The Fisheries and Wildlife Resources Group
Technical Reports and Recent Studies
Steve Hiebert, Group Manager, shiebert@usbr.gov, 303-445-2206
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We take pride in the quality and timeliness of our peer-reviewed technical reports. Click on the authors names below to view our recent technical reports, or scroll down. Reports are available for download as Adobe Acrobat PDF files; however some of these files are large and will download slowly over dial up Internet connections. Contact the webmaster to request a printed copy or a CD-R version. |
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Helfrich, L., C. Liston, B. Mefford, and R. Bark, 2000. Assessment of Survival and Condition of Fish passed through a Hidrostal Pump at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, California, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 16, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 18 pp. |
Helfrich, L.A., Bark, R., Liston, C.R., and B. Mefford, 2003. Survival and Condition of Striped Bass, Steelhead, Delta Smelt, and Wakasagi Passed through a Hidrostal Pump at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Tracy, California, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 24, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 33 pp. |
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Bowen, M., S. Siegfried, C. Liston, L. Hess, and C. Karp. 1998. Fish Collections and Secondary Louver Efficiency at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility: October 1993 to September 1995, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 7, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 40 pp. |
Haefner, J.W. and M.D. Bowen, 2002. Physical-based Model of Fish Movements in Fish Extraction Facilities. Ecological Modeling, 152, 227-245. |
Bowen, M.D., Baskerville-Bridges, B.B., Frizell, K.W., Hess, L., Carp, C.A., Siegfried, S.M., and S.L. Wynn, 2004. Empirical and Experimental Analyses of Secondary Louver Efficiency at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, March 1996 to November 1997, Tracy Fish Facility Studies, Volume 11, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region, Denver Technical Service Center, 33 pp + Figures. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Yoder, N.J., Bowen, M.D., Zehfuss, K.P., Hubble, J., Watson, B., and G.R. Blair, 2006.
Systematic Sensitivity Analysis of
the EDT Model Applied to Selected
Fish Populations in the Yakima
River Basin, Technical Memorandum 86-68290-11,
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Yakima Area Office, Yakima, Washington and Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, 69 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
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Mueller, G.A., J. Carpenter, and D. Thornbrugh. 2006. Bullfrog tadpole (Rana catesbeiana) and red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) predation on early life stages of endangered razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus). Southwestern Naturalist. 51:258-261. Request Reprint from Author |
Carpenter, J. 2005. Competition for food between an introduced crayfish and two fishes endemic to the Colorado River basin . Environmental Biology of Fishes. 72:335-342. Request Reprint from Author |
Carpenter, J. and J.W. Terrell. 2005. Effectiveness of fish barriers and renovations for maintaining and enhancing populations of native southwestern fishes. Final Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Ecological Services, Phoenix . Interagency Agreement Number: 201814N756, CAP Fund Transfer Program Task 4-52. 111 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Terrell, J.W., and J. Carpenter (eds). 1997. Selected Habitat Suitability Index Model evaluations. Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR—1997-0005. |
Terrell, J.W., B.S. Cade, J. Carpenter, and J.M. Thompson. 1996. Modeling stream fish habitat limitations from wedge-shaped patterns of variation in standing stock. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125:104-117. Request Reprint from Author |
Carpenter, J. and O.E. Maughan. 1993. Macrohabitat of Sonora chub (Gila ditaenia) in Sycamore Creek, Santa Cruz County , Arizona . Journal of Freshwater Ecology 8:265-278. Request Reprint from Author |
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Craft, D., 1999, Summary and Interpretation of Chemistry Data for Reservoir, Seeps, and Groundwater from Horsetooth Dam, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Ft. Collins, Colorado, Technical Memorandum D-8290/99-001, May 1999, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center and Dam Safety Office, Denver, Colorado. |
