Joe Skalicky

Joe Skalicky
Fish Biologist - Passage and Habitat Assessment
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1211 SE Cardinal Court
Suite 100
Vancouver, WA 98683
United States

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About Joe Skalicky

Joe hasbeen a fish biologist at the CRFWCO for his entire career starting back in 1995. His first project was an instream flow project where he modeled sturgeon habitat in the Hanford Reach. Joe has since worked on habitat and fish passage fish passage
Fish passage is the ability of fish or other aquatic species to move freely throughout their life to find food, reproduce, and complete their natural migration cycles. Millions of barriers to fish passage across the country are fragmenting habitat and leading to species declines. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program is working to reconnect watersheds to benefit both wildlife and people.

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assessments for dozens of species ranging from trout to lamprey. Most of his time now is focused on lamprey-specific passage assessments at barrier dams and fishways, and studying the effects of drawdowns on lamprey burrowed in sediment. Joe enjoys working with lamprey more than any other species!

Program: Passage and Habitat Assessment

Current Projects:

1. Designing and implementing field-based conservation and research projects for Lamprey and other native species

2. Coordinating with, Federal and State partners in Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska and Idaho to identify and reduce threats to Lamprey species

   a. Leading the Pacific Lamprey main stem deepwater research projects

   b. Leading Lamprey drawdown/stranding and passage assessment and remediation projects at hatchery fishways and barrier dams in the region.

   c. Mortality and condition factor of larval lamprey passing through a suction dredge

   d. Catchability of Western River Lamprey in Coastal Estuaries

3. Chairing the Juvenile Entrainment and Dredging Investigation (JEDI) subgroup of the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative

4. Providing expertise for several Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative Technical Working groups

At CRFWCO since: 1995

Areas of expertise
Instream Flow and Habitat Assessments
Hydrodynamic Modeling
Remote Sensing
Hydroacoustics
Underwater Videography
Fish Passage Assessments
Lamprey Passage Systems
GIS
Dam Removal

From The Library

Passage Guidelines for Select Native Fishes of the Pacific Northwest

This fish passage document summarizes the state-of-the-science and provides guidelines for implementation of nature-based and technical fish passage solutions. Passage needs for Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus), Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus), White Sturgeon (...

Evaluation of Larval Pacific Lamprey Occupancy of Habitat Restoration Sites in the Portland Harbor Superfund Area 2023 Annual Report

Habitat restoration actions focused on the recovery of juvenile Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha are being implemented in the Portland Harbor Superfund area of the Willamette River. These actions may also have effects on co-occurring Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus. Use of...

Assessment of Larval Lamprey Use of Dredged Materials Placed in the Columbia River at Woodland Islands for Beneficial Use, Summary Report 2023

Across their native range, many lamprey species have declined in distribution and abundance (Close et al., 2002; Maitland et al., 2015; Clemens et al., 2017, 2021). For all lamprey species, the life cycle includes a multi-year larval stage during which they burrow into fine sediments for up to...

Evaluation of Larval Pacific Lamprey Occupancy of Habitat Restoration Sites in the Portland Harbor Superfund Area

Habitat restoration actions focused on the recovery of juvenile Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha are being implemented in the Portland Harbor Superfund area of the Willamette River. These actions may also have effects on co-occurring Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus. Use of...

Pacific Lamprey Passage Evaluations at Hatchery Facilities in Southwest Washington State

Broad goals were to: 1) assess hatchery fishways, barrier dams, and related passage structures that may significantly delay or preclude passage of adult Pacific Lamprey in the Lower Columbia River Basin, 2) provide practical recommendations on how to accommodate beneficial retrofits of existing...

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