Summary Description: Monitor changes in the fish community of Flathead Lake to verify responses to Hungry Horse Dam Mitigation measures. Evaluate ways to reintroduce kokanee to Flathead Lake and measure success of kokanee reintroduction. Develop stream restoration projects.

Background: This is a cooperative project on monitoring the effects of the Hungry Horse Reservoir Mitigation Plan with MDFWP and USFWS.. Beginning in 1995, this program included Project No. 9500400 (Libby Mitigation Plan), which is a program for development of a Plan for NPPC adoption (Section 10.3B1).

Milestones: This project was initiated in 1992 after NPPC adopted Hungry Horse Mitigation Plan (November 1991, see NPPC program:10.3A.10). Implementation as per NPPC direction upon adoption of Hungry Horse Implementation Plan (March 1993, see NPPC program:10.3A.11). Cooperation with MFWP and USFWS to monitor program results. Habitat improvement projects accomplished jointly with Polson MacAttack Committee, (structural enhancement), and City of Polson (stream restoration). Flathead Lake and river creel census was completed. This provided the baseline information needed for the M/E program. Status of fishery in Flathead Lake will be measured for later comparison after mitigation program is emplaced. 1998 Implementation: Channel reconstruction in Skidoo Creek to allow passage of fish through a culvert barrier. Planning: Progress Report summarizing data collected in Dayton Creek for the purpose of identifiing restoration priorities. Monitoring: Completion of six months of the yearlong Flathead Lake Creel survey. Monitoring: Annual summary report of monitoring of the results of the kokanee supplementation experiment.

Results: Lkt were consuming a large number of planted Kokanee. See 9101900 since this is a cooperative project. Fortunately this has been reduced.

Publications:

Publication Title	Report Type	Coverage Years	Published	Pages	DOE/BP Number
Hungry Horse Mitigation Flathead Lake	Annual	2001 - 2002	Jun 2003		00004100-3 R 220
Hungry Horse Dam Fisheries Mitigation Kokanee Stocking and Monitoring in Flathead Lake	Final	1993 - 1997	Apr 1999		60559-5 R 136
Hungry Horse Dam Fisheries Mitigation Kokanee Stocking and Monitoring in Flathead Lake	Progress	1996 - 1996	Jun 1997		60559-3 R 126
Hungry Horse Dam Fisheries Mitigation Kokanee Stocking and Monitoring in Flathead Lake	Annual	1995 - 1995	Jun 1996		65903-7 R 115
Kokanee Stocking and Monitoring, Flathead Lake	Annual	1993 - 1994	Jul 1995		65903-6 R 099
Hungry Horse Dam Fisheries Mitigation	Progress	1992 - 1993	Jun 1994		60559-2 R 093
Kootenai River White Sturgeon Investigations	Annual	1993 - 1993	May 1994		96497-1 R 092
Flathead Lake Angler Survey Monitoring Activities for the Hungry Horse Fisheries Mitigation Plan	Final	1992 - 1993	Feb 1994		60479-1 R 089

Project Classification Keys:
Primary: All projects in the Resident Fish Program
Secondary: Monitoring, baseline, assessment, and O&M;
Tertiary: Impacts and outcomes of various conditions and facilities

Work Sites

Site/Subsite Names	Site Type	Types of Work Performed
FLATHEAD LAKE/	Reservoir (incl. lakes, ponds,etc.)	Survey, study, research, monitor, evaluate

Project Budget and Obligation:

Fiscal Year	Initially Authorized	Latest Authorized	Authorized Change	Obligation In Process	Bonneville Overhead	Contracted Obligation	Contracted Agent
1992	$0	$51,500	$51,500	$0	$0	$51,500	SALISH-KOOTENAI TRIBES
1993	$42,786	$42,786	$0	$0	$0	$42,786	SALISH-KOOTENAI TRIBES
1994	$0	$22,900	$22,900	$0	$0	$22,900	SALISH-KOOTENAI TRIBES
1995	$27,805	$26,952	$-853	$0	$0	$26,952	SALISH-KOOTENAI TRIBES
1996	$40,000	$58,704	$18,704	$0	$0	$55,424	SALISH-KOOTENAI TRIBES
1997	$66,920	$66,342	$-578	$0	$0	$66,342	SALISH-KOOTENAI TRIBES
1998	$145,000	$144,907	$-93	$0	$0	$144,907	SALISH-KOOTENAI TRIBES
Totals:	$322,511	$414,091	$91,580	$0	$0	$410,811	.