Toby Kock (right, in plaid shirt) listens to a question during the Fish Passage Tour while standing on the North Shore Collector in the forebay of Cowlitz Falls Dam. The group discussed various ways that migrating juvenile salmon approach and pass the dam.
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Toby Kock (right, in plaid shirt) listens to a question during the Fish Passage Tour while standing on the North Shore Collector in the forebay of Cowlitz Falls Dam. The group discussed various ways that migrating juvenile salmon approach and pass the dam.
Participants of the Fish Passage Tour view the North Shore Collector separator at Cowlitz Falls Dam, WA. Fish are collected here to allow staff to count, determine species, and sample fish as they migrate downstream.
Participants of the Fish Passage Tour view the North Shore Collector separator at Cowlitz Falls Dam, WA. Fish are collected here to allow staff to count, determine species, and sample fish as they migrate downstream.
Group photo of USGS staff and partners who participated in the Fish Passage Tour sponsored by the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center. Partners: NOAA Fisheries, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Department of Water Resources, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S.
Group photo of USGS staff and partners who participated in the Fish Passage Tour sponsored by the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center. Partners: NOAA Fisheries, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Department of Water Resources, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S.
View of the forebay of the North Fork Dam of the Clackamas River Dam Complex, OR. An orange buoy system is seen on the right side of the image showing an exclusion net to prevent fish from getting behind the collector.
View of the forebay of the North Fork Dam of the Clackamas River Dam Complex, OR. An orange buoy system is seen on the right side of the image showing an exclusion net to prevent fish from getting behind the collector.
Waiting for multi-tribal ceremonial release of adult Chinook to the Spokane River during 2022 National American Fisheries Society Meeting
linkMulti-tribal ceremonial release of adult Chinook to the Spokane River during 2022 National American Fisheries Society Meeting. Here, people line up to participate in ceremonial multi-tribal fish release in the Spokane River.
Waiting for multi-tribal ceremonial release of adult Chinook to the Spokane River during 2022 National American Fisheries Society Meeting
linkMulti-tribal ceremonial release of adult Chinook to the Spokane River during 2022 National American Fisheries Society Meeting. Here, people line up to participate in ceremonial multi-tribal fish release in the Spokane River.
USGS fish biologist, Ian Jezorek, hands off adult Chinook salmon during ceremonial tribal fish release during 2022 National AFS Meeting
linkMulti-tribal ceremonial release of adult Chinook to the Spokane River during 2022 National American Fisheries Society Meeting. Here, fish biologist Ian Jezorek participates in ceremonial multi-tribal fish release in the Spokane River.
USGS fish biologist, Ian Jezorek, hands off adult Chinook salmon during ceremonial tribal fish release during 2022 National AFS Meeting
linkMulti-tribal ceremonial release of adult Chinook to the Spokane River during 2022 National American Fisheries Society Meeting. Here, fish biologist Ian Jezorek participates in ceremonial multi-tribal fish release in the Spokane River.
Multi-tribal ceremonial release of adult Chinook to the Spokane River during 2022 National American Fisheries Society meeting. Here, fish biologist, Jill Hardiman, participates in the event by releasing an adult Chinook salmon into the Spokane River.
Multi-tribal ceremonial release of adult Chinook to the Spokane River during 2022 National American Fisheries Society meeting. Here, fish biologist, Jill Hardiman, participates in the event by releasing an adult Chinook salmon into the Spokane River.
Overhead view of the Spokane River, where adult Chinook salmon were released during a multi-tribal ceremonial fish release
linkOverhead view of the Spokane River, where adult Chinook salmon were released during a multi-tribal ceremonial fish release. During 2022 National American Fisheries Society, many scientists and citizens took part in a ceremonial fish release. Adult Chinook salmon are currently blocked by dams and unable travel upstream to their historic range.
Overhead view of the Spokane River, where adult Chinook salmon were released during a multi-tribal ceremonial fish release
linkOverhead view of the Spokane River, where adult Chinook salmon were released during a multi-tribal ceremonial fish release. During 2022 National American Fisheries Society, many scientists and citizens took part in a ceremonial fish release. Adult Chinook salmon are currently blocked by dams and unable travel upstream to their historic range.
USGS scientist Dalton Lebeda is measuring a Fall Chinook salmon captured in the Snake River. This study is being conducted to determine the percentages of natural and hatchery origin spawners in the upper reach of Hells Canyon.
USGS scientist Dalton Lebeda is measuring a Fall Chinook salmon captured in the Snake River. This study is being conducted to determine the percentages of natural and hatchery origin spawners in the upper reach of Hells Canyon.
Scenic picture taken with a sUAS (drone) of Hells Canyon, Fall 2023. In the bottom of the picture, you can see one of our USGS work boats pulled onto shore. USGS scientists are conducting redd surveys for spawning Fall Chinook salmon.
Scenic picture taken with a sUAS (drone) of Hells Canyon, Fall 2023. In the bottom of the picture, you can see one of our USGS work boats pulled onto shore. USGS scientists are conducting redd surveys for spawning Fall Chinook salmon.
USGS scientist helped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FISHBIO to collect and tag adult green sturgeon on the Sacramento River. The purpose of the project is to monitor fish movements and behavior in relation to flood control projects in the Sacramento River.
