Page 1 Salmon River Steelhead and Chinook MPG (upstream of Panther Creek) Habitat And Hatchery Effectiveness Monitoring
IDFG 7/6/09
Salmon River Steelhead and Chinook MPG Habitat And Hatchery Effectiveness Monitoring
Following pages are an analysis of ongoing monitoring programs in the MPG by TRT identified population, an evaluation of the quality of the information, and an evaluation of what would be
needed to improve the monitoring and to move toward meeting NOAA Fisheries Service monitoring guidance standards.
Page 1 Salmon River Steelhead and Chinook MPG (upstream of Panther Creek) Habitat And Hatchery Effectiveness Monitoring
HABITAT ACTION EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING
MPG Population
North Fork
Salmon River

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?

None

What is Scale,
project or watershed
IMW?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is Limiting
Factor Addressed?

What is Duration?

None

What variables are
monitored?
HABITAT STATUS/TREND MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?




None
IDFG 7/6/09
What is Scale
watershed, MPG,
ESU?
What is the Design?
(probabilistic GRTS,
non-random index
sites, census, etc)


What is Duration?






What is Protocol?
(PiBO, AREMP,
EMAP, Upper
Columbia, ODFW
etc.)
What variables are
monitored if
different from above
list?
HATCHERY EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

What is the Hatchery
Action being
Monitored?
(supplementation,
PHOS, genetic
fitness, etc)


IDFG

Watershed IMW

PSMFC IMW
~$196k/yr

BACI w/ modeling at
watershed scale

BPA – ISEMP
~$267K/yr

Limiting factors
addressed include:
Water quantity,
habitat (tributary)
connectivity, riparian
habitat, instream
structure and
diversity, water
temperatures

Adult chinook and
steelhead
escapement

Chinook redds

Juvenile chinook and
steelhead
abundance and
density

Chinook and
Steelhead
Outmigrant
production



What is Scale, reach,
population, MPG,
ESU?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is HGMP or
HSRG Factor
Addressed?

What is Duration?

What variables are
monitored?

IDFG, USFWS, NPT,
SBT

Snake Clearwater
and Salmon MPGs

Adult abundance
(redd counts)

Evaluate
supplementation for
spring summer
Chinook salmon in
Idaho.

BACI for a set of
paired treatment
and control sturdy
sections in
tributaries of the
Clearwater and
Salmon

Sex ratio

Age

Origin

Carcass surveys

Lemhi River
Fund Source and
amount?

No hatchery origin
steelhead are
stocked in this
drainage

1991-2014

BPA # 198909800,
198909801,
198909802,
198909803
$1,950,306/yr

IDFG, USFWS, NPT,
SBT

Snake Clearwater
and Salmon MPGs

Adult abundance
(redd count)

Evaluate
supplementation for
spring summer
Chinook salmon in
Idaho.

BACI for a set of
paired treatment
and control sturdy
sections in
tributaries of the
Clearwater and
Salmon

Juvenile migrant
abundance

DNA

Sex ratio

Age

Origin

Migration timing

Adult productivity


No hatchery origin
steelhead are
stocked in this
drainage
BPA # 198909800,

1991-2014
Page 1 Salmon River Steelhead and Chinook MPG (upstream of Panther Creek) Habitat And Hatchery Effectiveness Monitoring
HABITAT ACTION EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING
MPG Population

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?

What is Scale,
project or watershed
IMW?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is Limiting
Factor Addressed?

What is Duration?

What variables are
monitored?
IDFG 7/6/09
HABITAT STATUS/TREND MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?



What is Scale
watershed, MPG,
ESU?
What is the Design?
(probabilistic GRTS,
non-random index
sites, census, etc)


What is Duration?
What is Protocol?
(PiBO, AREMP,
EMAP, Upper
Columbia, ODFW
etc.)
What variables are
monitored if
different from above
list?
HATCHERY EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

What is the Hatchery
Action being
Monitored?
(supplementation,
PHOS, genetic
fitness, etc)

Fund Source and
amount?

What is Scale, reach,
population, MPG,
ESU?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is HGMP or
HSRG Factor
Addressed?

