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Interrogation Site Metadata

ESJ - Easton Acc. Pond

Status:   Active - Operational
Site Type: Monitored Fish Release  |  Organization: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
General Operational Period: Seasonally
Start Date: 3/14/1999 10:10 PM

This site monitors volitional releases from Easton acclimation pond, which is part of the Cle Elum Supplementation and Research Facility. It operates seasonally from when fish are delivered to the pond until after all fish have been forced out at the end of the volitional release period.

Current Operations

Last File Loaded: ESJ-2024-115-P-021.json
Date Last File Loaded: 4/24/2024 10:02 PM
Date Last File Opened: 4/24/2024 8:00 PM
Date Last File Closed: 4/24/2024 9:00 PM
Last Observation Tag: 3DD.003D8FEF3D
Last Observation Date: 4/24/2024 1:00 AM
Detection Summary: Last Day's Observations

Contacts

Primary Contact:

Don Warf
dlwarf@psmfc.org
509-735-2773

Data Steward:

Nicole Tancreto
ntancreto@psmfc.org
503-595-3141

Location

Coordinates: 47.236201, -121.168441  |  River Km: 539.325

Operational History

Operational history describes the period the site was interrogating for PIT tags. The comments provide anecdotal information about the operation of the site during this period. Site operational periods are updated typically at the end of the calendar year.

Year Start Date End Date Comments
2024
2023 1/12/2023 8:00 AM 5/24/2023 10:00 AM
2022 2/1/2022 12:00 PM 6/2/2022 1:00 PM
2021 2/9/2021 7:00 AM 5/13/2021 12:00 PM
2020 1/21/2020 12:00 AM 5/18/2020 12:00 AM
2019 3/14/2019 10:00 AM 5/14/2019 2:00 PM Start date and end dates represent the start and end of volitional release.
2018 1/29/2018 8:00 AM 5/18/2018 12:00 PM Volitional release began March 15.
2017 1/19/2017 12:00 AM 5/17/2017 12:00 AM Fish were delivered to the pond Jan 19 and pushed out of the raceways May 15.
2016 1/25/2016 12:00 AM 5/13/2016 12:00 AM
2015 1/13/2015 12:00 AM 5/12/2015 12:00 AM
2014 1/6/2014 12:00 AM 5/22/2014 12:00 AM Fish delevered on January 6. Last fish detected on May 22.
2013 2/4/2013 12:00 AM 5/17/2013 8:02 AM Fish were delivered to pond by January 10. Raceways and creek were cleared of fish May 15-17.
2012 1/14/2012 12:00 AM 5/16/2012 12:00 AM Fish delivered sometime in January. Volitional release began on March 15. Remaining fish were forced out of the pond and channel on May 16.
2011 1/13/2011 12:00 AM 5/17/2011 12:00 AM Fish were delivered to the Easton acclimation ponds on January 13. Volitional release began on March 15. Remaining fish were pushed out on May 17.
2010 1/11/2010 12:00 AM 6/1/2010 12:00 AM Fish were ponded on January 11-12, 2010. The screens were pulled on March 15 to allow volitional egress. The facility was shut down on June 1.
2009 1/20/2009 12:00 AM 5/18/2009 12:00 AM Fish were ponded on Jan. 20-21. The volitional release began on March 16. All remaining fish were forced from the ponds on May 15.
2008 1/8/2008 12:00 AM 5/22/2008 3:00 PM Fish were ponded at Easton on January 8. 2008. The volitional release began at 10AM on March 14. Any remaining fish were forced out of the ponds on May 14, into the channels above the PIT tag detectors. All remaining fish in the release channel were pushed throught the PIT tag detectors on May 22, 2008.
2007 1/23/2007 12:00 AM 6/20/2007 12:00 AM Fish were ponded at Easton on Jan. 23-24, 2007. Volitional release began on March 15, 2007. All remaining fish were forced from the ponds on May 15, 2007. The ponds were completely dewatered on June 20, 2007.
2006 1/18/2006 12:00 AM 5/31/2006 12:00 AM Fish were transferred into the Easton Acclimation Ponds on Jan. 18-19, 2006. Fish were allowed to volitionally exit the ponds beginning on March 15. All fish were flushed out on May 15, 2006 and screens were pulled to allow for volitional release. The Easton Acc Pond was dewatered on May 31, 2006.
2005 1/26/2005 12:00 AM 4/28/2005 12:00 AM Fish were introduced into the Easton acc ponds on or before January 26, 2005. Volitional release began on March 9. All remaining fish were pushed out on April 28.
2004 1/21/2004 9:00 AM 5/21/2004 12:00 AM Fish were introduced into the Easton Acc. ponds on 1/21/04, per YN staff. Volitional release began on March 15, 2004. All remaining fish were pushed from the ponds on May 14, but water was left running until May 21 to prevent stranding between the ponds and the river.
2003 2/5/2003 6:00 AM 3/29/2003 6:00 AM Fish were delivered to the ponds on Feb 5-6. Fish were forced out on March 28.
2002 1/28/2002 9:00 AM 6/6/2002 12:00 PM Fish delivered 1/15; screens pulled 3/15; no idea when the ponds were emptied.
2001 1/22/2001 8:00 AM 5/30/2001 12:00 PM Screens pulled on 3/16/01; site dewatered by 5/30/01.
2000 1/28/2000 12:34 PM 6/5/2000 5:09 AM First year of operation. Contact YIN for the actual dates of release.
1999 3/14/1999 10:10 PM 5/24/1999 10:13 AM Dates and times based on first/last reported detections.

