Interrogation Site Metadata

Site is back up after replacing a battery that had gone bad.  All antennas tuned and tested prior to leaving the site.

Site down due to battery a failure in battery bank B.  The bad battery was removed from the site and will be replaced asap.

Replacement antennas 03, 04 and 05 have all been installed back in their previous positions.  Antenna 03 had broken free from its anchors and disconnected from its node on 5/1/2023.  Antenna 04 remained anchored in position but was disconnected from its node on 5/1/2023 and the subsequent rock and debris movement from the event that disconnected the antenna damaged the antenna plug, so a working antenna was reinstalled in the same location.  There had been no antenna 05 in its position since 8/11/2022 when the previous antenna 05 and node were relocated and reinstalled as antenna 06.  All antennas were successfully reconnected and tuned prior to leaving the site.  Currently antennas 01, 03, 04, 05 and 06 are all operating normally at AFC.  Antenna 02 is anchored in position however the CAN Bus cable that runs to that antenna was damaged during the December 2022 flood event and will be replaced at some point as time allows.

Antenna 06 was reconnected to its node on 6/22/2023 after being disconnected by high flows and debris on 5/2/2023.  The antenna was reconnected, tuned and tested; now operating normally.  Antennas 01 and 06 are currently the only antennas in operation at ACM.

Antennas 03, 04 and 06 all were disconnected from their respective nodes/ACN's on 5/1/2023 due to a high flow/debris event in Asotin Creek that remains ongoing.  Antennas 04 and 06 will be reconnected as soon as conditions permit.  Antenna 03 has partially broken free from its anchored position and will need to be reanchored before it can be reconnected to its ACN.  Antenna 01 is currently the only antenna operating at the site.

Site had been operating intermittently between 3/13/2023 and 3/21/2023 due to battery failure.  Site visited 3/21/2023 and all four batteries at the site were replaced with new batteries.  Site infrastructure operating normally once again post battery replacement.

Antenna 04 has been reinstalled at its former location after being dislodged from its position during a flood event that occured on December 27, 2022.  Once reinstalled, antenna 04 was reconnected to its node, tuned and tested.  Antennas 01, 03, 04 and 06 are all currently in position and operating normally.

Antenna 01 has been reanchored back into its original position after having been broke free from all but one of its anchors during the flood event that occured in Asotin creek around 12/28/2022.  Antenna 01 was never disconnected from its node during the flood event so it continued to operate/detect tags despite it being out of position and swung towards the North bank.  Once anchored back into position, Antenna 01 was tuned, tested and is operating normally.

Site visited 1/5/2023 for further assess damage from a recent flood event.  Antenna 01 is present at the site, connected to its node/ACN and operating normally, however it has broken free from most of its anchors swung up against the north bank.  Antenna 01 will need to be reanchored into its position.  Antenna 02 is present at the site and anchored in position.  Antenna 02 had been disconnected from its node and an attempt was made to plug antenna 02 back in and reestablish a connection, however the connection failed so there is a likelihood that the node/ACN for antenna 02 is damaged and not functioning.  Antenna 03 is present at the site, connected to its node and operating normally, however it had partially broken free from four of its anchors toward the center of the creek channel and those anchors will need to be replaced.  Antenna 04 is present at the site but had been disconnected from its node/ACN and broken free from all but one of its anchors and swung up against the south bank.  The node/ACN for antenna 04 is present at the site and appears undamaged but will need further investigation.  Antenna 04 will need to be reanchored back into is former position.  Antenna 05 was not present or installed and operating at the site during the flood event so it sustained no damage.  Antenna 05 will be reinstalled as soon as possible.  Antenna 06 is present at the site, anchored in position but had been disconnected from its node/ACN.  Antenna 06 was plugged back in to its node and reconnected, operating normally once again.  In summary antennas 01, 03 and 06 currently connected and operating normally at the site as of 1/5/2023.

Site visited 12/30/2022 to download buffer and assess damage to the array from a flood event that began 12/26/2022.  Antenna 02 (upstream, river right) had been disconnected from it's node but appears to still be in it's anchored position.  Antenna 04 (middle, river right)  had been disconnected from its node and broken free of all but one anchor.  Antenna 06 (downstream, river right) had been disconnected from its node but appeared to remain in its anchored position.  Antennas 01 and 03 appeared to remain in their anchored positions and operating normally.  There was no antenna 05 anchored in position during this event so no damage there.  Antenna 04 was tied off and secured to a tree on the bank prior to leaving the site.  A return visit will be paid to the site the week of 1/1/2023 once stream flows have subsided to further assess damage at the site.

Site visited to install new/replacement ACN pod for antenna 03.  Once pod was installed antenna 03 was tuned and tested and is operating normally once again.  Antennas 01, 02, 03, 04 and 06 are all present and operating normally.  A replacement antenna 05 and ACN pod have been acquired and should be installed in the coming weeks.

ACM has been partially/mostly reconstructed and repaired from damage sustained during multiple high flow events that took place during the Spring and early Summer of 2022.  Antenna 01 has been reanchored in its former location after being removed from the stream in late May.  It was reconnected to its node and is once again operating normally.  Antenna 02 received four new anchors to replace those that were missing/damaged.  A new node was installed for Antenna 02 in the same location as the previous node, which had broken free of its anchors and washed away from the site.  Antenna 02 is now operating normally.  A replacement antenna 04 has been installed in the same location as the previous antenna 04 which broke free and washed away (never recovered) in early June.  The node for antenna 03 was removed and installed in the antenna 04 location as the previous antenna 04 node was damaged/non-functional and removed from the site.  Antenna 04 is once again operating normally.  Antenna 05 and its node were removed from their positions and reinstalled in the position of antenna 06.  The former antenna 06 was removed from the stream in April after breaking away from all but one of its anchors.  Once reinstalled antenna 06 resumed normal operations.  So.....currently antennas 01, 02, 04 and 06 are present at the site and operating normally.  Antenna 03 is present at the site and will resume operations once a replacement node is acquired.  A new antenna 05 and node will be installed in same location once acquired.  All operating antennas (01, 02, 04 and 06) were tuned and tested prior to leaving the site.

Site visited to further assess flood damage to the site infrastructure as Asotin Creek flows have receded adequately to allow inspection.  Antenna 04 is completely absent from the site, as is the node for antenna 02.  Antenna 03 was plugged back into its node, reconnected and tuned.  Currently only antennas 03 and 05 are operating at the site.  Antennas 01, 02, 04 and 06 are all currently either not operable, removed from the stream channel to be reset later in the summer, or missing completely (antenna 04).  

Site visited to for a general maintenance check after a flash flood event that occurred in the Asotin Creek basin on June 5, 2022.  Antennas 01 and 03 became disconnected from their nodes at approximately 0100 hrs on June 6, 2022.  Returned to the site on June 16 to assess further damage as stream flows had decreased enough to allow for assessment.  Both antennas 01 and 03 unable to be reconnected to their nodes.  Antenna 01 has broken free from six of its eight anchors.  The site will need to be reassessed and rebuilt during base stream flows later this summer.  At this time antenna 05 is the only antenna operating at the site.

Site visited to assess status/damage from a recent high water/high debris event that began on the evening of May 6.  Antennas 2, 4 and 6 were disconnected by the high flow event during the early morning hours of May 7.  Antenna 6 appears to have broken free from all but one of its anchors and will be secured and moved up onto the bank once stream flows allow.  Further damage assessment will occur once stream flows recede and visibility improves.  Antennas 1, 3 and 5 continue to operate normally.