Emergency Fish Passage at a Fractured Mainstem Columbia River Dam

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A monumental effort such as the one described in this article can only be accomplished by a team of hard-working, creative, and credible people. We thank some of the key individuals by name here but acknowledge the many others who were key to accomplishing the emergency fish passage at Wanapum Dam. We thank the members of the Priest Rapids Coordinating Committee for participating in such a grand collaborative experience; Dennis Rohr for providing facilitation support; NOAA Fisheries engineer Bryan Nordlund for guidance on the fish passage system design; Chelan County PUD for their work and success at passing fish at Rock Island Dam; Dave Duvall and Eric Lauver for administering the OLAFT trap and haul; Steve Gwynn for designing the OLAFT modifications; Skyler Street for design work on the fish passage system; Russell Langshaw for design review and tag study development; Blue Leaf Inc. for collecting behavioral information; Battelle for conducting the acoustic tag work; Mark Woodward for managing pump cleaning; John Monahan for assistance with Pacific Lamprey passage; Bob Rose, Tom Skiles, and Brian McLraith for lamprey tube trap design and providing test fish from John Day Dam; Kuney-Goebel JV for constructing the fish passage and OLAFT modifications; Grant PUD hydro operators for crane work and monitoring pumps; and WDFW, Chelan PUD, and Douglas PUD for providing trap-and-haul staffing and fish trucks. Thanks are also extended to Lisa Anderson for creating the map.