Yakima Fisheries Project (DOE/EIS-0169)
Washington

• PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

  The Yakima Fisheries Project is an ongoing project that involves studies, research, and artificial production of spring Chinook, fall Chinook, and coho salmon in the Yakima basin. Studies and research are conducted on the effectiveness of hatchery supplementation and interactions of hatchery fish with the environment. An Environmental Impact Statement was prepared for the initiation of the project in 1996, and several supplement analyses tiered to this EIS have been prepared subsequently as the program has been modified and adapted to the results of the ongoing research.

• CURRENT STATUS:

  BPA issued a Supplement Analysis for implementing Phase II of the Coho Reintroduction Feasibility Study on August 1, 2007. The Supplement Analysis was based on the Coho Reintroduction Feasibility Study - Phase II - Project Description and Environmental Analysis White Paper, which was previously circulated for public comment. The white paper described the proposed Phase II coho studies in the Yakima Basin and their environmental effects. The comments received on the white paper are addressed in the Supplement Analysis.

• CONTACT:

  For further information on this project, please contact Nancy Weintraub, Environmental Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration - KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; direct telephone number 503-230-5373; e-mail address: nhweintraub@bpa.gov.

• DOCUMENTS:

  The final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is currently available in hard copy only.
  Record of Decision (ROD) (111Kb pdf) (03/13/96)

  White Paper
  Letter to Public (38Kb pdf) (06/07/07)
  Coho Reintroduction Feasibility Study - Phase II - Project Description and Environmental Analysis White Paper (321Kb pdf) (June 2007)

  Supplement Analyses (SA)
  SA-17 Early-Run Fall Chinook Program - Installation of New Well at Marion Drain Hatchery (28Kb pdf) (02/15/11)
  SA-16 Coho Reintroduction Feasibility Study Phase II ? Release of Juveniles above the Lake Cle Elum and Bumping Lake Dams (33Kb pdf) (12/12/08)
  SA-15 Early-Run Fall Chinook Program - Establishing an Early-Run Fall Chinook Population in the Yakima River Basin
  (39Kb pdf) (09/17/08)
  SA-14 Raceway Construction and Outfall Modification at Prosser (33Kb pdf) (08/11/08)
  SA-13 Implement Phase II of the Yakima Coho Reintroduction Feasibility Study (70Kb pdf) (08/01/07)
  SA-12 Herbicide Spraying for Weed Control (upper Yakima River in Kittitas County) (27Kb pdf) (02/22/05)
  SA-11 Supplement Analysis for Cle Elum Coho Acclimation Site (49Kb pdf) (02/18/05)
  SA-10 Supplement Analysis for Stiles Edler FC Sites (37Kb pdf) (02/18/05)
  SA-09 Supplement Analysis for Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries (Tillman Creek) (49Kb pdf) (01/06/05)
  SA-08 Modification to Coho Acclimation Research Task (M&E) (18Kb pdf) (04/07/04)
  SA-07 Noxious Weed Control (Cle Elum and Jack Creek) (14Kb pdf) (07/14/03)
  SA-06 Modification to Coho Acclimation Research Task (M&E) (18Kb pdf) (03/13/03)
  SA-05 Modification to Domestication Selection Research Task (203Kb pdf) (09/20/02)
  SA-04 Construction/Modification Upgrades to Prosser and Marion Drain Hatchery Facilities (225Kb pdf) (11/07/00)
  SA-03 Use of the WDFW's Yakima Hatchery and Acclimation and Research Activities (19Kb pdf) (03/08/00)
  SA-02 Natural Spawning Channels, Increased On-site Housing, and Upgrades to Prosser Hatchery (23Kb pdf) (08/16/99)
  SA-01 Fall Chinook and Coho Research Program (7Kb pdf) (05/14/99)