Siegfried, S., Craft, D., Hiebert, S. and M. Bowen, 2000. Continuous Monitoring of Fish Eggs and Larvae at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Tracy, California, February - June, 1994, Volume 6, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 30 pp + Appendices and Figures. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Craft. D., Cannon, N., Zimmer, D., Krill, K., and L. DiMattia, 2000. Water Quality and Mercury in Lake Owyhee, Southeastern Oregon, Technical Report, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado and Pacific Northwest Regional Office, Boise, Idaho, 105 pp. + appendices.. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Craft, D., L. Mao, J. Fields, and B,. Moore, 2000. Chemistry and Water Quality at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, California, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 9, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 28 pp + Appendices. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Craft, D. and J. Miller, 2001. Reservoir Sediment-Water Microcosm Simulation: Pre-Impoundment Predictions vs. Observed Water Quality at Ridgway Reservoir, Ridgway, Colorado, Science and Technology Program Research Report, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado and Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt lake City, Utah, 101 pp. |
Craft, D., 2002. Chemical Analyses Results for Crystal Reservoir Samples Collected on April 23, 2002, Technical Memorandum D-8290-2002-02, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, and Grand Junction Area Office, Grand Junction, Colorado, 11 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Craft, D. and R. Pearson, 2002. Horsetooth Seepage Chemistry: Analysis of Seepage Water Chemistry before and during Safety of Dams Modification Construction at Horsetooth Dam, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 1999-2001, Technical Memorandum D-8290-02-001, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center and Dam Safety Office, Denver, Colorado, 29 pp. + appendices. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Craft, D., Housewright, R., Mao, L., and J. Fields, 2002. Semi-Continuous Water Quality Measurements at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Tracy, California, April 2000 to March 2001, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 17, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 22 pp. + Appendices. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Craft, D., Housewright, R., and J. Fields, 2003. Semi-continuous Water Quality Measurements at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Tracy, California, April 2001 to March 2002, Volume 22, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, MP Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 66 pp. including appendix. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Craft, D., Housewright, R., and J. Fields, 2004. Semi-Continuous Water Quality Measurements at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Tracy, California, April 2002 to March 2003. Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 26, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 43 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Craft, D., 2004. Interpretation of Chemistry Data from Seepage, Observation Well, and Reservoir Water Samples Collected at Horsetooth Dam during July 2004, Technical Memorandum No. 8290-04-02, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center and Dam Safety Office, Denver, Colorado, 18 pp. |
Craft, D., 2005. Interpretation of Chemistry Data from Seepage, Observation Well, and Reservoir Water Samples collected at Horsetooth Dam during June 2005, Technical Memorandum No. 8290-2005-02, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center and Dam Safety Office, Denver, Colorado, 23 pp. |
Craft, D., Fields, J. and N. Yoder, 2005. Mercury in the Cason River Basin, California and Nevada, Technical Memorandum TSC-2005-8290-001, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, and Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Sacramento, California, . 81 pp. + appendices. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Craft, D. 2005. Seepage Chemistry Manual, Report DSO-05-03, Dam Safety Technology Development Program, Denver, Colorado, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, 75 pp. + appendices. |
Craft, D., 2006. Seepage Chemistry at Yellowtail Dam - A Geochemical Evaluation of Reservoir and Seepage Water and a Bacterial Residue Collected at Yellowtail Dam, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Project, Montana, Technical Memorandum 86-6829009, Dam Safety Office and Technical Service Center, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, 27 pp. |
Craft, D. Cain, C. and C. Sullivan, 2006. Seepage Geochemistry and Mineral Dissolution at Clark Canyon Dam, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Project, East Bench Unit, Montana, Technical Memorandum 86-6829010, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center and Dam Safety Office, Denver, Colorado, 48 pp.+ appendices. |
Craft, C.D., Pearson, R.M., and Hurcomb, D., 2007. Mineral Dissolution and Dam Seepage Chemistry - The Bureau of Reclamation Experience, Proceedings of the 2007 National Meeting, Dam Safety 2007, Austin Texas, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Lexington, Kentucky. |
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Hiebert, S., C. Liston, P. Johnson, C. Karp, L. Hess, 1995. Continuous Monitoring of Fish Eggs and Larvae, 1991-1992, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 2, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 55 pp. |
