TITLE

An Assessment of Potential Anadromous Fish Habitat Use and Fish Passage Above Quinault National Fish Hatchery in Cook Creek

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

February 2004

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This report presents options and recommendations regarding anadromous fish use of the habitat above the Quinault National Fish Hatchery (NFH) in Cook Creek. Quinault NFH presently blocks anadromous fish access to at least 8 miles of mainstem creek and to several small tributaries. Restoration of anadromous fish access to this reach of Cook Creek is consistent with the goals of the hatchery reform project.

AUTHOR(S)

David Zajac

NUMBER OF PAGES

16

KEYWORDS

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21

FILE NAME

Assessment_Anadromous_Habitat_Quinault_Cook_Creek

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TITLE

An evaluation of habitat enhancement and wild fry supplementation as a means of increasing coho salmon production of the Clearwater River, Washington

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

1996

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This report examines mainstem habitat enhancement and coho fry supplementation as methods for increasing coho salmon production in the Clearwater River Basin.  It also measured macro- and microhabitat use and behavioral patterns of summer rearing coho salmon in the mainstem.

AUTHOR(S)

Roger Joseph Peters

NUMBER OF PAGES

223

KEYWORDS

Hatchery, Clearwater River, coho, supplementation

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Evaluation_Habitat_Enhancement_Coho_Clearwater_1996

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TITLE

Cumulative effects of Logging Road Sediment on Salmonid Populations in the Clearwater River, Jefferson County

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

October 1980

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The nature of sediment production from logging roads in the effect of the resulting sediment on salmonid spawning success in the Clearwater River drainage has been studied for eight years.  The study includes intensive and extensive analyses of field situations, supplemented by several controlled experiments.  It was found that significant amounts (15 to 25%) of fine sediments are accumulating in spawning gravels of some heavily roaded tributary basins.  This accumulation is highest in basins where the road areas exceed 2.5% of the basin area.

AUTHOR(S)

C.J. Cederholm, L.M. Reid, E.O. Salo

NUMBER OF PAGES

43

KEYWORDS

Salmonid, sediment, erosion, landslides, logging

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Cumulative_Effects_Logging_Road_Sediment_1980

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TITLE

EDT as Applied in the Clearwater River

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

June 2003

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This document presents the results of an Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment (EDT) analysis as applied to naturally produced coho in the Clearwater River. The Clearwater EDT analysis provides an evaluation of the EDT model as a tool that can assist with the development of a plan for the restoration and protection of salmon habitat in the Clearwater River. A more detailed analysis of the results presented in this report and recommendations for using them in developing a basin plan will be described in a companion report being authored by WDNR.

AUTHOR(S)

Mobrand Biometrics, Inc.

NUMBER OF PAGES

32

KEYWORDS

Habitat, habitat assessment, Clearwater River, EDT

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

EDT_Clearwater_River_2003

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TITLE

EDT Watershed Assessment Clearwater River for Coho

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

June 2003

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This report covers Ecosystem Diagnosis Treatment analysis focused on coho in the Clearwater River.

AUTHOR(S)

Unknown

NUMBER OF PAGES

99

KEYWORDS

Habitat

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

EDT_Watershed_Assessment_Clearwater_Coho_2003

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TITLE

Effects of Logging on resident searun population of cutthroat trout (salmo clarki) in small tributaries of the Clearwater River, Jefferson County, WA 1978-1979

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

October 1980

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Five streams were chosen for a study of the effects of logging on resident and sea-run cutthroat trout.  The two resident cutthroat  trout streams, one logged and the other in the natural state, were studied intensively with a short-term perspective (2-year period), and the three logged logged sea-run and resident cutthroat trout streams were studied extensively with a long term perspective (recovery of up to 18 years).  The populations of trout in the logged resident cutthroat streams were determined to have maintained their abundance and age distribution over the course of the study, in spite of logging operations in and across the stream channels.  Stream morphology and organic debris studies determined that the sources of organic debris providing in-stream fish habitat had been considerably reduced du to logging.  This may have long-term deleterious effects on the trout population.

