California Trout, Inc.

1. Award Purpose: the Removal of the Klamath Dams, Opening Over 400 Miles of Habitat That Has Been Blocked for Over a Century, Is a Hugely Significant Event and Vital Learning Opportunity to Inform Efforts to Recover Salmon Populations. This Is the Largest River Restoration Project in the World and a Significant Step Toward Environmental Justice for the 6 Native American Tribes That Have Relied on the River to Survive for Millennia. Dam Removal Will Directly Benefit a Suite of Anadromous Fish Species Including State and Federally Esa Listed Coho Salmon, Fall-run Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Rainbow Trout. State Esa Listed Spring-run Chinook Salmon Extirpated by Loss of Access -may Re-occupy the Upper Klamath River. the Findings From This Project Will Build Our Understanding of Dam Removal, How Fish Repopulate Newly Opened Habitats, Population Response to Landscape Level Restoration Projects, and Where to Focus Future Restoration Efforts. 2. Activities to Be Performed: This Project Will Result in Abundance Estimates of Salmon and Steelhead Entering the Reach Previously Blocked by Dams and Follow Their Migrations to Spawning Grounds. These Metrics Will Provide a Foundation for Assessment of Stock Status and Trends While Guiding Future Restoration Efforts in the Newly Accessible Habitats. the Study Combines a Sonar Fish Counting Station, Species Composition Sampling and Radio Telemetry With Study Designs Adapted From the Elwha River and Other Large-scale Dam Removals, and Will Be Guided by the Expertise of Individuals, Tribes and Agencies. It Is Our Hope This Project Will Provide a Toolset to Support Prioritization of Future Restoration and Monitoring in the Klamath River as Well as Other Dam Removals Around the World. 3. Projected Deliverables or Outcomes: Sonar: 1. Salmon and Steelhead Abundance Will Increase With Dam Removal. 2. Salmon and Steelhead Life History Strategies and Run Timing Will Increase With Dam Removal. 3. Improvements Can Be Made to Existing Methods for Species Apportionment. Telemetry: 4. Dam Removal and Associated Restoration Efforts Will Provide Unimpeded Access to Habitats Previously Blocked by Dams. 5. Fish Will Preferentially Re-populate Specific Regions Related to Species and Life History Strategies. 6. Restoration Efforts Will Be Needed in Newly Accessible Habitats, and These Locations Will Need to Be Identified. 4. Intended BENEFICIARIES:1. Evaluate the Effectiveness of Dam REMOVAL.2. Focus Future Restoration EFFORTS.3. Evaluate Status of Species for Klamath Consultations, and 5-YR Viability Assessments and Petitions or Changes in Status of Pacific SALMONIDS.4. Manage the Tribal, Commercial, and Sport In-river and Ocean FISHERIES.5. Advance the Practice of Non-invasive Fish Handling, Using the Concentration of Environmental Dna to Prortion Out the Number of Different Fish in the Water at That Point in Time. 6. Integrate Tracking Across Agencies Through Double TAGGING.7. Building Tribal Capacity Technical Expertise and WORKFORCE.8. Where to Invest Future Monitoring EFFORTS.5. Subrecipient Activities (if Known or Specified at Time of Award): N a