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6.6.C.3 Establishes Fish Screening Oversight Committee and 

 (page 77) Technical Work Groups (TWG) to establish and implement 

 a screening program (NMFS lead). 



Background: Reclamation has been participating on the Fish Screen Oversight 

 Committee (FSOC) which has developed criteria for prioritizing screen 

 construction, a list of high priority screens for design and construction, and 

 a process for completing an Inventory of long-term screening needs throughout 

 the Columbia River Basin. Reclamation biologist, Chuck Keller, has been 

 assigned to IDFG in Salmon, Idaho, under an Interagency Personnel Act 

 agreement to assist the State in its screening program. Regional office 

 personnel have been participating on the Idaho Screen TWG to provide input on 

 facility designs. 



Recent Activity: The FSOC met in Salmon on August 18. Discussions centered 

 on developing a list of high priority screens for construction In 1994, 

 conducting pump intake surveys in the Columbia and Snake River basins, and 

 conducting a fish passage workshop in Salmon in March 1994. Under IDFG's 

 program, construction of the new screen shop in Salmon continues; completion 

 is scheduled for October. Also, topographical and water use surveys are being 

 conducted on 40 sites scheduled for new screens, conversion to pump intakes, 

 consolidation, and/or new headgates during fall 1993 and in 1994. A Model 

 Watershed/Screen TWG meeting was held in Salmon on August 19 (see discussion 

 under measure 6.5.B.2 for details of the meeting). 



Contacts: Chuck Keller (Salmon), Dennis Hudson (Region) 



6.6.C.5 Inventory existing Reclamation screens and develop 

 (page 77) program to upgrade to current criteria if needed 

 (Reclamation lead). 



Background: An inventory report was submitted to the Council in March 1992 

 that summarized information on Reclamation constructed/owned fish protection 

 facilities and repayment and water service contracts on Pacific Northwest 

 streams used by salmon and steel head. The report also recommended programs to 

 improve Reclamation constructed/owned facilities where needed and to require 

 adequate fish protection facilities when Reclamation issues or renews 

 contracts. Reclamation has initiated efforts to develop a Memorandum of 

 Understanding with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) regarding 

 screening needs associated with contracting activity and to complete a 

 predesign report for upgrading Reclamation constructed/owned screening 

 facilities. The predesign report is scheduled for completion by early 1994. 



Recent Activity: The list of potential screen upgrades on salmon and 

 steel head streams to be evaluated in the predesign report has been finalized 

 and field inspections of the proposed sites will begin in September. We are 

 also working on a list of screen needs in eastern Oregon related to resident 

 fish protection at the request of the State. 



Contacts: Fred Crase (overall program), Dennis Hudson (predesign report), Jim 

 Budolfson (contracts) 



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