Studies

       

§         Adeniyi, R. and T. Steig. 1998.  Hydroacoustic evaluation of the behavior of juvenile salmon and steelhead approaching the two surface collectors and the powerhouse of Rocky Reach dam during spring 1998.  Prepared for Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Anglea, S.M., Geist, D.R., Brown, R.S., and Deters, K.A. 2003. Evaluation of surgically implanted acoustic transmitters on the swimming performance, predator avoidance, and buoyancy compensation of juvenile Chinook salmon. Prepared for Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington.

§         Beak Consultants, Inc. 1996. Mid-Columbia mainstream conservation plan overview. Prepared for Chelan County PUD, Douglas County PUD, and Grant County PUD.

§         BioAnalysts, Inc. 2000. A status of Pacific lamprey in the Mid-Columbia region. Prepared for the Public Utility District No.1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington

§         ---. 2000b. Fish community structure and the effects of resident predators on anadromous fish in the Rocky Reach project area. Prepared for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Burley, C.C. and T.P. Poe. 1994. Significance of predation in the Columbia River from Priest Rapids dam to Chief Joseph dam, predator consumption indexing. Contract 430-486. Prepared for PUD No 1 of Chelan County, PUD No. 1 of Douglas County, and PUD No. 1 of Grant County.

§         Caplow, F. 1990. A botanical inventory and rare and sensitive plant survey of the Rocky Reach reservoir. Prepared for Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Chapman Consultants, Inc. 1988. Summer and winter ecology of juvenile chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the Wenatchee River, Washington. Available from the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington

§         Chapman, D., A. Giorgi, T. Hillman, D. Deppert, M. Erho, S. Hays, M. Peven, B. Suzumoto, and R. Klinge. 1994. Status of summer/fall chinook salmon in the mid-Columbia region. Don Chapman Consultants, Idaho.

§         Chapman, D., C. Peven, A. Giorgi, T. Hillman, and F. Utter. 1994. Status of summer steelhead in the mid-Columbia River. Don Chapman Consultants, Boise, Idaho.

§         ---. 1995. Status of spring chinook salmon in the mid-Columbia region. Don Chapman Consultants, Boise, Idaho.

§         Chapman, D., C. Peven, A. Giorgi, T. Hillman, F. Utter, M. Hill, J. Stevenson, and M. Miller. 1995. Status of sockeye salmon in the Mid-Columbia region. Don Chapman Consultants, Inc., Boise, Idaho.

§         Chelan County PUD (Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1). 1991. Application for raising pool elevation from 707' to 710'. Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project No. 2145. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---. 1998. Biological assessment of Rocky Reach Dam operations for interim protection of steelhead trout. Report prepared by the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County for the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission.

§         ---. 1998. Biological assessment of Rock Island Dam operations for interim protection of steelhead trout. Report prepared by the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County for the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission.

§         ---. 1999. Biological assessment of Rocky Reach Dam operations for interim protection of spring chinook salmon. Report prepared by the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County for the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission.

§         ---. 1999. Biological assessment of Rock Island Dam operations for interim protection of spring chinook salmon, draft.

§         ---. 1999. Rocky Reach and Rock Island fish passage plan. Report prepared by the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County.

§         Duke (Duke Engineering & Services, Inc.). 2001. Rocky Reach fish presence and habitat use survey. Report prepared for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Ebasco Environmental. 1990. Wildlife habitat evaluation for the Rocky Reach pool raise study. Prepared for Public Utilities District No. 1, Chelan County, Washington.

§         English, K.K., T.C. Nelson, C. Sliwinski, J.R. Stevenson, and T.R. Mosey. 1998. Evaluation of juvenile spring chinook, steelhead, and sockeye migratory patterns at Rocky Reach Dam using radio-telemetry techniques, 1998. Prepared for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         English, K.K., T.C. Nelson, C. Sliwinski, J.R. Stevenson, and T.R. Mosey. 1998. Assessment of passage facilities for adult sockeye, chinook, and steelhead at Rock Island and Rocky Reach dams on the Mid-Columbia River in 1997. Prepared for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         English, K.K., C. Sliwinski, B. Nass, and J.R. Stevenson. 2001. Assessment of adult steelhead migration through the Mid-Columbia River using radio-telemetry techniques, 1999-2000. Prepared for the Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Ephrata, Washington, Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington, and Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, East Wenatchee, Washington. 106 pp + Appendices.

