5,000 natural adults | Summer Steelhead |
Achieve escapement objectives within 24 years | All aquatic focal species |
By fifth code HUC, carry out focused activities designed to improve our understanding and definition of small populations, while protecting the genetic integrity of wild populations that are below historical levels. | All aquatic focal species |
Conduct coordinated spring Chinook salmon population monitoring as outlined in the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Northeast Oregon Hatchery. | All aquatic focal species |
Conduct research, evaluating relationships among bull trout distribution and abundance, bull trout habitat, and recovery tasks. | Bull Trout |
Decrease the broodstock for the hatchery component to 0 (currently at 500) | Summer Steelhead |
Decrease the harvest component to 0 (currently at 200 to 7,000) | Summer Steelhead |
Decrease total adult returns to 0 (currently 1,000 to 10,000) | Summer Steelhead |
Design and implement a standardized monitoring program to assess the effectiveness of recovery efforts affecting bull trout and their habitats. | Bull Trout |
Develop and conduct research and monitoring to improve information concerning the distribution and status of bull trout. | Bull Trout |
Develop and implement a coordinated monitoring and evaluation plan to assess the effectiveness of habitat restoration measures throughout the subbasin. | All aquatic focal species |
Develop and implement a coordinated monitoring and evaluation plan to evaluate the effectiveness of steelhead artificial propagation measures in the subbasin. | All aquatic focal species |
Establish a subbasin-wide database to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of sedimentation trends and provide information relative to its effect on salmonid production. | All aquatic focal species |
Evaluate effects of diseases and parasites on bull trout, and develop and implement strategies to minimize negative effects. | Bull Trout |
Habitat diversity shall be restored as near as possible to historic conditions, as a result of restoring channel conditions and riparian conditions | All aquatic focal species |
High and low water temperatures and dissolved oxygen conditions shall be restored as near as possible to historic conditions, as a result of restoring channel conditions, reducing sediment loads, improving riparian conditions, and improving low flow conditions | All aquatic focal species |
Identify and prioritize for modification, structural barriers that limit connectivity. | All aquatic focal species |
Identify evaluations needed to improve understanding of relationships among genetic characteristics, phenotypic traits, and local populations of bull trout. | Bull Trout |
Improve efficiency of irrigation withdrawal delivery and application to reduce volume of water needed for consumptive purposes. | All aquatic focal species |
In known problem areas, reduce sedimentation impacts to aquatic focal species. | All aquatic focal species |
Increase anadromous fish productivity and production, as well as life stage-specific survival, through artificial production. | All aquatic focal species |
Increase anadromous fish productivity and production, as well as life stage-specific survival, through habitat improvement. | All aquatic focal species |
Increase the abundance of bull trout among all local populations to 6,000 adults. | Bull Trout |
Increase the broodstock for the hatchery component up to 2,200 (currently extirpated) | Coho |
Increase the broodstock for the hatchery component up to 720 | Spring Chinook |
Increase the harvest component to 300 (currently extirpated) | Coho |
Increase the harvest component to 625 (currently extirpated) | Sockeye |
Increase the harvest component to greater than 1,000 to 9,050 | Summer Steelhead |
Increase the harvest component to greater than 500 to approximately 4,000 | Spring Chinook |
Increase the harvest component to greater than 7,500 | Fall Chinook |
Increase the natural spawning component to 1,000 (currently extirpated) | Coho |
Increase the natural spawning component to 75,000 (currently up to 500) | Fall Chinook |
Increase the natural spawning component to greater than 5,000 to 12,400 (currently 250 to 3,000) | Spring Chinook |
Increase the natural spawning component to greater than 5,000 to 18,450 (currently 1,100 to 8,500) | Summer Steelhead |
Increase total adult returns to 10,000 (currently up to 500) | Fall Chinook |
Increase total adult returns to 2,500 (currently extirpated) | Sockeye |
Increase total adult returns to 3,500 (currently extirpated) | Coho |
Increase total adult returns to greater than 5,000 to 27,500 (currently 1,100 to 8,500) | Summer Steelhead |
Increase total adult returns to greater than 5,000 to 16,000 (currently 250 to 3,000) | Spring Chinook |
Localized impacts due to Pollutants are expected to be reduced as ongoing best management practices are implemented that will reduce inputs of pollutants across the landscape. | All aquatic focal species |
Restore flows in limited reaches to support resident and anadromous fish needs. | All aquatic focal species |
To achieve bull trout distribution criteria, as defined in USFWS (2002), maintain or expand current distribution of bull trout throughout the Grande Ronde River Recovery Unit until bull trout are distributed among at least
nine local populations. | Bull Trout |
To enhance low flow conditions such that they mimic the natural hydrograph to the extent possible, given the limitations posed by agriculturally dependent water use in the region. | All aquatic focal species |
To have a distribution of riparian communities having 1) a species composition, 2) size, and 3) structure that is appropriate for the channel type and ecoregion, recognizing that the distribution will also vary in time in response to natural disturbance factors. | All aquatic focal species |
To have a distribution of sediment type and size structure that is appropriate for the channel type, geology and ecoregion, recognizing that the distribution will also vary in time in response to natural disturbance factors. | All aquatic focal species |
To have both a 1) distribution of channel types (e.g., Rosgen (1996) channel types1), as well as 2) a distribution of habitat conditions within those channel types, that are as close as possible to the historic distribution of these two variables within the subbasin. | All aquatic focal species |
Using ODEQs guidelines, reduce stream temperatures in listed segments so cold water biota beneficial uses are restored. | All aquatic focal species |