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Upper Willamette River Recovery Planning
WITHIN OUR REACHNew Partnerships for a Healthier WillametteDecember 7-8 2010
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Thanks to:
Doug, Pam, Meyer Memorial Trust, Tom and OWEB,
“W O R” planning team
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What’s New for Willamette Recovery?
• The Public Review Draft of Oregon and NOAA’s Upper Willamette River Conservation and Recovery plan for Chinook salmon and steelhead has been completed and is out for public comment until December 21.
• Prospect of a Willamette Recovery Implementation Team
• Consultations beginning with FEMA on building in flood plains in Oregon.
• Legislation in Washington and California @ brake pads
• Exciting new development from North of the Falls! ! !
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• NOAA Fisheries has a great team working on the Upper Willamette …
• and one new development regarding our recovery efforts …
(careful what you ask for)
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West Coast and PNW Context
for ESA - listed salmon and steelhead
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The Endangered Species Act and salmon
• Congress enacted the ESA in 1973
• SEC. 2. PURPOSE(a) FINDINGS- … species of fish, wildlife, threatened with extinction … are of aesthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational, and scientific value to the Nation and its people;
(b) PURPOSES-…The purposes of this Act are to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved, to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered species and threatened species,
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Sections 4,7,9
4. List species, develop recovery plans, implement recovery plans, delist
7. Federal actions avoid jeopardy and avoid adverse modification of critical habitat
9. Prohibits unauthorized take of listed species (regulation vs. voluntary implementation)
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Spawning habitat blocked by dams …
ESA – listed Salmon and Steelhead West Coast
Puget SoundPuget Sound Chinook - ThreatenedHood Canal Summer-run Chum - ThreatenedLake Ozette Sockeye – ThreatenedPuget Sound Steelhead - Threatened
Willamette/Lower ColumbiaLower Columbia Chinook - ThreatenedLower Columbia Steelhead - ThreatenedLower Columbia Coho - CandidateColumbia River Chum - ThreatenedUpper Willamette Chinook - ThreatenedUpper Willamette Steelhead - Threatened
Interior Columbia BasinSnake River Sockeye – EndangeredUpper Columbia Spring Chinook - EndangeredSnake River Fall Chinook - ThreatenedSnake River Spring/Summer Chinook - ThreatenedSnake River Steelhead – ThreatenedUpper Columbia Steelhead - ThreatenedMid-Columbia Steelhead - Threatened
Oregon Coast Coho Oregon Coast Coho – Threatened
Southern Oregon/NorthernCalifornia Coastal Coho
Southern OR/Northern CA Coasts Coho - Threatened
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Other recovery efforts in the PNW…
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Presentation Outline
• Problem Statement• Background
– Status of ESU– Limiting Factors & Threats- All “H’s”
• Chinook Reintroductions– History, Goals, Issues, Needs– Critical Questions to be Answered
• Discussion – how is SWR proceedings with these issues?
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Q: What Constitutes “Success” under the ESA?
Short answer:
About half the Populations are “Viable” and “threats” have been reduced.
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TRT Viability Criteria
Pop Attributes
Pop Status
Major Population Group Status
ESU Status ESU
MPG 1 MPG 2 MPG 3
Abundance, Productivity, Spatial Structure, Diversity
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Numbers of fish and risk
trend variance abundance
time
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Abundance & Productivity: Viability Curves
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
1 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04Intrinsic Productivity
Ab
un
dan
ce
All points on this line yield a 5% risk of
extinction
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ESA-Listed Fish in the Willamette NOAA Fisheries/NMFS jurisdiction
Upper Willamette River spring Chinook salmon
Upper Willamette River winter steelhead
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Upper Willamette Recovery Plan –
My Unofficial review of key steps…
Each one has already been discussedEach is
necessary, but not sufficient by themselves,to get to success:
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1. Re-establish natural production above flood control dams
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2. Protect and restore spawning and rearing habitat below the dams
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Land and Water
• ~70% Oregon’s population resides in the Willamette Basin.
• Urban and Rural Development• Lowland Valley Agriculture• Forestry• All the associated impacts on salmon and their
habitat.• Water quality . . .
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3. Manage harvest and hatcheries
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Hatcheries• Approximately 75% of existing hatchery
production funded as mitigation for dams.• Hatchery fish spawning widespread throughout
every population. Lowest proportion of hatchery fish in the Clackamas, McKenzie.
• In most populations, hatchery fish are supplementing natural spawning below and above impassable dams (intentional or unintentional).
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4. Reduce the dramatically high pre-spawning mortality for Chinook
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5. Anticipate and take steps to manage impacts of climate change and continued human development in the Willamette
Basin
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ALL THESE ARE NECESSARY…
BUT NONE ALONE ARE SUFFICIENT …
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What can the final recovery plan do for you?
We’d like it to provide practical guidance, priorities, etc. for grantors and grantees and
others to use in your work –Ensure linkages between actions and limiting
factors when appropriate.
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What can you do to help recover salmon and steelhead at this point?
• Keep up the good work!• Provide comments on how the plan can be used and
useful in your work:- Have we identified key strategies and types of actions?
- Are there gaps in the plan that need to be filled?- How can we strengthen the Proposed Plan?
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Questions ?
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Extinction RiskVery High
High
Moderate
Low
Very Low
Current Status Desired Status
ClackamasMolalla
N. Santiam
S. SantiamCalapooia
McKenzie
MF Willamette
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Extinction RiskVery High
High
Moderate
Low
Very Low
Current Status Desired Status
Molalla
N. Santiam
S. SantiamCalapooia
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What’s Proposed in the Plan for Chinook?
Clackamas Molalla North Santiam South Santiam Calapooia McKenzie Middle Fork0
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Willamette Chinook - ESU Scenario
Current status
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improvement needed
desired status
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The Willamette Spring Chinook ESU is currently at “high risk”
Seven populations identified
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Historic Habitat Blocked by Impassable Dams(high head federal dams)
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Perc
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Population
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Floodcontrol/Hydropower Dams
• Primary/secondary limiting factor in the majority of spring Chinook populations.
• Blocked major areas of historic habitat in the most critical spring Chinook areas.
• Downstream effects on remaining habitat– Temperature alterations– Floods– Etc.
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Status of the ESU
050,000
100,000150,000200,000250,000300,000350,000
1800's1900
19101920
19301940
19501960
19701980
19902000
Decade
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Natural Fish Hatchery Fish