§         English, K., C. Sliwinski, J. Smith, J. Stevenson, and T. Mosey. 2000. Evaluation of juvenile spring chinook, steelhead, and sockeye migratory patterns at Rocky Reach Dam using radio-telemetry techniques, 2000.

§         Eppard, M.B., S.G. Smith, B.P. Sanford, G.A. Axel, J.G. Williams, and R.D. McDonald. 1998. Survival estimates for the passage of yearling chinook salmon through Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dams, 1998. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington.

§         Ford, M., P. Budy, C. Busack, D. Chapman, T. Cooney, T. Fisher, J. Geiselman, T. Hillman, J. Lukas, C. Peven, C. Toole, E. Weber, and P. Wilson. 1999. UCR steelhead and spring chinook salmon population structure and biological requirements. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Upper Columbia River Steelhead and Spring Chinook Salmon Biological Requirements Committee, Draft Report, Seattle, Washington.

§         Grassell, A.C. and W. Hampton, 2001. Total dissolved gas monitoring at Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams, 2001.  Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Grassell, A.C., W. Hampton, and R. McDonald. 2000. Total dissolved gas monitoring at Rocky Reach and Rock Island hydroelectric projects in 2000. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---. 2000. Gas bubble trauma monitoring at Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams in 1998. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Giorgi, A. 1992. Fall chinook spawning in Rocky Reach pool; Effects of three-foot increase in pool elevation. Don Chapman Consultants, Inc., research report to the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Hampton, W. 2002.  Total dissolved gas monitoring at Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams, 2002.  Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---.2003.  Total dissolved gas monitoring at Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams, 2003.  Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Hampton, W. and R. McDonald. 1998. Gas bubble trauma monitoring at Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams in 1998. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---. 1999. Occurrence of gas bubble trauma at Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams, 1999. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Heinle, D.R. and F.W. Olson. 1980. Survival of juvenile coho salmon passing through the spillway at Rocky Reach Dam. Report to Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Hillman, T.W. and K.E. Ross. 1992. Summer/fall chinook salmon spawning ground surveys in the Methow and Okanogan River Basins, 1991. Report to Chelan County Public Utility District. Don Chapman Consultants, Boise, Idaho.

§         Iverson, T.K. and A.G. Birmingham. 1998. Hydroacoustic evaluation of spill effectiveness at Rock Island Dam during spring and summer, 1998. Report prepared for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Koehler, V.A. and R.D. McDonald. 1997. Total dissolved gas monitoring at Rocky Reach and Rock Island hydroelectric projects in 1997. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---. 1999. Total dissolved gas monitoring at Rocky Reach and Rock Island hydroelectric projects in 1997. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Lady, J., J.R. Stevenson, J.R. Skalski, and A.E. Giorgi. 2000. A pilot study to estimate route-specific survival and passage probabilities of steelhead smolts at Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams, 1999. Report prepared for the Public Utility District Number 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Loch, J.J., D. Ballinger, G. Christofferson, J.A. Ross, M. Hack, C. Foster, D. Snyder, and D. Schultz. 1994. Significance of predation in the Columbia River from Priest Rapids dam to Chief Joseph dam: Abundance and predation indexing. In: Burley, C.C. and T.P. Poe, editors. 1994. Significance of predation in the Columbia River from Priest Rapids Dam to Chief Joseph Dam. Contract 430-486. Prepared for PUD No 1 of Chelan County, PUD No. 1 of Douglas County and PUD No. 1 of Grant County. Reports A and B plus appendices.

§         Maitland, T., Praye, L., Reeves, A. and Brown, B. 2003. Rock Island Dam Smolt and Gas Bubble Trauma Monitoring, 2003.  Prepared for Chelan Public Utilities District #1 of Chelan County, Washington.

