Program Agenda

December 1, 2009

 Welcome Introductions
   
 8:00 AM - 8:20 AMOpening Remarks
Lt. Col. Michael Farrell , US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 Session 1Transportation Related Studies
   
 8:20 AM - 8:30 AMIntroduction
Scott Dunmire, US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 8:30 AM - 8:50 AMA Study to Determine Seasonal Effects of Transporting Fish from the Snake River to Optimize a Transportation Strategy [Presentation]
Doug Marsh, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 8:50 AM - 9:10 AMJuvenile Survival Related to Ocean Entry Time [Presentation]
Bill Muir, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 9:10 AM - 9:30 AMSurvival and Travel Times of In-River and Transported Yearling Chinook Salmon in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary with Investigation into Causes of Differential Mortality [Presentation]
Frank Loge, University of California -Davis
   
 9:30 AM - 9:50 AMTransmission of the Pathogen Renibacterium Salmoninarum Under Different Laboratory-controlled Barging Conditions [Presentation]
Joe Dietrich, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 9:50 AM - 10:10 AMBreak
   
 10:10 AM - 10:30 AMTowards a Comprehensive Model of Latent Mortality [Presentation]
James Anderson, University of Washington, Columbia Basin Research
   
 10:30 AM - 10:50 AMDetermining Factors that Influence Survival Capacity Post-Bonneville Dam in Run-of-river and Transported Yearling Chinook by Challenge Experiments [Presentation]
Jennifer Gosselin, University of Washington
   
 10:50 AM - 11:10 AMEvaluation of Effects of Extended Transport on Survival of Salmonids: Impacts of Fish Predation in the Lower Columbia River [Presentation]
Greg Blair, ICF Jones and Stokes
   
 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM2006-2009 Results from the POST Array: Testing the Delayed Mortality Hypothesis and Benefits of Transportation [Presentation]
Erin Rechisky, University of British Columbia
   
 11:30 AM - 1:00 PMLunch
   
 1:00 PM - 1:20 PMA Study to Understand the Early Life History of Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon [Presentation]
Doug Marsh, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 1:20 PM - 1:40 PMPostrelease Performance of Natural and Hatchery Subyearling Fall Chinook Salmon in the Snake and Clearwater Rivers [Presentation]
William Connor, US Fish and Wildlife Service
   
 Session 2Adult Studies/Lamprey
   
 1:40 PM - 1:50 PMIntroduction
Derek Fryer, US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 1:50 PM - 2:10 PMHigh Seas Salmon Research [Presentation]
Kate Myers, University of Washington
   
 2:10 PM - 2:30 PMUsing Instream PIT-tag Technology to Estimate Systemwide Straying [Presentation]
Matthew Nesbit, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 2:30 PM - 2:50 PMHydroacoustic Evaluation of Overwintering Summer Steelhead Fallback and Kelt Passage at The Dalles Dam 2008-2009 [Presentation]
Fenton Khan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 2:50 PM - 3:10 PMEvaluation of Adult Spring-summer Chinook Salmon and Adult Pacific Lamprey Passage at the Cascade Island Fishway after Entrance Modifications, 2009 [Presentation]
Christopher Caudill, University of Idaho
   
 3:10 PM - 3:30 PMBreak
   
 3:30 PM - 3:50 PMEvaluation of Adult Lamprey Use of Lamprey Passage Structures at Bonneville Dam [Presentation]
Mary Moser, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 3:50 PM - 4:10 PMEffects of the Water Velocity on Fishway Entrance Success by Adult Pacific Lamprey and Fishway use Summaries at Bonneville Dam, 2009 [Presentation]
Christopher Caudill, University of Idaho
   
 4:10 PM - 4:30 PMVideo Monitoring of Adult Lamprey in the John Day Dam Fishway  [Presentation]
Christopher Peery, US Fish and Wildlife Service
   
 4:30 PM - 4:50 PMAdult Pacific Lamprey Passage and Behavior at McNary Dam: General Passage Metrics and Preliminary Evaluation of Reduced Nighttime Entrance Velocities, 2009 [Presentation]
Charles Boggs, University of Idaho
   
 4:50 PM - 5:10 PMAdult Lamprey Passage Success and Behavior in the Lower Columbia River, 2009 [Presentation]
Matt Keefer, University of Idaho
   