Hiebert, S., E. Holroyd III, and R. Wydoski, 1997. Field Testing and Evaluation of a Video Image Counting System for Fish Eggs in the Sacramento River, California, during May 1994, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 5, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 19 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
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Johanson, V., Moore, D., and D. Ahlers, 2007. 2006 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Study Results
San Marcial, New Mexico, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation,
Albuquerque Area Office,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the
Fisheries and Wildlife Resources Group,
Denver, Colorado, 29 pp. |
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Karp, C., L. Hess and C. Liston, 1995. Re-evaluation of Louver Efficiencies for Juvenile Chinook Salmon and Striped Bass, 1993, Tracy Fish Facility Studies, Volume 3, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Services Center, 31 pp. |
Puckett, K., C. Liston, C. Karp, and L. Hess. 1996. Preliminary Examination of Factors that Influence Fish Salvage Estimates at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, California, 1993 and 1994, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 4, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Services Center, 28 pp. |
Karp, C., L. Hess, J. Lyons, and C. Liston, 1997. Evaluation of the Sub-sampling Procedure to Estimate Fish Salvage at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Tracy, CA, 1993-1996, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 8, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 23 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Karp, C., Larrick, W., Johnston, M., and T. Dick, 2005. Steelhead Movements in the Upper Yakima |
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Liston, C., C. Karp, L. Hess, and S. Hiebert, 1994. Predator Removal Activities and Intake Channel Studies, 1991-1992, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 1, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 54 pp.. |
White, R., B. Mefford, and C. Liston, 2000. Evaluation of Mitten Crab Exclusion Technology during 1999 at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, California, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 14, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, and USGS Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Montana State University, 60 pp. |
Borthwick, S.M., and C.R. Liston, 2003. Survival and External Condition of 200 - 300 mm Rainbow Trout Passed through an Archimedes Lift and a Hidrostal Pump at Red Bluff Research Pumping Plant, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 25, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 33 pp. |
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Moore, D., 2005. Status and Monitoring of Southwestern Willow Flycatchers within Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque Area Office, New Mexico, 34 pp. + appendices volumes. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Moore, S.D., and D. Ahlers, 2005. 2005 Southwestern Willow
Flycatcher Study Results -
Selected Sites Along the Rio Grande From Velarde to Elephant
Butte Reservoir, New Mexico, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque Area Office, New Mexico, 66 pp. |
| Moore, S.D., and D. Ahlers, 2006. 2006 Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Study Results - Selected Sites Along the Rio Grande From Velarde to Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque Area Office, New Mexico, 77 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
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| Morris, S., and R. Sutton, 2007. Flow Characterization Study
- Instream Flow Assessment
Hawley Creek and Eighteenmile
Creek, Idaho,
U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, and Snake River Area Office
Boise, Idaho, 171 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
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Portz, D.E., Woodley, C.M., Cech, Jr., J.J., and C.R. Liston, 2005. Effects of Short-Term Holding of Fishes: A Synthesis and Review, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 29, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 85 pp. |
Portz, D.E., 2007. Fish-holding-associated Stress in Sacramento River Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at South Delta Fish Salvage Operations: Effects on Plasma Constituents, Swimming Performance, and Predator Avoidance. Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Davis, 161 pp. |
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Nelson, S.M. and G. Reed, 2007. Effects of Jet Grouting on Wetland
Invertebrates at Mormon Island Auxiliary
Dam, Folsom, California, Technical Memorandum,U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office,
Folsom, California, and Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, 35 pp. |
Siegle, R. and G. Reed, 2007. 2006 Monitoring Report for the Los Lunas
Habitat Restoration Site,
Technical Memorandum, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation,
Albuquerque Area Office,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, 68 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Siegle, R, and G. Reed, 2007. Results of Soil Sampling Along the Middle Rio
