Agenda Overview of meeting topics

9:30 AM Introduction and Agenda Review

9:45 AM Select Regional Allocation Option and

Process Steps for 2006 SRFB Funding Cycle

11:00 AM Review Goals & Objectives & 3-year Plans

12:00 PM Working Lunch

Review the Road to July – Process & Decisions

12:30 PM Discuss Investment Scenarios

2:15 PM Identify sub-group members to develop

proposal re: funding level to pursue

2:30 PM Wrap-Up and Adjourn

SRFB Round 7 Steps & Distribution Options

• The goal for this year is to use as efficient a process as possible. • This is a transition year.• Ultimately the 3-year investment scenario selected will guide future decisions.

Today:1. Clarify steps—see handout2. Select distribution option—see handout

Historicallyand todayhumansand salmonshare thesame bio-geographicregions

Decisions July Meeting1. What are the best investments for salmon recovery in the next three years?

2. What strategy do we want to use to distribute funds?

3. What level of funding do we to pursue?

4. How do we want to address non-listed salmon species?

Investment Scenarios definition

The investment scenario ultimately selected should clearly identify the priorities in which this region wants to invest funds, political capital, voluntary efforts, and human resources in the next three years.

It answers the question: what are the best investments for salmon recovery in the next three years?

Technical Analyses for Prioritizing Recovery Strategies Across the Puget

Sound Chinook Salmon ESU

Puget Sound Technical Recovery Team

Two Key Criteria for Making Choices

1. Protect options for the future role of existing natural populations

2. Protect existing salmon habitat and the opportunities for habitat restoration

“Where are the populations whose future role is most threatened?”

“Where is the best existing salmon habitat and the best opportunities for habitat restoration?”

Data Used to Evaluate Near-term Threat of Extinction

1. Current abundance of natural-origin Chinook salmon (NOR)

2. Average number of adults produced by each Chinook salmon spawning in the wild (Recruits/spawner)

3. Proportion and origin of hatchery fish on the spawning grounds

Data Used to Evaluate Ecological Integrity of Watersheds

Four Positive Attributes

Four Negative Attributes

• Area occupied by natural wetlands

• Land use and land cover

• Hydrological alteration

• Sub-watershed slope steepness

• Hatchery production

• Presence of eagles

• Road density

• Undisturbed habitat

Ecological Integrity

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SF NooksackCedar

High Risk

• Immediate attention to protect future role of populations

Strategies

Ecological Integrity

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Cascade Upper Sauk

SuiattleMid-Hood Canal

Lower Skagit

Lower SaukSkykomish

Upper Skagit

Ecological Integrity Intact but Modified

• Significant portions occur in national forest or national parks• Opportunities for habitat restoration building on protection in lower watersheds, nearshore

Strategies

Ecological Integrity

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Puyallup

Nisqually

Sammamish

NF Stillaguamish

Green

Ecological Integrity Highly Compromised Strategies

• Large-scale, long-term protection, land use changes, and restoration

Ecological Integrity

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Skokomish

Elwha

SF StillaguamishWhite

Dungeness

NF Nooksack

Snoqualmie

Some Ecological Integrity Intact but Highly Modified

Strategies

• Need low risk populations • Protect existing integrity and ecological function• Large-scale restoration

Ecological Integrity

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Puyallup

Nisqually

Sammamish

NF Stillaguamish

Green

SF NooksackCedar

Skokomish

Elwha

SF StillaguamishWhite

Dungeness

NF Nooksack

Snoqualmie

CascadeUpper Sauk

SuiattleMid-Hood Canal

Lower Skagit

Lower SaukSkykomish

Upper Skagit

Investment ChoicesParameters

• All populations equally or selected population focus.

• Restoration focus or Protection Focus

Criteria

• Key Threats

• Community Support

• Preserves options

• Highest Risk populations

• Populations targeted for low risk