2 pt ss&c report 2003-2004 deer to klikitat

8/14/2019 2 PT SS&C Report 2003-2004 Deer to Klikitat

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37PUYALLUP TRIBAL FISHERIES: 2003-2004 ANNUAL SALMON, STEELHEAD AND CHAR REPORT .

DESCRIPTION

Deer creek is a upper Puyallup river tributary. Itis located approximately 0.6 miles below Swift creek,

on the opposite bank. Deer creek is above the

Electron diversion, so as with many of the other

tributary in the upper Puyallup, it is part of thesurplus adult chinook and coho planting program.

Deer creek is not

surveyed with anyregularity, but instead

it is spot checked to

see howsuccessful the

adult plants

are. The creekis confined by

moderate to

steep walls.The gradient is

moderate with

numerous deep pools and good spawningmedium. Deer creek is one of the few stream

in late summer and early fall with adequate

water flow to plant adult chinook. Surplusadult chinook are planted in late summer toearly fall, and coho in late fall when available.

Adult plant have been taking place since 1997

(above right), yet no natural returns have beendocumented.

River miles surveyed: 0.0 to 1.0Date Surveyed: Not surveyed in 2003

Species surveyed: Chinook, Coho

Access

Mile 0.5: Deer creek is located just of the

main line on the 2 road. Take the leftspur that is gated just past the cowskull

acclimation pond road.

WRIA 10.0057 WHITE RIVER WATERSHED 2003 -2004

DEER CREEKWRIA: 10.0685 - PUYALLUP RIVER 2003 - 2004

Deer creeklookingdownstreamat R.M. 0.5.

Adult coho planted in 2003.


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DEER CREEK SURPLUS ADULT COHO PLANTS(1997 - 2003)

1080

559

224

247

510

524

381

951

467

276

259

510

147

264

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

YEAR PLANTED

NUMBEROFFISH

PLANTED

MALE COHO

FEMALE COHO

DEER CREEK SURPLUS ADULT CHINOOK PLANTS

(2001 - 2003)

150

24

14

150

37

13

0

20

40

60

80

10 0

12 0

14 0

16 0

2001 2002 2003

YEAR PLANTED

NUMBEROFFISH

PLANTED

MALE CHINOOK

FEMALE CHINOOK


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DESCRIPTIONDiru Creek Hatchery is located on Diru

Creek (10.0029) a tributary to Clarks Creek

in Puyallup, Washington. Water is suppliedfrom two pumped wells (800 gpm) and gravity

flow out of Diru Creek (200-500 gpm).

Incubation consists of 20 vertical stacks of 12trays. Initial rearing uses 16 shallow troughs

in the hatchery building. Additional rearing

containers include four 50x5x5 raceways,two 6696 cubic foot ponds (UP1 and UP2),

and one 13,000 cubic foot pond (below,left)

that are also used for holding returningadults.

In addition, the Puyallup Tribe operates

six acclimation ponds in the PuyallupWatershed.

Three of the acclimation ponds are used for

reintroducing fall chinook and coho into a 30-mile

reach in the Upper Puyallup River above ElectronDam. Electron Dam has been an anadromous barrier

for 97 years. A fish ladder was construction andcompleted in fall of 2000. Three other acclimationponds are located in the Upper White River drainage.

These ponds are used for reintroducing White River

spring chinook back into their endemic range. Allponds have approximately 10,000 cubic feet of rearing

space and between 1 to 3 cubic feet per second flow.

The Puyallup Tribes restoration goal is to rebuilddepressed chinook stocks and remove them from ESA listing. Using acclimation ponds,

limiting harvest, and making substantial gains in habitat

restoration, the tribe will be able to accomplish this task.Levee setbacks, oxbow reconnections both inter tidal and

upland, Commencement Bay cleanup, and harvestcutbacks have already been initiated. Only the jump-starting of chinook in habitat areas devoid of fish is left.

Acclimation ponds are a proven method in increasing fish

numbers on the spawning grounds. Hatchery rearing200,000 fall chinook for release on station and 200,000

Puyallup Tribal Fisheries Hatchery Facility

River mile: 0.5


DIRU CREEK HATCHERYWRIA: 10.0029 - PUYALLUP RIVER 2003 - 2004

New Diru creek hatchery sign installed in

October, 2003.

