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Fish and Wildlife Program Management Questions and
Fish and Wildlife Program Indicators for Subbasin Level Progress Tracking
Abundance of
Fish and
Wildlife
Fish and Wildlife
Program
Indicator
- Inclusion in
SOTR for
subbasin level
tracking
Performance
Measure(s) for the
FW Program & the
Basin High Level
Indicators
Biological Management Questions and Indicators
Abundance of salmon Annual abundance of
Numerical /
and steelhead in the
juvenile out-migrant,
graphic
Columbia River basin adult, and spawners of
hatchery and wild
salmon and steelhead
by ESU
Abundance of pacific
lamprey and sturgeon
in the Columbia river
basin
Annual abundance of
hatchery and wild
salmon and steelhead
adults returning to the
mouth of the Columbia
river.
Numerical /
graphic
Annual abundance of
hatchery and wild
salmon and steelhead
adults passing dams
and entering the
Willamette River, mid
Columbia River, Upper
Columbia River and
the lower Snake River
Numerical /
graphic
Annual abundance of
harvestable white
sturgeon from
mainstem
Annual index for
pacific lamprey
Numerical /
graphic
Annual abundance of
Kootenai River white
sturgeon
Numerical /
graphic
FW Program Indicators - Version 29 September 2009
Suggested
Timeline for
Initiating
Reporting
Are Columbia
River Basin fish
and wildlife
abundant,
diverse,
productive,
spatially
distributed, and
sustainable?
Columbia
River
Basin High
Level
Indicator for Council
Report to
Congress
Availability of
Data , Goals /
Targets for
Performance
Measure
Fish and
Wildlife
Program
Management
Question
Reporting Data
Note: All Fish and Wildlife Indicators (3rd column) and their related performance measures are
considered important by the region to track FW Program progress; hence these should be considered
for inclusion within the SOTR for subbasin level tracking and also included on BPA’s Taurus
website, as relevant.
Data: Avail
Now
2010
report
Numerical
(#)Target: Yes
for adult
abundance;
Verify for
juvenile
migrants
Data: Avail
Now
2010
report
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
2010
report
#Target: No
Numerical /
graphic &
textual
Data: Avail
Now
2010
report
#Target: Verify
Data: Avail
Now
2010
report
#Target: No
Data: Verify
#Target: Yes
2011 or
later
report
1
Availability of
Data , Goals /
Targets for
Performance
Measure
Suggested
Timeline for
Initiating
Reporting
Are Columbia
River Basin fish
and wildlife
abundant,
diverse,
productive,
spatially
distributed, and
sustainable?
(continued)
Fish and Wildlife
Program
Indicator
- Inclusion in
SOTR for
subbasin level
tracking
Reporting Data
Fish and
Wildlife
Program
Management
Question
Columbia
River
Basin High
Level
Indicator for Council
Report to
Congress
Abundance of
Fish and
Wildlife
(continued)
Abundance of pacific
lamprey and sturgeon
in the Columbia river
basin
(continued)
Annual abundance of
lamprey passing dams
and entering the
Willamette River, mid
Columbia River, Upper
Columbia River and
the lower Snake River
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
2010
report
Smolt-Adult return
rates for ESA listed
salmon and steelhead
in the Columbia River
basin
Smolt to adult returns
for select populations
within an MPG and
ESU within the Snake
River and upper
Columbia River.
