Brook Silver

Brook Silver, Fish Biologist, wearing tan waders, black t-shirt and holding a salmonid. She is standing in a shallow creek.
Fish Biologist - Hatchery Assessment
Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
Fish and Aquatic Conservation
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1211 SE Cardinal Court
Suite 100
Vancouver, WA 98683
United States

(360) 604-2580
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About Brook Silver

Brook is responsible for hatchery assessment activities at our Mitchell Act funded facilities as well as at Warm Springs NFH. Brook provides in-season adult return updates for these facilities and is the lead author on the Monitoring and Evaluation Updates for John Day/The Dalles Dam Mitigation Programs at Spring Creek and Little White Salmon National Fish Hatcheries, the Mitchell Act-Funded National Fish Hatcheries in the Columbia River Gorge Complex, and the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery Annual Reports. She is proficient in Program R, MS Access, data management, and tracking of state and federal field sampling permits. Brook also provides support to several refuge monitoring projects and works with Portland State University’s Environmental Professional Program River Restoration Program.

Program: Hatchery Assessment

Current Projects:

1. Supporting hatchery assessment efforts for Mitchell Act and John Day/The Dalles Mitigation funded facilities and Warm Springs NFH.

2. Providing updates for in-season adult Chinook Salmon returns

3. Data management and R code development

4. Managing and tracking state and federal field sampling permits

5. Engaging in urban ecology and conservation programs

6. Coordinates annual permitting workshop

Past Projects:

1. Electrofishing for Bull Trout, Coastal Cutthroat Trout and other native fish species to assess population distribution

2. Pre and post-restoration monitoring of fish assemblages at National Wildlife Refuges and Tryon Creek, an urban stream in southwest Portland, OR

Notable Publications:

SILVER, B.P., J.M. HUDSON, S.C. Lohr and T.A. WHITESEL. 2017. Short-term response of a coastal wetland fish assemblage to tidal regime restoration in Oregon. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8(1): 193-208

SILVER, B.P., J.M. HUDSON, C.T. SMITH, K.J. LUJAN, M. Brown and T.A. WHITESEL. 2017. An urban stream can support a healthy population of coastal cutthroat trout. Urban Ecosystems. 21(2): 291-304

Background: Brook has worked for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and US Fish and Wildlife Service at Lodi Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office

At CRFWCO since: 2007

Species expertise
Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus)
Areas of expertise
Program R
Access Databases
GIS
Backpack Electrofishing
State Collection Permits, ESA 4(d) Authorization, and Section 10 Permits
Science Communication/Illustration
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act on the Willamette River Basin Flood Control Project

From The Library

Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery - Spring Chinook Salmon Program FY 2023 Annual Report
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Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery - Spring Chinook Salmon Program FY 2023 Annual Report

In 1966, congress authorized the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery to stock salmon and trout within the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon reservation to increase tribal harvest opportunities. The current focus of the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery is to produce...

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Monitoring and Evaluation Updates for John Day/The Dalles Dam Mitigation Programs at Spring Creek and Little White Salmon National Fish Hatcheries -FY 2023 Annual Report
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Monitoring and Evaluation Updates for John Day/The Dalles Dam Mitigation Programs at Spring Creek and Little White Salmon National Fish Hatcheries -FY 2023 Annual Report

The John Day/The Dalles Dam Mitigation (JDTD) program provides mitigation for the escapement of 30,000 adult fall Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) due to the loss of spawning habitat and production caused by construction of the John Day and The Dalles Dams in the Columbia River. The...

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Monitoring and Evaluation of Mitchell Act-Funded National Fish Hatcheries in the Columbia River Gorge Complex 2023 Annual Report
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Monitoring and Evaluation of Mitchell Act-Funded National Fish Hatcheries in the Columbia River Gorge Complex 2023 Annual Report

The Mitchell Act was authorized by Congress in 1938 to provide funds for hatchery programs and fish passage facilities to mitigate for declining salmon populations due to irrigation diversions, water pollution, logging, and hydropower development in the Columbia River Basin. Funds are...

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Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery -Spring Chinook Salmon Program FY 2022 Annual Report
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Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery -Spring Chinook Salmon Program FY 2022 Annual Report

In 1966, congress authorized the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery to stock salmon and trout within the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon reservation to increase tribal harvest opportunities. The current focus of the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery is to produce...

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Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery -Spring Chinook Salmon Program FY 2022 Annual Report
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Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery -Spring Chinook Salmon Program FY 2022 Annual Report

In 1966, congress authorized the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery to stock salmon and trout within the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon reservation to increase tribal harvest opportunities. The current focus of the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery is to produce...

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