§         Mosey, T.R. 2004.  Biological Evaluation of the Rocky Reach juvenile fish bypass system 2003.  Chelan County Public Utility District, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Mosey, T.R. and L.J. Murphy. 2002. Spring and summer chinook spawning ground surveys on the Wenatchee River basin, 2001. Chelan County Public Utility District, Fish and Wildlife Operations, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Mosey, T.R., K.G. Murdoch, and B. Bickford. 1999. Biological and hydraulic evaluation of the Rocky Reach surface collector, 1998. Final Report. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---. 2000. Biological and hydraulic evaluation of the Rocky Reach fish bypass system, 1999. Final Report. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Murdoch, A. and K. Petersen. 2000. Survival of sockeye, spring chinook, and summer chinook salmon released from Rock Island Fish Hatchery complex facilities, 1989 through 1995 broods. Prepared for Chelan Public Utilities District No. 1. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington.

§         Murphy, L.J., T.M. Mosey, and P.M. Hulbert. 2001. Biological and hydraulic evaluation of the Rocky Reach fish bypass system – 2000. Final report. Chelan County Public Utility District. Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Murphy, L.J., T.M. Mosey. 2002. Biological and hydraulic evaluation of the Rocky Reach bypass system – 2001. Final report. Chelan County Public Utility District. Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Normandeau Associates and J.R. Skalski. 1998. Chinook salmon smolt passage survival through modified and unmodified spillbays at Rock island Dam, Columbia River, Washington. Drumore, Pennsylvania and Seattle, Washington.

§         Normandeau Associates. 1999. 1999 spillway passage survival investigation of juvenile chinook salmon at Rock Island Dam, Washington. Report prepared by Normandeau Associates for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Normandeau Associates and J.R. Skalski. 1996. Relative survival of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in passage through a modified Kaplan turbine at Rocky Reach Dam, Columbia River, Washington. Report prepared by Normandeau Associates for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---. 1997. Turbine passage survival of chinook salmon smolts at the Rock Island Dam powerhouse I and II, Columbia River, Washington. Report prepared by Normandeau Associates for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Parametrix, Inc. 2000. Analysis of total dissolved gas data. Rocky Reach Dam 1997 - 2000. Prepared for Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County by Parametrix, Inc. Kirkland, Washington.

§ ---. 2000. Rocky Reach Reservoir water quality monitoring report second quarter water year 2000. Prepared for Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County by Parametrix, Inc. Kirkland, Washington.

§         Parametrix, Inc. and Thomas R. Payne & Associates. 2002. Rocky Reach reservoir temperature studies. Draft project report. Prepared for Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---. 1999. Scoping Summary. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Wells, Rocky Reach, and Rock Island Hydroelectric Projects’ Anadromous Fish Agreements and Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs). Prepared for National Marine Fisheries Service. September 1999.

§         Peven. 1992. Population status of selected stocks of salmonids from the mid-Columbia River basin. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Fish and Wildlife Operations, Wenatchee, Washington.

§        Peven, C.M. and K.B. Truscott. 1995. Spring and summer chinook spawning ground surveys on the Wenatchee River basin, 1994. Chelan County Public Utility District, Wenatchee, Washington. 72 pp.

§         Peven, C.M. and T.R. Mosey. 1998. Biological and hydraulic evaluation of the Rocky Reach surface collector. 1997. Final Report. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Peven, C.M., A.M. Abbott, and B.M. Bickford. 1995. Biological evaluation of the Rocky Reach surface collector, 1995. Final Report. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Peven, C.M., T.R. Mosey, and K.B. Truscott. 1996. Biological evaluation of the Rocky Reach surface collector, 1996. Final Report. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Praye, L., and J.B. Walker. 2003. Rock Island dam smolt and gas bubble trauma monitoring, 2002. Prepared for Chelan Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington.

§         R.L. and L. Environmental Services, Ltd. (RL&L). 2002. Rocky Reach white sturgeon investigations, 2001 study results. Final. Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project FERC Project No. 2145. Prepared for Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         RMC Environmental Services, Inc. and J.R. Skalski. 1994. Survival of yearling fall chinook salmon smolts (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in passage through a Kaplan turbine at the Rocky Reach hydroelectric dam, Washington. Report prepared for the Chelan PUD, Wenatchee, WA.

§         Sauter, S.T., S.R. Gray, C.N. Frost, and J.H. Petersen. 1994. Significance of predation in the Columbia River from Priest Rapids Dam to Chief Joseph Dam: Predator consumption indexing. In: Burley, C.C. and T.P. Poe, editors. 1994. Significance of predation in the Columbia River from Priest Rapids Dam to Chief Joseph Dam. Contract 430- 486. Prepared for PUD No 1 of Chelan County, PUD No. 1 of Douglas County, and PUD No. 1 of Grant County.

