Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Oregon
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Oregon Project


Evaluate Management of Caspian Terns and Develop Baseline Information on Double-crested Cormorants Relative to their Impact on Salmonid Smolts in the Columbia River Estuary

March 2008 - February 2013


Personnel

Participating Agencies

  • US Army Corps of Engineers - Portland District

This project focuses on investigating the impact of predation by double-crested cormorants nesting in the Columbia River estuary on the survival of ESA-listed salmonids, and monitors the implementation of the Caspian Tern Management Plan for the Columbia River Estuary