This federal Project Grant award of $449,324 from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program will fund a 4-year study by the Karuk Tribe of California to monitor juvenile salmonid survival and migration rates in the Klamath River basin. The project will use acoustic tags to track wild and hatchery-raised Chinook salmon in the Scott, Salmon, Trinity, and Klamath Rivers, and install an array of 32 acoustic receivers...
This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) seeks to: 1) further define the strontium isoscape (geographic delineation of naturally occurring strontium isotopes) across the Klamath Basin, and 2) use this information to assess changes in life history diversity, production, and migratory pathways of fall-run Chinook salmon associated with dam removal, using...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) will fund a $1,075,123 project to monitor juvenile salmonid survival and migration patterns in the Klamath River Basin in California over four years from 2023 to 2026. The Hoopa Valley Tribe will use acoustic tags to track the movement of wild and hatchery-raised juvenile Chinook salmon from the...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, provides $175,780.41 to Oregon State University (OSU) to conduct research on genetic pedigree analysis of McKenzie River spring Chinook salmon in the Upper Willamette River basin. The key activities under this award include: Assigning 2021-2024 adult Chinook salmon returns to previously sampled fish in the North Santiam River Estimating total...
The University of California, Davis will analyze 281 otoliths collected from Battle Creek from 2001 to 2020 under a $119,628 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The analysis will determine habitat use and migratory patterns of Battle Creek spring-run Chinook salmon to leverage similar datasets from other Central Valley tributaries. This will synthesize how ESA-listed spring-run Chinook salmon populations in the Central Valley use...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $175,705 Project Grant to Oregon State University under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program. The grant will fund a 27-month research project to monitor the dispersal and spawning patterns of juvenile Chinook salmon in Catherine Creek. Specifically, the grant will enable Oregon State University to use genetics-based parentage-based tagging (PBT) techniques to track the spatial distribution and migration of...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $261,870 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (CFDA 15.517) to the Yurok Tribe in California. The grant will fund a 4-year project to monitor juvenile salmon survival and migration patterns in the Klamath River basin. The project will use acoustic tags to track up to 400 wild and hatchery-raised Chinook salmon from the Scott, Salmon, and Trinity Rivers to the Klamath River estuary. An array of 32 acoustic receivers will be...
This $512,630 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) will support the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) in conducting scientific research and conservation efforts for the Chilkat River stock of Chinook salmon. The funding will be used to estimate smolt abundance, adult escapement, and harvest of this salmon population, allowing for the...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program provides $103,045.28 to Oregon State University to build statistical models for estimating marine survival of interior Columbia River fall and spring Chinook salmon. The recipient will work with the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center to develop these models, which will incorporate various data sources such as PIT tag and coded wire tag data, stock assessments, and catch...
This $682,107 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) is funding a multi-faceted effort to mitigate economic impacts from reductions in Chinook salmon harvests in Southeast Alaska. The key components of the program include: Hatchery fish marking, tagging, and evaluation; hatchery enhancement projects; and hatchery research. Sub-awards to entities like the Alaska...