Incubation room


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for acclimation ponds in the upper

Puyallup river for a combined 6,857

pounds of fish. Historically, fallchinook have been reared since 1980

with a variety of stocks, goals, and

objectives.Spring Chinook Hatchery

Production The three-acclimation ponds thePuyallup Tribe operates are satellite

facilities to the White River and

Minter Creek Hatcheries. Productionlevels have been around 400,000

smolts, however, it fluctuates based

on available brood stock. They have aproduction capacity of 837,000 zero

age smolts.

Fall Coho Hatchery ProductionCurrently, 200,000 coho yearlings

are imprinted and released in theUpper Puyallup Watershed. Coho originate from Voights Creek Hatchery where

100,000 are adipose clipped and coded wire tagged. Fish are released at 20 fish perpound, for a total biomass of 10,000 pounds.

Winter Chum Hatchery Production

The Puyallup Tribe currently raises 1.5 to 2.3 million-chum smolts for release intothe lower Puyallup River. This program significantly augments a Tribal river fishery

and All Citizen purse seine fishery in East and West Pass in Puget Sound. This stock

originated initially from Chambers Creek. Puyallup Tribal Fisheries releases 1000 to3000 pounds annually based on available brood stock returns to Diru Creek Hatchery.

The program was started in 1991 and

has become self-sustaining.

Adult chum salmon are spawned three days aweek or more during the peak of the run. Asmany as 2,700 fish may be processed in a day.

Diru creek looking upstream as it f lows out of aculvert under Pioneer Way. The hatchery is onthe other side of the road.


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DIRU CREEK CHUM SALMON OUTPLANTS

(1995 - 2004)

DIRU CREEK HATCHERY CHUM RACK COUNT

(1998 - 2003)

10051

17629

12585

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

18000

20000

16

-Nov

23

-Nov

30

-Nov

7-D

ec

14

-Dec

21

-Dec

28

-Dec

4-J

an

11

-Jan

18

-Jan

25

-Jan

1-F

eb

8-F

eb

15

-Fe

b

22

-Fe

b

1-M

ar

8-M

ar

15

-Mar

22

-Mar

29

-Mar

5-A

pr

Date

NumberofChum

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

1,7

38

,599

1,2

29

,960

1,2

35

,328

990

,690

1,9

27

,970

1,2

95

,739

1,7

74

,280

2,1

35

,125

2,3

85,2

20

1,7

63

,137

0

500,0

00

1,00

0,00

0

1,500

,000

2,00

0,000

2,500

,000

3,000

,000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

YEAR PLANTED

NUMBEROFFISH

RELEASED

CHUM


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WHITE RIVER SPRING CHINOOK SALMON OUTPLANTS

(1995 - 2004)

VOIGHTS CREEK FALL CHINOOK SALMON OUTPLANTS

(1995 - 2004)

771

,350

1,0

08

,200

395

,000

231

,163

231

,163

82

,150

90,6

41

11

0,9

00

134

,500

2,0

00

1

27

,600

125

,856

1

34

,053

11

0,9

73 2

00

,200

103

,200

19

,359

16

,269

11

,1009

0,2

00

74

,144

108

,0001

73

,693 2

40

,680

38

,093

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000

,000

1,200,0

00

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

YEAR PLANTED

NUMBEROFFISHRELEASED

DIRU 10.0029

COWSKULL 10.0680

HYLEBOS 10.0013

MOWICH 10.0624

WILKESON 10.0432

CLARKS 10.0027

RUSHINGWATER 10.062 5

218

,631

217

,450

189

,720

175

,650

182

,440

121

,460

496

,700

243

,000

356

,000

72

,600

149

,980

226

,500

32

,300

198

,800

237

,900

199

,000

237

,800

37

,346

201

,536

185

,798

99

,800

68

,000

1

04

,760 1

35

,990

55

,750 8

6,9

50

99

,800

145

,900

0

75,000

150,000

225,000

300,000

375,000

450,000

525,000

1 995 1996 19 97 1998 1999 2000 200 1 2002 2003 200 4

YEAR PLANTED


HUCKLEBERRY 10.0253 CLEARWATER 10.0080

COWSK ULL 10 .0 68 0 MOWI CH 1 0. 06 24

CRIPPLE 10.0086 GREENWAT ER 10.0122

HUCK AERIAL 10.0253


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VOIGHTS CREEK FALL COHO SALMON OUTPLANTS