 5:10 PM - 5:15 PMClosing Comments
Ann Setter, US Army Corps of Engineers
   


December 2, 2009

 8:00 AM - 8:05 AMOpening Comments
Ann Setter, US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 8:05 AM - 8:25 AMMigratory Pheromones: Potential Tools to Improve Performance of Adult Lamprey Passage Structures at Dams [Presentation]
Mary Moser, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 8:25 AM - 8:45 AMDeveloping a Separator for Juvenile Lamprey [Presentation]
Mary Moser, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 8:45 AM - 9:05 AMDevelopment of Standard Protocols for PIT tagging Juvenile Lampreys [Presentation]
Matthew Mesa, US Geological Survey
   
 9:05 AM - 9:25 AMDeveloping Active Telemetry Tagging Methods for Juvenile Pacific Lamprey [Presentation]
Christopher Peery, US Fish and Wildlife Service
   
 9:25 AM - 9:45 AMFlow Velocity Enhancement System – Analysis Of Smolt Guidance in The Cowlitz River, Summer 2008 [Presentation]
Charles Coutant, Coutant Aquatics
   
 9:45 AM - 10:05 AMBreak
   
 Session 3Survival/Passage Related Studies
   
 10:05 AM - 10:15 AMIntroduction
Bob Johnson, US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 10:15 AM - 10:35 AMThe Proper Usage and Holding of Tricaine Methanesulfonate, MS-222 [Presentation]
Christa Woodley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 10:35 AM - 10:55 AMInfluence of Incision Location on Acoustic Transmitter Retention and Wound Healing in Juvenile Chinook Salmon [Presentation]
Jenny Panther, The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation
   
 10:55 AM - 11:15 AMAdvances in Suturing Technique and Materials for Surgically Implanting Transmitters in Juvenile Salmonids [Presentation]
Christa Woodley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 11:15 AM - 11:35 AMEstimates of Injury and Survival of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Passing Through a Spillway Equipped with a Temporary Spillway Weir and a Spillway with a New Spill Deflector at Little Goose Dam, 2009 [Presentation]
Enn Kotkas, Normandeau Associates Inc.
   
 11:35 AM - 1:05 PMLunch
   
 1:05 PM - 1:25 PMMigration Behavior and Survival of Juvenile Salmonids at Little Goose Dam: Post-construction Evaluation of a Temporary Spillway Weir [Presentation]
John Beeman, US Geological Survey
   
 1:25 PM - 1:45 PMRSW Post-Construction Evaluation of Passage and Survival for Radio- Tagged Yearling Chinook Salmon and Juvenile Steelhead at Lower Monumental, 2009 [Presentation]
Eric Hockersmith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 1:45 PM - 2:05 PMRSW Post-Construction Evaluation of Passage and Survival for Radio-Tagged Sub-Yearling Chinook Salmon at Lower Monumental, 2009 [Presentation]
Nathan Dumdei, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 2:05 PM - 2:25 PMHydroacoustic Evaluation of Fish Passage Distributions at the Removable Spillway Weir at Lower Monumental Dam in 2009 [Presentation]
Kenneth Ham, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 2:25 PM - 2:45 PMPassage Behavior and Survival for Radio-Tagged Yearling Chinook Salmon and Juvenile Steelhead at Ice Harbor Dam, 2009 [Presentation]
Gordon Axel, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 2:45 PM - 3:05 PMPassage Behavior and Survival for Radio Tagged Subyearling Chinook Salmon at Ice Harbor Dam, 2009 [Presentation]
Matthew Nesbit, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 3:05 PM - 3:25 PMDam During Tests of Temporary Spillway Weirs, 2009 [Presentation]
Noah Adams, US Geological Survey
   
 3:25 PM - 3:45 PMTailrace Egress During TSW Operation At McNary Dam, 2009 [Presentation]
Theresa L. Liedtke, US Geological Survey
   
 3:45 PM - 4:05 PMBreak
   
 4:05 PM - 4:25 PMAcoustic Telemetry Study to Evaluate Juvenile Fish Passage Efficiency and Survival Associated with Surface-Spill Treatments at John Day Dam in 2009 [Presentation]
Mark Weiland, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 4:25 PM - 4:45 PMPotential Changes in Tailrace Residence Times at John Day Dam in Response to Structural and Operational Alternatives [Presentation]
Cindy Rakowski, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 4:45 PM - 5:05 PMBonneville Powerhouse 2 Forebay: CFD for the Behavioral Guidance System [Presentation]
Cindy Rakowski, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 5:05 PM - 5:25 PMAcoustic Telemetry Evaluation of a Behavioral Guidance Structure at Bonneville Dam Second Powerhouse including Passage Survival of Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead [Presentation]
Derrek Faber, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 5:25 PM - 5:30 PMClosing Comments
Ann Setter, US Army Corps of Engineers
   


