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Development of an Effective Transport Media for Juvenile Spring Chinook Salmon to Mitigate Stress and Improve Smolt Survival During Columbia River Fish Hauling Operations, 1985 Final Report.

Selected transport media consisting of mineral salt additions (Na/sup +/, Cl/sup -/, Ca/sup + +/, PO/sub 4//sup -3/, HCO/sub 3//sup -/, and Mg/sup + +/), mineral salts plus tranquilizing concentrations of tricaine methane sulfonate (MS-222), or MS-222 alone were tested for their ability to mitigate stress and increase smolt survival during single and mixed species hauling of Columbia River spring chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri). Successful stress … more

Date: February 1, 1985

Creator: Wedemeyer, Gary A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Dworshak Reservoir Investigations: Trout, Bass and Forage Species, 1988 Annual Report.

For the period March 1988 through February 1989, an estimated 154,558 angler-hours were expended to catch 20,037 rainbow trout, 3,933 smallmouth bass, and 14 bull trout. Estimated catch of other species, including cutthroat trout, whitefish, suckers, and squawfish totalled 84. Subcatchable rainbow trout (135 to 185mm) caught and released by boat anglers comprised 53% (12,770) of the total catch. An estimated 88.6% of the smallmouth bass caught were under the minimum legal size limit of 305mm an… more

Date: July 1, 1989

Creator: Statler, David P.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Smolt Passage Behavior and Flow-Net Relationships in the Forebay of John Day Dam, 1983 Annual Report of Research.

During 1983, the research program had three separate but complementary phases - monitoring current patterns in the forebay, defining fish distribution with purse seine sampling, and describing the migration routes of salmonid smolts using radio tracking techniques. Preliminary results from the radio-tracking and purse seining operations in FY 1983 suggest that the discharge from the John Day River and the turbid plume it forms in the forebay may have a pronounced effect on the distribution of s… more

Date: April 1, 1984

Creator: Giorgi, Albert E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Freeze Brand Marking of Steelhead Trout and Chinook Salmon Juveniles for Water Budget Studies, Idaho, 1985 Annual Report.

During the fall of 1984 and spring of 1985, 362,428 chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawtscha) and steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) juveniles were freeze branded for Water Budget Center - Downstream Smolt Monitoring Studies. Of these, 106,361 fish received a coded wire tag. Release of the freeze brand groups began March 20, 1985 and were completed by June 4, 1985. After brand loss and mortality, there were 133,025 spring chinook, 25,600 summer chinook, 33,850 fall chinook, 65,125 A-run steelhead… more

Date: June 1, 1986

Creator: Nelson, V. Lance

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Yakima River Spring Chinook Enhancement Study, 1984 Annual Report.

This study develops data to present management alternatives for Yakima River spring chinook. The first objective is to determine the distribution, abundance and survival of wild Yakima River spring chinook. Naturally produced populations will be studied to determine if these runs can be sustained in the face of present harvest and environmental conditions. This information will be gathered through spawning ground surveys, counting of adults at Prosser and Roza fish ladders, and through monitori… more

Date: January 1, 1985

Creator: Wasserman, Larry

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Augmented Fish Health Monitoring; Volume 2. Completion Report.

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) initiated the Augmented Fish Health Monitoring project in 1986. This project was a five year interagency project involving fish rearing agencies in the Columbia Basin. Participating agencies included: Washington Department of Fisheries (WDF), Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). This is the final data report for the Augmented Fish Health Monitoring project. Data collecte… more

Date: December 1, 1991

Creator: Michak, Patty

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Investigation of the Process for Registration of Squoxin for Squawfish Control, Final Report.

Squawfish are a predator on downstream migrant salmon and steelhead. Squoxin, 1,1'-methylenedi-2-naphthol, is a specific toxin for squawfish. This report addresses the requirements and deficiencies in data necessary for squoxin registration as a pesticide. It includes an annotated bibliography, keyword index from published and unpublished sources covering information on squawfish, squoxin, state and federal regulations for pesticide registration. Squoxin is 100% lethal to squawfish at concentra… more

Date: December 1, 1984

Creator: Rulifson, Robert L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Stock Assessment of Columbia River Anadromous Salmonids : Final Report, Volume II, Steelhead Stock Summaries, Stock Transfer Guidelines, Information Needs.

