... continued from front page, REMEMBER redds were found, the numbers were …‘•‹†‡”ƒ„Ž› „‡Ž‘™ ƒ˜‡”ƒ‰‡Ǥ —”–Š‡”ǡ ™‡ were getting to completing the survey quite Žƒ–‡ǡ‡ƒ‹‰–Š‡”‡††•™‘—Ž†„‡Ž‡••˜‹•‹„Ž‡Ǥ –‡‡ŽŠ‡ƒ† •’ƒ™‹‰ •—”˜‡›• –›’‹…ƒŽŽ› ƒ”‡ †‘‡‹’”‹Žƒ†ƒ›Ǥ ’ƒ™‹‰•—”˜‡›•ƒ”‡‘‡‘ˆ–Š‡™ƒ›•–Šƒ– ϐ‹•Š‡”› „‹‘Ž‘‰‹•–• ‘‹–‘” –Š‡ ƒ„—†ƒ…‡ of adult steelhead returning to their natal •–”‡ƒ• –‘ •’ƒ™Ǥ ‹‘Ž‘‰‹•–• …‘†—…– spawning surveys by walking predetermined stream reaches where spawning is known or •—•’‡…–‡†–‘‘……—”ǤŠ‹Ž‡™ƒŽ‹‰–Š‡•–”‡ƒǡ biologists look for signs of spawning activity …ƒŽŽ‡†”‡††•Ǥ –‡‡ŽŠ‡ƒ† •’ƒ™ „› †‡’‘•‹–‹‰ ‡‰‰• ‹ redds on the stream bottom that are dug into ‰”ƒ˜‡Ž• „› –Š‡ ˆ‡ƒŽ‡ǡ –Š‡ ƒŽ‡ ˆ‡”–‹Ž‹œ‹‰ the eggs, and then the female covering the ‡‰‰• ™‹–Š •‡†‹‡–Ǧˆ”‡‡ ‰”ƒ˜‡Ž•Ǥ Š‡ ˆ‡ƒŽ‡ ǣƼɠŘÞض¯sŎĶsǣǼssĶÌs_ʹOŸȖNjǼsǣɴŸ¯ɟÞŘǣǼŸŘōŸNjǼŸŘʺʳ digs by turning on her side and fanning the stream bottom with her tail, or what „‹‘Ž‘‰‹•–• …ƒŽŽ –Š‡ …ƒ—†ƒŽ ϐ‹Ǥ Š‡ ’”‘…‡•• surrounding gravels because they have been ƒ†ˆ”‡‡‘ˆ•‡†‹‡–ƒ†™ƒ•–‡’”‘†—…–•Ǥ ‘ˆ †‹‰‰‹‰ǡ ‡‰‰ †‡’‘•‹–‹‘ǡ ˆ‡”–‹Ž‹œƒ–‹‘ǡ ƒ† cleaned of algae and sediment through the e counted four redds that day on covering of the eggs occurs numerous times †‹‰‰‹‰ ’”‘…‡••Ǥ ˜‡” –Š‡ …‘—”•‡ ‘ˆ ƒ ˆ‡™ ƒ ͳǤͷǦ‹Ž‡ •‡…–‹‘ ‘ˆ ‡ƒ˜‡” ”‡‡ until the female has deposited all of her eggs, ™‡‡• ƒ• –Š‡ ƒŽ‰ƒ‡ ”‡…‘Ž‘‹œ‡• –Š‡ ‘˜‡† just upstream of the City of La ƒ˜‡”ƒ‰‹‰ ƒ„‘—– ͶǡͲͲͲ ‹ —„‡”Ǥ Šƒ– ‹• ‰”ƒ˜‡Ž• ƒ† •–”‡ƒϐŽ‘™• ϐŽƒ––‡ –Š‡ ”‡††•ǯ ”ƒ†‡ǯ• ‡ƒ˜‡” ‡•‡”˜‘‹”Ǥ Š‡ Ž‘‰Ǧ–‡” Ž‡ˆ–‹•ƒ’‹–‘–Š‡•–”‡ƒ„‘––‘„‡–™‡‡•‹š –‘’‘‰”ƒ’Š›ǡ –Š‡› „‡…‘‡ Šƒ”†‡” –‘ •‡‡Ǥ Š‡ average in the upper Grande Ronde River and 12 inches deep, with a pillow of sorted redds typically are found at the tailout of pools, ƒ•‹‹•ƒ’’”‘š‹ƒ–‡Ž›–™‘”‡††•’‡”‹Ž‡ǡ•‘ ‰”ƒ˜‡Ž• ‹‡†‹ƒ–‡Ž› †‘™•–”‡ƒǤ ‡††• ™Š‡”‡ ‰”ƒ˜‡Ž• ‘ˆ ƒ’’”‘’”‹ƒ–‡ •‹œ‡ ȋ„‡–™‡‡ ʹǤ͹”‡††•’‡”‹Ž‡‹•’”‡––›‰‘‘†ǡ…‘•‹†‡”‹‰ …ƒ„‡„‡–™‡‡ͳǤͷƒ†ϐ‹˜‡ˆ‡‡–‹†‹ƒ‡–‡”Ǥ –Š‡•‹œ‡‘ˆƒ‰”ƒ’‡ƒ†ƒ„ƒ•‡„ƒŽŽȌƒ”‡’”‡•‡– –Š‡ ˆƒ…–‘”• †‡•…”‹„‡† ƒ„‘˜‡Ǥ ‡˜‡”–Š‡Ž‡••ǡ ‡†‹ƒ–‡Ž›ƒˆ–‡”…‘•–”—…–‹‘ǡ–Š‡‡š…ƒ˜ƒ–‡† ƒ†™ƒ–‡”…ƒ”‡ƒ†‹Ž›ϐŽ‘™–Š”‘—‰Š–Š‡”‡†† ‰‹˜‡ –Š‡ •‹‰‹ϐ‹…ƒ…‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ •—”˜‡›ǡ ™‡ –‘‘ gravels of the redd can starkly contrast with ’‹ŽŽ‘™–‘‡‡’–Š‡†‡˜‡Ž‘’‹‰‡‰‰•‘š›‰‡ƒ–‡† ‡š–”ƒ …ƒ”‡ –‘ …ƒ”‡ˆ—ŽŽ› ‡šƒ‹‡ ƒ† †‹•…—•• what we saw, wanting to make sure that we were seeing steelhead redds and not some anomaly in the stream gravels created by –Š‡•–”‡ƒϐŽ‘™Ǥ ‘—”–‹‡•ǡ™‡‘„•‡”˜‡†ƒ† discussed the identifying characteristics of the prospective steelhead redd and agreed based on our more than 50 years of combined ‡š’‡”‹‡…‡ –Šƒ– •–‡‡ŽŠ‡ƒ† Šƒ† •’ƒ™‡† ƒ– –Š‡•‡Ž‘…ƒ–‹‘•Ǥ W ĵŸŸĨÞضȖƼǣǼNjsŎǼǣƼɠŘÞضŘ_NjsNjÞضÌEÞǼǼǼÌǼÞǣŘŸɠɚÞĶEĶsǼŸDsɚsNj NNjssĨǣǼssĶÌs_ʹOŸȖNjǼsǣɴŸ¯ɟÞŘǣǼŸŘōŸNjǼŸŘʺʳ 2 What we witnessed that day – evidence of steelhead spawning in upper Beaver Creek – was the result of a long journey not only for the steelhead, which left their natal stream ƒ•Œ—˜‡‹Ž‡•–‘ˆ‘”ƒ‰‡‹–Š‡ƒ…‹ϐ‹……‡ƒƒ† returned as adults to spawn, but also for those of us involved in the planning, design, and …‘•–”—…–‹‘‘ˆ–Š‡‡ƒ˜‡”‡•‡”˜‘‹”ϐ‹•Š™ƒ›Ǥ Continued on page 8, REMEMBER