(1995 - 2004)

90

,000

96

,790

99

,400

104

,500

93

,000

149

,970

101

,400

100

,350

100

,450

104

,500

84

,000

7,6

43

3,4

08

3,4

08

199,

900

20

6,0

95

210

,000

3,4

08

3,4

08

49,5

00

49

,4

00

50,0

00

49,8

50

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

YEAR PLANTED


COWSKULL 10.0680 RUSHINGWATER 10.0625

DIRU 10.0029 HYLEBOS 10.0013

CLARKS 10.0027 LK KAPOWSIN 10.0600

SIMONS 10.200 CLEAR 10.0022

QTR. MST HARBOR 88.8120 MOWICH 10.0624

Fall Coho Hatchery ProductionCurrently, approximately 200,000 coho yearlings are imprinted and released in the

Upper Puyallup Watershed. Coho originate from Voights Creek Hatchery where

100,000 are adipose clipped and coded wire tagged. Fish are released at 20 fish perpound, for a total biomass of 10,000 pounds.


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VOIGHTS CREEK ADULT FALL COHO AND CHINOOK SALMON OUTPLANTS

(2000 - 2003)


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DOLLAR CREEKWRIA: 10.0412 - PUYALLUP RIVER 2003 - 2004

DESCRIPTION

The surveyed reach of Dollar creek

flows within the Puyallup river channelalong the right bank (bottom left). The

channel changes from year to year with

Puyallup river high water events butprovides excellent spawning gravel

throughout this reach. At the Dollar

launch, the channel heads away from thePuyallup and drains an old oxbow adjacent

to the dike. Passage out of the Puyallup

River channel is questionable and no fishwere observed above this point, however

extensive surveys were not conducted. It

is quite likely that the upper reaches ofDollar provide over-wintering habitat for

multiple species of juvenile salmonids.

Upstream photo showing Dollar creek as it flows

through the Puyallup River channel. The Puyallup

river can be seen i the upper right side of t hephoto. Due to low and inte rmit tent flows, only

chum are typically seen spawning in the creek.

River miles surveyed: 0.0 to 0.2

Dates surveyed: 12/11/03 to 1/9/04Species surveyed: Chum

AccessMile 0.2: Dollar creek enters the Puyallup flood

plain at the Dollar boat launch on McCutcheon

Rd. just upstream of 128th St. in McMillin.


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0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

12/11/03 12/29/03 1/9/04

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

2003 DOLLAR CREEK CHUM COUNTS


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DESCRIPTIONPuget Sound Energys

Electron Hydroelectric

facility utilizes water

diverted from the Puyallupriver at RM 41.7 (right

photo). The diverted water

is channeled 10.1 milesthrough a flume and

settling pond before

collecting into a smallreservoir (forebay). The

water held in the forebay

is used to generate powervia four turbines located in the power house approximately 800 feet below the forebay.

Upon entering the forebay, water flow is diverted towards the trap by large steel

plates suspended by buoys. A exclusionary guide net is also in place across the forebayduring the annual smolt migration period. Many of the smolts caught during this

period are fish released from holding ponds above the diversion dam. These efforts are

made to direct the fish into the trap, where theyare crowded into a hopper and then deposited into

a holding tank. Fish are dip-netted into a

container, anesthetized, identified, measured

(above right) and placed in a water trailer for

transport down to the powerhouse wherethey are released into the Puyallup Riverat RM 31.4.

Puget Sound Energy Electron Fish Bypass Facilit yRiver mile: 31.2 - 41.7

Species sampled: Chinook, Coho, Steelhead, Char, Cutthroat


ELECTRON FISH BYPASS FACILITY

PUYALLUP RIVER DIVERSION

Puget Sound Energy, Electron diversion dam and fish ladderlocate d on the Puyallup River at RM 41.7. The fish ladder was

completed in late 2000.

Electron fish bypass facility .

