July 19, 2006
  • Low spring Chinook rack returns at Dworshak Hatchery relative to Rapid River Hatchery - July 18, 2006
  • Preliminary Gass Bubble Trauma Data and Spill for Spring 2006 - July 12, 2006
  • (Web-Based Power Point Presentation)
  • (Native Power Point Presentation)
  • Adult passage, spring summer Chinook - July 7, 2006
  • Review of Caudill, et al. (Adult Chinook salmon and steelhead dam passage behavior in response to manipulated discharge through spillways at Bonneville Dam) - July 7, 2006
  • Trends in Travel Time of subyearling Chinook in the McNary Dam to Bonneville Dam during July and August - June 22, 2006
  • Projections of transport proportions under gas cap spill - May 15, 2006
  • Comments on Framework Report April 17, 2006 draft circulated for workgroup review - April 26, 2006
  • COMPASS Model Discussion - March 1, 2006
  • Data Request Annual Mortalities of Juvenile Salmon - March 28, 2006
  • Changes to FPC Work Statement- February 28, 2006
  • FPAC memo to CBFWA Re: BPA proposal to transfer Fish Passage Center’s Fish Passage Advisory Committee functions and services to the Department of Energy PNNL and CBFWA - February 16, 2006
  • Predicting 95% passage for sub-yearling Chinook to manage spill - February 21, 2006
  • Presentation of Comparative Survival Study to the ISAB - February 7, 2006
  • Estimates of Collection Efficiency and Transportation Proportion for Subyearling Chinook originating above Lower Granite Dam 2006 - February 6, 2006
  • Data Request - January 25, 2006

• 2005
  • Updated Subyearling Chinook Analysis 1998-2005
    • (Web-Based Power Point Presentation) - December 6th, 2005
    • (Native Power Point Presentation) - December 6th, 2005
  • CSS Workshop Document relating to transportation and within year SARs - December 2nd, 2005
  • Review of University of Washington's presentation entitled "Injunctive Spill Retrospective Analysis" - November 18, 2005
  • Federal Columbia River Power System - Summer Spill - After Action Report - October 31, 2005 - November 10, 2005
  • Preliminary Survival Analysis for Subyearling Chinook originating above LGR - October 25, 2005
  • Libby Operations Review and Preliminary Analysis - October 25, 2005
  • Timing Estimation of Juvenile Salmonid Migration at Lower Granite Dam - October 21, 2005
  • Response to PNGC and Northwest River Partners Comments on FPC Preliminary In-River Survival Analysis - October 5, 2005
  • Snake River Summer Spill Analysis through August 31, 2005 at Lower Granite Dam - September 16, 2005
  • Preliminary Survival Analysis for Subyearling Chinook originating Above LGR - September 12, 2005
  • Origin (Hatchery or Wild) of run-at-large at LGR in August - August 16th, 2005
  • Update of Adult Passage in the Snake River - 08/08/2005
  • Juvenile passage update - 8/01/2005
  • Update of Adult Passage in the Snake River - 07/28/2005
  • Juvenile Passage Update - 7/28/2005
  • Preliminary Review of 2005 Spring Migration - 07/20/05
  • McNary Subyearling Cumulative Passage Index Plot Adjusted Total - 07/13/05
  • Projected Flow Impact of Montana SOR for Libby and Hungry Horse - 07/13/05
  • Adult Passage in the Snake River - 07/07/05
  • Preliminary Estimates of Collection Efficiency and Transportation Proportion for Subyearling Chinook originating above Lower Granite Dam 2005 - 07/06/05
  • Requested Documents - 06/28/05
  • Senate appropriations report language - 06/22/05
  • Review of Court Ordered Spill Implementation Plan - 06/16/05
  • Fall Chinook Overwintering - 05/10/2005
  • Data request for historical operations - 05/03/05
  • Data request for flow conditions experienced by the 2001 and 2005 spring Chinook adult returns - 04/19/05
  • Data request for estimated proportion of Snake River yearling migrants transported annually since 2000 - 03/09/05
  • February 14, 2005 Addendum to the March 11, 2004 Joint Technical Staff Memorandum - 02/14/05
  • Smolt Monitoring Program 2005
    

