The Fisheries and Wildlife Resources Group
Clients and Helpful Links
Sharon K. Taylor, DVM, PhD, Group Manager, sktaylor@usbr.gov, 303-445-2052
Our Reclamation Clients
Our Number One Client is Reclamation, and we have helped many Regional and Area Offices accomplish their water resource management missions. Here's some of the Reclamation offices we've helped and the projects we've performed with our group's environmental science and problem solving expertise:
Pacific Northwest Regional Office, Boise, Idaho: Deer Flat Embankments Seepage Chemistry; Sensitivity of Reservoirs to Acid Precipitation; Lake Owyhee Mercury and Water Quality; Flow characterization studies in the upper Lemhi River Basin using PHABSIM to determine flow needs in streams for bull trout, chinook salmon, and steelhead to meet a requirement of the Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion
Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington: Yakima Headwater Reservoirs Limnology, Bull Trout Population Survey, Threatened and Endangered Fish Assessments, Steelhead Entrainment, Yakima River Fish Surveys
Lower Columbia Area Office, Portland, Oregon: Fish Entrainment in Irrigation Diversions for the Umatilla Project in Oregon; Technical Assistance to Umatilla Tribe on Fish Entrainment Issues; Instream flow study using 1D (PHABSIM) and 2D (River2D) habitat modeling in Bear Creek and Little Butte Creek watersheds to assess impacts of Rogue Irrigation Project on federally listed coho salmon; Technical assistance on Section 7 Consultations of effects of Rogue Project on coho salmon
Mid Pacific Regional Office, Sacramento, California: : Kesterson Reservoir Selenium Data Quality Assurance; Mercury in the Carson River Basin; Mercury in the American River Basin; Central Valley Project Water Quality Monitoring Reports Consultation
Klamath Basin Area Office, Klamath Falls, Oregon: "A" Canal Fish Screen Consultation; Sucker Passage Assessment, EDT Modeling of Fishery Response to River Flows; Thermal refugia study in mainstem Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam to assess effects of mainstem flows on federally listed juvenile coho salmon in summer thermal refugia; Technical assistance on Section 7 Consultations of Klamath Project effects on coho salmon
Lahontan Basin Area Office, Carson City, Nevada: Summit Lake Fish and Water Quality Assessments, Pyramid Lake Fish and Water Quality Assessments, Paiute Tribe Lahontan Cutthroat Automated Fish Counter Studies, Mercury in the Carson River Basin
Northern California Area Office, Shasta Lake, California: Endangered Quiui Fish Assessments, Fish Response Study for Shasta Dam Temperature Control Device
Central California Area Office, Fresno, California: Nimbus Reservoir Fishery Consultation, Mercury in the American River Basin
South Central California Area Office, Fresno, California: Numerous Fish Entrainment, Salvage Efficiency, Tracking, Threatened and Endangered Species, and Structures Studies for the Tracy Fish Collection Facility, Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Studies, Management of Tracy Technical Report Series, Management of Tracy Technical Website, Tracy Fish Facilities Improvement Program Studies
Central Valley Operations Office, Sacramento, California: Automation and Instrumentation for Tracy Fish Collection Faciity Operations
Mid-Pacific Construction Office, Willows, California: Numerous Fish Entrainment, Threatened and Endangered Species, and Fish Friendly Pump Evaluation studies at Red Bluff Research Pumping Plant and Red Bluff Diversion Dam.
Lower Colorado Regional Office, Boulder City, Nevada: Native Fish Consultations, Fish Habitat Assessment on the Lower Colorado River, Threatened and Endangered Fish Surveys, Flannelmouth Sucker Assessment, Willow Flycatcher Surveys and Assessment
Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, Utah: Preconstruction Microcosm Simulation of Ridgway Reservoir, Preconstruction Microcosm Simulation of Jordanelle Reservoir, Limnology and Water Quality in Ridgway Reservoir, Lake Powell Temperature Control Device Fish Studies
Albuquerque Area Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Vallecito Reservoir Fishery Assessment, El Vado Dam Nitrogen Supersaturation, Silvery Minnow Habitat and Assessment, Franklin Eddy Canal Grass Carp Assessment, Hydrogen Sulfide in Elephant Butte Reservoir, Willow Flycatcher Survey and Habitat Assessment, Carp in Closed Basin Project Canals
Western Colorado Area Office, Grand Junction, Colorado: Fishery and Water Quality Assessment in Blue Mesa Reservoir, Water Quality in Crystal Reservoir, Nitrogen Supersaturation at Ridgway Dam
Great Plains Regional Office, Billings, Montana: Fish Entrainment Studies at Wildwood Diversion, Fish Entrainment at Heart Mountain Dam, Threatened and Endangered Fish Consultations, Yellowtail Seepage Chemistry Study 1988, Sanford Dam Seepage Chemistry Study 1989, Horsetooth Dam Seepage Chemistry Studies 1987-1995
Eastern Colorado Area Office, Loveland, Colorado: NEPA Environmental Assessments, Environmental Impact Statements, Chemical Testing for Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Assessment of Tailings and Runoff in California Gulch Superfund Site, Fisheries Effects of Pumped Storage Operations at Mt. Elbert Pumping Plant, Horsetooth Dam Seepage Chemistry Studies 1998-2006
Montana Area Office, Billings, Montana: Yellowtail Dam Seepage Chemistry, Clark Canyon Dam Seepage Chemistry, Bighorn Lake Fishery Surveys, Nitrogen Supersaturation at Yellowtail Dam, Threatened and Endangered Fish - Pallid Sturgeon, Entrainment Studies for Milk River Project, Fish Entrainment Studies in Irrigation Diversions for the Huntley Project, Frenchtown Project, and Milk River Project in Montana, , the Yakima Project in Washington, the Shoshone Project in Wyoming
Nebraska-Kansas Area Office, Grand Island, Nebraska: Fish Entrainment Studies at Lovewell Canal, Chemical Tests for Dispersive Clay-Soils for McGee Creek Dam
Dam Safety Office, Denver, Colorado: Seepage Chemistry Investigations at Horsetooth Dam, and Clark Canyon Dam, Development and publication of Seepage Chemistry Manual
Science and Technology Program, Denver, Colorado: Microcosm Simulation of Sediment-Water Systems, Vulnerability of Reclamation Reservoirs to Acid Precipitation, Speciation and Bioavailability of Trace Metals, Mercury and Water Quality in Lake Owyhee, Water Quality in Ridgway Reservoir