WRIA: 10.0021 - PUYALLUP RIVER 2003 - 2004


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0

10 0

20 0

30 0

40 0

50 0

60 0

70 0

80 0

90 0

23-Jan

6-Feb

20-Feb

6-Mar

20-Mar

3-Apr

17-Apr

1-May

15-May

29-May

12-Jun

26-Jun

10-Jul

24-Jul

7-Aug

21-Aug

4-Sep

18-Sep

2-Oct

16-Oct

30-Oct

13-Nov

27-Nov

Date

NumberoffishSampled

CHIN 0 (U)

CHIN 0 (M)

CHIN 1+ (U)

CHIN 1+ (M)

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

23-Jan

6-Feb

20-Feb

6-Mar

20-Mar

3-Apr

17-Apr

1-May

15-May

29-May

12-Jun

26-Jun

10-Jul

24-Jul

7-Aug

21-Aug

4-Sep

18-Sep

2-Oct

16-Oct

30-Oct

13-Nov

27-Nov

Date

NumberoffishSampled

COHO 1+ (U)

COHO 1+ (M)

COHO 0 (U)

Number and Timing of Coho Captured at the Electron Fish

Bypass Facility from January - November 2003

Number and Timing of Chinook Captured at the Electron FishBypass Facility from January - November 2003

M= Marked fish (fin clipped), Hatchery fish U= Unmarked fish, Wild 0=Young of the year 1= 1 Year + age fish

M= Marked fish (fin clipped), Hatchery fish U= Unmarked fish, Wild 0=Young of the year 1= 1 Year + age fish


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010

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

10 0

11 0

12 0

13 0

14 0

15 0

16 0

17 0

18 0

19 0

20 0

21 0

22 0

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Month

ForkLength(mm)

CHIN 0+ (U)

CHIN 0 (M)

COHO 1+ (U)

COHO 1+ (M)

STHD (S)

COHO 0 (U)

C O H O 1 + ( M )

6 2 %

COHO 0 (U)

19%

CUTT

< 1 %S T H D ( S )


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DESCRIPTION

The upper reach (above) of Fennel creek is

a complex, moderately high gradient pool-riffle/step-pool stream flowing through a broad valley.

The riparian zone consists of a mature

hardwood forest with a dense understory ofsalmonberry. There is abundant LWD in and

adjacent to the channel with numerous logjams

throughout this section. Spawning gravel is abundant and excellent throughout thisreach along with many deep pools. The reach below the McCutcheon Rd. bridge is much

lower gradient (below), it flows primarily in the Puyallup River flood plain. It contains

excellent if somewhat unstable spawning gravels, with much lower amounts of LWD andless channel complexity. Approximately 0.2 miles upstream of the McCutcheon bridge is

a LB short run spring fed

tributary. It hasexcellent spawning

gravel and supports high

densities of chumsalmon each year. Coho

and chum totals on thefollowing pages includeboth Fennel creek, and

Fennel tributary data

combined.

FENNEL CREEKWRIA: 10.0406 - PUYALLUP RIVER WATERSHED 2003 - 2004


Dates surveyed: 8/26/03 to 5/24/04

Species surveyed: Chinook, Coho, Chum,Pink,

Steelhead(None Observed)


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FENNEL CREEK CHINOOK SEASON COMPARISONS

(1999 - 2003)

2003 FENNEL CREEK CHINOOK COUNTS

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

8/26/03 9/9/03 9/18/03 9/29/03 10/8/03 10/20/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

1

3

8

4

14

3

6

2

8

9 9

5

4

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS


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FENNEL CREEK COHO SEASON COMPARISONS

(1998 - 2003)

2003 FENNEL CREEK COHO COUNTS

0

5

1 0

1 5

2 0

2 5

3 0

1 0/ 23 /0 3 1 0 /2 7 /0 3 1 1 / 4 / 03 1 1 / 1 2 / 0 4 1 1 /2 1 /0 3 1 1 / 2 6 / 0 3 1 2 / 4 / 0 3 1 2 / 1 2 /0 3 1 2 /1 8 / 03 1 2 / 2 6 / 0 3 1 / 2 / 0 4

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

L I V E

DEAD

39

56

23 7

72

186

75

511

275

2632

16

51

27

82

0

50

10 0

15 0

20 0

25 0

30 0

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2 0 03

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS


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2003 FENNEL CREEK PINK COUNTS

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

9/9/03 9/18/03 9/29/03 10/8/03 10/20/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD


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FENNEL CREEK CHUM SEASON COMPARISONS

(1998 - 2003)

2003 FENNEL CREEK CHUM COUNTS

Fennel creek was not surveyed for chum

during the 2003/2004 season.

