OREGON (Cont. ) 

 8. Resource Inventories, Spring Chinook Creel Census. 



Annual inventories of sport catch of spring chinooks on the Willamette, Umpqua, 

 and Rogue Rivers are undertaken in order to include them as a part of the enum- 

 eration of the total runs of fish in the three streams. 



In the Willamette below Oregon City Falls and throughout the Umpqua and Rogue 

 Rivers; continuous; John Dimick, William E. Pitney, Cole M. Rivers, and 

 Henry E. Mastin, Fishery Biologists. 



Address correspondence to: H. J. Rayner, Chief of Operations, Div. of Fisheries, 

 Ore. State Game Commission, 1634 S. W. Alder St. , Portland 8, Ore. 



Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Oregon State College 



1. The Relationship Between Logging and Fish Production in Streams. 



An observational study together with extensive temperature and stream flow measure- 

 ments. Particular attention is being devoted to sources of siltation. 



Lookout Creek drainage. Lane County; Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experi- 

 ment Station cooperating; indefinite; $2,000. 



Address correspondence to: Arthur S. Einarsen, Leader, Ore. Coop. Wildlife 

 Res. Unit, 210 Agricultural Engineering Bldg. , Corvallis, Ore. 



2. Post Planting Mortality of Hatchery Fish Following Transportation. 



Present work includes controlled duplication of transportation procedures together 

 with careful chemical water analysis. The objectives are to learn the causes 

 of and to determine a remedy for the delayed losses of latchery trout following 

 transportation and release in wild and hatchery waters. 



Statewide; indefinite; $3,500. 



Address correspondence to: Arthur S. Einarsen, Leader, Ore. Coop. Wildlife 

 Res. Unit, 210 Agricultural Engineering Bldg. , Corvallis, Ore. 



Fish Commission 



1. Coastal Salmon Studies. 



A stream inventory and watershed improvement program is being carried out. Also, 

 efforts are being made to determine what portion of coastal salmon runs are taken 

 by river fisheries, the effects of rainfall upon abundance of salmon in coastal 

 streams, and the relationship between number of spawners and the resulting 

 progeny. 



Hdqtrs. : Bay City; planned for 1 to 5 years; $32,000. 



Address correspondence to: Kenneth Henry, Aquatic Biologist, Box 226, Bay 

 City, Ore. 



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