USGS scientist helped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FISHBIO to collect and tag adult green sturgeon on the Sacramento River. The purpose of the project is to monitor fish movements and behavior in relation to flood control projects in the Sacramento River.
USGS scientist helped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FISHBIO to collect and tag adult green sturgeon on the Sacramento River. The purpose of the project is to monitor fish movements and behavior in relation to flood control projects in the Sacramento River.
USGS scientist helped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FISHBIO to collect and tag adult green sturgeon on the Sacramento River. The purpose of the project is to monitor fish movements and behavior in relation to flood control projects in the Sacramento River.
USGS, Western Fisheries Research Center scientist tagging an invasive silver carp with an acoustic transmitter to evaluate the effectiveness of a BioAcoustic Fish Fence (BAFF) to deter upstream migration of invasive carp at Barkley Lock and Dam, Kentucky in October 2022.
USGS, Western Fisheries Research Center scientist tagging an invasive silver carp with an acoustic transmitter to evaluate the effectiveness of a BioAcoustic Fish Fence (BAFF) to deter upstream migration of invasive carp at Barkley Lock and Dam, Kentucky in October 2022.
Sampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in Pauls Slough in Willapa Bay, Washington
linkSampling for European green crab environmental DNA in Pauls Slough in Willapa Bay, Washington, as part of a study that aims to increase the capacity for early detection monitoring and biosurveillance of invasive green crab.
Sampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in Pauls Slough in Willapa Bay, Washington
linkSampling for European green crab environmental DNA in Pauls Slough in Willapa Bay, Washington, as part of a study that aims to increase the capacity for early detection monitoring and biosurveillance of invasive green crab.
Sampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in Pauls Slough in Willapa Bay, Washington
linkSampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in Pauls Slough in Willapa Bay, Washington, as part of a study that aims to increase the capacity for early detection monitoring and biosurveillance of invasive green crab.
Sampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in Pauls Slough in Willapa Bay, Washington
linkSampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in Pauls Slough in Willapa Bay, Washington, as part of a study that aims to increase the capacity for early detection monitoring and biosurveillance of invasive green crab.
Sampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in a tide channel at Tokeland in Willapa Bay, Washington
linkSampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in a tide channel at Tokeland in Willapa Bay, Washington, as part of a study that aims to increase the capacity for early detection monitoring and biosurveillance of invasive green crab.
Sampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in a tide channel at Tokeland in Willapa Bay, Washington
linkSampling for European green crab environmental DNA (eDNA) in a tide channel at Tokeland in Willapa Bay, Washington, as part of a study that aims to increase the capacity for early detection monitoring and biosurveillance of invasive green crab.
Field work conducted by the Columbia River Research Laboratory on the Wind River. The image shows opening day of collecting and PIT tagging juvenile steelhead on a tributary of the Wind River. Ian Jezorek is conducting the PIT tagging and Brad Liedtke is entering the data.
Field work conducted by the Columbia River Research Laboratory on the Wind River. The image shows opening day of collecting and PIT tagging juvenile steelhead on a tributary of the Wind River. Ian Jezorek is conducting the PIT tagging and Brad Liedtke is entering the data.
Brian Ekstrom and Lance Downing pulling the beach seine to collect juvenile fish at a restoration site on the lower Columbia River
linkBrian Ekstrom and Lance Downing of USGS are pulling a beach seine to collect juvenile fish for monitoring at a restoration site on the lower Columbia River. The restoration site was created with dredge material in October of 2020 and USGS is monitoring juvenile salmon use, community assemblage, and predator presence.
Brian Ekstrom and Lance Downing pulling the beach seine to collect juvenile fish at a restoration site on the lower Columbia River
linkBrian Ekstrom and Lance Downing of USGS are pulling a beach seine to collect juvenile fish for monitoring at a restoration site on the lower Columbia River. The restoration site was created with dredge material in October of 2020 and USGS is monitoring juvenile salmon use, community assemblage, and predator presence.
USGS scientist surgically implanting transmitters into juvenile Chinook salmon on the Shasta River, CA
linkUSGS scientists surgically implanting acoustic transmitters into juvenile Chinook salmon on the Shasta River, California. Study fish are tracked in the Shasta and Klamath Rivers as they migrate to the Pacific Ocean. Collected data are used to determine fish survival and migration behaviors.
USGS scientist surgically implanting transmitters into juvenile Chinook salmon on the Shasta River, CA
linkUSGS scientists surgically implanting acoustic transmitters into juvenile Chinook salmon on the Shasta River, California. Study fish are tracked in the Shasta and Klamath Rivers as they migrate to the Pacific Ocean. Collected data are used to determine fish survival and migration behaviors.
Photograph of a fish release at the Keller Ferry Marina, Lake Roosevelt, Lincoln County, Washington.
Photograph of a fish release at the Keller Ferry Marina, Lake Roosevelt, Lincoln County, Washington.
USGS scientist, Jill Hardiman, working on a screw trap on the White Salmon River to assess anadromous fish recolonization following removal of a large dam.
USGS scientist, Jill Hardiman, working on a screw trap on the White Salmon River to assess anadromous fish recolonization following removal of a large dam.