Grande, 2006 Report, Technical Memorandum, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation,
Albuquerque Area Office,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, 32 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
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Ryan, S., Moore, D. and R. Siegle, 2007. Results of Brown-Headed Cowbird Control Program Monitoring
1999-2006 – Final Report
Alamo Lake State Wildlife Area and
Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, Technical Report, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation,
Lower Colorado Regional Office,
Boulder City, Nevada, and Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, 53 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
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| Siegle. R., and D. Ahlers, 2004. Brown-headed Cowbird Management Techniques Manual, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, 78 pp. |
Siegle, R., 2006. 2005 Monitoring Report for the Los Lunas Habitat Restoration Site, U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation, technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, and U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers,
Albuquerque District,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 63 pp. |
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Sutphin, Z.A., Bridges, B.B., Baskerville-Bridges, B. and R.C.Reyes, 2007. Evaluation of Current and Historical 10-Minute-Count Screens at The Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Tracy, California, , Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 31, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 45 pp. |
Sutphin, Zak, 2008. High Pressure Injection of a Photonic Marking Agent: Mark Retention and Effects on Survival in Juvenile Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis, and Adult Delta Smelt, Hypomesus transpacificus, Tracy Fish Collection Facility Studies, Volume 34, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region and Denver Technical Service Center, 21 pp. |
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Sutton, R., and C. Morris, 2006. Flow Characterization Study Instream Flow Assessment Upper Lemhi River and Canyon Creek, Idaho, U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Snake River Area Office, Boise, Idaho, 62 pp. + appendices. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Sutton, R. J. 2002. Summer movements of desert pupfish among habitats at the Salton Sea. Hydrobiologia 473: 223-228. Request Reprint from Author |
Sutton, R. J., C. A. Caldwell, and V. S. Blazer. 2000. Observations of health indices used to monitor a tailwater trout fishery. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20:267-275. Request Reprint from Author |
Sutton, R. J., W. J. Miller, and S. J. Patti. 1997. Application of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology to a tropical river in Puerto Rico. Rivers 6 (1): 1-9. Request Reprint from Author |
Sutton, R. 1997. Is the San Juan River trout fishery in jeopardy? New Mexico Wildlife. Pages 12-14. Request Reprint from Author |
Sutton, R.J., M.L. Deas, S.K. Tanaka, T.Soto, and R.A. Corum. 2007. Salmonid observations at a Klamath River thermal refuge under various
hydrological and meteorological conditions, River Research and Applications,
Volume 23, Issue 7, Pages 775-785, September 2007. Request Reprint from Author |
Sutton, R., 2007. Klamath River Thermal Refugia Study, 2006, Technical Memorandum No. 86-68290-01-07, U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Basin Area Office, Klamath Falls, Oregon, 37pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Sutton, R., 2007.
Rogue River Basin Project Coho
Salmon Instream Flow Assessment, Technical Memorandum No. 86-68290-02-07,
U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation,
Lower Columbia Area Office,
Portland, Oregon, and Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, 292 pp.. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Sutton, R., 2007. Klamath River Tributary Fish
Passage Surveys, Technical Memorandum No. 86-68290-03-07, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Basin Area Office, Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, 37 pp.. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Sutton, R., 2007. Bear Creek Thermal Refugia
Survey, 2007, Technical Memorandum No. 86-682900-04-07, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,
Lower Columbia Area Office,
Portland, Oregon, and Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado, 24 pp.. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
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Tisdale, Hein, R., 2006. Survey of Fish and Plant Species in Arch Wetland and Arkansas River at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Otero County, Colorado, National Park Service and U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Technical Service Center, Denver, Colorado,, 14 pp. View Full Report Adobe Acrobat PDF |
Tisdale-Hein, R. E. and R. L. Knight. 2003. Densities of brown-headed cowbirds in riparian and rangeland areas, with and without cattle present, along the middle Rio Grande, New Mexico. Studies in Avian Biology 26:152-156. |
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