What is Duration?
198909801,
198909802,
198909803
$1,950,306/yr
Salmon River
Below Redfish
Lake
Pahsimeroi River


None
None












What variables are
monitored?

Carcass surveys

IDFG

Population

Adult return

Attempting to
establish a locally
adapted steelhead
run in the Salmon
River

Adaptive
management

Size at return

Return timing

1998 - present

LSRCP

IDFG, USFWS, NPT,
SBT

Snake Clearwater
and Salmon MPGs

Adult abundance
(escapement)

Evaluate
supplementation for
spring summer
Chinook salmon in
Idaho.

BACI for a set of
paired treatment
and control sturdy
sections in
tributaries of the
Clearwater and
Salmon

Redd counts

Juvenile migrant
abundance

DNA

Sex ratio

Age

Origin

Migration timing

Adult productivity


No hatchery origin
steelhead are
stocked in this
drainage upstream
of the Pahsimeroi
Hatchery weir.
Relative

1991-2014
Page 1 Salmon River Steelhead and Chinook MPG (upstream of Panther Creek) Habitat And Hatchery Effectiveness Monitoring
HABITAT ACTION EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING
MPG Population

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?

What is Scale,
project or watershed
IMW?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is Limiting
Factor Addressed?

What is Duration?

What variables are
monitored?
IDFG 7/6/09
HABITAT STATUS/TREND MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?



What is Scale
watershed, MPG,
ESU?
What is the Design?
(probabilistic GRTS,
non-random index
sites, census, etc)


What is Duration?
What is Protocol?
(PiBO, AREMP,
EMAP, Upper
Columbia, ODFW
etc.)
What variables are
monitored if
different from above
list?
HATCHERY EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

What is the Hatchery
Action being
Monitored?
(supplementation,
PHOS, genetic
fitness, etc)

Fund Source and
amount?

What is Scale, reach,
population, MPG,
ESU?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is HGMP or
HSRG Factor
Addressed?

What is Duration?
Reproductive
Success
EF Salmon River

None











What variables are
monitored?

Carcass surveys

BPA # 198909800,
$1,950,306/yr

IDFG, USFWS, NPT,
SBT

Snake Clearwater
and Salmon MPGs

Adult abundance
(redd counts)

Evaluate
supplementation for
spring summer
Chinook salmon in
Idaho.

BACI for a set of
paired treatment
and control sturdy
sections in
tributaries of the
Clearwater and
Salmon

Juvenile migrant
abundance

DNA

Sex ratio

Age

Origin

Migration timing

Adult productivity

Carcass surveys

Reproductive
success

EF Salmon River

BPA # 198909800,
$1,950,306/yr

1991-2014

IDFG, NOAAF

Salmon River MPG

Safety Net hatchery
program

Technique
development

Relative
reproductive success
of captive reared
Chinook salmon

1998 was the first
year adults were
stocked. 2010 will
be the last year
adults are stocked.
Page 1 Salmon River Steelhead and Chinook MPG (upstream of Panther Creek) Habitat And Hatchery Effectiveness Monitoring
HABITAT ACTION EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING
MPG Population
Yankee Fork

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?

None

What is Scale,
project or watershed
IMW?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is Limiting
Factor Addressed?

What is Duration?


What variables are
monitored?
HABITAT STATUS/TREND MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?




IDFG 7/6/09


What is Scale
watershed, MPG,
ESU?
What is the Design?
(probabilistic GRTS,
non-random index
sites, census, etc)


What is Duration?

What is Protocol?
(PiBO, AREMP,
EMAP, Upper
Columbia, ODFW
etc.)
What variables are
monitored if
different from above
list?
HATCHERY EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

What is the Hatchery
Action being
Monitored?
(supplementation,
PHOS, genetic
fitness, etc)







What is Scale, reach,
population, MPG,
ESU?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is HGMP or
HSRG Factor
Addressed?

What is Duration?

What variables are
monitored?

BPA 199700100

IDFG, USFWS, NPT,
SBT

Snake Clearwater
and Salmon MPGs

Adult abundance
(redd counts)

Evaluate
supplementation for
spring summer
Chinook salmon in
Idaho.

