Upper Salmon River

Iron Creek & 11 Mile Installs

Biomark, with help from Idaho Department of Fish and Game, installed PIT-tag detection systems at two sites in the Salmon River near Salmon, Idaho. The systems will detect PIT-tagged anadromous salmonids and steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) as part of ISEMP (Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program) http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/cbd/mathbio/isemp/index.cfm, a collaborative effort to evaluate populations and habitat in several major subbasins of the Columbia River. In addition to the Salmon River, Biomark has installed antenna systems in the Imnaha River in Oregon, the South Fork Clearwater River in Idaho, and tributaries of these river basins. PIT-tag detections from these arrays are providing valuable information about salmon and steelhead abundance.

Each PIT-tag detection array is 120ft long consisting of 6-20ft pass-by antennas. The Iron Creek site includes a battery switching power supply to provide site power and remote monitoring and control of the FS1001M and site status is facilitated by a CR1000 datalogger and satellite modem. The Eleven Mile site is powered by a thermoelectric generator (TEG) and remote monitoring and control is facilitated by a CR1000 datalogger and cellular modem.