2007030911342200FALSE20070108133139002007030615070400{1E2D6D93-9349-4623-AD91-D1F8BD860EB9}{AC57B480-F427-4DF1-8300-39792A189EF4}PublishedMicrosoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.1.1332enThe Joint Stock Assessment Project (JSAP), developed in 1997, is a cooperative project of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Kalispel Tribe of Indians (KNRD; Kalispel Tribe Natural Resources Department), Spokane Tribe of Indians, and Colville Confederated Tribes. In order to perform joint stock assessment, the participants need to develop a central database of fisheries related data for the blocked area that would be accessible to all blocked area managers. Initial development of the database involved collecting all existing data. Using the historical database, data gaps are identified and new investigations are initiated to fill those gaps. The Little Spokane River drainage was identified as a high priority watershed for 2001 and 2002. This dataset documents survey results for the initial year of sampling.Objectives of the study were to: 1) determine baseline values of fish habitat, distribution, relative abundances, and densities in the Little Spokane River and its tributaries, and 2) characterize the genetic structure of the potentially native trout populations in the drainage.Taxa:
Historically - Species present in the Little Spokane River system, reported in WDFW creel surveys and post-rehabilitation reports between 1938 and 1978, included cutthroat trout (O. clarkii), eastern brook trout (S. fontinalis), kokanee (O. nerka), rainbow trout (O. mykiss), mountain whitefish, tench (Tinca tinca), largescale suckers (C. macrocheilus), black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus), green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), pumpkinseed (L. gibbosus), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), yellow perch (Perca flavescens), black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), and brown bullhead (A. nebulosus) (WDFW, unpublished data).
Current species found in Little Spokane River system:
Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Eastern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
Kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
Pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulteri)
Esocidae Grass pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus)
Cyprinidae Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Chiselmouth (Acrocheilus alutaceus)
Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)
Northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis)
Redside Shiner (Richardsonius balteatus)
Speckled Dace (Rhinichthys osculus)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Catostomidae Bridgelip Sucker (Catostomus columbianus)
Largescale Sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus)
Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
White Sucker (Catostomus commersi)
Centrarchidae Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieui)
Percidae Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)
Ictaluridae Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas)
Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)
Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)
Cottidae Sculpin spp. (Cottus spp.)
Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi)
Methods:
Historically - creel surveys.
Present day Habitat Surveys - Each stream was stratified into reaches using a USGS topographic map (1:24,000 scale; report - Figure 1; Appendix B). Reaches were defined as portions of streams with similar gradient between confluences with tributaries and road crossings. Each reach was divided into 100 meter (m) survey sections, which were numbered consecutively moving upstream from the mouth. We randomly selected 10% of the survey sections in each reach to be sampled for habitat and fish distribution (Figure 2; Appendix C). Platts et al. (1983) recommended sampling 10% of a stream's length for baseline surveys of habitat and fish distribution. (see report for further details) Fish Surveys - Fish presence, relative abundance, population size, and density were determined from backpack electrofishing data collected at each survey section. A three-pass removal-depletion sampling strategy was used for fish collection (White et al. 1982; Platts et al. 1983). Block nets (1.22 m x 15.24 m; 0.64 cm mesh) were placed across the stream at the downstream and upstream ends of the survey section prior to electrofishing. The 100 m distance between the block nets was measured with a hip chain, while walking parallel to the stream on the bank. Electrofishing was conducted beginning at the downstream end of the section, moving upstream, while attempting to electrofish the stream consistently on each pass. All fish collected on each pass were identified, counted, measured to the nearest mm total length (TL), and released outside of the blocked survey section. Two sculpins from what appeared to be different species were collected per stream and sent to WDFW non-game fish biologist, Molly Hallock, for identification. The sculpin samples were fixed in absolute ethanol. (see report for further details) DNA Analysis - Tissue samples were collected from rainbow trout populations that were identified as potentially native and reproductively isolated, for microsatellite DNA analysis. Samples were only collected from reproductively isolated populations because it was necessary that the samples represented the genetic characteristics of the entire population. If the population was open to multiple life history types or parental stocks, the fish sampled may have represented a mixture of multiple breeding populations. Reproductively isolated populations were those that occurred above barriers and were not subject to known plantings of hatchery fish within the last 10 years. Tissue samples were collected from a maximum of 10 individuals per site, at alternating sites beginning at a headwaters site where rainbow trout were collected. When insufficient sample sizes were obtained in upstream sites, more than 10 fish were sampled at the lower sites. Samples were also collected from Spokane Hatchery stock rainbow trout (coastal strain, O. mykiss irideus) and Phalon Lake hatchery stock rainbow trout (redband strain, O. mykiss gairdneri) for tests of hatchery influences and subspecies identification. (see report for further details)
Hatcheries: Spokane Hatchery, Phalon Lake Broodstock
Dams: Chief Joseph Dam, Grand Coulee Dam
Agencies involved: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Kalispel Tribe, U.S. Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration
StreamNet is a cooperative information management and dissemination project focused on fisheries and aquatic related data in the Columbia River basin and the Pacific Northwest. The project provides a variety of data related to fish resources and maintains the 1:100,000 scale hydrography layer for the Pacific Northwest. Information is available through an on-line database query, interactive maps, direct data download or by custom request.
StreamNet receives funding from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA Project No.: 198810804) and is authorized under the Fish and Wildlife Program of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Other organizations provide funding for select project components. Participating agencies contribute significant in-kind services and include: the Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game (IDFG), Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MFWP), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission (CRITFC).
In addition to the data sets that StreamNet develops and maintains in the central database, StreamNet also provides a service called the "StreamNet Data Store" (http://www.streamnet.org/online-data/datastore.html). The Data Store warehouses data separate from StreamNet's central integrated database, most of which are developed by people outside of the StreamNet project. The data set described here is available from the StreamNet Data Store.Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife20022001 WDFW Project Report - Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams: Baseline Assessment of Fish Species Distribution and Densities In the Little Spokane River Drainage, Year 1JSAP2001.ziphttp://www.streamnet.org/online-data/ids.cfm?id=44&keywords=UnknownspreadsheetPortland, OregonStreamNet Project, Pacific States Marine Fisheries CommissionBPA Project # 1997-004-00 McLellan, J.G. 2002. 2001 WDFW Annual Report for the Project Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams. Part I. Baseline Assessment of Fish Species Distribution and Densities in the Little Spokane River Drainage, Year 1. Pages 109-272 in: Connor, J. 2003. Resident fish stock status above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams. 2001 Annual Report, Report to Bonneville Power Administration, Project No. 199700400. 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