A forum for coordinating state, federal, and tribal watershed and salmon monitoring programs in the Pacific Northwest

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Pacific NorthwestAquatic Monitoring
Partnership(PNAMP)

• A forum for coordinating state, federal, and
  tribal watershed and salmon monitoring programs
  in the Pacific Northwest

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• Purpose is to achieve more robust and
• cost-effective information through improved
  coordination and compatibility

• Allows shared resources and data across
  organizations
• Provides increased scientific credibility,
  cost-effective use of limited funds, and greater
  accountability to stakeholders

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PNAMP Potential

• Technical forum to develop, coordinate and inform
  ME programs
• Forum and process for communication to decision
  makers
• Clearing house for design, protocols, and data
  management
• Process to establish landscape/ecosystem metrics

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• Partnership Hub

BPA Funded NPCC Columbia Basin FW Program
Federal Caucus RME Program
Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board
Monitoring Program
USFS and BLM Monitoring Programs
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Program
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board OPSW
Monitoring Programs
Pacific NW Aquatic Monitoring Partnership
EPA National and State level Monitoring Programs
Idaho Office of Species Conservation Program
BOR Habitat Monitoring Program
California NW Forest Plan Monitoring Program
CBFWA Collaborative Monitoring Project
Tribal Monitoring Programs
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Elements of the Plan

• Coordination Structure
• Watershed condition monitoring
• Fish population monitoring
• Project effectiveness monitoring
• Data management and exchange

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Coordination Structure
Executive Network

Steering Committee
Coordinator
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Technical Groups
Project Effectiveness
Watershed Condition
Data Management
Fish Population Monitoring
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Watershed Condition Monitoring

• Develop monitoring design and sampling strategy
  that allows the aggregation of regional watershed
  data
• Identify core attributes and protocols for
  monitoring programs
• Identify and implement a process for
  developing/refining common GIS layers

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Fish Population Monitoring

• Identify sampling designs and field protocols
  that best assess population status and trends
• Develop integrated monitoring of population
  abundance, productivity, and distribution
• Review/refine population performance metrics

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Effectiveness Monitoring

• Identify common attributes, data collection
  protocols, and statistical sampling methods for
  effectiveness monitoring
• Identify a network of Intensively Monitored
  Watersheds in the Pacific Northwest needed to
  evaluate the effectiveness of projects and
  programs

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Data Management and Exchange

• Assessment of data management coordination needs
• Develop a Data Management Coordination Plan,
  including interaction with existing entities, eg
  NED, IRICC

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PNAMP Progress

• Draft PNAMP Plan identifies initial tasks,
  products and needed funding
• Study plan for side-by side protocol test for
  2005
• Draft universal sampling design for Watershed
  studies

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PNAMP Progress

• Collaborated with Wild Salmon Center WDFW to
  review recommend fish monitoring protocols
  (including peer review expected publication)
• Guidance to Subbasin Planners
• Consistency on protocols methods
• Consistency of data management, data definitions,
  GIS

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PNAMP Challenges

• Confirmation of support
• Commitment for staff time for participation, and
  direct cost sharing
• Help in implementing PNAMP objectives through
  executive, staff, and Steering Committee
  connections

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Current PNAMP Focus

• Distribute Updated Plan
• Finalize Charter
• Implement Decision-making protocol
• Finalize 4 Module Work Plans
• Implement Work Plans
• Finalize Business Plan
• Use Coordination Strategy to initiate
  Communication Plan with CSMEP et al.
• Diversify funding and participation base

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