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The Collaborative, Systemwide Monitoring and Evaluation Project (CSMEP) and StreamNet

Dave Marmorek, Marc Porter, ESSA Technologies

Frank Young, Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority

State Agencies S. Sharr, C. McGrath, C. Petrosky IDFG T. Rien, E. Tinus, ODFW A. Hoffman, P. Hahn WDFW B. Schmidt, StreamNet

Tribal Agencies P. Roger, E. Weber, S. Hyun CRITFC J.Hesse, P.Kucera Nez Perce Tribe D. Fast, B. Bosch Yakima Nation K. Wolf, KWA, Colville Tribes J. Schwartz, Umatilla

Federal Agencies C. Jordan, S. Katz NMFS P. Wilson, USFWS P. Larsen, EPA K. Hyatt, DFO

Consultants N. Bouwes, Eco Logical Research C. Beasley, Quantitative Cons. C. Paulsen, PER L. McDonald, WEST

NW Power & Conservation Council, Sept. 20, 2006

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Outline

• CSMEP vision, objectives, work products• How StreamNet has helped so far• Future help required from StreamNet in fy07-09• What performance measures matter to whom?

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CSMEP Vision

A coordinated effort to collaboratively improve

the quality and consistency of fish monitoring data,

and the methods used to evaluate these data,

to answer key questions relevant to

major decisions in the Columbia Basin.

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PNAMPPacific NW

Aquatic Monitoring Partnership

Federal Caucus RME Program

Washington Salmon Recovery Fund Monitoring Program

Oregon Water Enhancement Board Monitoring Program

NPPC and BPAColumbia Basin F&W ProgramNOAA Pacific Coast

Salmon Recovery Fund Program

EPA National and State Level Monitoring Programs

USFS and BLM Monitoring Programs

CSMEP

California NW Forest Plan Monitoring Program

Tribal Monitoring Programs

BOR Habitat Monitoring Program

UC, JD, Salmon River, and Columbia Estuary Pilot Projects; IMWs

Lower Columbia River Estuary Program

USFWS Bull Trout RMEG Program

Watershed Condition and Fish Monitoring Protocols Test Projects

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Coordination with PNAMP

• Circulate and coordinate work plans• Have overlapping membership• Develop consistent goals and objectives, but

distinctive work products• Different RME initiatives by area and type• Conduct joint workshops

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CSMEP Objectives

• Serve M&E needs of federal, state, tribal, intergovernmental entities

• Inventory, assess and make available existing fish monitoring data

• Design improved M&E methods• Implement and evaluate pilot M&E approaches• Work towards consistent, reliable systemwide M&E

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Status of Fish and Wildlife

StreamNet CSMEP

o Existing Datao Monitoring “Gaps”

DataManagement

Priorities, Decisions

RM&EOptions

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CSMEP/StreamNet work products example clients

• Metadata on fish monitoring (StreamNet critical) federal, state, tribal entities that monitor fish

• Evaluations of data, & alternative M&E designs for: – Status & Trend ( NOAA, TRT, BiOp Remand RME)– Harvest ( TAC, U.S. v. OR harvest managers) – Hydro ( U.S. Army Corps, BiOp Remand, AFEP)– Habitat ( Lemhi pilot project; restoration managers)– Hatchery ( Ad Hoc Supplementation Group, ISRP)

• StreamNet funding is very important for many CSMEP tasks in fy07-09 (see handout)

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StreamNet / CSMEP Data Inventories

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Metadata are web accessible https://nrimp.dfw.state.or.us/csmep/

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You can extract metadata for key PMs

Hyperlink?

Hyperlink?

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StreamNet Inventories feed CSMEP data assessments (on CSMEP website)

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StreamNet is critical for adapting M&E designs & tools from Snake to other Basins

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Pilot StreamNet Data Inventories

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Data evaluations, M&E designs for Snake Basin Pilot

General M&E design guidelines, tools

Region-specific M&E designs

Future StreamNet Data

Inventories & Databases

Implementation in multiple regions

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What performance measures are important?

• See backside of handout• For each VSP criterion:

– What performance measures matter, to whom?

– At what scale they should be measured?

– At what scale do they need to be applied for decisions?

– How can monitoring efficiently serve multiple functions?

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Summary of Database Management Needs (from OR participants in CSMEP)

• Provide “pointers” to existing datasets, facilitate use by a regional audience [Meta data catalogs – hyperlinked]

• Provide “independent” QA/QC on captured data. [Needs Input from regional managers outside StreamNet]

• Provide guidance for data structure, protocols, metrics, etc. to improve local datasets, optimize use in regional forums.

• Provide up to date documentation of data including empirical data and “secondary” or derived data from analysis

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Questions?