ESU* STATUS AND DESCRIPTION: Listed as a threatened species on April 22, 1992 (see correction on June 3, 1992). The ESU includes all natural populations of spring/summer-run chinook salmon in the mainstem Snake River and any of the following subbasins: Tucannon River, Grande Ronde River, Imnaha River, and Salmon River.
* An Evolutionarily Significant Unit or "ESU" is a distinctive group of Pacific salmon, steelhead, or sea-run cutthroat trout.
CRITICAL HABITAT:
Current Status - Designated on
December 28, 1993; revised October 25, 1999.
Description - Critical habitat
is designated to include river reaches presently or historically accessible
(except reaches above impassable natural falls, and Dworshak and Hells
Canyon Dams) to Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon in the Columbia
River from a straight line connecting the west end of the Clatsop jetty
(south jetty, Oregon side) and the west end of the Peacock jetty (north
jetty, Washington side) and including all Columbia River estuarine areas
and river reaches proceeding upstream to the confluence of the Columbia
and Snake Rivers; all Snake River reaches from the confluence of the Columbia
River upstream to Hells Canyon Dam. Major river basins containing
spawning and rearing habitat for this ESU comprise approximately 22,390
square miles in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The following counties
lie partially or wholly within these basins: Idaho - Adams, Blaine, Custer,
Idaho, Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Valley; Oregon - Baker, Umatilla, Union,
and Wallowa; Washington - Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield,
Walla Walla, and Whitman.
More detailed
critical habitat information (i.e., specific watersheds, migration barriers,
habitat features, and special management considerations) for this ESU can be
found in the December
28, 1993 and October
25, 1999 Federal Register notices.
PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS: On April 22, 1992, NMFS published a final rule specifying that the Endangered Species Act's Section 9 take prohibitions relating to endangered species also apply to this ESU.
ESU MAPS AND DATA:
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-35, February
1998
Status
Review of Chinook Salmon from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California
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