| >70 percent cover in total cover {shrub (<3 m) and subcanopy (>3m) layers} | Yellow Warbler |
| >70% cover should be native species | Yellow Warbler |
| 1,900 natural adults (entire population) | Coho |
| 15% diversity index with dam removal | Coho |
| 2.0 productivity with dam removal | Coho |
| 3.0 productivity with dam removal with PFC | Coho |
| 3.1 productivity with dam removal | Spring Chinook |
| 3.3 productivity with dam removal | Steelhead |
| 3.7 productivity with current conditions without harvest | Coho |
| 3.7 productivity with dam removal | Fall Chinook |
| 4% diversity index with current conditions without harvest | Steelhead |
| 4.1 productivity with current conditions without harvest | Steelhead |
| 5.1 productivity with dam removal with PFC | Spring Chinook |
| 5.6 productivity with dam removal with PFC | Fall Chinook |
| 500 natural adults | Fall Chinook |
| 500 natural adults | Spring Chinook |
| 57% diversity index with dam removal with PFC | Coho |
| 6% diversity index with current conditions without harvest | Coho |
| 6.2 productivity with current conditions without harvest | Fall Chinook |
| 7.1 productivity with dam removal with PFC | Steelhead |
| 71% diversity index with dam removal | Spring Chinook |
| 78% diversity index with dam removal | Steelhead |
| 79% diversity index with dam removal | Fall Chinook |
| 89% diversity index with current conditions without harvest | Fall Chinook |
| 94% diversity index with dam removal with PFC | Fall Chinook |
| 95% diversity index with dam removal with PFC | Steelhead |
| 99% diversity index with dam removal with PFC | Spring Chinook |
| Ability to build lodges | American Beaver |
| Abundance of 1227 with dam removal with PFC | Coho |
| Abundance of 20 with current conditions without harvest | Steelhead |
| Abundance of 301 with dam removal | Steelhead |
| Abundance of 470 with current conditions without harvest | Coho |
| Abundance of 544 with dam removal with PFC | Steelhead |
| Abundance of 570 with dam removal | Spring Chinook |
| Abundance of 792 with dam removal | Fall Chinook |
| Abundance of 814 with dam removal with PFC | Spring Chinook |
| Abundance of 952 with dam removal | Coho |
| Abundance of 982 with current conditions without harvest | Fall Chinook |
| Abundance of 995 with dam removal with PFC | Fall Chinook |
| Abundance of aquatic and emergent vegetation during the growing season | Oregon Spotted Frog |
| Acorn producing oak trees available for winter forage | Lewis' Woodpecker |
| Acorns important in winter and early spring | Western Gray Squirrel |
| Adequate food sources | Western Gray Squirrel |
| Adequate habitat within home range: In Klickitat County 95% home ranges from 10-187 ha (mean 73 ha) for males and 3-44 ha (mean 21 ha) for females | Western Gray Squirrel |
| Adequate numbers of snags (1 or more of adequate size) | Lewis' Woodpecker |
| Capacity of 1013 with dam removal with PFC | Spring Chinook |
| Capacity of 1210 with dam removal with PFC | Fall Chinook |
| Capacity of 1828 with dam removal with PFC | Coho |
| Capacity of 633 with dam removal with PFC | Steelhead |
| Capactiy of 1086 with dam removal | Fall Chinook |
| Capactiy of 1170 with current conditions without harvest | Fall Chinook |
| Capactiy of 1898 with dam removal | Coho |
| Capactiy of 26 with current conditions without harvest | Steelhead |
| Capactiy of 429 with dam removal | Steelhead |
| Capactiy of 643 with current conditions without harvest | Coho |
| Capactiy of 835 with dam removal | Spring Chinook |
| Contiguous canopy cover (mean = 60%) | Western Gray Squirrel |
| Decrease / reverse displacement of Oregon white oak by Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine in historically oak dominated stands. | |
| Decrease density of brush within wetland meadows. | |
| Decrease disturbance to western pond turtles. | Western Pond Turtle |
| decrease fragmentation of wildlife habitat, to restore connectivity of populations and historic migration routes, within and between subbasins | All terrestrial focal species |
| Decrease routing of sediment and peak flows into streams. | All anadromous focal species |
| Decrease stand density of ponderosa pine. | |
| Decrease stem density of ponderosa pine. | |
| Develop and implement successful adult and juvenile monitoring program. | All anadromous focal species |
| Develop population and genetic diversity
maintenance program in the event the habitat below dam is not functional for some period of time. | All anadromous focal species |
| Diameter at breast height (21-58 cm, mean = 40 cm; 8.2-22.6 in, mean = 15.7 in) | Western Gray Squirrel |
