Fish Passage Barriers comes from the WDFW Fish Passage Barrier and Diversion Screening geodatabase. This layer does not include barriers assessed to be on non-fish bearing streams, or barriers that have been assessed to not have any fish blockage. They include culverts (road crossings or bridges over streams), miscellaneous barriers (fords, flumes, Streambed Controls, …), and dams.

The Dams in this layer generally are small diversion structures, not larger dams.

Fish Passage Barriers will only appear when you are zoomed in so the scalebar at bottom left reads 2 miles. Labels for the ID number of that barrier will appear when the scalebar reads 1 mile.

Hatcheries and Rearing Facilities come from the WDFW Facilities Geodatabase. They include major facilities and may be missing some smaller facilities, such as Remote Site Incubators or small acclimation ponds.

FishTraps also come from the WDFW Facilities Geodatabase and includes adult traps and weirs, juvenile/smolt traps, and traps where the target life stage is unknown. Some fish traps are permanent structures. Other are mobile, seasonal, temporary, or historic and may not currently be located in the mapped location.

Major Dams comes from the National Inventory of Dams, part of the USGS National Map. They are generally larger structures.

Facilities will only appear when you are zoomed in so the scalebar at bottom left reads 6mi. Labels for the name of the facilities will appear when the scalebar reads 3 miles.

Fish distributions come from the Washington Integrated Fish Database (WIFD) which integrates previously different fish distributions in WRIA 1-23 (Puget Sound and Outer Coast) from the NorthWest Indian Fish Commission (NWIFC) and WDFW. WDFW provided the Fish distributions for the rest of the state. Fish distribution is mapped to rivers and streams represented by the hi-resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD), a USGS product that is the Federal and State hydrographic data standard, and now forms the basis for ‘the blue lines’ on all USGS topographic maps.

Fish distributions are displayed one species/run at a time using radio buttons. If you wish to know what fish are present in a given stream reach select the ‘All SalmonScape Species’ radio button at the bottom of the Fish Distribution section, and then click on the stream reach of interest. A standard popup will allow you to cycle through all the species/runs in that location.

We suggest that you zoom in to query all species. If you are zoomed out the click may capture several adjacent reaches or tributaries, increasing the number of popup windows to cycle through. You can also turn off other layers that you don’t want popup information about, especially large areas like counties or WRIAs.

A link to a PDF of key field definitions can be found here.

ESA Listing Units map NOAA Fisheries Evolutionary Significant Units (ESUs) for salmon, and USFWS Distinct Population Segments for Steelhead trout. These are current as of January 2013. ESU/DPS are the spatial extents of populations that are defined under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as Endangered, Threatened, a Species of Concern, or Not Warranted for listing. These maps also show areas within the ESU/DPS that had fish present historically, but now are blocked or impeded due to human activity such as dams.

ESA Listing Units are selected via a radio button, so only those ESU/DPS for a specific species/run is displayed. ESA Listing Units are best displayed with the equivalent species/run visible in the Fish Distribution layers. Like fish distributions.

Hydrography Layer uses the hi-resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD), a USGS product that is the Federal and State hydrographic data standard, and now forms the basis for ‘the blue lines’ on all USGS topographic maps. It depicts rivers and streams as lines, and also as polygons for larger rivers (NHD Area), along with lakes, ponds, and reservoirs (NHD Waterbodies).

Hydrography is a multi-scaled layer, meaning that as you zoom in you will see addition streams, waterbodies, and streams names. The maximum detail is seen when the scalebar reads 1mi.

Navigate by clicking and dragging anywhere on the main map

Adjust the map zoom by clicking or dragging the zoom bar near the top left of the map. Alternatively, you can also use your mouse scroll wheel to zoom, or double click to zoom in one level.

You can go back and forth to your previous extents and zooms by clicking on the next / previous extent button (magnifying glass icons in the upper right of the map). Like the back and forward buttons on a browser.

Return to full extent by clicking the globe icon in the upper right of the map.

You can zoom to a county, city or urban area, WRIA, or Township/Range using the Tools tab.

1. Begin typing into the text box.
2. A list of items will appear in the box. You can keep typing to further narrow down the results.
3. Select your area.

1. At the bottom of the Tools tab you’ll see Find an Address bar. Click on that and enter an address into the text box and press search (magnifier) button
2. Click the Zoom To bar to go back to the other locators

Click on any feature on the map and a popup window will appear that contains additional information about what you clicked on. If there are multiple active layers where you click, you can cycle through them using the buttons at the bottom of the window.

