1998 and 1999 Volunteer Salmon Watcher Program in the Lake Washington Watershed
January 2001
Jennifer Vanderhoof, King County Water and Land Resources Division
King County Water and Land Resources Division, in cooperation with:
Cedar/Lake Washington/Sammamish Watershed Forum
Bellevue Stream Team
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Department
Redmond Stream Team
Snohomish County Surface Water Management
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
Cities of Bainbridge, Bothell, Issaquah, Kirkland, Renton, Seattle, and Woodinville
Please use the following table of contents to visit the different sections of the report.
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Appendices
Executive Summary
- Acknowledges
- Introduction
Methods
- Volunteer Training
- Survey Timing
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Results
- Big Bear Creek Basin
- Cedar River Basin
- East Lake Washington Basin
- Issaquah Creek Basin
- North Lake Washington Basin
- West Lake Sammamish Basin
- West Lake Washington Basin
- Summary
Discussion
- Limitations of Volunteer Data
- Basins
- Big Bear Creek Basin
- Cedar River Basin
- East Lake Washington Basin
- Issaquah Creek Basin
- North Lake Washington Basin
- West Lake Sammamish Basin
- West Lake Washington
- Species
- Benefits of the Data
Recommendations
Glossary
References
List of Tables
Table 1. Volunteer observers for the 1998 volunteer Salmon Watcher Program.
Table 2. Volunteer observers for the 1999 volunteer Salmon Watcher Program.
Table 3. Site location (listed in river miles, RM), survey dates, total number of surveys, volunteers, sites, and fish seen (live and dead) at each stream surveyed in the Big Bear Creek Basin for 1998 (a.) and 1999 (b.).
Table 4. Site location (listed in river miles, RM), survey dates, total number of surveys, volunteers, sites, and fish seen (live and dead) at each stream surveyed in the Cedar River Basin for 1998 (a.) and 1999 (b.).
Table 5. Site location (listed in river miles, RM), survey dates, total number of surveys, volunteers, sites, and fish seen (live and dead) at each stream surveyed in the East Lake Washington Basin for 1998 (a.) and 1999 (b.).
Table 6. Site location (listed in river miles, RM), survey dates, total number of surveys, volunteers, sites, and fish seen (live and dead) at each stream surveyed in the Issaquah Creek Basin for 1998 (a.) and 1999 (b.).
Table 7. Site location (listed in river miles, RM), survey dates, total number of surveys, volunteers, sites, and fish seen (live and dead) at each stream surveyed in North Lake Washington Tributaries for 1998 (a.) and 1999 (b.).
Table 8. Site location (listed in river miles, RM), survey dates, total number of surveys, volunteers, sites, and fish seen (live and dead) at each stream surveyed in Sammamish River Tributaries for 1998 (a.) and 1999 (b.).
Table 9. Site location (listed in river miles, RM), survey dates, total number of surveys, volunteers, sites, and fish seen (live and dead) at each surveyed site in West Lake Sammamish Basin streams for 1999.
Table 10. Site location (listed in river miles, RM), survey dates, total number of surveys, volunteers, sites, and fish seen (live and dead) at each stream surveyed in the West Lake Washington Basin for 1999.
List of Figures
Figure 1. Lake Washington Watershed basins surveyed for the 1998 and 1999 Salmon Watcher Program.
Figure 2. Sites in the Lake Washington Watershed surveyed by Salmon Watcher volunteers in 1998 and 1999.
Figure 3. Observations of salmonids in the Big Bear Creek Basin for 1998 and 1999.
Figure 4. Observations of salmonids in the Cedar River Basin for 1998 and 1999.
Figure 5. Observations of salmonids in the East Lake Washington Basin during 1998.
Figure 6. Observations of salmonids in the East Lake Washington Basin during 1999.
Figure 7. Observations of salmonids in the Issaquah Creek Basin for 1998 and 1999.
Figure 8. Observations of salmonids in the North Lake Washington Tributaries for 1998 and 1999.
Figure 9. Observations of salmonids in the Sammamish River Tributaries for 1998 and 1999.
Figure 10. Observed spawning run of salmonids (live and dead) in the entire Lake Washington Watershed for (a.) 1998 and (b.) 1999.
Figure 11. Percentage of total fish observed by volunteers in 1998 (a.) and 1999 (b.) by volunteers
Figure 12. Distribution of chinook salmon in the Lake Washington Watershed.
Figure 13. Distribution of sockeye salmon in the Lake Washington Watershed.
Figure 14. Distribution of coho salmon in the Lake Washington Watershed.
Figure 15. Distribution of kokanee in the Lake Washington Watershed.
List of Appendices
A. Puget Sound Drainages report and raw data
B. Snoqualmie River Basin
D. Big Bear Creek Basin Data 1998
E. Cedar River Basin Data 1998
F. East Lake Washington Basin Data 1998
G. Issaquah Creek Basin Data 1998
H. North Lake Washington Tributaries Data 1998
I. Sammamish River Tributaries Data 1998
J. West Lake Sammamish Basin Data 1999
K. West Lake Washington Basin Data 1999
This program is conducted in cooperation with the King County Water and Land Resources Division, Bellevue Stream Team, Redmond Stream Team, and the cities of Seattle, Bothell, Kirkland, Renton, Woodinville, and the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust, with support from the King Conservation District.
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