December 3, 2009

 8:00 AM - 8:05 AMOpening Comments
Ann Setter, US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 8:05 AM - 8:25 AMCondition and Gatewell Retention Time Evaluation for Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Spring Creek Hatchery Origin and Run of River) Passing through FGE Modified Units at the Bonneville Dam Second Powerhouse [Presentation]
Lyle Gilbreath, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 8:25 AM - 8:45 AMPIT Tag Reach Survival Estimates, 2009 [Presentation]
Bill Muir, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 Session 4Predation Related Studies
   
 8:45 AM - 8:55 AMIntroduction
Scott Dunmire, US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 8:55 AM - 9:15 AMAlleviating Avian Predation: One of Many District Approaches to Improve Smolt Survival [Presentation]
Behr Turner, Grant County Public Utility District #2
   
 9:15 AM - 9:35 AMAvian Predation at John Day Dam 2009: Estimated Fish Consumption Using Direct Observation with Diet Analysis  [Presentation]
Nathan Zorich, US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 9:35 AM - 9:55 AMAvian Predation in the Columbia River Estuary: Monitoring Management of Caspian Terns and Evaluating Impacts of Double-crested Cormorants [Presentation]
Dan Roby, Oregon State University
   
 9:55 AM - 10:15 AMBreak
   
 10:15 AM - 10:35 AMAvian Predation in the Mid-Columbia River: Colony Sizes and Trends for Caspian Terns, Doubled-crested Cormorants and other Piscivorous Waterbirds Nesting on the Columbia Plateau [Presentation]
Dan Roby, Oregon State University
   
 10:35 AM - 10:55 AMA System-wide Assessment of Avian Predation Based on the Recovery of Steelhead PIT tags [Presentation]
Allan Evans, Real Time Research, Inc.
   
 10:55 AM - 11:15 AMElectronic Recovery of Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags on Avian Breeding Colonies in the Columbia River Basin, 2009 [Presentation]
Scott Sebring, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 Session 5Bull Trout Studies
   
 11:15 AM - 11:25 AMIntroduction
Dean Holecek, US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 11:25 AM - 11:45 AMEvaluate Bull Trout Migration between the Tucannon River and Mainstem Snake River using Streamwidth Passive Integrated Transponder Tag Interrogation Systems [Presentation]
Carrie Bretz, US Fish and Wildlife Service
   
 11:45 AM - 12:05 PMMonitoring Use of the Mainstem Columbia River by Bull Trout from the Walla Walla Basin [Presentation]
Donald R. Anglin, US Fish and Wildlife Service
   
 12:05 PM - 1:15 PMLunch
   
 Session 6Estuary Studies
   
 1:15 PM - 1:25 PMIntroduction
Blaine Ebberts, US Army Corps of Engineers
   
 1:25 PM - 1:45 PMSurvival and Behavior of Juvenile Chinook Salmon and Steelhead in the Lower Columbia River, Estuary, and Plume [Presentation]
Geoffrey McMichael, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 1:45 PM - 2:05 PMA Study to Estimate Salmonid Survival and Behavior through the Columbia River Estuary Using Acoustic Tags--Mobile Tracking [Presentation]
Lynn McComas, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 2:05 PM - 2:25 PMSampling To Detect Juvenile Pit-Tagged Salmonids With A Surface Pair-Trawl In The Columbia River Estuary, 2009 [Presentation]
Robert Magie, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   
 2:25 PM - 2:45 PMEvaluating Cumulative Ecosystem Response to Habitat Restoration Projects in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary  [Presentation]
Ronald Thom, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 2:45 PM - 3:05 PMReview of Three Reporting Indices for Habitat Restoration Actions in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary [Presentation]
Heida Diefenderfer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 3:05 PM - 3:25 PMBreak
   
 3:25 PM - 3:45 PMJulia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge: Pre-restoration Assessment of Fishes, Habitats, and Tide Gates in Mainland Sloughs [Presentation]
Jeff Johnson, US Fish and Wildlife Service
   
 3:45 PM - 4:05 PMEffect of Migration Pathway on Survival and Travel Time of Acoustic-tagged Juvenile Salmonids in the Lower Columbia Estuary [Presentation]
Ryan Harnish, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
   
 4:05 PM - 4:10 PMClosing Comments
Ann Setter, US Army Corps of Engineers