March 20-22, 2018
Walla Walla, Washington
Agenda

Session One: Steelhead Stock Status Review

California – Jonathan Nelson, California Department of Fish and Game

Oregon – Kevin Goodson, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Idaho – Alan Byrne, Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Washington – Anne R. Marshall, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

British Columbia – Robert Bison, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource

Alaska – Brian Marston, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Estimating wild adult abundance in the Snake River basin – a comparison of using PIT arrays and genetic methods – Jason Vogel, Nez Perce Tribe

Estimating escapement of summer steelhead using redd surveys: What have we learned and where do we go? – Jim Ruzycki, ODFW

Movement patterns of adult steelhead and anglers in the mainstem Clearwater River, Idaho – Stacey Feeken, University of Idaho

Tucannon River steelhead management and issues caused by overshoot at Columbia and Snake River Dams – Joe Bumgarner, WDFW

Session Two – Snake River Basin Steelhead Management and Research

Dispersal of radio tagged steelhead spawners in the SF Clearwater River – Peter Cleary, Nez Perce Tribe

Estimation of wild steelhead smolt abundance at Lower Granite Dam – Carlos Camacho, IDFG

Patterns of iteroparity in Snake River steelhead trout – Tim Copeland, IDFG

Session Three – Ocean Ecology

The changing North Pacific Ecosystem and potential impacts to steelhead – Elizabeth Daly, OSU

Declining Pacific Northwest steelhead trout adult survival in the ocean and associated ecosystem indicators – Neala Kendall, WDFW

Factors associated with the regional patterns of steelhead survival in the Columbia River Basin – Steven L. Haeseker, USFWS

Genome-wide association study (GWAS) of survival of acoustically tagged steelhead smolts from south/central Puget Sound, Washington – Ken Warheit, WDFW

Session Four – Fresh Water Ecology

Differences in and factors influencing movement of juvenile steelhead between two tributaries during initial stages of recolonization following dam removal in Elwha River – John McMillan, Trout Unlimited

Using demographic rates to estimate freshwater productivity of anadromous O. mykiss (steelhead) in the Skagit River, WA – Mike LeMoine, Upper Skagit Tribe

Freshwater growth patterns of Puget Sound steelhead smolts - Matt Klungle, WDFW

Shifting summer distributions of juvenile steelhead: temperature, fish movements and competitive interactions – John Winkowski, WDFW

Life history diversity of Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in two coastal Washington watersheds – Jason Hall, Cramer Fish Sciences

Monitoring genetic and ecological interactions of Puget Sound early winter steelhead hatchery releases – Bethany Craig, WDFW

Using spatially continuous mark-recapture to estimate abundance, distribution, movement and survival of steelhead in freshwater – Jeremy Cram, WDFW

Factors limiting growth of juvenile anadromous and resident Oncorhynchus mykiss in the Duckabush and Hamma Hamma Rivers, WA – Gary Marston, WDFW

Life-cycle models for Yakima River O. mykiss: a tool for evaluating temperature, flow and other effects on fish life history strategy and abundance – Neala Kendall, WDFW

Session Five – Invited Papers

Using a Mark-Recapture experiment to estimate the abundance of Karluk River steelhead – Tyler Polum, ADF&G

Sonar estimation of adult steelhead: various methods to account for kelts in determining total escapement – Mike Sparkman, CDFW

Columbia River Basin Steelhead Kelt Reconditioning Physiology Research - Andy Pierce, CRITFC

Population viability of Willamette River winter steelhead: An assessment of the effects of sea lions at Willamette Falls – Matt Falcy, ODFW

Evaluation of steelhead redd surveyor variability in Joseph Creek, Oregon – Jeff Yanke, ODFW

Optimizing smolt production with natural-origin steelhead broodstock - Chris Tatara, NWFSC NOAA

Effects of hatchery rearing duration and body size on the breeding success of steelhead trout – Chris Tatara, NWFSC NOAA

Origin and assignment of hatchery and wild steelhead spawning in Bakeoven and Buck Hollow Creeks, Deschutes River – Derrek Faber, ODFW

A preliminary assessment of residual hatchery steelhead in the Hood River, Oregon – Phil Simpson, ODFW

Triploid summer steelhead evaluation in the South Santiam River, Oregon - Marc Johnson, ODFW

Migration mortality and overshoot of Mid-Columbia Summer Steelhead: What are the next steps for monitoring and management? – Ian Tattam, ODFW

Genetic analysis of wild winter steelhead and hatchery summer steelhead introgression in the upper Willamette River – Marc Johnson, ODFW

The genetic and evolutionary basis of summer run timing in coastal steelhead – Mike Miller, UCD

Using genetics to investigate the spawning and rearing distribution of summer and winter steelhead in the North Umpqua Basin – Michelle Pepping, UCD

Factors that affect steelhead (and salmon) catch and release survival in freshwater sport fisheries throughout Washington state – Ian Courter, Mt. Hood Environmental

Consequences of catch-and-release angling on the physiology, behaviour, and survival of wild steelhead on the Bulkley River – Will Twardek, Carleton University

Response of O. mykiss to removal of San Clemente Dam on the Carmel River, CA – results to date and managing expectations – Tommy Williams, SWFSC NOAA

Steelhead response during and after the removal of two dams on the Elwha River – Joe Anderson, WDFW

Poster Session

A decade of scales: Examining juvenile steelhead age characteristics in 10 Idaho Streams – Tim Copeland, IDFG

Characterizing Steelhead Spawing Patterns in the Klickitat River – Results from Radio Telemetry and Genetic Investigations – Joe Zendt, YKFP

The Use of large fyke traps in the mainstem Sacramento River to estimate the abundance and run timing of Central Valley steelhead – Brian Poxon, PSMFC

Estimating the abundance of steelhead in upper Sacramento River Tributaries through the use of mark-recapture, SONAR and video monitoring – Thomas Clifford, PSMFC

Challenges Associated With an Age-2 Steelhead Smolt Rearing at Winthrop National Fish Hatchery, in the Methow River Sub-basin, WA – Michael Humling, USFWS

Effects of Fishery Related Fight Time and Air Exposure on Reporductive Success of Hatchery Steelhead – Don Whitney, IDFG

Assessment of Natural Hybridization Between Steelhead (O. mykiss) and Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorynchus clarkii clarkii) – Kitty Griswold, PSMFC

Estimates of Pacific Lamprey Adult Spawner Abundance in Western Oregon from Winter Steelhead Monitoring Across the Oregon Coast and Lower Columbia - Eric Brown, ODFW

Winter Steelhead Monitoring in Western Oregon: Converting Redds to Fish – Briana Sounhein, ODFW

Planning Research and Monitoring of Native Winter Steelhead in the Upper Willamette Basin – Luke Whitman, ODFW

Comparing Effort, Bias and Precision Between Three Methods to Estimate Steelhead Smolt Abundance in Two Skagit River Tributaries – Michael LeMoine, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe

Hatchery Origin Strays Within the John Day River Steelhead Spawning Population – Chris Bare, ODFW