AUTHOR(S)

Jeffery Osborn

NUMBER OF PAGES

64

KEYWORDS

Habitat, logging, cutthroat, Clearwater River

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Effects_Logging_Cutthroat_Clearwater_1978-79               

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TITLE

Geomorphic Investigation of Quinault River, Washington

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

July 2005

SHORT DESCRIPTION

In an effort to better understand what opportunities exist to restore sockeye salmon habitat, the Bureau of Reclamation was asked to undertake a geomorphic evaluation of the Upper Quinault River on the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington State. The Upper Quinault River as described in this report extends for 18 river kilometers (RK) (11.2 miles) from the upstream end of Lake Quinault (RK 0) to the junction of the North and East Forks of the Quinault River (“forks”) near the National Park Service Bridge (RK 18). The East Fork Quinault River is also commonly referred to as the mainstem fork of the Quinault Report

AUTHOR(S)

Jennifer Bountry, Timothy Randle, Lucille Piety, Edward Lyon, Jr., Time Abbe, Chase Barton, Galen Ward, Kevin  Fetherston, Bill Armstrong, and Larry Gilbertson

NUMBER OF PAGES

175

KEYWORDS

Habitat, habitat assessment, Quinault River, geohydrology

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Quinault_Geomorphic_Report 

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TITLE

Impact of Forest Management on Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Populations of the Clearwater River

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

1987

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Forestry-related mortality in the Clearwater basin is primarily due to an increased sediment load and to alterations in the riparian environment that reduce refuge habitat during winter storms. Increased sediment loads come primarily from landslides and surface erosion on heavily used logging roads, while reductions in winter refuge capacity are caused by stream blockages or by destruction of the refuge habitat.

Since the depressed state of Clearwater River coho stocks has resulted from the combined effects of overfishing and forestry-caused habitat degradation, an integrated approach to natural resource management is needed that includes recognition of both the independent and combined impacts of the-fishery and forestry industries. Within a drainage basin, resource management programs must provide for the protection of the full range of habitat types used by the fish.

AUTHOR(S)

C. J. Cederholm and L. M. Reid  (In: Salo, E.O. Cundy, T.W., eds.  Streamside management: forestry and fishery interactions.  Publication no. 57. Seattle WA, pp 373-398).

NUMBER OF PAGES

26

KEYWORDS

Habitat, coho, Clearwater River, logging, sedimentation, juvenile salmon, aggradation

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Impact_Forest_Management_on_Coho_in_Clearwater

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TITLE

Mass Wasting Module Level II Assessment, Version 4.0: Quinault Lake, Quinault River, and Cook–Elk Watersheds, Jefferson and Grays Harbor Counties, Washington

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

January 2004

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the assessment is to identify the fee and state land (non-federal and non-tribal) areas within the Quinault Lake, Quinault River, and Cook–Elk WAUs that have a moderate or high risk of landsliding due to the effects of future forest practices. Due to the relatively minor amount of non-tribal and non-federal lands within these three WAUs (slightly less than 10% of the land ownership), as well as similarities in their physiography, geology, and hydrology, it was decided that they would be analyzed together (Figure 1).  Collectively, the Quinault Lake, Quinault River, and Cook-Elk WAUs total 267 mi², 26.1 mi² (~10%) of which is private or state owned (non-federal – non-tribal) lands.  The Cook—Elk WAU has the largest amount of non-federal – non-tribal land ownership at 15.2 mi², or 35% of the WAU.  Within the Quinault Lake WAU 9.8 mi², or 10.8% of the land area is in non-federal – non-tribal ownership.  The Quinault River WAU has the smallest amount of non-tribal – non-federal land ownership at 1.1 mi², or 0.85% of the WAU area (Figure 1). 

AUTHOR(S)

Karl W. Wegmann, Washington Department of Natural Resources

NUMBER OF PAGES

12

KEYWORDS

Habitat, mass wasting, geology

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Mass_Wasting_Module_Quinault

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TITLE

Predictions of Coho Abundance in Clearwater

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

July 2006

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The focus of this study is to evaluate a habitat-rating model that can be used in subbasin planning, known as the Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment method (EDT).  Using coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) as the focal species, baseline runs were conducted of four habitat conditions; historic, current, Habitat Conservation Plan, and Properly Functioning Condition. The EDT model was used to rate habitat at the reach scale for the productivity and capacity for different coho life stages. Life history trajectories were formed from the integration of the productivity and capacity estimates of individual reaches. The integration of all trajectories that maintained some survival estimated the capacity, productivity, and life history diversity of the Clearwater River wild coho. Habitat data used for the analysis came from Washington Department of Natural Resources habitat surveys, Quinault Indian Nation habitat surveys, with supplemental resource data coming from a variety of technical reports and publications and water quality data from other agencies.

