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Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation Fish Stocking and Operations/Maintenance Project 1995-015-00. Located on ID/NV border. Deemed sufficient to provide ample fish and wildlife resources for subsistence. Bruneau and Owyhee subbasins.

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Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation

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  1. Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation Fish Stocking and Operations/Maintenance Project 1995-015-00

  2. Located on ID/NV border • Deemed sufficient to provide ample fish and wildlife resources for subsistence

  3. Bruneau and Owyhee subbasins • Southernmost drainages to Columbia River • Historic runs of anadromous salmonids • Salmon and steelhead were a significant part of Tribal culture • Used for subsistence as well as for trade goods • Identified by NPCC (1995) as “blocked areas”

  4. Dam Construction • Brownlee Dam - completed in 1958 • Oxbow Dam – completed in 1961 • Hells Canyon Dam – completed in 1967

  5. Mitigation for loss of salmon/steelhead • Construction of 3 reservoirs on DVIR • Sheep Creek Reservoir • Completed in mid-50s • ~855 acres • Mountain View Reservoir • Completed in 1969 • ~640 acres • Lake Billy Shaw • Completed in 1998 • ~430 acres

  6. Reservoir Management • managed as a put and take fishery • originally funded by USFWS • BPA assumed funding in 1988 • Tribal and visiting anglers primary users

  7. Fish Stocking • Rainbow trout are target management species • Sourced from two southern ID hatcheries • College of Southern Idaho (Twin Falls, ID) • Black Canyon Trout Farm (Grace, ID) • Annually plant ~ 95K fish • LBS receives ~ 17K triploid rainbow trout • SCR and MVR receive ~ 78K rainbow trout

  8. Operations and Maintenance • Monitoring and Evaluation • Important component used for adaptive management • Biological data • Fish health, growth • Water quality data • Temperatures • Dissolved oxygen • pH • Angler information • CPUE, angler satisfaction

  9. Operations and Maintenance • Key infrastructure components • Dams, boat launch facilities, docks • Many at or near end of useful life • Significant component of angling satisfaction • Replacement/upgrades needed • Surrounding recreation areas (campgrounds) are vital to lure visitors to remote location • Overnight stays are most common • 98 miles north of Elko • 96 miles south of Mountain Home • 150 miles south of Boise

  10. Water Quality • All reservoirs are relatively shallow • depth average of < 12 feet • Inflow of water is tied to irrigation uses • Turbidity problem at SCR • Sources identified • Project proposal developed, seeking funding • Issues related to temperature, DOs • Reservoirs routinely stratify in late July – mid August • Hypolimnion has low DO values

  11. Future Monitoring • Bathymetric mapping • Feasibility of steelhead re-introduction • Propose the use of elastomer tags to track cohorts • Unknown if over-winter survival is an issue • Multiple stockings at different times of the year make tracking by size class difficult

  12. Questions?

  13. Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation Fish Stocking and Operations/Maintenance Presented to NPCC – ISRP January 18, 2012

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