Protocol Manager Protocol Manager DemonstrationDemonstration

Future Future NRMP & PNAMP NRMP & PNAMP Collaboration?Collaboration?

June 20, 2006June 20, 2006Jennifer Bayer, PNAMP Coordinator (USGS)Jennifer Bayer, PNAMP Coordinator (USGS)

A forum for coordinating state, federal, and tribal

aquatic monitoring programs in the Pacific

Northwest

Pacific NorthwestPacific NorthwestAquatic Aquatic

Monitoring Monitoring PartnershipPartnership(PNAMP)(PNAMP)

PNAMP ObjectivesPNAMP Objectives Provide a technical forum to develop,

coordinate and inform monitoring and evaluation (M&E) programs

Provide a forum and process 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:

PNAMP Current PNAMP Current TasksTasks

ProtocolProtocol standardization/ coordination

InventoryInventory of monitoring activities

Universal Survey DesignSurvey Design for status/trend monitoring

Data ManagementData Management coordination (NED, PNW RGIC)

High-level IndicatorsIndicators developmentdevelopment

Facilitate regional NetworkingNetworking

PNAMP Protocol TasksPNAMP Protocol Tasks

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

Effectiveness monitoring techniques

Protocols under development

Natural Resource Natural Resource Monitoring Monitoring PartnershipPartnership

(NRMP)(NRMP)

NRMP GoalsNRMP Goals

Improve the accessibility of monitoring Improve the accessibility of monitoring efforts to resource managers to aid them efforts to resource managers to aid them in decision-making for multiple purposes in decision-making for multiple purposes at multiple scales. at multiple scales.

Develop practical resources that can help Develop practical resources that can help the resource management community the resource management community develop and improve monitoring efforts to develop and improve monitoring efforts to support more effective evaluation and support more effective evaluation and decision making. decision making.

NRMP ParticipantsNRMP ParticipantsAZ Game and Fish Dept.AZ Game and Fish Dept.AK Game & Fish CommissionAK Game & Fish CommissionCA Dept of Fish and GameCA Dept of Fish and GameCornell Lab of OrnithologyCornell Lab of OrnithologyFGDCFGDCFL Fish & Wildlife Conservation CommissionFL Fish & Wildlife Conservation CommissionID Conservation Data CenterID Conservation Data CenterInternational Association of Fish & Wildlife International Association of Fish & Wildlife

AgenciesAgenciesIA State UniversityIA State UniversityMI Dept of Natural ResourcesMI Dept of Natural ResourcesMO Dept. of ConservationMO Dept. of ConservationNPSNPSNatureServeNatureServeNova Scotia Dept of Natural ResourcesNova Scotia Dept of Natural ResourcesNY State Dept of Environmental ConservationNY State Dept of Environmental Conservation

OK Dept of Wildlife OK Dept of Wildlife Conservation Conservation

San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo The Nature ConservancyThe Nature ConservancyU.S. Army Engineering U.S. Army Engineering

Research & Development Research & Development CenterCenter

U.S. Bureau of ReclamationU.S. Bureau of ReclamationU.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceU.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceU.S. Geological SurveyU.S. Geological SurveyUniversity of CA Davis University of CA Davis USDA Forest ServiceUSDA Forest ServiceUniversity of MIUniversity of MIVT Fish & WildlifeVT Fish & WildlifeWI Dept of Natural ResourcesWI Dept of Natural Resources

NRMP Core ResourcesNRMP Core Resources (to be hosted by the NBII)(to be hosted by the NBII)

Monitoring Protocol LibraryMonitoring Protocol Library - An internet - An internet accessible, searchable database that provides accessible, searchable database that provides information on monitoring protocols and resource information on monitoring protocols and resource assessment methodologies organized to facilitate assessment methodologies organized to facilitate reference and use.. reference and use..

Monitoring LocatorMonitoring Locator - An internet-based, GIS - An internet-based, GIS application that allows users to identify what application that allows users to identify what natural resource monitoring is being conducted natural resource monitoring is being conducted within a particular area (e.g., State, county, within a particular area (e.g., State, county, Canadian Province, or other selected geographic Canadian Province, or other selected geographic area). area).

NRMP – Where we have been?

San DiegoWorkshop

2006

NRMPestablished

NRMP Web site-Questionnaire - locator fields - library fields

Steering GroupTechnical GroupOutreach Group

RequiredMetadataFields identified

Locator-LibraryBeta 1.0TestMarch-April

Technical WorkshopMay 26-27

2005

PNAMP/NRMP Collaboration?PNAMP/NRMP Collaboration?

Both groups have identified similar Both groups have identified similar products as essential to coordination products as essential to coordination and collaboration of monitoringand collaboration of monitoring

NRMP Locator ~ PNAMP Inventory ?NRMP Locator ~ PNAMP Inventory ? NRMP Library ~ PNAMP Protocol NRMP Library ~ PNAMP Protocol

Manager ?Manager ?

More Information:More Information:

http://biology.usgs.gov/status_trends/nrmp/MP_About.htm

(Paul_Dresler@usgs.gov)

www.PNAMP.org

(Jennifer_Bayer@usgs.gov)