Kootenai River Burbot Release Strategy

Planning

Annual Coordination Meetings / Program Reviews:

Burbot Annual Program Review: Co-manager Agreement

THANK YOU! to Alison Squier, Ziji Creative Resources – Facilitator.

Post-release survival (Do not know first year survival of 6-month juvenile)

Dispersal (Very good)

Population Abundance (Increasing but no estimate yet)

Population Structure (Multiple year class representation)

Growth (Good – comparable to wild KR burbot)

Spawning (Sexual Maturation occurring)

Recruitment (unknown; plans to investigate 2016) Genetics (More broodstock has increased genetic contribution)

Review & Apply Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Results

BURBOT RELEASE SITES 2009 - 2014

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2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES LARVAE EXPERIMENT

300,000

300,000

2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES LARVAE EXPERIMENT

None

2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES JUVENILES

31,000

2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES JUVENILES

~20,000

2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

53,000

2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

~20,000

2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

3,000

2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

0; SELF-COLONIZING

2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

39,000

2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

~20,000

2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

55,000

2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

~20,000

2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

45,000

2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

~20,000

2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

46,000

2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES

20,000

Projected Contribution

Bonneville Power Administration (FUNDING) Northwest Power and Conservation Council

Idaho Department of Fish and Game BC Ministry of Forests Land Natural Resource Operations

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks U.S. Army Corp of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Geological Survey Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative

Boundary County City of Bonners Ferry

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Idaho Department of Water Resources Idaho Office of Species Conservation

Natural Resource Conservation Service Local Landowners U.S. Forest Service

Bureau of Land Management AND MORE!!!

Thanks to all our partners for continued support of the Kootenai River Restoration Program!