[env-trinity] Mainstem Trinity River spawn survey update for October 27-30

[Chamberlain, Charles]

Hi all,
Sorry for the delayed report.  It took me a few days to recover a corrupt
data file.

It has been great to get some rain this fall!  Activity is picking up and
our crews are still reporting many active fish out there.  Last week
(October 27-30) we mapped 553 redds and 859 carcasses in the reaches from
Lewiston Dam to Pigeon Point, and Big Bar to Cedar Flat.  The figure below
is clipped from the latest weekly spawn survey update available now on the
Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office fisheries webpage.
http://www.fws.gov/arcata/fisheries

[image: Inline image 1]

*Did you know*.... Drones have been deployed for widely varied uses ranging
from military surveillance/counter-terrorism to ice shack beer delivery
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/31/tech/innovation/beer-drone-faa/>!  (Now
there's a use!)  In some places, drones are being used for fish, wildlife,
and habitat <http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/UAS/> surveys.  Drones have even seen
limited use for conducting aerial surveys for spawning salmon in the Snake
River Basin, though future use is in the hands of the Federal Aviation
Administration (see story links below).  Maybe someday drones will help
quantify salmon spawning in portions of the Klamath basin.  For now, I'm
glad that monitoring Trinity River salmon requires immersion in the awesome
beauty of the Trinity River!



*Idaho Power uses drones to find salmon in the Snake River*

http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2014/07/01/11861333/



*Biologists Hope Drones Continue To Be Used To Count Lower Snake River
Chinook Redds*

http://www.cbbulletin.com/421840.aspx





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Talk to you next week,
Charlie

Charles Chamberlain
Supervisory Fish Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1655 Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521
http://www.fws.gov/arcata/fisheries
(707) 825-5110
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