The suggested citation for this analytic report is:
Thorley, J.L., Andrusak, G.F., Dalgarno, S.I.J., Amies-Galonski, E. (2018) Kaslo Bull Trout Productivity 2018. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/1920399815.
The Kaslo River and Keen Creek, which is a tributary of the Kaslo River, are important Bull Trout spawning and rearing tributaries on Kootenay Lake. From 2012 to 2018, field crews have night-snorkeled both systems in the fall and recorded all juvenile Bull Trout less than 350 mm in length. Snorkel and electrofishing marking crews have also captured and tagged juvenile Bull Trout for the snorkel crews to resight. Redd counts have been conducted in both systems since 2006.
The suggested citation for this analytic report is:
Thorley, J.L., Andrusak, G.F., and Dalgarno, S. (2018) Duncan Lardeau Juvenile Rainbow Trout Abundance 2018. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/679886444.
Rainbow Trout rear in the Lardeau and Lower Duncan rivers. Since 2006 (with the exception of 2015) annual spring snorkel surveys have been conducted to estimate the abundance and distribution of age-1 Rainbow Trout. From 2006 to 2010 the surveys were conducted at fixed index sites. Since 2011 fish observations have been mapped to the river based on their spatial coordinates as recorded by GPS.
The suggested citation for this analytic report is:
Thorley, J.L. (2018) Lower Columbia River Fish Population Indexing Analysis 2017. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/375247290.
In the mid 1990s BC Hydro began operating Hugh L. Keenleyside (HLK) Dam to reduce dewatering of Mountain Whitefish and Rainbow Trout eggs.
The suggested citation for this analytic report is:
Thorley, J.L. (2018) Middle Columbia River Fish Indexing Analysis 2017. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/77904731.
The key management questions to be addressed by the analyses are:
The suggested citation for this analytic report is:
Thorley, J.L. and Dalgarno S. (2018) Kettle and Granby Rivers Adult Rainbow Trout Density Analysis 2017. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/6124688.
The Kettle drainage consists of the West Kettle River, the Kettle River and the Granby River sub-basins.
The suggested citation for this analytic report is:
Thorley, J.L., Muir, C.D. and Dalgarno, S. (2018) Lower Columbia River Rainbow Trout Spawning Analysis 2017. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/453582501.
Each spring in the Lower Columbia River (LCR) below the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam (HLK) and in the Lower Kootenay River (LKR) below the Brilliant Dam, thousands of Rainbow Trout spawn. Since 1992, BC Hydro has stabilized the spring discharge releases from HLK to protect Rainbow Trout redds from dewatering.
The suggested citation for this analytic report is:
Thorley, J.L., Andrusak, G.F. and Dalgarno, S.I.J. (2018) Kaslo Bull Trout Productivity 2017. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/443864882.
The Kaslo River and Keen Creek, which is a tributary of the Kaslo River, are important Bull Trout spawning and rearing tributaries on Kootenay Lake. From 2012 to 2017, field crews have night-snorkeled both systems in the fall and recorded all juvenile Bull Trout between 30 mm and 350 mm in length. Snorkel and electrofishing marking crews have also captured and tagged juvenile Bull Trout for the snorkel crews to resight. Redd counts have been conducted in both systems since 2006.
The suggested citation for this analytic report is:
Thorley, J.L. & Dalgarno, S.I.J. (2018) Lower Duncan River Rainbow Trout Spawning Analysis 2017. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/897442882.
The Lardeau River (LAR) flows 45 km from Trout Lake to join the Lower Duncan River approximately 1 km downstream of Duncan Dam (DDM). The Duncan River downstream of the Lardeau River (DRL) then extends a further 11 km downstream to Kootenay Lake. The study area for this analysis is the Duncan Above Lardeau station (DAL), located between the end of the DDM discharge channel and the confluence with the Lardeau River.
The suggested citation for this analytic report is:
Thorley, J.L. and Dalgarno, S. (2018) Curtis and Qua Creeks Productivity Analysis 2017. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/611560309.
Water chemistry, invertebrate and fish data were collected from Curtis and Qua Creeks from 2015 to 2017 and periphyton data were collected in 2015 and 2016 to assess their productivity. The fish data were collected by depletion electrofishing.
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Thorley, J.L. (2018) Lower Duncan River Kokanee AUC Analysis 2017. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Report. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/1498798685.
Every fall, Kokanee from Kootenay Lake spawn in the Duncan-Lardeau system. Since 2008 aerial surveys have been conducted in the Lower Duncan River (LDR) to enumerate the number of kokanee spawners. The management questions are: