2025 Pacific Coast Steelhead Management Meeting
December 9-11, 2025
Boise, Idaho.
Email Amy Stark for registration information.
Session One – Steelhead Stock Status Review – Abstracts
Session One – Steelhead Stock Status Review – Presentations
Session Two – Collaboration and Co-Management – Abstracts
- Steelhead Management in the Lower Snake River Basin and the Recent Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) Review Process – Rod Engle, USFWS
- Large River Aquatic Community and Food Web Changes: How Can We Manage Introduced Species? – Marika Dobos, IDFG & John Erhardt, USFWS
- Contributions of Natural and Reconditioned Repeat Spawning Female Steelhead to Spawning above Lower Granite Dam, Washington – Laura Jenkins, University of Idaho
- Impacts of Pink Salmon on other Pacific Salmon and other Marine Species – Gregory Ruggerone, Natural Resource Consultants
- Everything but the kitchen sink: the challenges and adaptive management of the upper Salmon River B-run steelhead program – Katie McBaine & Brian Leth, IDFG
- Steelhead Management in Columbia River Fisheries: The Role of the USvOR Technical Advisory Committee – Chris Sullivan, IDFG
Session Two – Collaboration and Co-Management – Presentations
- 2-Lower-Snake-River-Compensation-Plan-Steelhead-Management-and-ISRP-Review.pdf
- 2-Large-River-Aquatic-Community-and-Food-Web-Changes-How-Can-We-Manage-Introduced-Species.pdf
- 2-Steelhead-Management-in-the-Lower-Snake-River-Basin-and-the-Recent-ISRP-Review-Process.pdf
- 2-Collaborative-Efforts-to-Balance-Hatchery-Program-Needs-and-Popular-Sport-and-Tribal-Fisheries.pdf
- 2-Impacts-of-Pink-Salmon-on-Other-Pacific-Salmon-and-Marine-Species.pdf
- 2-Upriver-summer-steelhead-fishery-management-in-the-Columbia-River-basin.pdf
- 2-Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink-the-challenges-and-adaptive-management-of-the-upper-Salmon-River-B-run-steelhead-program.pdf
- 2-Contributions-of-Natural-and-Reconditioned-Repeat-Spawning-Female-Steelhead-to-Spawning-above-Lower-Granite-Dam-WA.pdf
- 2-Steelhead-Management-in-Columbia-River-Fisheries-The-Role-of-the-USvOR-Technical-Advisory.pdf
Session Three – Fresh Water Conditions – Abstracts
- Predicting steelhead salvage numbers at the Delta export facilities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta – Chase Ehlo, USBR
- Using PIT detections to account for juvenile steelhead escaping screw traps – Derrek Faber, ODFW
- Fifteenmile Action to Stabilize Temperature (FAST) – update on program to voluntarily curtail water use to maintain stream temperatures for steelhead – Derrek Faber, ODFW
- Elwha Dam removal – George Pess, NOAA retired
- Restoration of freshwater habitats and flows for steelhead in the Potlatch watershed – Brian Knoth, IDFG
Session Three – Fresh Water Conditions – Presentations
- Predicting steelhead salvage numbers at the Delta export facilities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta – Chase Ehlo, USBR
- Using PIT detections to account for juvenile steelhead escaping screw traps – Derrek Faber, ODFW
- Fifteenmile Action to Stabilize Temperature (FAST) – update on program to voluntarily curtail water use to maintain stream temperatures for steelhead – Derrek Faber, ODFW
- Elwha Dam removal – George Pess, NOAA retired
- 3-Ecosystem-response-to-the-removal-of-two-large-dams-in-the-Pacific-Northwest.pdf
- 3-Fifteenmile-Action-to-Stabilize-Temperature-FAST-–-update-on-program-to-voluntarily-curtail-water-use-to-maintain-stream-temperatures-for-steelhead.pdf
- 3-Using-PIT-detections-to-account-for-juvenile-steelhead-escaping-screw-traps.pdf
