Funding Monitoring in 2006 – Funding Monitoring in 2006 – the Program’s role in a West the Program’s role in a West

Coast PartnershipCoast PartnershipNovember 16, 2005November 16, 2005

Partners on the West Coast Partners on the West Coast includeinclude

Pacific Northwest Monitoring PartnershipPacific Northwest Monitoring Partnership Columbia Basin fish and wildlife managersColumbia Basin fish and wildlife managers State Salmon Recovery ProgramsState Salmon Recovery Programs NMFS ESA Recovery PlanningNMFS ESA Recovery Planning Puget Sound and Coastal Recovery ProgramsPuget Sound and Coastal Recovery Programs San Francisco Bay RestorationSan Francisco Bay Restoration

– Each with their own needs and their own resourcesEach with their own needs and their own resources

Objectives in 2006Objectives in 2006

Work with West Coast partners for Work with West Coast partners for consistent methods and protocolsconsistent methods and protocols

Establish Program funding priorities for Establish Program funding priorities for Program and ESA needsProgram and ESA needs

Plan for the long termPlan for the long term

Common PurposeCommon Purpose

Measure population changesMeasure population changes Measure watershed healthMeasure watershed health Evaluate project resultsEvaluate project results Evaluate hatchery performanceEvaluate hatchery performance Update regional data management to Update regional data management to

support these needs.support these needs.

The Columbia Program’s Part – The Columbia Program’s Part – Population Status MonitoringPopulation Status Monitoring

Confirm scope and methods of smolt and Confirm scope and methods of smolt and adult monitoring in 2006 project reviewadult monitoring in 2006 project review

Resolve population monitoring needs Resolve population monitoring needs between Program and ESA recovery between Program and ESA recovery planningplanning

Resolve the population variables to be Resolve the population variables to be monitored.monitored.

The Columbia Program’s Part – The Columbia Program’s Part – Watershed MonitoringWatershed Monitoring

Agree on priority indicatorsAgree on priority indicators Figure out who pays for whatFigure out who pays for what Move to the long termMove to the long term

The Columbia Program’s Part – The Columbia Program’s Part – Project EffectivenessProject Effectiveness

Move away from project-by-project Move away from project-by-project monitoringmonitoring

Confirm intensively-monitored watershedsConfirm intensively-monitored watersheds Link to the other experiments on the West Link to the other experiments on the West

CoastCoast

Artificial Production MonitoringArtificial Production Monitoring

Try to confirm the basic needsTry to confirm the basic needs Link ongoing monitoring into a regional Link ongoing monitoring into a regional

experimentexperiment

Data ManagementData Management

Update the assignments for regional data Update the assignments for regional data collection and managementcollection and management

Maintain link to ESA recovery needsMaintain link to ESA recovery needs Take advantage of new technology for Take advantage of new technology for

speed, distribution and accessspeed, distribution and access Work through Northwest data management Work through Northwest data management

partnershippartnership

SuccessSuccess

Strong collaboration with clear common Strong collaboration with clear common purposespurposes

Clear funding assignmentsClear funding assignments A durable platform for long term evaluationA durable platform for long term evaluation