AUTHOR(S)

Lawrence G. Dominguez

NUMBER OF PAGES

276

KEYWORDS

Coho, EDT model, habitat conditions, life history trajectory,

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Predictions_Coho_Abundance_Clearwater_2006

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TITLE

Role of Spring Ponds in the Winter Ecology and Natural Production of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutoh) on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

1980

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Movements of juvenile coho into two tributary Spring Ponds (Coppermine Bottom Pond and Pond 2) of the Clearwater River, Washington, were monitored during 1977 and 1978.  Marking experiments of fingerling in the Clearwater River during the summer were designed to reveal rearing areas of pond immigrants.  Growth, survival, and food habits of the coho during pond of residence were determined and compared between ponds.  The standing crop of insects and physical characteristics of both parties were also assessed and compared.

AUTHOR(S)

N. Phil Peterson

NUMBER OF PAGES

112

KEYWORDS

Habitat, coho, juvenile salmonids, spring ponds

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Role_Spring_Ponds_Coho_Olympic_1980

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TITLE

Sediment Production from Gravel-Surfaced Forrest Roads, Clearwater Basin, Washington

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

March 1981

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Erosion on the surfaces of in use gravel logging roads is a significant source of fine grained sediment in the logged basins of the Pacific Northwest.  Runoff from 10 road segments subjected to a variety of traffic levels was monitored during a series of storms in the central Clearwater basin of Western Washington.  The resulting data allowed the construction both of sediment rating curves for different road use levels and of unit hydrographs for different road use levels and of unit hydrographs for different road surface types.  These relationships could then be combined with the continuous rainfall records to calculate an average annual sediment yield from road segments of each use- level.  Road segments used by more than 16 trucks per day are seen to contribute 130 times as much sediment as roads not subjected to truck traffic, and 1000 times as much as roads which had been abandoned.  Measurements of sediment production on paved roads indicates that paving a heavily used roads will decrease the quantity of sediment reaching streams through aerobic culverts lie a factor of 240.  These measurements also suggest that sediment production from back cuts is relatively insignificant if roads are in use; backcountry Roche and is responsible for about 0.4% of the sediment yield from a clover on a heavily-used road

AUTHOR(S)

Leslie Margaret Reid

NUMBER OF PAGES

228

KEYWORDS

Habitat, sedimentation, logging roads

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Sediment_Production_Roads_Clearwater_1981

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TITLE

Watershed Analysis of the Salmon River Watershed, Washington: Hydrology Water-Resources Investigations: Water-Resources Investigations

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

2003

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The U.S. Geological Survey analyzed selected hydrologic conditions as part of a watershed analysis of the Salmon River watershed, Washington, conducted by the Quinault Indian Nation. The selected hydrologic conditions were analyzed according to a framework of hydrologic key questions that were identified for the watershed. The key questions were posed to better understand the natural, physical, and biological features of the watershed that control hydrologic responses; to better understand current streamflow characteristics, including peak and low flows; to describe any evidence that forest harvesting and road construction have altered frequency and magnitude of peak and low flows within the watershed; to describe what is currently known about the distribution and extent of wetlands and any impacts of land management activities on wetlands; and to describe how hydrologic monitoring within the watershed might help to detect future hydrologic change, to preserve critical ecosystem functions, and to protect public and private property.

AUTHOR(S)

William R. Bidlake, US Geological Survey in cooperation with the Quinault Indian Nation

NUMBER OF PAGES

42

KEYWORDS

Habitat, hydrology, Salmon River, flows

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Watershed_Analysis_Salmon_River_Watershed               

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TITLE

MONTH-YEAR PUBLISHED

SHORT DESCRIPTION

AUTHOR(S)

NUMBER OF PAGES

KEYWORDS

WRIA

21

FILE NAME

Olympic_NF_Pacific_RD_watershed Analysis      

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