Tribe: Upper Snake River Tribes
View Source Document: USRT Adaptation Strategy Database _Full Version Aug 2020
Year: 2020
Topic: Chinook Salmon (Warming stream temperatures, changes in winter stream peak flows, and changes in water quality): Changes in hydrologic flows. (View All Topics in the Plan)
Restore longitudinal connectivity of river systems to increase migration to more diverse habitats and restore natural flows, sediments, and organic...
Restore lateral connectivity to connect river channels to floodplains and restore vertical connectivity to restore incised channels.
Develop water conservation strategies to benefit summer instream flows, such as incentives to reduce summer water withdrawals, improve irrigation efficiency,...
Purchase and obtain in-stream flow rights where possible.
Identify opportunities for reallocation and redistribution of water in critical basins through water transfers, water transactions, water markets, and water...