Configuration

Configuration metadata includes details about the equipment used at the site to detect and record PIT tags. A new configuration sequence record is created when equipment is added or removed from the site and the period of time it was active. A configuration sequence without an End Date is currently active.

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Start Date:  1/22/2001
End Date:  ----

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Equipment History

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Event Log Summary

This displays the last 25 events, to see the full history, log in to theĀ Event Logs.

Event Date Event Type Comments
4/5/2024 10:30:00 AM GMC

Checked and tuned transceivers.

2/29/2024 2:57:36 PM ErrorsCleared Cleared M4 alerts.
2/29/2024 2:56:00 PM SiteUp

The site will be pulling boards on 3-15. According to Charlie they may pull boards earlier if there is a "freshlet" in the river. We are making the site up for that reason.

12/15/2023 8:57:00 AM General

All transceiver buffers were cleared the week of 12/11/2023.

11/13/2023 8:12:00 AM General

The annual Windows 10 LTSC updates were completed last Tuesday, Nov. 7 along with the upgrade of M5 to 2.1.8 . All site DCP's , SByC and non , now run the same version of M5. No outstanding issues to report.

10/4/2023 10:30:00 AM GMC

Installed automatic transfer switches on UPS's

Replaced Black Box network switch.

6/8/2023 10:11:15 AM ErrorsCleared Noted.
5/24/2023 10:00:00 AM SiteDown
4/20/2023 1:00:00 PM General

Examination of secondary data shows that no detections occurred during the 3 minute gap on 4-20-2023.

4/20/2023 12:00:00 PM GMC

A site GMC was performed today. All transceivers were checked for tuning and noise. No problems were detected during this check.

1/12/2023 8:00:00 AM SiteUp

Fish were delivered. 6 raceways as per site personnel.

11/1/2022 9:25:00 AM General

All data collection PC's have been updated with the latest service packs for Windows10 LTSC.  M5 software was upgraded to 2.0.2.0 

9/19/2022 11:00:00 AM General

The UPS for A2,B2 was replaced during inventory check. The systems were not reporting the timer tags until today 9-20-22. We had to reset the IPC's to reset the connections.

6/2/2022 1:00:00 PM SiteDown

According to site Manager Charlie Strom. This facility was cleaned and water was turned off.

4/11/2022 10:58:39 AM ErrorsCleared Noted.
4/10/2022 7:24:14 AM ErrorsCleared Noted.
3/30/2022 10:00:00 AM General

Patch file ESJ-2022-089-X-012.json was submitted with id 30819703 to fill data gap on 3/30/2022.

3/30/2022 9:04:00 AM GMC

Checked and tuned transceivers. Replaced UPS1 and UPS2 with Lieberts. Corrected wiring in STE/IPS panel for fuse to IPC. Made correction to monitor connection so that primary PC went to primary monitor and secondary PC went to secondary monitor.

3/30/2022 7:23:30 AM ErrorsCleared
3/7/2022 3:00:00 PM General

Examination of secondary data shows that no detections occurred during the 11 minute gap on 3-7-2022.

3/7/2022 12:00:00 PM General

Upgraded M5 to version 1.8.8 on primary and secondary PCs.  Disabled WLAN services. Uploaded M5 config files. Tested comms to all transceivers.

3/3/2022 1:28:30 PM ErrorsCleared Noted.
2/1/2022 12:00:00 PM SiteUp

The season started 2-1-2022 at 1200.

11/5/2021 3:00:00 PM General

Upgraded interrogation software to M5.

9/24/2021 10:38:53 AM ErrorsCleared