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Now does it work? The known-Annual Fish Advisory Group Meeting IJC rule Curve Construction Planned water releases Preseason run projections The Unknown Runoff magnitude and timing Climate-temperature Real fish run timing and abundance
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Okanogan Basin Monitoring and Evaluation Program (OBMEP)
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Okanogan River Fish Update for the IOLBC
2015 Osoyoos Lake Water Science Forum
Presenter: John Arterburn
Fisheries Coordination Colville Tribes Okanogan Nation Alliance Washington Department of Wildlife Department of Fisheries and Oceans BC Ministry of Forest , Lands and Natural
Resource Operations Zosel Dam
Operator-OTID Owner –Washington Department of Ecology
The public
Now does it work?• The known-Annual Fish Advisory
Group Meeting• IJC rule Curve• Construction• Planned water releases• Preseason run projections
• The Unknown• Runoff magnitude and timing• Climate-temperature• Real fish run timing and abundance
Every year’s Different In 2014, 614,179 sockeye return to Columbia River
and 490,804 returned above Well’s Dam. Concerns about fish passage at Zosel Dam Documented one day passage of 80,000 sockeye in
one day
Every year’s Different In 2015, 510,703 sockeye return to Columbia
River and 186,894 returned above Well’s Dam. Massive die off due to high water temperatures and
disease issues
Past work that is still paying off Okanogan Cross Channel Project
Originally conceived during the 2005 annual fish advisory meeting to address issues with the old orders.
Washington Department of Ecology funded the design.
Colville Tribes constructed the project in 2010. Continues to provide expanded spawning
habitat for summer steelhead and Chinook salmon.
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Questions and DiscussionAnadromous Fish data and reports can be downloaded at the OBMEP website:Can be found by googling:“cctobmep”
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