TBD
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Verify
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Some
#Target: Some
2011 or
later
report
Abundance over time
of wildlife critical
species that have a
strong association with
salmon
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Yes
2010
Functional critical
wildlife species
diversity over time
State agencies bird
species diversity and
breeding pair counts
List status as reported
by NOAA & USFWS
for fish and wildlife
Numerical /
graphic
ESA listed fish
ESU/DPS/recovery
unit is increasing,
decreasing, or stable
in abundance
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Yes
ESA listed salmonid
ESU is at low, med,
high risk based on
noaa's risk level
Numerical /
graphic
Data:
Expected soon
ESA listed Wildlife
population is
increasing,
decreasing, or stable
in abundance
Numerical /
graphic
Abundance of focal
resident fish species
in the Columbia River
basin
Wildlife species
abundance and
diversity in the
Columbia River Basin
ESA listed or nonlisted status and trend
of fish and wildlife in
the Columbia River
basin
Performance
Measure(s) for the
FW Program & the
Basin High Level
Indicators
FW Program Indicators - Version 29 September 2009
#Target: No
#Target: Yes
2011 or
later
report
#Target: Verify
Numerical /
graphic
Textual
Data: Yes
#Target: Verify
Data: Yes
#Target: Verify
Data: Yes
2011 or
later
report
2011 or
later
report
2010
#Target: Verify
2010
#Target: Verify
2011 or
later
report
#Target: Verify
Data: Yes
#Target: Verify
2011 or
later
report
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Are the actions
implemented by
the Council Fish
and Wildlife
Program having
the expected
biological effect
on fish and
wildlife and their
habitat?
(continued)
Are Columbia
River Basin
ecosystems
healthy?
Are ocean
conditions
affecting
Columbia River
Basin
anadromous
fish?
Is climate
change affecting
fish and wildlife
in the Columbia
River basin?
Production of wild fish
related to habitat
improvement actions
Number of additional
juveniles produced
due to implementing a
given action
Annual number of
adult salmon,
steelhead, sturgeon,
and pacific lamprey
consumed by
pinnepids
Annual number of
juvenile salmon and
steelhead consumed
by piscivorous birds
and fish, specifically
terns, cormorants and
pikeminnow
TBD
Textual
Non-native species
distribution
Change in distribution
over time.
Numerical /
graphic
Ocean Condition
Trend over time of the
Pacific Decadal
Oscillation (PDO), El
Nino/Southern
Oscillation Index,
Pacific Northwest
Index (PNI), Spring
and fall transition
Dates, Ocean Coastal
Upwelling Index (CUI)
Ocean conditions and
effect on coho and
chinook ocean survival
Numerical /
graphic or
textual
TBD
Numerical /
graphic or
Textual
Predation on fish in
the Columbia River
basin
Ecosystem
Health
Watershed Health for
fish and wildlife
TBD
FW Program Indicators - Version 29 September 2009
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Case
studies
#Target: No
Data: TBD
#Target: TBD
Numerical /
graphic
Data: TBD
#Target: TBD
Numerical /
graphic
Data: TBD
#Target: TBD
Data: TBD
#Target: TBD
Data: Avail
Now
Suggested
Timeline for
Initiating
Reporting
Abundance of
Fish and
Wildlife
(continued)
Performance
Measure(s) for the
FW Program & the
Basin High Level
Indicators
Availability of
Data , Goals /
Targets for
Performance
Measure
Fish and Wildlife
Program
Indicator
- Inclusion in
SOTR for
subbasin level
tracking
Reporting Data
Fish and
Wildlife
Program
Management
Question
Columbia
River
Basin High
Level
Indicator for Council
Report to
Congress
2011 or
later
report
2011 or
later
report
2011 or
later
report
2011 or
later
report
2011 or
later
report
2010
#Target: No
Textual
Data: Avail
Now
#Target: No
TBD
2011 or
later
report
2011 or
later
report
3
Are mainstem
hydro
operations
meeting the
Council Fish and
Wildlife
Program’s
survival and
passage
objectives?
Is harvest
consistent with
the Council fish
and wildlife
program’s
vision?
