2014 Columbia River Estuary Workshop Presentations

May 28	May 29	May 30
Keynote Address Columbia River Treaty - John Shurts, Northwest Power and Conservation Council Session 1: Columbia River Basin/Estuary Issues Fast Prediction of River Influences on the Columbia River Estuary and Plume, and Implications for Policy, Adaptive Management and Operation - António M. Baptista, Charles Seaton, Kurt Fresh, Dan Bottom, Jessica Miller, Krista Jones, Hans Moritz, Cynthia Studebaker and Rob Lothrop Preventing Non-indigenous Species Transport to the Lower Columbia River and an Approaching Paradigm Shift in Ballast Water Management Practices - Rian vanden Hooff Habitat Status and Trends: Lower Columbia Pilot Integrating Stormwater with Habitat Monitoring - Karen Adams, Amy Puls and Josh Johnson Exploring the Interaction between Contaminants of Emerging and Legacy Concern and Biological Effects in Columbia River Foodwebs - Elena Nilsen and Jennifer Morace Yakama Nation’s Columbia River Remediation and Restoration Project - McClure Tosch Time to Reevaluate the Ecology of the Columbia River Estuary: We Need CREDDP II! - Robert Emmett, Curtis Roegner and Susan Hinton Session 2: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listed Species Recovery Restoring the Lower Columbia River Ecosystem – Where do we go from here? - Catherine Corbett and Keith Marcoe Columbian White-tailed Deer History, Status, and Habitat Requirements - Paul Meyers Recovery of Columbian White-tailed Deer: Proposing reclassification after 46 years - Rebecca Toland The Streaked Horned Lark: Conservation of a Threatened Species in an Industrial Landscape - Cat Brown Streaked Horned Larks and Dredged Material Placement in the Lower Columbia River: Habitat Analysis and Recommendations - Hannah Anderson and Matt Stevenson A Rising Tide? Shorebird Conservation and the Lower Columbia River System - Vanessa Loverti Development of Diets for the Intensive Culture of Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) - James M. Barron, Ronald G. Twibell, Heidi A. Hill, Kyle C. Hanson and Ann L. Gannam	Keynote Address Acidification in Estuaries and Coastal Zones - George Waldbusser, Oregon State University Session 2: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listed Species Recovery (cont'd) Estuary-Ocean Coupling: Characterizing Ocean Conditions for Juvenile Salmonids at the Time of Ocean Entry for Spring Outmigrants (April-May) - Bill Peterson, Cheryl Morgan, Jay Peterson and Jennifer Fisher Stock-specific Distributions of Juvenile Chinook Salmon along the Oregon and Washington Coasts - David Teel, Brian Burke, David Kuligowski, Cheryl Morgan, Donald Van Doornik and Laurie Weitkamp Evidence for Selective Mortality in Marine Environments: the Role of Fish Migration Size, Timing, and Production Type - Andrew M. Claiborne, Jessica A. Miller, Laurie A. Weitkamp, David J. Teel and Robert L. Emmett Marine Perspectives on Hatchery Chinook Salmon Production in the Columbia River Basin - Brian R Beckman, Larissa Rohrbach and David Teel Prey Availability and Feeding Ecology of Juvenile Salmon in Coastal Waters based on Stomach Content and Stable Isotope Analyses - Richard D. Brodeur, Julia N. Adams, Elizabeth A. Daly and Todd W. Miller Assessing the Relative Importance of Local and Regional Processes on the Survival of an Endangered Salmon Population - Jessica Miller, David J. Teel, William T. Peterson, Antonio Baptista Conceptual Framework for Food Web Links between Seabirds and Fish in the Estuary, Plume, and Nearshore Ocean of the Columbia River - Jeannette E. Zamon, Elizabeth M. Phillips, Troy J. Guy, Daniel D. Roby, Don E. Lyons, Ken Collis, Allen Evans and Jennifer M. Mannas Matching Bird Diets with Fish Data: New Insight into Avian Predation in the Columbia River Estuary - Laurie Weitkamp, Tom Good, Don Lyons and Dan Roby Juvenile Steelhead Distribution, Migration, Growth, and Feeding in the Columbia River Estuary, Plume and Coastal Waters - Elizabeth A. Daly, Julie A. Scheurer, Richard D. Brodeur, Laurie A. Weitkamp, Jessica A. Miller and Brian R. Beckman Life History Strategies of Selected Chinook Salmon Spawning Populations in the Columbia River, as Inferred From Otolith Microchemistry - Lance Campbell, Jamie Lamperth, Andrew Claiborne, Dan Bottom, Curtis Roegner, Mara Zimmerman, Dan Rawding, Cameron Sharpe and Bryce Glaser Migration Patterns of Juvenile Chum Salmon in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary - G. Curtis Roegner, Dan Bottom and Kristen Homel Oceanographic and Ecological Indicators for Salmon Returns in the northern California Current - Brian Burke, Bill Peterson, Cheryl Morgan, Jay Peterson, Jennifer Fisher and Kurt Fresh Migration Timing and Survival of Adult Salmonids from the Columbia River Estuary to Upstream Dams using Passive Integrated Transponder Tag Technology - Robert J. Magie, Matthew S. Morris, Bruce F. Jonnason, Richard D. Ledgerwood and Benjamin P. Sandford Session 3: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Habitat Quality, Toxics, and Salmon in the Lower Columbia Estuary: Updated Results from the Ecosystem Monitoring Program - Lyndal Johnson, Paul Chittaro, Dan Lomax, Kate Macneale, O. Paul Olson, Sean Sol, David Teel, Gina Ylitalo and Jina Sagar Juvenile Salmon Food Webs, Primary Production, and Water Quality in Tidal Emergent Wetlands in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary - Whitney B. Temple and David R. Piatt Role of Phytoplankton Parasites in Food Webs of the Columbia River Estuary - Michelle A. Maier, Joseph A. Needoba and Tawnya D. Peterson Monitoring Biogeochemical Cycles in the Columbia River Estuary using In Situ Sensors - Joseph Needoba, Catherine Corbett and Tawnya Peterson Remote Sensing of Turbidity and Water Temperature in the Columbia River Estuary - Austin Scott Hudson and Stefan A. Talke Development of a 1-Dimensional Unsteady State Model of the Lower Columbia River and Application in Determining a 50% Annual Exceedance Stage Profile - Christopher Nygaard, Gary Brunner and James Crain	Keynote Address Geology of Lower Columbia River - Jim O’Connor, US Geologic Survey Session 3: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River Ecosystem (cont'd) Sea Level and Extreme Events in the Columbia River Estuary since 1853 - S.A. Talke and D.A. Jay Modeling of Historical Columbia River Flood Impacts - Lumas Helaire, Drew Mahedy, Dr. Stefan A. Talke A System View of Water Level Processes in the Lower Columbia River, Pacific Ocean to Bonneville Dam: From Channel to Floodplain - David Jay, Amy Borde and Heida Diefenderfer Modeling Changes to Residual Circulation in the Historic Lower Columbia River Estuary using Delft3D - Drew Mahedy, Lumas Helaire, and Stefan Talke Session 4: Lessons from Ecological Restoration Projects Improving State and Federal Fish Passage Design Guidelines for Water Crossings in Tidal Environments - Curtis J. Loeb, Jeremy P. Lowe and Robert Battalio River Restoration for a Changing Climate - Tim Beechie, Mathias Collins, Robert Dudley, Faith Fitzpatrick, Glenn Hodgkins, Laura Perry, George Pess, Lindsay Reynolds, Phil Roni and Pat Shafroth Cold Water Refuges: Critical Temporary Habitats for Migrating Salmon and Steelhead - Matthew Keefer and Chris Caudill Restoration of Cold Water Refugia in the Columbia River Estuary - Chris Collins, Keith Marcoe, Paul Kolp, and Catherine Corbett Trajectories of Ecosystem Recovery in oligohaline Tidal Wetland Reconnection Restoration Projects - Sarah Kidd and Alan Yeakley Tidal Channel Allometry: Developing a Tool for Restoration Planning, Design, and Monitoring - W. Gregory Hood Exploring the Ecosystem and Salmon Habitat Functions of Large-River Floodplain Marshes with Altered Disturbance Regimes - Heida L. Diefenderfer, Amy B. Borde, Valerie I. Cullinan, Lyndal L. Johnson and G. Curtis Roegner Improving Wetland Capacity through Integration of Science and Restoration in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary - Amy B. Borde, Heida L. Diefenderfer, Valerie I. Cullinan, Ronald M. Thom, Shon A. Zimmerman, Jina Sagar, Catherine Corbett, and Matthew Schwartz An Evidence-Based Evaluation of the Cumulative Effects of Tidal Freshwater and Estuarine Ecosystem Restoration on Endangered Juvenile Salmon in the Columbia River - Heida Diefenderfer, Gary Johnson, Ron Thom, Amy Borde, Christa Woodley, Laurie Weitkamp, Kate Buenau and Roy Kropp Particulate Organic Matter Export from a Restored Tidal Freshwater Wetland in the Columbia River Estuary - Ronald Thom, Stephen Breithaupt, Curtis Roegner, Dana Woodruff and Gary Johnson A High-Resolution Area-Time Inundation Model to Assess Habitat Opportunity and Quality under Existing and Alternate Conditions - André Coleman, Chris Vernon, Heida Diefenderfer and Amy Borde Estuary Restoration Planning for Fish and Wildlife: North Unit, Sauvie Island Wildlife Area (SIWA) - Allan Whiting, Curt Mykut, Tom Josephson, Mark Nebeker, Curtis Loeb, Brad Bales and Scott Gall Changes in Tidal Hydraulics at Crims Island in Response to Restoration Activities - Hans R. Moritz, Chris Nygaard, Cynthia Studebaker, Andy Goodwin, Bertrand Lemasson and Kim Pevey Chinook River Estuary – Restoring Anadromous Fish Passage and Tidal Ecosystem Dynamics - Steven Vigg, Alex Uber, Heida Diefenderfer and Amy Borde

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May 29

May 30

Keynote Address

Session 1: Columbia River Basin/Estuary Issues

Session 2: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listed Species Recovery

Keynote Address

Session 2: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listed Species Recovery (cont'd)

Session 3: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River Ecosystem

Keynote Address

Session 3: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River Ecosystem (cont'd)

Session 4: Lessons from Ecological Restoration Projects