Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
$25,000

A team of State (ODFW and CDFW), Federal (NMFS/NOAA), and Tribal (TKT) biologists intend to continue to learn how juvenile Chinook Salmon move through the Upper Klamath Basin during a hypothetical outmigration event. By releasing tagged fish in tributaries of UKL, the team hopes to use telemetry receivers in addition to existing (passive integrated transponder) PIT tag antenna arrays throughout the Basin to detect tagged individuals as thy migrate out of the upper basin. The intent of the requested funding is to continue this study for another year building on what was learned after the initial release study, which will occur in the spring of 2022. Extending this study another year will increase the ability to make better decisions when it comes to reintroducing spring-run Chinook Salmon to the Upper Klamath Basin following dam removal.

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