859658

4501

3867

5308

914

478

1199

4911

8976

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

10000

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

NOT

S

URVE

YE

D


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DESCRIPTIONFiske creek is one of 7 index streams in the

Puyallup watershed that are surveyed for cohoby the Washington Department of Fish and

Wildlife. It is a small stream with a moderately

low gradient and heavy riparian cover from thesurrounding hardwood forest. It has relatively

abundant spawning gravel that is somewhat

compacted in the lower portion of

the stream.

FISK CREEKWRIA: 10.0596 - PUYALLUP RIVER 2003 - 2004

Fiske creek just before it flows under Fiske road.

River miles surveyed: 0.3 to 1.1Dates surveyed: 10/23/03 to 1/18/03

Species surveyed: Coho

AccessMile 0.0 : Fiske road near the High Bridge

on the Puyallup follows the North side of the

creek and the mouth is approximately 200yards from Oroville road.

Mile 1.1: Fiske road crosses the creek again

very near the edge of the Puyallupfloodplain where the gradient begins to

increase.


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2003 FISK CREEK COHO COUNTS

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

10/23/03 10/31/03 11/12/03 11/21/03 11/26/03 12/4/03 12/12/03 12/18/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

2003 Fisk creek coho graph was generated using survey data coll ecte d by WDFW.


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DESCRIPTION

From 0.6 to 0.5 Fox creek is a moderate

gradient step-pool stream with good poolfrequency and adequate hardwood riparian cover.

From 0.5 to 0.3 the gradient decreases and the

channel assumes a pool-riffle character withexcellent spawning gravels. This middle reach

sees the highest spawning densities. From 0.3 to

the confluencewith the Puyallup,

the stream

meanders througha grassy area with

little riparian

cover andm o d e r a t e

amounts of fine

m a t e r i a lobscuring the

g r a v e l l y

substrate. Thereare few mature conifers in this reach althoughmany young Grand firs have been planted as a

restoration effort. Coho are the most common

salmonid found in Fox and likely ascend as farup as the Kapowsin tree farms 6 Rd.

FOX CREEKWRIA: 10.0608 - PUYALLUP RIVER 2003 - 2004


Dates surveyed: 10/20/03 to 3/20/04Species surveyed: Coho, Steelhead(passage

blocked by beaver dam)

AccessMile 0.6: Take Hwy 162 through Orting.

Turn South on Orville Rd. Cross over

Puyallup River bridge, continue to ChampionTimberlands Bridge gate on Road 1. Bridge

over Fox creek is approximately .7 miles in.

Mile 0.0 . Take the first available left insideBridge gate and follow abandoned road to

creek.

Fox creekrunningthrough

thecenter ofthe

photo,entersthe right

bank ofthePuyallup.river.

A four to six foot high beaver dam locatedapproximately 40 meters above the mouth of

Fox creek has held up fish passage for the pastfew seasons. A sect ion of the dam is removedduring each survey to allow coho access to thespawning habitat above.


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FOX CREEK COHO SEASON COMPARISONS

(1995 - 2003)

2003 FOX CREEK COHO COUNTS

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

10/20/03 10/30/03 11/12/03 11/24/03 12/11/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

21

2

151

18

112

1230

429

732

378

7 1

67

17

9

355

39

461

44

35

94

7

23 6

61

23

99

159

86

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS


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DESCRIPTION

The Greenwater River is a right bank tributaryto the upper mainstem White river. It supports

large runs of steelhead, chinook and coho

salmon. It is surveyed for both Chinook and

steelhead by the Washington Department of Fishand Wildlife, but not for coho. The upper White

rivers coho escapement is derived from countsmade at

the Army

Corps of

EngineersBuckley trap.

It is a medium sized, low gradient pool-riffle

stream with abundant high quality spawning gravel.Much of it flows through Forest service land and

the riparian zone is primarily second growth conifer

and hardwoods. While there is fair amounts of LWDin the channel, the average size reflects the

surrounding forest and is

small. What large wood existsis usually quite old.