This report presents brief descriptions of wild and hatchery-raised steelhead trout stocks in the Columbia River Basin. (ACR)

Date: July 1, 1985

Creator: Howell, Philip J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Best approach to impact assessment is to use empirically based or simulation models to forecast impacts. Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 1538. [Concerning the impact at power plants on fish populations]

This paper advocates the utility of mathematical models, as contrasted with statistical procedures and processional judgment, for assessing environmental impacts. While it would be desirable to use statistical tests to detect and estimate impacts, this is generally difficult or impossible to do, even with existing sources of impact. Empirical modeling, supported by statistical analyses when possible, is proffered as the logical alternative. Next, for purposes of forecasting impacts, the use of … more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Christensen, S.W.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Technical background information for the environmental and safety report, Volume 4: White Oak Lake and Dam

This report has been prepared to provide background information on White Oak Lake for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Environmental and Safety Report. The paper presents the history of White Oak Dam and Lake and describes the hydrological conditions of the White Oak Creek watershed. Past and present sediment and water data are included; pathway analyses are described in detail.

Date: March 1, 1982

Creator: Oakes, T. W.; Kelly, B. A.; Ohnesorge, W. F.; Eldridge, J. S.; Bird, J. C.; Shank, K. E. et al.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Research and Development Report, Fiscial Year 1989-1990.

Since the 1940s, the Bonneville Power Administrative (BPA), has sought to advance an efficient system to provide the Pacific Northwest region with safe, reliable, and cost-effective electrical power. Research and development (R D) activities support that mission. Each biennium, R D managers issue a digest report of the various programs and activities in each of the technological arenas. The report covers a few projects, considered as yielding particularly significant results, as spotlights. Oth… more

Date: August 1, 1991

Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Investigations of entrainment mortality among larval and juvenile fishes using a Power Plant Simulator

A Power Plant Simulator (PPS) was constructed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to examine the component sources of entrainment mortality. This experimental apparatus circulates temperature-controlled water through a closed loop consisting of a pump, a condenser bundle, and vertically adjustable piping. Larval bluegill, channel catfish, carp, largemouth bass, and smallmouth bass and juvenile bluegill and mosquitofish were exposed to different combinations of pump speed and water temperatures… more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Cada, G. F.; Suffern, J. S.; Kumar, K. D. & Solomon, J. A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Toxicological benchmarks for screening of potential contaminants of concern for effects on aquatic biota on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

This report presents potential screening benchmarks for protection of aquatic life from contaminants in water. Because there is no guidance for screening benchmarks, a set of alternative benchmarks is presented here. The alternative benchmarks are based on different conceptual approaches to estimating concentrations causing significant effects. For the upper screening benchmark, they are the acute National Ambient Water Quality Criterion (NAWQC) and the acute pesticide advisory value (a concent… more

Date: September 1, 1992

Creator: Sutter, G.A. II (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)); Futrell, M.A. (East Tennessee State Univ., Johnson City, TN (United States)) & Kerchner, G.A. (Harvard Coll., Cambridge, MA (United States))

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Biological and Physical Inventory of Clear Creek, Orofino Creek, and the Potlatch River, Tributary Streams of the Clearwater River, Idaho, 1984 Technical Report.

Clear Creek, Orofino Creek, and Potlatch Creek, three of the largest tributaries of the lower Clearwater River Basin, were inventoried during 1984. The purpose of the inventory was to identify where anadromous salmonid production occurs and to recommend enhancement alternatives to increase anadromous salmonid habitat in these streams. Anadromous and fluvial salmonids were found in all three drainages. The lower reach of Clear Creek supported a low population of rainbow-steelhead, while the midd… more

Date: May 1, 1985

Creator: Johnson, David B.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Yakima River Spring Chinook Enhancement Study, Fisheries Resource Management, Yakima Indian Nation1983 Annual Report.

The purpose was to evaluate enhancement methodologies that can be used to rebuild runs of spring chinook to the Yakima River system. In January, 1983, 100,000 fish raised at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery were transported to Nile Springs Rearing Ponds on the Naches River. These fish were allowed a volitional release as smolts in April. An additional 100,000 smolts were transported from Leavenworth Hatchery in April and immediately released to the Upper Yakima River. Relative survival of smo… more

Date: February 1, 1984

Creator: Wasserman, Larry

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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FDA Approved Registration of Erythromycin for Treatment of Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in Juvenile and Adult Chinook Salmon : Annual Report, Reporting Period March 10, 1989 to March 9, 1990.