§         Skalski, J. R., J. R. Stevenson, J. Lady, R. Townsend, A. E. Giorgi, M. Miller, and K. English. 2001. An Assessment of Project, Pool, and Dam Survival for Chinook and Steelhead Smolts at Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dams Using Radio-telemetry and PIT-tag techniques, 2000. Prepared for PUD No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Skalaski. J., Townsend, R.L., T.W. Steig, J.W. Horchik, G.W. Tritt, and A.C. Grassell. 2003. Estimation of Rock Island Project Passage Survival of Yearling Chinook Salmon Smolts in 2003 Using Acoustic and PIT-Tag Release-Recapture Methods Prepared for Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Skalski, J. R., R. L. Townsend, and R. D. McDonald. 2001. Estimation of Rock Island Project Survival for Yearling Chinook Salmon Smolts in 2001 Using PIT-Tag Release-Recapture Methods. Prepared for PUD No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, WA.

§         Skalski, J. R., R. L. Townsend, T. W. Steig, J.W. Horchick, G.W. Tritt, and R.D. McDonald. 2002. Estimation of survival of yearling Chinook salmon smolts at the Rock Island Dam pool and project in 2002 using acoustic and PIT-tag release-recapture methods. Draft report prepared for Chelan PUD, Wenatchee, WA. Prepared by Columbia Basin Research, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington and HTI, Inc., Seattle, WA. 83 pp.

§         Steig, T.W. and R. Adeniyi. 1997. Hydroacoustic evaluation of the behavior of juvenile salmon and steelhead approaching the powerhouse of Rocky Reach Dam during spring and summer 1996. Report prepared by Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc. for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Steig, T.W., R. Adeniyi, and V. Locke. 1997. Hydoracoustic evaluation of the fish passage through the powerhouse, the spillways, and the juvenile surface collector at Rocky Reach Dam in the spring and summer of 1997. Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc., Seattle, Washington.

§         Steig, T.W., R. Adeniyi. 1999. Hydroacoustic evaluation of fish passage through the powerhouse and surface collectors at Rocky Reach dam in the spring of 1998. Report prepared by Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc. for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Steig. T.W., M.A. Timko. 2000. Using acoustic tags for monitoring juvenile Chinook and steelhead migration routes in the forebay of Rocky Reach dam during the spring and summer of 1999. Report prepared by Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc. for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Steig, T.W., J.W. Horchik, M.A. Timko. 2001. Monitoring juvenile Chinook and steelhead migration routes with acoustic tags in the forebay of the powerhouse and spillway of Rocky Reach Dam. Final report prepared for Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1. Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc. Seattle, Washington.

§       Stevenson, John R., J.R., Skalski, J.R., Weshagen, P. and Giorgi, A.E. 2004. Fish passage efficiency of juvenile yearling and subyearling Chinook, steelhead and sockeye at Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dams, 2003: telemetry investigation. Prepared for Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Stevenson, J.R., J.R. Skalski, J. Lady, R. Townsend, A.E. Georgi and R. McDonald. 2000. A pilot study assessing the feasibility of using radiotelemetry and PIT-tag techniques to estimate project, pool and dam survival of steelhead smolts at Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams, 1999. Report prepared for the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         Stuehrenberg, L.C., G.A. Swan, L.K. Timme, P.A. Ocker, M.B. Eppard, R.N. Iwamoto, B.L. Iverson, and B.P. Sandford. 1995. Migrational characteristics of adult spring, summer and fall chinook passing through reservoirs and dams of the mid-Columbia River. Funded by the Mid-Columbia PUDs and Coastal Zone and Estuarine Studies. Coastal Zone and Estuarine Studies Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington.

§         West, T. 1997. Northern squawfish (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) population reduction program, Rocky Reach Dam and Rock Island Dam, 1997. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---. 1999. Northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) population reduction program, Rocky Reach Dam and Rock Island Dam, 1998. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§         ---. 2000. Northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) population reduction program, Rocky Reach Dam and Rock Island Dam, 1999. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§ ---. 2001. Northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) population reduction program, Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dam, 2000. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.

§ ---. 2002. Northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) population reduction program, Rocky Reach Dam and Rock Island Dam, 2001. Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Wenatchee, Washington.