Upstream Fish Passage
Fish Behavioral, Engineering, and Related Considerations
Course ID: BIO-306
May 19 - 20, 2010 8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M.
The Yakima Valley Museum
2105 Tieton Drive
Yakima, WA 98902

Instructor: Steve Rainey, P.E., GEI Consultants, Inc.

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This course focuses on multidisciplinary aspects of fish passage design development processes, particularly those established in the Pacific Northwest over the last 30 years. Emphasis will be placed on fish behavior and its role in site selection and other fishway features. In addition, this course will cover the need for a fishways, the obstacles posing an impediment to their construction, and the different types of “exclusion barriers” (barriers designed for management purposes) that are currently being used. Different types of fish ladders, lifts, and locks will be described with discussion of features and design criteria. Participants will benefit from a fishway design exercise, paired with a discussion of common operations and maintenance challenges. General graphics and facility photos will augment discussions.

Course includes touring nearby fish passage facilities and, in some cases, sampling fish processed by facilities.

Course Topics:

Introduction
Fish Behavior (in the context of fish passage)
Impediments
Preliminary Design Data Needs
Fish Ladder Design Types and Features

Exclusion Barriers
Fish Traps
Fishway Design Exercise
Common Problems

After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Biologists will have an improved understanding of fishway design engineering .
- Engineers will have an improved understanding of various fishway design features and design criteria.
- Others will have an improved understanding of fishways, impediments, and overall upstream fish passage issues.

Intended Audience: This class is tailored for engineers, biologists, managers, and those interested in fish passage.

Course Materials: Attendees will receive a binder containing workshop proceedings and reference material.

Continuing Education Units: 1.3 CEU's

Registration: $495/$395*
(*reduced tuition is available to employees of Native American tribes, government agencies, and nonprofits; students; and NAEP, NEBC, and NWAEP members). You may register via the link below or by calling the Northwest Environmental Training Center at 206-762-1976. Register Online!

What to Bring: Pen or pencil, notepad, coffee mug, and a water bottle (to reduce waste). Please wear comfortable clothes appropriate for the prevailing weather. Coffee, tea, breakfast pastries, drinks and snacks will be provided each day. Lunch will be on your own.

Accomplishments by the Instructor:
- Fisheries engineering experience – 33 years
- Professional engineer licenses – WA and OR
- 1980 - 2004: fish passage engineer at NMFS (Portland, OR)
- Provided extensive fish passage input for development of the 2000 Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion
- Expertise spans from California to British Columbia and includes design of juvenile and adult fishways, exclusion barriers and traps, from California to British Columbia-
- Extensive mainstream Columbia and Snake River fish passage experience, including passage through fishways, spillways, turbines, and bypass systems
- 5 years as fish passage engineer at GEI Consultants (Lake Oswego, OR) – 2004 – Present
- While at GEI Consultants, worked on bull trout passage at four large dams in the Lake Pend Oreille drainage (Clark Fork and Pend Oreille Rivers).

Cancellation Policy: Registration fees are fully refundable up to 30 days prior to the event and 50 percent refundable (or 100% credit) thereafter up to 3 business days prior to the event. No refunds are issued for cancellations occurring less than 3 business days before the start day. You may register via the registration link or by calling the Northwest Environmental Training Center at 206-762-1976.

Northwest Environmental Training Center
A 501(c)(3) non-profit program of EOS Alliance
650 S. Orcas Street, Suite 220 | Seattle, Washington 98108
Phone: (206)762-1976 | Fax: (206)762-1979
www.nwetc.org