Project 199800703 Program M&E for Grande Ronde Spring Chinook

Salmon and Summer Steelhead

Steve Boe

Rey Weldert

Carrie Crump

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Catherine Creek

Lostine River

Minam River

Wenaha River

Lookingglass Creek

Upper Grande Ronde River

Catherine Creek Spring Chinook Smolt Arrival Timing to Lower

Granite DamYear Group Earliest Median Latest n

2001 Hatchery 4/10 5/15 7/10 7,710

2001 Wild 4/27 5/19 7/13 217

2002 Hatchery 4/11 5/17 7/31 3,061

2002 Wild 4/15 5/17 7/1 130

2003 Hatchery 3/25 4/29 7/13 3,096

2003 Wild 4/13 5/24 6/23 269

Upper Grande Ronde River Spring Chinook Smolt Arrival Timing to

Lower Granite DamYear Group Earliest Median Latest n

2001 Hatchery 4/10 5/4 5/25 197

2001 Wild 5/4 5/16 5/20 4

2002 Hatchery 4/22 5/18 5/31 213

2002 Wild 4/14 5/29 6/29 147

2003 Hatchery 3/29 5/5 5/31 497

2003 Wild 3/31 5/14 6/2 200

Minimum PIT Tag Detection Rates for Catherine Creek Spring Chinook

Salmon Smolts

0102030405060

2001 2002 2003

Migration Year

Min

imu

m D

etec

tio

n R

ate

(%) Hatchery Wild

Minimum PIT Tag Detection Rates for Upper Grande Ronde River Spring

Chinook Salmon Smolts

020406080

100

2001 2002 2003

Migration Year

Min

imu

m D

etec

tio

n

Rat

e (%

)

Hatchery Wild

Juvenile Spring Chinook Hatchery vs. Wild

• Size

• Natural migration times fall, spring

• Release times

• Facility size

• Disease, broodstock, location, PIT tag

• Technology

Hatchery and Wild Spring Chinook Salmon Passed Above Catherine Creek

Weir, 2001-2003

050

100150200

250300

2001 2002 2003

Year

# o

f A

du

lts

Pa

ss

ed

Hatchery Wild

Arrival Timing of Catherine Creek Spring Chinook Jacks 2001

05

10152025303540

22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36

Week

% o

f T

ota

l Ca

tch Hatchery, n=29 Wild, n=12

Arrival Timing of Catherine Creek Spring Chinook Jacks 2003

05

101520253035

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Week

% o

f T

ota

l Ca

tch Hatchery, n=70 Wild, n=6

Arrival Timing of Catherine Creek Spring Chinook Ages 4/5 2002

0

10

20

30

40

50

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Week

% o

f T

ota

l Ca

tch Hatchery, n=131 Wild, n=170

Arrival Timing of Catherine Creek Spring Chinook Ages 4/5 2003

0

10

20

30

40

50

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Week

% o

f T

ota

l Ca

tch Hatchery, n=235 Wild, n=252

Spring Chinook Salmon Redd Distribution in Catherine Creek, 1997-2001 and 2002-

2003

0102030

405060

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Stream section

% o

f R

edd

s 1997-2001, 287 total redds

2002-2003, 313 total redds

Percent of Eggs Spawned by Spring Chinook, Catherine Creek, 2003

0

20

40

60

80

100

0 1-50 51-75 76-95 >95

Percent of Eggs Spawned

Nu

mb

er o

f F

emal

e C

arca

sses

Rec

ove

red

Hatchery, n=105 Wild, n=42

Hatchery and Wild Spring Chinook Salmon Passed Above upper Grande Ronde River

Weir, 2001-2003

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2001 2002 2003

Year

# o

f A

du

lts

Pa

ss

ed Hatchery Wild

Adult Spring Chinook Hatchery vs. Wild

• Spring flow conditions

• Widely varying numbers

• Prespawning mortality

• Management of Catherine Cr. Vs. upper Grande Ronde River

• Genetics

Wild Summer Steelhead Trapped at Catherine Creek and upper Grande Ronde River, 2001-

2003

050

100150200250300

2001 2002 2003

Year

No

. of

Su

mm

er

Ste

elh

ead

Tra

pp

ed

Catherine Creek upper Grande Ronde River

Percent Female Summer Steelhead in Weir Catches, Catherine Creek and upper Grande

Ronde River, 2001-2003

0

20

40

60

80

100

2001 2002 2003

Year

Pe

rce

nt f

em

ale

s Catherine Creek upper Grande Ronde River

Summer Steelhead Catches by Week at Catherine Creek and upper Grande

Ronde River Weirs, 2001-2003

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25

Week

Per

cen

t o

f T

ota

l C

atch

Catherine Creek upper Grande Ronde River

Lookingglass Cr. 2002

Catherine Cr. 2003

Catherine Cr. 2002

Wallowa Hatchery 2002

Wallowa Hatchery 2003

upper Grande Ronde R. 2002

Lookingglass Cr. 2003

upper Grande Ronde R. 2003

78

93

64

99

Environmental Data

Streamflow and Water Temperature Gauges operated in upper Grande Ronde River and Catherine Creek

Water Temperature Loggers also operated at Adult Collection Facilities

Lookingglass Creek Spring Chinook Salmon Reintroduction Project funded under LSRCP

Rotary screw trap for juveniles near mouth

Adult weirs/traps

Spawning ground surveys

Water temperature/streamflow