This document summarizes a study on Pacific lamprey in the Willamette River basin. It discusses the project objectives of determining lamprey migration patterns, overwintering locations, and use of tributaries for spawning. It provides data on the number of lamprey tagged from 2008-2012 and the number of fixed monitoring sites. It also lists additional future study objectives such as determining if lamprey spawn in the mainstem river, quantifying juvenile rearing habitat, and incorporating lamprey needs into floodplain restoration.
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Way of Life
“Skakwal” is Chinook Jargon (also known
as chinuk wawa)
3. Project Objectives:
1. Determine timing and movement patterns during upstream
migrations
2. Identify over-wintering locations
3. Determine relative use of primary tributaries for spawning
4. Formulate management recommendations
4. Tagging Summary
2008 (CTGR) 111 tagged lamprey were above the Falls.
Tracked by boat & by 11 fixed telemetry sites.
2009 (CTGR, CRAMER, PGE,OSU) 209 Tagged Lamprey were above the Falls
Tracked by Boat, Plane and 22 fixed telemetry sites.
2010 (CTGR, CRAMER,OSU) 219 tagged lamprey were above the Falls
Tracked by boat, plane and 22 fixed
telemetry sites.
2011-2012 (CTGR) 120 tagged lamprey above the
Falls. Tracking by boat and 22 fixed
sites.
5. Fixed Site Locations
River Mile Mainstem Tributary Organization
24 Clackamas CFS
Willamette Falls
West Linn
26 CTGR
28 Tualatin CTGR
30 Rock Island CFS
37 Molalla CTGR
37 Pudding CFS
46 Champoeg Park CFS
54 Evergreen CTGR
55 Yamhill CTGR
87 Eola CFS
106 Buena Vista CFS
108 Santiam CTGR
108 NF Santiam CFS
108 Luckiamute CTGR
119 Calapooia CTGR
131 Corvallis CFS
133 Mary's CTGR
148 Long Tom CFS
161 Harrisburg CFS
175 Mckenzie CTGR
180 Eugene CTGR
187 Coast Fork CFS
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11. Determine if lamprey
spawn in the mainstem
Willamette River.
Quantify the amount
and quality of juvenile
rearing habitat.
Monitor and quantify
lamprey response to
floodplain restoration
work.
Identify and incorporate
habitat needs for pacific
lamprey into floodplain
restoration design.