GREENWATER RIVERWRIA: 10.0122 - WHITE RIVER 2003 - 2004


Dates surveyed: 8/18/03 to 6/9/04Species surveyed: Chinook, Steelhead

AccessR.M. 0.0: Hwy 410 crosses the Greenwater

just above its mouth at the Town of

Greenwater.R.M. 1.7: Approximately 1 mile upstream, a

spur to the right leads to a bridge over the

creek. Many upstream access points areavailable from the Forest Service 70 rd which

follows it much of its length.

Greenwater Riverlooking upstreamfrom the bridge athwy. 410.

Greenwater Riverlooking upstreamat RM 10.


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2003 GREENWATER RIVER CHINOOK COUNTS

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

8/18/03 8/25/03 9/3/03 9/10/03 9/17/03 9/24/03 10/2/03 10/9/03 10/16/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

2003 Greenwater Rive r chinook graphs were generate d using survey data col lecte d by WDFW.

GREENWATER RIVER CHINOOK SEASON COMPARISONS(1999 - 2003)

122

236

370

127

390

42

73

249

49

192

80

318

244

63

107

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS


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2003 GREENWATER RIVER COHO COUNTS

2003 Greenwater R iver coho graph was generated using survey data col lecte d by WDFW.

0

500

1 0 0 0

1 5 0 0

2 0 0 0

2 5 0 0

9 /1 0 /0 3 9 / 1 7 / 0 3 9 / 2 4 / 0 3 1 0 /2 / 0 3 1 0 / 9 / 0 3 1 0 / 1 6 / 0 3

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

L I V E

DEA D

0

10 0

20 0

30 0

40 0

50 0

60 0

70 0

80 0

9/10/03 9/17 /0 3 9/24/03 10 /2/03 10/9/03 10/16/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

L IVE

DEAD

2003 GREENWATER RIVER PINK COUNTS


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2004 GREENWATER RIVER STEELHEAD COUNTS

2004 Greenwater R iver steelhead graphs were generated using survey data co llecte d by WDFW.

GREENWATER RIVER STEELHEAD SEASON COMPARISONS

(1999 - 2004)

0

5

10

15

20

25

4 /1 9 /0 4 4 / 3 0 / 0 4 5 / 1 4 / 0 4 5/24 /0 4 6/9/04

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

L I V E

DEA D

R E D D S

41

56

50

0

1 0

2 0

3 0

4 0

5 0

6 0

2002 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 4

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

REDDS


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DESCRIPTION

Huckleberry creek is a large left banktributary to the Upper White River. The lower

0.3 milesconsists of

a low

g r a d i e n toccasionally

b r a i d e d

channel with a hardwood riparian zone. Thespawning gravel in this reach is excellent and this

lower reach consistently supports the highest

densities of spawners each season. Above the lower

bridge the gradient increases slightly but the gravelquality remains very good if slightly larger and more

patchy in nature. The riparian corridor contains old

growth conifers upstream of the acclimation pond.The pond is used for acclimating spring chinook which

are planted in March, and released in May or early

June.

HUCKLEBERRY CREEKWRIA: 10.0253 - WHITE RIVER 2003 - 2004


Dates surveyed: 8/16/03 to 10/25/03

Species surveyed: Chinook

Access

R.M. 0.5: There is a former bridge crossing

on the first spur to the right about 0.5 milesup the FS 73 road.

R.M. 1.7: Approximately 1 mile upstream, aspur to the right leads to a bridge over the

creek.

Huckleberrycreek lookingdownstreamfrom the bridgeat RM 1.7.

Spring chinook acclimation

pond located at RM 0.5 onHuckleberry creek.


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HUCKLEBERRY CREEK CHINOOK SEASON COMPARISON

(1999 - 2003)

2003 HUCKLEBERRY CREEK CHINOOK COUNTS

50

66

82

25

38

14

3735

32

60

84

5

14

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

Due to logistical problems in 2003, datacollection is incomplete for chinook. Sur-

veys were conducted from August 18, toSeptember 19, 2003.