BACI for a set of
paired treatment
and control sturdy
sections in
tributaries of the
Clearwater and
Salmon

Juvenile migrant
abundance

DNA

Sex ratio

Age

Origin

Migration timing

Adult productivity

Carcass surveys

Reproductive
success

Yankee Fork
Fund Source and
amount?

BPA # 198909800,
$1,950,306/yr

1991-2014

IDFG, NOAAF

Salmon River MPG

Safety Net hatchery
program

Technique
development

Relative
reproductive success
of captive reared
Chinook salmon


Adults stocked in WF
1998 was the first
year adults were
stocked. 2010 will
be the last year
adults are stocked
Page 1 Salmon River Steelhead and Chinook MPG (upstream of Panther Creek) Habitat And Hatchery Effectiveness Monitoring
HABITAT ACTION EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING
MPG Population

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?

What is Scale,
project or watershed
IMW?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is Limiting
Factor Addressed?

What is Duration?

What variables are
monitored?
IDFG 7/6/09
HABITAT STATUS/TREND MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?



What is Scale
watershed, MPG,
ESU?
What is the Design?
(probabilistic GRTS,
non-random index
sites, census, etc)


What is Duration?
What is Protocol?
(PiBO, AREMP,
EMAP, Upper
Columbia, ODFW
etc.)
What variables are
monitored if
different from above
list?
HATCHERY EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

What is the Hatchery
Action being
Monitored?
(supplementation,
PHOS, genetic
fitness, etc)

Fund Source and
amount?

What is Scale, reach,
population, MPG,
ESU?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is HGMP or
HSRG Factor
Addressed?

What is Duration?

What variables are
monitored?
Yankee Fork
Valley Creek

None






BPA 199700100

IDFG, USFWS, NPT,
SBT

Snake Clearwater
and Salmon MPGs

Adult abundance
(redd counts)

Evaluate
supplementation for
spring summer
Chinook salmon in
Idaho.

BACI for a set of
paired treatment
and control sturdy
sections in
tributaries of the
Clearwater and
Salmon

Sex ratio

Age

Origin

Carcass surveys

Salmon River
above Redfish
Lake

None

Streams are within
the Sawtooth
National
Recreational Area.





No hatchery origin
steelhead are
stocked in this
drainage.

1991-2014

BPA # 198909800,
$1,950,306/yr

IDFG, USFWS, NPT,
SBT

Snake Clearwater
and Salmon MPGs

Adult abundance
(escapement)

Evaluate
supplementation for
spring summer
Chinook salmon in
Idaho.

BACI for a set of
paired treatment
and control sturdy
sections in
tributaries of the
Clearwater and

Redd counts

Juvenile migrant
abundance

DNA

Sex ratio

Relative
Page 1 Salmon River Steelhead and Chinook MPG (upstream of Panther Creek) Habitat And Hatchery Effectiveness Monitoring
HABITAT ACTION EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING
MPG Population

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?

What is Scale,
project or watershed
IMW?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is Limiting
Factor Addressed?

What is Duration?

What variables are
monitored?
IDFG 7/6/09
HABITAT STATUS/TREND MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

Fund Source and
amount?

If no monitoring, is
this a crucial data
gap?



What is Scale
watershed, MPG,
ESU?
What is the Design?
(probabilistic GRTS,
non-random index
sites, census, etc)


What is Duration?
What is Protocol?
(PiBO, AREMP,
EMAP, Upper
Columbia, ODFW
etc.)
What variables are
monitored if
different from above
list?
HATCHERY EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING

Who Is Monitoring?

What is the Hatchery
Action being
Monitored?
(supplementation,
PHOS, genetic
fitness, etc)

Fund Source and
amount?
Reproductive
Success

Panther Creek

None







What is Scale, reach,
population, MPG,
ESU?

What is Design?
(BACI, BA, Other)

What is HGMP or
HSRG Factor
Addressed?

What is Duration?

BPA # 198909800,
$1,950,306/yr


What variables are
monitored?
Salmon

Age
1991-2014

Origin

Migration timing

Adult productivity

Carcass surveys
