Kootenai River Burbot Release Strategy
Planning
Annual Coordination Meetings / Program Reviews:
Burbot Annual Program Review: Co-manager Agreement
THANK YOU! to Alison Squier, Ziji Creative Resources – Facilitator.
Post-release survival (Do not know first year survival of 6-month juvenile)
Dispersal (Very good)
Population Abundance (Increasing but no estimate yet)
Population Structure (Multiple year class representation)
Growth (Good – comparable to wild KR burbot)
Spawning (Sexual Maturation occurring)
Recruitment (unknown; plans to investigate 2016) Genetics (More broodstock has increased genetic contribution)
Review & Apply Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Results
BURBOT RELEASE SITES 2009 - 2014
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2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES LARVAE EXPERIMENT
300,000
300,000
2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES LARVAE EXPERIMENT
None
2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES JUVENILES
31,000
2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES JUVENILES
~20,000
2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
53,000
2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
~20,000
2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
3,000
2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
0; SELF-COLONIZING
2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
39,000
2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
~20,000
2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
55,000
2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
~20,000
2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
45,000
2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
~20,000
2015 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
46,000
2016 BURBOT RELEASE SITES
20,000
Projected Contribution
Bonneville Power Administration (FUNDING) Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Idaho Department of Fish and Game BC Ministry of Forests Land Natural Resource Operations
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks U.S. Army Corp of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative
Boundary County City of Bonners Ferry
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Idaho Department of Water Resources Idaho Office of Species Conservation
Natural Resource Conservation Service Local Landowners U.S. Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management AND MORE!!!
Thanks to all our partners for continued support of the Kootenai River Restoration Program!