| Diameter at breast height (dbh) ≥ 30 cm | Lewis' Woodpecker |
| Edge and small patch size (heterogeneity) | Yellow Warbler |
| Eliminate bullfrogs from further invasion of montane wetlands and control current invasions. | Oregon Spotted Frog |
| Eliminate predation from non-native species. | Western Pond Turtle |
| establish 7 populations for delisting | Western Pond Turtle |
| establish at least 4 populations of >200 pond turtles | Western Pond Turtle |
| For active and inactive juvenile, increase recruitment of LWD to create pools and increase cover. | All anadromous focal species |
| For active and inactive juvenile, increase volume of pool habitat to enhance juvenile survival | All anadromous focal species |
| For active juvenile, plant riparian area to increase canopy cover which reduces stream temperatures. | All anadromous focal species |
| For adults, ensure prespawning salmon and steelhead mortalities are minimized | All anadromous focal species |
| For eggs and inactive juvenile, increase channel stability and reduce peak flows by reducing confinement. After removal of road or dike, should proceed to riparian restoration. | All anadromous focal species |
| For eggs and inactive juvenile, reduce sediment inputs from roads. Hydrologically disconnect road system from streams. | All anadromous focal species |
| For eggs, plant trees to reduce sediment inputs from unstable banks | All anadromous focal species |
| For eggs, provide roughness in stream segments that are downcutting to stop erosion of bed and protect unstable banks | All anadromous focal species |
| For juvenile, eliminate fish access through intakes. Increase stream flow to increase habitat and help reduce summer temperatures | All anadromous focal species |
| For juveniles and adults, decrease potential competition between tules and upriver brights | All anadromous focal species |
| For juveniles, decrease fecal coliform levels | All anadromous focal species |
| For spawners, increase recruitment of LWD to retain spawning gravel | All anadromous focal species |
| For spawners, provide wood to capture and sort sediments,increasing the availability of spawning gravels | All anadromous focal species |
| Herbaceous plants include aspen, willow, cottonwood, alder, and aquatic vegetation | American Beaver |
| Historic abundance potential of 1137 | Steelhead |
| Historic abundance potential of 1278 | Coho |
| Historic abundance potential of 745 | Fall Chinook |
| Historic abundance potential of 871 | Spring Chinook |
| Historic capactiy potential of 1012 | Spring Chinook |
| Historic capactiy potential of 1196 | Steelhead |
| Historic capactiy potential of 1694 | Coho |
| Historic capactiy potential of 868 | Fall Chinook |
| Historic diversity index potential of 100% | Spring Chinook |
| Historic diversity index potential of 70% | Coho |
| Historic diversity index potential of 95% | Steelhead |
| Historic diversity index potential of 98% | Fall Chinook |
| Historic productivity potential fo 20.4 | Steelhead |
| Historic productivity potential fo 4.1 | Coho |
| Historic productivity potential fo 7.1 | Fall Chinook |
| Historic productivity potential fo 7.2 | Spring Chinook |
| Increase average dbh and decrease understory density. | |
| increase presence of native plants in their historical distribution and reduce exotic plant distributions | All aquatic focal species |
| increase presence of native plants in their historical distribution and reduce exotic plant distributions | All terrestrial focal species |
| Increase quality and quantity of habitat for yellow warblers. | Yellow Warbler |
| Increase quality of habitat for western pond turtles. | Western Pond Turtle |
| Increase quality of Lewis’ woodpecker habitat. | Lewis' Woodpecker |
| Increase quality of Oregon spotted frog habitat. | Oregon Spotted Frog |
| Increase quality of western gray squirrel habitat. | Western Gray Squirrel |
| increase quantity and quality of reduced and degraded fish and wildlife habitat to amounts that will sustain native fish and wildlife species | All terrestrial focal species |
| increase quantity and quality of reduced and degraded fish and wildlife habitat to amounts
that will sustain native fish and wildlife species | All aquatic focal species |
| Increase quantity of habitat for Oregon spotted frogs. | Oregon Spotted Frog |
| Increase quantity of habitat for western pond turtles. | Western Pond Turtle |
| Increase quantity of Lewis’ woodpecker habitat. | Lewis' Woodpecker |
| Increase quantity of western gray squirrel habitat. | Western Gray Squirrel |
| increase reduced populations of native fish and wildlife to sustainable sizes | All aquatic focal species |
