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Yakima Dams Fish Passage Study
The Bureau of Reclamation is leading a cooperative investigation with the Yakama Nation, state and Federal agencies, and others, to study the feasibility of providing fish passage at the five large storage dams of the Yakima Project. These dams—Bumping Lake, Kachess, Keechelus, Cle Elum, and Tieton—were never equipped with fish passage facilities. Four of the five reservoirs were originally natural lakes and historically supported Native American fisheries for sockeye salmon and other anadromous and resident fish.
Implementation of passage features at the dams has the potential to reintroduce sockeye salmon to the watershed; to increase populations of upper basin steelhead, coho salmon, and Chinook salmon; restore life history and genetic diversity of salmon; and reconnect isolated populations of bull trout. More >>
Final Documents | |
08/2011 | Reclamation Announces Record of Decision for Cle Elum Fish Passage Final Environmental Impact Statement HTML |
08/2011 | Cle Elum Fish Passage Facilities and Fish Reintroduction Project Record of Decision PDF 837 kb |
Cle Elum Dam Interim Fish Passage Documents | |
06/2015 | Sockeye Smolt Outmigration at Cle Elum Dam PDF 2.79 mb |
12/2010 | Cle Elum Dam Interim Fish Passage Operations 2009 Annual Report Technical Series No. PN-YDFP-015 PDF 154 kb |
04/2009 | Cle Elum Dam Interim Fish Passage Operations 2008 Annual Report Technical Series No. PN-YDFP-014 PDF 361 kb |
05/2008 | Cle Elum Dam Interim Fish Passage Operations 2007 Annual Report Technical Series No. PN-YDFP-013 PDF 661 kb |
12/2006 | Cle Elum Dam Interim Fish Passage Operations 2006 Annual Report Technical Series No. PN-YDFP-011 PDF 1.84 mb |
Appendix A: PIT Tag Data PDF 220 kb | |
10/2005 | Cle Elum Juvenile PIT Tag Fish Bypass System Technical Series No. PN-YDFP-004 PDF 2.07 mb |
Contact
Richard Visser
(509) 573-8052
fishpassage@usbr.gov
Bureau of Reclamation
Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region
Columbia-Cascades Area Office
1917 Marsh Road
Yakima, WA 98901-2058