• 2004
  • ISAB Findings from the Reservoir Operations/Flow Survival Symposium, November 9-10, 2004 - 12/16/04
  • Water Travel Time in the Snake and Columbia Rivers - 10/28/2004
  • Comments on NPCC Draft Columbia River Basin Research Plan - 10/27/2004
  • Mis-calibrated Spill at Bonneville Dam - 10/01/2004
  • Draft BiOp 2004 - Comments on Draft Biological Opinion - 09/29/04
  • Status of 2004 Fall Chinook Migration - 08/16/04
  • 1995 to 2003 Weekly and Seasonal Summer Flows at LGR and MCN - 07/09/2004
  • 1975-2003 Brownlee Drafts - 07/07/04
  • Proposed Flow Shaping Recommendation based on Steelhead and Subyearling Chinook Timing at McNary Dam - 04/29/04
  • 1995-2003 Biological Opinion Operations - 04/29/04
  • Transportation of Fall Chinook Smolts and Related Fall Chinook Migration and Tag Data Concerning Summer Spill for Fish Passage - 04/06/04
  • Comments on NOAA Fisheries technical Memorandum– Effects of the Federal Columbia River Power System on Salmon Populations - 01/30/04
  • Comments on NMFS white paper entitled “Passage of Juvenile and Adult Salmonids at Columbia and Snake River Dams” - 01/30/04
  • Review of the Beeman/Skalski proposal, entitled, Bonneville Dam Summer Spill Evaluation - 01/21/2004

• 2003
  • Summary of Documented Benefits of Spill - 12/17/03
  • Juvenile Fish Passage in the Lower Columbia River in August Washington Stocks - 12/15/03
  • Historical Fish Passage Data - 12/05/03
  • Lower Monumental Historic Passage Distribution - 11/07/03
  • Historical Review of Fish Passage Data - 10/23/2003
    Historical Review Power Point presentation
  • Methods for estimating 95% - 08-18-2003
  • Update status of sub-yearling chinook passage and the determination of a 95% passage date - 08/18/03
  • Update status of sub-yearling chinook passage - 8/12/2003
  • Timing of the 2003 Migration - 8/11/2003
  • Ice Harbor Survival Test - 08/06/2003
  • Review of Issue Brief No. 2, “The Variable Impact of Dams on Columbia and Snake River Salmon Populations” by Jay O’Laughlin and the supporting paper by Levin & Tolimieri. - 06/30/03
  • 1995-2002 Biological Opinion Operations - 4/18/2003

• 2002
  • Response to questions in data request from Tom Karier, Northwest Power Planning Council - 12/10/02.
  • NWPPC Mainstem Amendment Analysis Review - 12/10/02
  • Preliminary Update on Juvenile Migration Characteristics - 10/14/02
  • Memo regarding Prediction of Adult Returns based upon Spring Chinook Jack counts and Steelhead adult counts at dams - 08/14/02
  • Memo regarding 2002 Spring Chinook Jack Return - 07/30/02
  • Flood Control Targets
    • Status of Selected Columbia River Projects with Respect to Flood Control Targets and Upper Snake Project Refill Data 2/28/02

• 2001
  
  
  • FPC Preliminary Analysis 2001 Juvenile Out Migration - 10/22/01
  • 2001 Migration Summary Graphic Presentation - 10/08/01
  • Preliminary Analysis of the 2001 Migration - 08/10/01
  • Updated status of the 2001 Migration - (Updated 06/05/01)
  
  
  
  • NMFS 2001 Report
  • Comments on NMFS 2001 Report and Bill Muir's NMFS' Presentations to NWPPC and IT. 2/28/02
  • Comments on the NMFS /UW Draft report entitled, "Survival Estimates for the Passage of Spring-Migrating Juvenile Salmonids Through Snake and Columbia River Dams and Reservoirs, 2001". 2/28/02
  
  
  
  • BiOp 2000 Comments for BiOp 2000 regarding NMFS Survival Study at The Dalles

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