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): Declining summer stream flows and warming summer stream temperatures. (View All Topics in the Plan)
Increase shading of riparian zones with native vegetation and increase shading downstream from Tribal hatcheries.
Increase use of existing or new models to get more information on forecasted stream temperatures and changing hydrologic regimes.
Identify seasonal refugia in order to prioritize conservation efforts.
Remove dredge fill material along riverine channels to construct pocket estuaries as new habitat for migrant Chinook salmon fry.
Modify management flow regimes while minimizing disruption to hydropower production, agricultural or municipal uses to strategically release colder water and...
Provide increased refuge from high summer temperatures and winter/spring high-energy flows by identifying, protecting, and restoring off-channel habitat and by...
Introduce salmon above impassable dams and other barriers, either through assisted migration or reintroduction into historic ranges, to allow salmon...