Hydrosystem
Survival &
Passage
Council
Action
Implementation Management Questions and Indicators
Salmon and
Estimated actual
Numerical /
steelhead juvenile
survival of juvenile
graphic
survival through
spring hinook salmon
Federal Columbia
and steelhead survival
River Power System’s at snake river and
dams
lower Columbia river
dams
Estimated actual
Numerical /
survival of juvenile
graphic
salmon and steelhead
survival in-river
Estimated actual
Numerical /
survival of juvenile
graphic
salmon and steelhead
survival through the
FCRPS system
Salmon and
Differential postNumerical /
steelhead juvenile
Bonneville dam
graphic
survival through
survival of in-river
Federal Columbia
versus transported
River Power System’s juvenile salmon and
dams (continued)
steelhead (D-value)
Salmon and
Estimated actual
Numerical /
steelhead adult
survival through
graphic
survival through
FCRPS for SR Fall
Federal Columbia
Chinook, SR Spring River Power System’s Summer Chinook, SR
dams
Sockeye, SR
Steelhead, UCR
Spring Chinook, UCR
steelhead, MCR
steelhead, LCR
steelhead, CR Chum,
LCR Chinook, LCR
Coho
Harvest numbers and Annual commercial,
Numerical /
rates per year for
tribal, and recreational graphic
salmon, steelhead,
mainstem harvest
sturgeon, and
number of hatchery
resident fisheries.
and wild salmon,
steelhead and
sturgeon in the
Columbia River
Harvest rates for ESA
Numerical /
listed fish
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
2010
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
2010
2010
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
2010
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
2010
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
(mainstem)
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now for
salmonids
Verify for other
fish
#Target: Yes
FW Program Indicators - Version 29 September 2009
Suggested
Timeline for
Initiating
Reporting
Performance
Measure(s) for the
FW Program & the
Basin High Level
Indicators
Availability of
Data , Goals /
Targets for
Performance
Measure
Fish and Wildlife
Program
Indicator
- Inclusion in
SOTR for
subbasin level
tracking
Reporting Data
Fish and
Wildlife
Program
Management
Question
Columbia
River
Basin High
Level
Indicator for Council
Report to
Congress
2010 for
mainstem;
2011 or
later for
tributary
2010, for
salmonids
2011 or
later for
other fish
4
Are Council
program actions
coordinated
within the
program and
with other
programs?
Council
Action
(continued)
Performance
Measure(s) for the
FW Program & the
Basin High Level
Indicators
Contribution of
Council’s Fish and
Wildlife program
funded hatcheries to
Columbia River basin
and Ocean fisheries
TBD
TBD
TBD
2011 or
later
Implementation of
artificial production
recommendations
supported by the
Council Fish and
Wildlife Program’s
Report on percent of
hatcheries meeting
PNI, NOS, HOS
recommendations
under HSRG and
HGMP
Numerical /
graphic
Data:
Expected soon
#Target: YES
2011 or
later
Abundance of
hatchery parr/smolts
released complement
abundance of wild
parr/smolts in-stream
Wildlife habitat units
acquired relative to
loss by dam.
TBD
TBD
TBD
2011 or
later
Annual Total minimum
estimated and credited
Habitat Unit (HU)
acquired summed
across all key species
and dams
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
2010
Cumulative HU to-date
summed across all
key species and dams
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
Annual and cumulative
number of partial and
full fish passage
barriers removed per
target species ;
Annual and cumulative
number of new fish
screens installed and
replaced by target fish
species
Numerical /
graphic
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
Annual and cumulative
potential maximum
number of miles of
habitat accessible by
target fish species
from removing a
passage barrier
structure
Numerical /
graphic
Number of instream
fish passage
improvements
Potential maximum
additional miles of fish
habitat made
accessible
FW Program Indicators - Version 29 September 2009
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Timeline for
Initiating
Reporting
Availability of
Data , Goals /
Targets for
Performance
Measure
Is harvest
consistent with
the Council fish
and wildlife
program’s
vision?
(continued)
Does artificial
production
complement
resident and
anadromous
recovery and
harvest goals
within the
Columbia River
basin?
Fish and Wildlife
Program
Indicator
- Inclusion in
SOTR for
subbasin level
tracking
Reporting Data
Fish and
Wildlife
Program
Management
Question
Columbia
River
Basin High
Level
Indicator for Council
Report to
Congress
#Target: Yes
2010
2010
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
2010
#Target: Yes
5
Council
Actions
(continued)
Amount of water
conserved by
conservation activities
and water
transactions for
instream use.
