NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Killer Whale Research and Conservation Program
Project Title: Protecting Puget Sound Chinook Salmon from Harbor Seal Predation (WA)
Organization:
Oceans Initiative
Project ID:
0314.22.072626
Description:

Implement a proven pinniped predation reduction strategy at Tumwater Falls over two years to increase passage of Puget Sound Chinook salmon through fish ladders on their return migration to Deschutes River spawning grounds. Project will mitigate a major threat to recovery of ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook salmon, namely pinniped predation at bottlenecks, which will increase long-term abundance of this preferred prey species of Endangered southern resident killer whales (SRKWs).

Award Amount:
$235455.49
Location:
Derschutes River – Tumwater Falls