Case 3:01-cv SI Document 2041 Filed 06/30/15 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION

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1 Case 3:01-cv SI Document 2041 Filed 06/30/15 Page 1 of 3 BILLY J. WILLIAMS, OSB # Acting United States Attorney District of Oregon COBY HOWELL Senior Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice c/o U.S. Attorney s Office 1000 SW Third Avenue Portland, OR Tel: (503) Fax: (503) Coby.Howell@usdoj.gov JOHN C. CRUDEN, Assistant Attorney General SETH M. BARSKY, Section Chief MICHAEL R. EITEL, Trial Attorney ANDREA GELATT, Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section th Street, South Terrace, Suite 370 Denver, Colorado Tel: (303) Fax: (303) Michael.Eitel@usdoj.gov; Andrea.Gelatt@usdoj.gov Additional Attorneys listed on the signature page Attorneys for Federal Defendants UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, et al., v. Plaintiffs, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, et al., Case No.: 3:01-CV SI FEDERAL DEFENDANTS NOTICE RE: EXHIBITS USED AT THE JUNE 23, 2015 SUMMARY JUDGMENT HEARING Defendants. FED. DEFS. NOTICE RE: JUNE 23, 2015 SUMM. JUDGMENT HEARING EXHIBITS 1

2 Case 3:01-cv SI Document 2041 Filed 06/30/15 Page 2 of 3 Pursuant to the Court s request at the June 23, 2015, summary judgment hearing, Federal Defendants attach as exhibits the graphics and visual aids used during the hearing. See Exhibits 1-6 (containing a brief description of the source of or information presented in the graphics, followed by the graphics). Dated June 30, 2015 BILLY J. WILLIAMS, OSB # Acting United States Attorney COBY HOWELL, Senior Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice c/o U.S. Attorney s Office 1000 SW Third Avenue Portland, OR Tel: (503) Fax: (503) Coby.Howell@usdoj.gov JOHN C. CRUDEN, Assistant Attorney General SETH M. BARSKY, Section Chief /s/ Michael R. Eitel MICHAEL R. EITEL, Trial Attorney ANDREA GELATT, Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section th Street, South Terrace, Suite 370 Denver, Colorado Tel: (303) Fax: (303) Michael.Eitel@usdoj.gov; Andrea.Gelatt@usdoj.gov ROMNEY S. PHILPOTT, Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Natural Resources Section 601 D Street, N.W. Washington, DC Tel: (202) Fax: (202) Romney.Philpott@usdoj.gov Attorneys for Federal Defendants FED. DEFS. NOTICE RE: JUNE 23, 2015 SUMM. JUDGMENT HEARING EXHIBITS 2

3 Case 3:01-cv SI Document 2041 Filed 06/30/15 Page 3 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on June 30, 2015, the foregoing was electronically filed through the Court s electronic filing system, which will generate automatic service upon on all Parties enrolled to receive such notice. I also certify that the following will be manually served via overnight mail: Dr. Howard F. Horton, Ph.D. U.S. Court Technical Advisor Professor Emeritus of Fisheries Department of Fisheries and Wildlife 104 Nash Hall Corvallis, Oregon, Tel: (541) /s/ Michael R. Eitel Michael R. Eitel Trial Attorney, USDOJ FED. DEFS. NOTICE RE: JUNE 23, 2015 SUMM. JUDGMENT HEARING EXHIBITS 3

4 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 1 of 15 EXHIBIT 1 Tucannon Population of Snake River spring/summer Chinook. Figures 2.1-4, 2.1-5, 2.1-6, 2.1-8, and from the 2014 Supplemental Biological Opinion (note: Figure supplemented to include the Interior Columbia Technical Recovery Team s recovery abundance threshold). [2014 NOAA A1 at 57-65]

5 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 2 of 15 Tucannon Chinook Mean Abundance Natural Adult Spawners Year 2008 BiOp Natural Origin Spawners 2008 BiOp Geomean Recent Spawners New Geomean ICTRT Threshold 8 Tucannon Chinook BRT Trend Ln(Natural Origin Spawners + 1) Year 2008 BiOp Spawners New Spawners 2008 BiOp Base BRT Trend Extended Base BRT Trend 9 Tucannon Chinook Lambda HF=0 8 Ln(Natural Origin Spawners + 1) Year (First Year for 4 Year Running Sums) 2008 BiOp Base Extended Base Base 4 Yr Running Sum Extended 4 Yr Running Sum Base Lambda Extended Base Lambda Tucannon Chinook Mean R/S R/S (Displayed on log Scale) Spawning Year for Completed Brood Cycles (BY) Ext Base R/S 2008 BiOp Base R/S 2008 BiOp Base Geomean R/S Extended Base Geomean R/S 2014 BiOp at 57-63

6 2014 BiOp 65 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 3 of 15

7 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 4 of 15 EXHIBIT 2 Reach survival for Snake River yearling Chinook salmon (wild), Snake River steelhead (wild), Upper Columbia River yearling Chinook (hatchery and wild), and Upper Columbia River steelhead (hatchery and wild). Figures 3.3-2, 3.3-3, 3.3-4, and from the 2014 Supplemental Biological Opinion [2014 NOAA A1 at ]

8 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 5 of 15 Reach Survival: 2014 BiOp

9 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 6 of 15 Reach Survival: 2014 BiOp

10 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 7 of 15 EXHIBIT 3 Demonstrative graphics of juvenile yearling Chinook and steelhead travel time (containing updated information from 2014 NOAA C32881: and 2014 NOAA B114:9253); Juvenile yearling Chinook and steelhead median travel times during recent low flow years (data and information from 2014 NOAA C4011:72845).

11 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 8 of 15 Travel Time & Flow Updated from NOAA C32881: ; B114:9253

12 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 9 of 15 Travel Time & Flow Source: C4011:72845

13 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 10 of 15 EXHIBIT 4 Overview of tributary habitat restoration projects in the Columbia basin. Map generated from (last visited June 30, 2015). See Declaration of Michael Tehan 9 & n.4, Maps 1-2 (ECF 2006).

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15 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 12 of 15 EXHIBIT 5 Graphic of the building blocks for the tributary habitat Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E) program, [2014 NOAA B32:2357 (Columbia Basin Tributary Habitat Improvement: A Framework for Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (2013a))].

16 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 13 of 15 NOAA B32:2357

17 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 14 of 15 EXHIBIT 6 Demonstrative map of estuary habitat restoration projects completed or planned, by survival benefit unit (SBU) size, in the Columbia River Estuary. Data for the estuary habitat projects, included SBU size, obtained from 2014 NOAA B47: , 2014 NOAA B48: , , and Reply Declaration of Dr. Krasnow, Exhibit 1 (ECF 2031).

18 Case 3:01-cv SI Document Filed 06/30/15 Page 15 of 15 G rays R. Lewis & Clark R. Youngs River A s t o r i a Cathlamet Bay O R E G O N Projects completed or planned by SBU size in the Columbia River Estuary Planned (< 0.33 Stream SBU) Planned (> 0.33 Stream SBU) Planned 2015 (< 0.33 Stream SBU) Planned 2015 (> 0.33 Stream SBU) Completed (< 0.33 Stream SBU) Completed (> 0.33 Stream SBU) Í Extent of Estuary Miles C owlit z R. L o n g v i e w Wi ll a mette R. W A S H I N G T O N K al ama R. L e wis R. E. Fork Lewis R. V a n c o u v e r P o r t l a n d W ashouga l Sand y R. B o n n e v i l l e D a m R.