| increase reduced populations of native fish and wildlife to sustainable sizes | All terrestrial focal species |
| Increase salmon carcasses into reaches above Condit Dam | All anadromous focal species |
| Increase source of large woody debris (LWD), in the form of large trees and snags, in riparian buffers. | |
| Initiate actions to provide passage of anadromous salmon and steelhead above Condit Dam | All anadromous focal species |
| Large, connected wetlands and riparian habitats | Oregon Spotted Frog |
| Low stream channel gradient | American Beaver |
| managing stands to restore functional habitat | |
| Mild or no annual or seasonal water level fluctuations | American Beaver |
| Nest tree age (69-275 yr, mean = 108 yr) | Western Gray Squirrel |
| Optimal breeding areas, or oviposition sites that include shallow water, often 2–12 in (5–30 cm) deep; emergent wetlands, clear, oxygenated water; emergent wetlands within forested landscapes | Oregon Spotted Frog |
| Optimal height ≥ 9.1 m, range used 1.5-51 m | Lewis' Woodpecker |
| Permanent source of water | American Beaver |
| Pine cones and seeds in late summer and fall | Western Gray Squirrel |
| population composed of no more than 70% adults | Western Pond Turtle |
| Presence of food source | American Beaver |
| Protect, restore and rehabilitate habitat and
watershed processes upstream of Northwestern Reservoir. | All anadromous focal species |
| Provide suitable habitat for beaver where they were historically found. | American Beaver |
| Reduce damage to wetland habitat from timber activities. | |
| Reduce damage to wetland hydrology from road presence. | |
| Reduce damage to wetland vegetation from excessive grazing, and water quality due to inappropriate management of livestock grazing. | |
| Reduce mortality of food base (insects), needed by yellow warblers, from chemical applications. | Yellow Warbler |
| Reduce non-native species presence and reestablish native plant communities. | |
| Reduce pressure to western gray squirrels from California ground squirrels and eastern gray squirrels. | Western Gray Squirrel |
| Reduce risk of mortality of Oregon spotted frogs by various chemical applications. | Oregon Spotted Frog |
| Re-establish population | Steelhead |
| Remove encroaching conifers from meadows. | |
| Restore and protect remaining riparian buffers from conversion. | |
| Restore beaver populations to historical levels. | American Beaver |
| Restore ecologically functional floodplain / riparian wetland habitats. | |
| Restore historical beaver populations. | |
| Restore native riparian tree and shrub habitats degraded by inappropriate grazing. | |
| Restore native riparian tree and shrub habitats necessary for fish and wildlife habitat on the degraded river and tributary areas. | |
| Restore riparian habitat quality by increasing native vegetation in degraded riparian habitat. | |
| Restore stream channel planform and roughness, restore water table, repair stream banks, restore riparian vegetation and reconnect floodplain. | |
| Restore yellow warbler population numbers to historic levels. | Yellow Warbler |
| Retain decadent and other important wildlife trees. | Western Gray Squirrel |
| Retain existing tracts of late seral forests and reduce future fragmentation. | |
| Retain late seral stands and large decadent trees. | |
| retaining any surviving late seral stands and large decadent
wildlife trees | |
| secure habitat from development or major disturbance | Western Pond Turtle |
| Shrub layer cover 30-60 percent of total cover (includes shrubs and small saplings), height > 2m | Yellow Warbler |
| Since the original draft reintroduction plan was developed, salmon and steelhead have been listed under ESA. There is a need to
incorporate new information including
subbassin biological objectives into reintroduction plan. | All anadromous focal species |
| Slow stream flow, restore water table, repair stream banks, restore riparian vegetation and reconnect floodplain. | |
| Slow water flow | American Beaver |
| Stream channel gradients of 6 percent or less have optimum value as beaver habitat; streams of 15 percent or more are uninhabitable | American Beaver |
| Subcanopy layer contributing >40 percent of the total cover | Yellow Warbler |
| Suitably warm summer water temperatures (>68º F) | Oregon Spotted Frog |
| Tree canopy closure ≤ 30 % (closure exceeding 75 % is unsuitable) | Lewis' Woodpecker |
| Understory cover ≥ 50 % | Lewis' Woodpecker |
| Within 180 m (600 ft) of water | Western Gray Squirrel |
| Woody stems cut by beavers are usually less than 7.6 to 10.1 cm (3 to 4 inches) dbh | American Beaver |