Erythromycin is a therapeutic substance useful against bacterial kidney disease in salmon. In 1989 we began a multi year project to learn more about erythromycin applied to juvenile and adult salmon, with the goal of achieving registration of erythromycin with the US Food and Drug Administration. To begin the study, we studied the pharmacokinetics of erythromycin administered to both adult and juvenile chinook salmon. We monitored blood plasmas time curves from individual adult fish injected wi… more

Date: April 1, 1991

Creator: Moffitt, Christine A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Population-level assessments should be emphasized over community/ecosystem-level assessments. Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 1535. [Concerning the impact of power plants on fish populations]

Arguments are presented in favor of emphasizing population-level assessments over community/ecosystem-level assessments. The two approaches are compared on each of four issues: (1) the nature of entrainment/impingement impacts; (2) the ability to forecast reliably for a single fish population as contrasted to the ability to forecast for an aquatic community or ecosystem; (3) practical considerations involving money, manpower, time, and the need to make decisions; and (4) the nature of societal … more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Van Winkle, W.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Lower Flathead River Fisheries Study, 1983 Annual Report.

In January of 1983 a two-phase study of the lower Flathead River was initiated by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes with funding provided by the Bonneville Power Administration. The study fulfills program measure 804 (a) (3) of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. During 1983 Phase I of the study was completed resulting in a detailed study plan for the next four years and the methods to be employed during the study. Preliminary observations suggest the present operation… more

Date: July 1, 1986

Creator: DosSantos, Joseph M.; Darling, James E. & Cross, Paul D.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Cle Elum Lake Restoration Feasibility Study: Fish Husbandry Research, 1988-1991 Progress Report.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) are involved in a project to evaluate the feasibility of re-establishing anadromous salmon runs to Cle Elum Lake in the Yakima River Basin of Washington state. Historically, the Yakima River system supported large runs of anadromous salmonids that contributed significantly to the Columbia River harvest. Habitat destruction and overfishing drastically reduced run abundance prior to the early 1900s. Salmon … more

Date: September 1, 1991

Creator: Flagg, Thomas A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Bioenergetics of Juvenile Salmon During the Spring Outmigration, 1983 Annual Report.

Main stem reservoirs in the Columbia River Basin may have increased the energy demands of smolts during outmigration by prolonging migration and exposing smolts to seasonally rising water temperatures. A bioenergetic model for spring chinook salmon smolts (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is being developed to test these hypotheses. Results have thus far indicated that the seaward migration can be separated into two distinct phases. Phase I can be described as a period of intense smolt development in … more

Date: July 1, 1985

Creator: Rondorf, Dennis W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Anadromous salmonids of the Hanford Reach, Columbia River: 1984 status

The Hanford Reach, a regulated but flowing section of the Columbia River, supports spawning populations of fall chinook salmon and steelhead. It also serves as a migration route for upriver runs of chinook, coho and sockeye salmon, and of steelhead. Environmental studies conducted in association with activities on the Hanford Site provide a basis for assessing present ecological conditions in the Hanford Reach. Spawning populations of fall chinook salmon at Hanford increased dramatically after … more

Date: September 1, 1985

Creator: Becker, C.D.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Field Review of Fish Habitat Improvement Projects in the Grande Ronde and John Day River Basins of Eastern Oregon.

The restoration of vegetation adapted to riparian environments and the natural succession of riparian plant communities is necessary to recreate sustainable salmonid habitat and should be the focal point for fish habitat improvement programs. In mid-August of 1991, a field review of 16 Salmon habitat improvement sites in the Grande Ronde and John Day River Basins in Eastern Oregon was undertaken. The review team visited various types of fish habitat improvements associated with a wide range of … more

Date: October 1991

Creator: Beschta, Robert L.; Platts, William S. & Kauffman, J. Boone

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Equity Oil Company BX in situ oil shale project, Piceance Basin, Colorado. Environmental quarter report, March 1-May 31, 1981

This report has been organized into three sections for ease of review. Section A - Air Resources covers data collected by the 100-foot tower between September and December 1980. Section B - Water Resources covers data collected since the last Quarterly Report. Section C - Aquatic Biology covers data collected since January 1981. Laboratory analysis results of all water samples show no significant changes from previous sample have occurred. The alluvial wells did exhibit slightly higher concentr… more

Date: June 12, 1981

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Yakima River Spring Chinook Enhancement Study, 1985 Annual Report.

The purpose was to evaluate enhancement methodologies that can be used to rebuild runs of spring chinook salmon in the Yakima River basin. The objectives were to: (1) determine the abundance, distribution and survival of naturally produced fry and smolts in the Yakima River; (2) evaluate different methods of fry and smolt supplementation into the natural rearing environment while maintaining as much as possible the gentic integrity of naturally produced stocks; (3) locate and define areas in th… more

Date: February 1, 1986

Creator: Fast, David E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department