- 3-Restoration-of-freshwater-habitats-and-flows-for-steelhead-in-the-Potlatch-watershed.pdf
- 3-Predicting-steelhead-salvage-numbers-at-the-Delta-export-facilities-in-the-Sacramento-San-Joaquin-delta.pdf
Poster Session – Abstracts
- Predicting steelhead salvage numbers at the Delta export facilities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta – Chase Ehlo, USBR
- Using PIT detections to account for juvenile steelhead escaping screw traps – Derrek Faber, ODFW
- Fifteenmile Action to Stabilize Temperature (FAST) – update on program to voluntarily curtail water use to maintain stream temperatures for steelhead – Derrek Faber, ODFW
- Elwha Dam removal – George Pess, NOAA retired
- delosRios_SFBrood_Abstract.docx
- Frady_Smith_2025-Steelhead-Abstract.docx
- AYoungAbstract.pdf
- Another-Decade-of-Scales-Absract.docx
- Hargrove_abstract.docx
Poster Session – Presentations
- Predicting steelhead salvage numbers at the Delta export facilities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta – Chase Ehlo, USBR
- Using PIT detections to account for juvenile steelhead escaping screw traps – Derrek Faber, ODFW
- Fifteenmile Action to Stabilize Temperature (FAST) – update on program to voluntarily curtail water use to maintain stream temperatures for steelhead – Derrek Faber, ODFW
- Elwha Dam removal – George Pess, NOAA retired
- Another-Decade-Poster_PDFprint.pdf
- 4.1-Poster-Does-tank-geometry-matter-Evaluating-juvenile-rearing-of-summer-steelhead-at-Winthrop-National-Fish-Hatchery.pdf
Session Four – Ocean, Climate, and Migration – Abstracts
- Hatchery Pink Salmon Interactions in Ocean – Nick Chambers, Conservation Angler
- Pink Salmon Interactions with Idaho Run Abundance – John Cassinelli, IDFG
- Kelt Tagging Movements in Alaska – Michael Courtney, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Steelhead kelt movements from the Nehalem River, Oregon – Ryan Sollee, The Wilderness Calling Conservation Initiative
- eDNA and Winter Habitat Use – Christoff Deeg, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Juvenile Salmon, Steelhead, and ecological responses to a warming Northeast Pacific Ocean – Elizabeth Daly, Oregon State University CIMERS
Session Four – Ocean, Climate, and Migration – Presentations
- 4-Juvenile-Salmon-Steelhead-and-ecological-responses-to-a-warming-Northeast-Pacific-Ocean.pdf
- 4-Pink-Salmon-Interactions-with-Idaho-Run-Abundance.pdf
- 4-eDNA-and-Winter-Habitat-Use.pdf
- 4-Kelt-Tagging-Movements-in-Alaska.pdf
- 4-Hatchery-Pink-Salmon-Interactions-in-Ocean.pdf
- 4-Steelhead-kelt-movements-from-the-Nehalem-River-Oregon.pdf
Session Five – Managing Sensitive Populations, Mobile Catch Reporting, and E-Creel – Abstracts
- Use of E-reporting and E-creels for managing anadromous fisheries – Chris Sullivan, IDFG
- E-Creel Research and Development – Brian Riggers, ODFW
- Updates on Mobile Catch Record Cards in Oregon – Michelle Jones, ODFW
- Improving Steelhead Forecasting – Mark Sorel, WDFW
- Steelhead Management at the Southern End of the Range – Deena Hansen, CDFW
- Structured Decision Making for Fisheries Management and Evaluation Plans in the Lower Columbia River – Bryce Glaser & Toby Harbison, WDFW
- Plans for Mobile Catch Record Cards in Washington – Ben Nelson, WDFW
Session Five – Managing Sensitive Populations, Mobile Catch Reporting, and E-Creel – Presentations
- 5.1-Improving-Steelhead-Forecasting.pdf
- 5.1-Is-a-fish-a-fish-Does-kelt-and-pre-spawning-fishing-mortality-affect-populations-equivalently.pdf
- 5.1-Steelhead-Management-at-the-Southern-End-of-the-Range.pdf