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HUCKLEBERRY CREEK SPRING CHINOOKACCLIMATION POND PLANTS

(1995 - 2004)

218

,631

217

,450

189

,720

175

,650

182

,440

121

,460

496,7

00

243

,000

356

,000

145

,900

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

YEAR PLANTED

NUMBEROFFISH

PLANTED

Spring Chinook

Planted in Lower Pond

Spring Chinook

Planted in Huck Aerial

Pond


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HYLEBOS CREEKWRIA: 10.0006 2003 - 2004

Hylebos creek looking upstream above 373rd st.There is some spawning habitat both above andbelow this point.


Species surveyed: Chinook, Coho, Chum,

PinkAccess

Mile 0.2: Take 8th ST. exit off 167 and go

West until East Valley Highway. There isa bridge approximately 0.2 miles North of 8th

street. Contact Ed Mase before entering

property (253)927-3521.

Private pond on the North fork of theHylebos.

DESCRIPTIONChinook, chum, coho, and pinks have been

found in the past in this survey reach. Thechannel above and below the bridge is

moderately low gradient and somewhat incised.

The riparian flora consists of reed canary grassand alder, with a section of bamboo along a

landowners property. The substrate is very

compacted with large amounts of fine materialand some smaller gravel. The channel segment

most often surveyed extends from 373rd St.,

upstream to the Montessori school at Hwy. 99.Frequent channel dredging at 373rd St. is

performed by the city of Federal Way in response

to gravel deposition problems.


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2003 HYLEBOS CREEK CHINOOK COUNTS

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

9/24/03 10/1/03 10/14/03 10/24/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

9/25/03 10/1/03 10/14/03 10/24/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

2003 HYLEBOS CREEK PINK COUNTS


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DESCRIPTION

Ipsut creek is a moderate gradient left banktributary to the upper Carbon River. It flows

entirely through Mt. Rainier National Park. The

riparian zone consists of old growth cedar, firand hemlock contributing large woody debris

and diversity to the channel. There is a large

falls located at approximately R.M. 0.7 whichis a barrier to any farther upstream migration.

Ipsut has been surveyed primarily for

chinook and coho, but also in the spring forsteelhead. No salmon or redds

have been observed. Reasons for

the absence of anadromous fishare likely related to the streams

location within the basin, and the

general lack of suitable spawninggravel within the lower fish

accessible reach. Char usage has

been documented by Park service

biologists, but surveys conductedby tribal staff in 2000 and 2001

did not reveal any adult char

spawning activity.

IPSUT CREEKWRIA: 10.0550 - CARBON RIVER 2003 - 2004


Dates surveyed: NOT SURVEYED IN 2003Species surveyed: Chinook, Coho, Char

Access

Mile 0.3: The Ipsut creek campground islocated at the end of the road past the Carbon

River entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park. A

bridge crosses the creek at the campground.

Ipsut creek looking downstream from the falls.

Ipsutcreeklookingup-streamat thefallswhich isa barrier

to anyfartherup-streammigra-tion.


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KAPOWSIN CREEKWRIA: 10.0600 - PUYALLUP RIVER 2003 - 2004

Kapowsin creek lo oking upstream from the OrvilleRd. bridge.


Species surveyed: Chinook, Coho,Steelhead

AccessMile 3.2: Take Hwy. 162 past Orting and

turn right onto Orville Road (Crocker

Grange). After crossing the Puyallup River,continue another 4 miles to a bridge near the

main gate to Champion Timberlands.

DESCRIPTION

There is suitable spawning gravelthroughout the survey reach although much

of it is patchy in nature. There is anabundance of downed trees within the

channel along with several sizable logjams.

Cattle have been allowed access to thestream channel at approximately RM 1.7.

Houses are present along the creek between

RM 0.5 and RM 2.0, as well as manmaderock structures that alter the channel along

this stretch. Most of the stream has a dense

riparian zone consisting of firs, alders andsalmonberries. Pierce County conducted a

bank revetment project in the summer of

2002 (left photo). This project was done toprotect Orville road.