If you get too many features in the popup window try zooming in closer and/or turning off layers.

Select the map layers you wish to view under the Layers tab under map controls. Click to check the box and turn the layer on. The Layer list is collapsible by clicking on the blue layer header or the top layer below the header.

If the layer underneath the blue header is grayed out, that means the layer will not be drawn at this scale.

Facilities will only appear when you are zoomed in so the scalebar at bottom left reads 6mi. Labels for the name of the facilities will appear when the scalebar reads 3 miles.

Fish Passage Barriers will only appear when you are zoomed in so the scalebar at bottom left reads 2 miles. Labels for the ID number of that barrier will appear when the scalebar reads 1 mile.

Select the Active tab. This shows all the visible layers. Drag and drop the layer names in the order that you want them to draw on the map (top layer draws last). You usually want the Basemap layers at the bottom. The default drawing order of layers is the first layers you turn on draw first (at the bottom of the Active Tab list) and the last layers you turned on draw last. For instance, if you turn on a fish distribution layer, then turn on the Hydrography layer, the hydrography layer will draw over the fish distributions. Use the Active tab to drag the hydrography layer down in the list

Layer legends can be found under the legends tab. Only active and visible layers are shown in the legend.

A PDF showing all the symbols for all layers can be found here.

Clicking the 'Basemap' button in the upper right allows you to select a different background map (Aerial, Hybrid, Topography, or Streets)

Share current map extent URL using the star button in the upper right. Pasting this into another browser window will re-establish the map with the current layers visibility, extent and zoom. You can save this link in a document, or email it to a colleague so they can see the same map you are seeing.

SalmonScape, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s interactive, computer mapping system, is an important tool created to deliver scientific information to those involved in on-the-ground Washington salmon recovery projects.

SalmonScape delivers the science that helps recovery planners identify and prioritize the restoration and protection activities that offer the greatest benefit to fish. The site also offers a significant environmental education tool for middle school and high school students.

Found at http://wdfw.wa.gov/mapping/salmonscape on the WDFW website, SalmonScape merges fish and habitat data collected by state, federal, tribal and local biologists and presents it in an integrated system that can be readily accessed by other agencies and citizens. This version is based on our new Washington Integrated Fish Distribution (WIFD) which brings together WDFW fish distributions and fish distributions developed by the NorthWest Indian Fish Commission (NWIFC) for Puget Sound and the Outer Coast into a seamless consistent dataset. WIFD is integrated with the National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD), the new State and Federal Standard for depicting streams, rivers, and waterbodies on USGS topographic maps as well as web-based maps.

The site features multi-layered maps containing information on salmonid fish distribution, ESA status, juvenile fish monitoring, hatcheries and rearing facilities, and stream blockages that impede fish passage. The various map views allow users to see data by watershed, county boundary, Cities, Township/Range/Section, and at a specified longitude and latitude. . Data can be displayed against background images that include topographic maps , high resolution aerial photos, and detailed streets layers.

With SalmonScape, natural resource biologists in various public and private agencies can access an array of previously scattered data pertinent to salmon and fish habitat. The site’s maps can help planners pinpoint priority habitat restoration projects that will do the most good in recovering salmon populations. For example, SalmonScape allows viewers to see layered maps of salmon distributions and barriers to fish migration. Barriers that block access of ESA listed stocks to additional habitat may be a priority target for removal.

In a similar manner, SalmonScape offers transportation planners important information that can help them identify the most favorable locations for mitigation projects intended to off-set the habitat impact of new road construction. For example, local governments involved in growth management planning may wish to learn the species of salmon, their status, distribution, and the habitat areas most important to maintaining salmon production when reviewing critical area ordinances.

In addition, SalmonScape allows students to visually grasp the relationships among habitat features, human development and fish stock status within a watershed or geographic area.

SalmonScape maps were created with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, a computerized mapping system that displays and analyzes geographic features and other data.

The biological data contained on the SalmonScape site was collected by state, federal, tribal and local biologists as well as Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups (RFEGs) and watershed partners in the course of monitoring salmon and watershed health across Washington State. Fish distribution and use data were provided by Limiting Factors Analysis and Salmonid Data Information Integration projects. Over the coming year we will be adding our SaSI / NOAA TRT salmonid stock distributions, along with links to the Salmon Conservation and Reporting Engine (SCoRE) to provide comprehensive reports of Salmonid populations, hatcheries, and monitoring traps and facilities

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