Amount of land
protected for fish and
wildlife
Amount of land
receiving actions
aimed at improving
habitat for fish and
wildlife
Water conserved for
fish annually and
cumulatively in acresfeet and cubic-feet per
second by installing a
well, pipeline,
sprinkler, and a line
diversion ditch
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
Water secured for fish
annually and
cumulatively in acresfeet and cubic-feet per
second by acquiring
water instream,
leasing land, or
purchasing land.
Annual and cumulative
number of riparian
miles protected on
purchased and leased
land for salmon,
steelhead, resident
fish and wildlife.
Numerical /
graphic
Annual and cumulative
number of acres per
habitat type protected
on purchased and
leased land for
salmon, steelhead,
resident fish and
wildlife
Annual and cumulative
number of miles
improved for salmon,
steelhead, resident
fish and wildlife by one
or many of these
actions increasing
instream habitat
complexity, removing
vegetation, planting
vegetation, fencing,
spawning gravel, as
well as realigning,
connecting, and/or
creating a channel
Numerical /
graphic
FW Program Indicators - Version 29 September 2009
Suggested
Timeline for
Initiating
Reporting
Performance
Measure(s) for the
FW Program & the
Basin High Level
Indicators
Availability of
Data , Goals /
Targets for
Performance
Measure
Are Council
program actions
coordinated
within the
program and
with other
programs?
(continued)
Fish and Wildlife
Program
Indicator
- Inclusion in
SOTR for
subbasin level
tracking
Reporting Data
Fish and
Wildlife
Program
Management
Question
Columbia
River
Basin High
Level
Indicator for Council
Report to
Congress
2010
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
2010
#Target: Yes
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
2010
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
2010
#Target: Yes
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
#Target: Yes
2010
6
Are Council
program actions
coordinated
within the
program and
with other
programs?
(continued)
Council
Actions
(continued)
Managing predation
on adult and juvenile
fish
Define indicator for
successful
occurrence of
Resident fish
substitution to replace
anadromous fish
species loss due to
hydrosystem
Define an indicator
for: Progress in
implementing action
to address subbasin
plan objectives and
needs (limiting
factors, priority
reaches, etc)
Suggested
Timeline for
Initiating
Reporting
Performance
Measure(s) for the
FW Program & the
Basin High Level
Indicators
Availability of
Data , Goals /
Targets for
Performance
Measure
Fish and Wildlife
Program
Indicator
- Inclusion in
SOTR for
subbasin level
tracking
Reporting Data
Fish and
Wildlife
Program
Management
Question
Columbia
River
Basin High
Level
Indicator for Council
Report to
Congress
Annual and cumulative
number of acres per
habitat type improved
for salmon, steelhead,
resident fish and
wildlife by removing
vegetation, planting
vegetation, erosion
and sedimentation
control, control burn,
enhance
floodplain/remove
modify, breach dike,
as well as realigning,
connecting, and/or
creating a channel.
Percent change in
pikeminnow mortality,
average size of
pikeminnow; number
of pikeminnow
removed, and counts
of pikminnow rewards
paid.
Number of pinnepid
deterred from BON
raceway
Tern and cormorant
colony size, and
number of breeding
pairs
TBD
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
#Target: Yes
2010
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
#Target: Yes
2010
Numerical /
graphic
Data: Avail
Now
#Target: Yes
Data: Avail
Now
#Target: Yes
2010
TBD
TBD
2011 or
later
TBD
TBD
TBD
2011 or
later
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Numerical /
graphic
2010
7
Council
Actions
(continued)
Coordination of
Council Fish and
Wildlife Program with
other fish and wildlife
entities, activities, and
programs in the basin
TBD
FW Program Indicators - Version 29 September 2009
TBD
TBD
Suggested
Timeline for
Initiating
Reporting
Performance
Measure(s) for the
FW Program & the
Basin High Level
Indicators
Availability of
Data , Goals /
Targets for
Performance
Measure
Are Council
program actions
coordinated
within the
program and
with other
programs?
(continued)
Fish and Wildlife
Program
Indicator
- Inclusion in
SOTR for
subbasin level
tracking
Reporting Data
Fish and
Wildlife
Program
Management
Question
Columbia
River
Basin High
Level
Indicator for Council
Report to
Congress
2011 or
later
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