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2003 KAPOWSIN CREEK CHINOOK COUNTS

KAPOWSIN CREEK CHINOOK SEASON COMPARISONS

(1993 - 2003)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

9/18/03 9/25/03 10/6/03 10/15/03 10/27/03 11/12/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

17

26

3

6

10

15

20

12

7

10

9

17

19

4

2

15

5

2

5

7

10

28

22

4

2

8

26

4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDD


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2003 KAPOWSIN CREEK COHO COUNTS

KAPOWSIN CREEK COHO SEASON COMPARISONS

(1993 - 2003)

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

10/6/03 10/15/03 10/27/03 11/12/03 11/24/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

55

491

115

121

410

319

210

5

21

368

2023

44

6

31 6

246

11

110

29

18

153

33

442

21

34

139

140

75 1

36

93

265

268

129

439

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

YEAR SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

Coho redd counts were disconti nued starting wit h the 2003 survey season.


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2004 KAPOWSIN CREEK STEELHEAD COUNTS

KAPOWSIN CREEK STEELHEAD SEASON COMPARISONS(1995 - 2004)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

3/24/04 4/7/04 4/19/04 5/3/04 5/24/04

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

4

2

11

6

3

1

9

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

YEAR SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

REDDS


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KELLOG CREEKWRIA: 10.0621 - PUYALLUP RIVER 2003 - 2004


Dates surveyed: 3/15/04 to 5/14/04Species surveyed: Steelhead

Access

Mile 2.0: The Kapowsin tree farms mainlinecrosses Kellog creek at the 8 Rd. junction. To

survey this reach and not double walk you

must cross the mainstem Puyallup at the Kellogconfluence and walk downstream 0.5 miles and

up 0.3 miles of LeDout creek to the 62 Rd.

DESCRIPTIONFrom RM 2.0 to 1.6 the creek flows through

a moderate gradient step-pool channel with

patchy gravel. The riparian zone consists of athin mature 2nd growth conifer buffer on both

sides. There is a large amount of wind-throw in

the channel associated with this buffer. Below

this the gradient eases and excellent spawninggravel is consistently available to the confluence

with the Puyallup. The riparian area is more

intact through the lower 1.5 miles, similar toabove but no recent harvest activities have

compromised it.

Typical habitat

found in the lowerreach of Kellogcreek.

Kellog creek at RM 0.5.


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2004 KELLOG CREEK STEELHEAD COUNTS

KELLOG CREEK STEELHEAD SEASON COMPARISONS

(1995 - 2004)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

3/26/04 4/8/04 4/22/ 04 5/4/04 5/14/04

DATE SERVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

22

25

27

10

13

31

10 10

12

6

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

REDDS


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KLICKITAT CREEKWRIA: 10.0357 - WHITE RIVER 2003 - 2004


Species surveyed: Bull trout (Char)

AccessMile 0.3: Turn onto the Sunrise rd off of HWY

410 in Mt. Rainier National Park. A bridge

crosses Klickitat creek in approximately 2

miles. Walk down the right bank staying highin the draw for about 200 yards to avoid the

steep valley walls till the cascades are reached.

DESCRIPTIONKlickitat creek is a small right bank

tributary to the upper White river. It flowswithin Mt. Rainier National Park and enters the

White River below Sunrise rd.

The first 0.3 miles is low gradient withexcellent spawning gravel and large amounts

of LWD. Numerous deep pools and side

channels provide excellent habitat for juvenilefish. A series of bedrock falls and cascades

at R.M. 0.3 blocks any further upstream

migration. Klickitat creek has been surveyedsince 1999, but no salmon have been seen.

Bull trout from the mainstem White are

observed spawning in the creek early in thefall however, and juvenile bull trout have been

observed in the pools and lateral habitat

during these surveys. During the 2002 and2003 survey seasons, char floy tagged at

the USACE trap in Buckley were observedspawning in the creek. The char in the left

photo were observed in 2003, the green floy

tags are visible near the dorsal fins.

Typical habitat throughout Klickit at creek. Thelocation in the photo is about 40 mete rs below a

series of bedrock falls and cascades at R.M. 0.3

that blocks any further upstream m igration.


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2003 KLICKITAT CREEK CHAR COUNTS

KLICKITAT CREEK CHAR SEASON COMPARISONS(2000 - 2003)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

9/8/03 9/15/03 9/19/03

DATE SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

4

18

11

5

1

6

5

34

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

2000 2001 2002 2003

SEASON SURVEYED

NUMBEROBSERVED

LIVE

DEAD

REDDS

2 pt ss&c report 2003-2004 deer to klikitat

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