Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) will work in collaboration with the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla and the U.S. Forest Service to monitor the productivity of both spring Chinook and Mid-C summer steelhead in Desolation Creek following habitat restoration. Fish monitoring will estimate the abundance and distribution of spawning adults, and abundance and survival of out-migrating juveniles.

ODFW will be installing a screw trap on Desolation Creek.Temperature and flow data in the North Fork John Day River are collected by multiple agencies and the NFJDWC will consolidate this data and supplement it by adding 18 temperature monitoring locations and 2 discharge sites.