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Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP). A forum for coordinating state, federal, and tribal aquatic monitoring programs in the Pacific Northwest. Jennifer M. Bayer, Coordinator (USGS). PNAMP Objectives. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A forum for coordinating state, federal, and tribal
aquatic monitoring programs in the Pacific
Northwest
Pacific NorthwestPacific NorthwestAquatic Aquatic
Monitoring Monitoring PartnershipPartnership(PNAMP)(PNAMP)
Jennifer M. Bayer, Coordinator (USGS)
PNAMP ObjectivesPNAMP Objectives Provide a technical forum to develop,
coordinate and inform monitoring and evaluation (M&E) programs
Provide a forum for communication with decision makers
Be a clearing house for sample design, protocol development, and data management activities
Provide process to establish landscape/ecosystem metrics
PNAMP PartnersPNAMP Partners
WA GSRO
Charter signed by 19 state, tribal, federal, and regional entities:
Watershed condition
monitoring
Fish population monitoring
Project effectiveness monitoring
Data managemen
t (= NED, PNW RGIC)
Estuary monitoring
Other topics as interest
merits
PNAMP Current PNAMP Current TasksTasks InventoryInventory of monitoring activities
underway July 2006 Integrated Survey DesignSurvey Design for
status/trend monitoring workshop July 2006
Data ManagementData Management coordination (NED, PNW RGIC) workshop May 2006
High-level IndicatorsIndicators coordination draft complete
Facilitate regional NetworkingNetworking•Monitoring Practitioner’s Workshop March 2006•Invasive Species Forum June 2006•Remote Sensing Workshop Feb 2007
PNAMP Protocol TasksPNAMP Protocol Tasks
Protocol Tools Protocol Manager Protocol format
(Oakely et al 2003)
Method manual/ training format
PNAMP Protocol TasksPNAMP Protocol Tasks
Macroinvertebrate collection
Fish population monitoring techniques
Watershed assessment (habitat) techniques
Data management standards
Protocols under development
Macroinvertebrate Macroinvertebrate ProtocolProtocol
Rapid bioassessment type technique for perennial, wadeable streams
Field collection & laboratory processing sections nearly complete
Will include analytical processes before final
Macroinvertebrate Macroinvertebrate ProtocolProtocol
Synthesis of these protocols: OR Department of Environmental Quality WA Department of Ecology (Ecology, 2001) USDA Forest Service AREMP (USFS, 2004) US EPA EMAP (Peck et al., 2000) BLM National Aquatic Monitoring Center
(Hawkins et al., 2001)
New draft for review early January 2007
Fish Population Monitoring Fish Population Monitoring ProtocolsProtocols
State of the Salmon’s Salmonid Field Protocol Handbook (AFS publication) 18 techniques Varying degree of detail; most not down to
“head to the field” details PNAMP will facilitate
further development of these (and other) methods.
Salmonid Field Protocol Salmonid Field Protocol Handbook Handbook
Carcass Counts Cast Nets Electrofishing:
Backpack and Drift Boat
Hydroacoustics: Rivers
Hydroacoustics: Lakes and Reservoirs
Fish Counting at Hydroelectric Projects
Redd Counts Traps: Rotary Screw
and Inclined Plane Screen
Beach Seining Snorkel Surveys Tangle Nets Tower Counts Weirs + 5 SUPPLEMENTAL
TECHNIQUES
Habitat Assessment Habitat Assessment ProtocolsProtocols
Protocol Comparison Project Objectives
Evaluate protocols to determine which are the “best” at minimizing among crew variation while maximizing differences among streams.
Determine if relationships can be developed among different protocols for the same attribute.
Do these results reflect some true value?
Protocol Comparison Protocol Comparison ProjectProject
8 monitoring groups evaluated 12 reaches with multiple (generally 3) crews.
One intensive monitoring group (“truth”, 3 to 9 days per site)
LiDAR flights (coarse “truth”)
Protocol Comparison Protocol Comparison ProjectProject
Gradient
Bankfull Width
Width-to-Depth
% Pool
Residual Pool
Depth
Sinuosity
%Fines
Large Wood
Entrenchment
Median Particle
Size
Protocol Comparison Protocol Comparison ProjectProject
Preliminary results are
available now, but
analysis is not complete
January 31 meeting (Portland) to present full
results and discuss next steps for final
product
Data Management Data Management StandardsStandards
PNAMP approach is to identify our issues & needs then work with regional data management entities to find solutions
NW Environmental Data Network (NED)Pacific Northwest Regional Geographic
Information Council (PNW RGIC)
Data Management Data Management StandardsStandards
From NED: Best Practices for Reporting Location
and Time Related Data (v3.2) Best Practices for Data Dictionary
Definitions and Usage (v1.1) Check List for
Organizing Field Collection and Management of Data
Next Steps:Next Steps: Facilitate discussion about methods/protocol needs
Increase involvement in technical workgroups
Increase cross-PNAMP workgroup and interaction with outside groups