- 5.1-Structured-Decision-Making-for-Fisheries-Management-and-Evaluation-Plans-in-the-Lower-Columbia-River.pdf
- 5.2-E-Creel-Research-and-Development.pdf
- 5.2-Plans-for-Mobile-Catch-Record-Cards-in-Washington.pdf
- 5.2-Updates-on-Mobile-Catch-Record-Cards-in-Oregon.pdf
- 5.2-Use-of-E-reporting-and-E-creels-for-managing-anadromous-fisheries-in-Idaho.pdf
Session Six – Public Engagement/Social Science – Abstracts
- Beyond pro-vs-anti hatchery: Understanding fishing community perceptions of salmonid hatcheries in Oregon – Megan Jones, Oregon State University
- New tools for Steelhead Outreach and Collaboration – Steelhead Report Card Data Dashboard – Aaron Neely, CDFW
- Human dimensions of angler nonresponse in California’s recreational steelhead fishing report card program – Daniel Martinez, CDFW
- Braiding Indigenous management and computer-vision AI for effective, equitable and transparent fishery management – William Atlas, Wild Salmon Center
- How Public Values and Preference Influence Risk Tolerance: A Lower Columbia River Case Study – Toby Harbison, WDFW
Session Six – Public Engagement/Social Science – Presentations
- 6-Braiding-Indigenous-management-and-computer-vision-AI-for-effective-equitable-and-transparent-fishery-management.pdf
- 6-Human-dimensions-of-angler-nonresponse-in-Californias-recreational-steelhead-fishing-report-card-program.pdf
- 6-How-Public-Values-and-Preference-Influence-Risk-Tolerance-A-Lower-Columbia-River-Case-Study.pdf
- 6-Beyond-pro-vs-anti-hatchery-Understanding-fishing-community-perceptions-of-salmonid-hatcheries-in-OR.pdf
- 6-New-tools-for-Steelhead-Outreach-and-Collaboration-Steelhead-Report-Card-Data-Dashboard.pdf
Session Seven – Contributed Papers – Abstracts
- Meta-Analysis of Steelhead and Salmon Catch-and-Release Survival – Ian Courter, Mount Hood Environmental
- Monitoring steelhead response following dam removal in the White Salmon River, Washington – Joe Zendt, Yakama Nation Fisheries Program
- Modeling freshwater survival of wild juvenile steelhead – Ryan Vosbigian, UI
- Clearing the hurdle: How arrival timing and size influence reproductive success in steelhead returning to Fish Creek, Idaho – Audrey Harris, PSMFC/IDFG
- Examining hatchery contributions to wild populations through grandparentage analysis – Matt Campbell, IDFG
- A Tool to Inform Management of Steelhead Fisheries in the Upper Columbia with Near Realtime Estimates of Escapement – Kevin See, WDFW
- Klamath River – understanding where we are going, sequencing actions and expectations for O. mykiss. – Tommy Williams, NOAA
- The distribution of neutral and adaptive genetic variation in California steelhead: Impacts of and on Central Valley water projects – Devon Pearse, UCSC & Friends of the River
Session Seven – Contributed Papers – Presentations
- 7-Klamath-River-–-understanding-where-we-are-going-sequencing-actions-and-expectations-for-O.-mykiss.pdf
- 7-Clearing-the-hurdle-How-arrival-timing-and-size-influence-reproductive-success-in-steelhead-returning-to-Fish-Creek-ID.pdf
- 7-Modeling-freshwater-survival-of-wild-juvenile-steelhead.pdf
- 7-The-distribution-of-neutral-and-adaptive-genetic-variation-in-California-steelhead-Impacts-of-and-on-Central-Valley-Water-projects.pdf
- 7-Monitoring-steelhead-response-following-dam-removal-in-the-White-Salmon-River-WA.pdf
- 7-A-Tool-to-Inform-Management-of-Steelhead-Fisheries-in-the-Upper-Columbia-with-Near-Realtime-Estimates-of-Escapement.pdf
- 7-Examining-hatchery-contributions-to-wild-populations-through-grandparentage-analysis.pdf
- 7-Meta-Analysis-of-Steelhead-and-Salmon-Catch-and-Release-Survival.pdf