AGENDA, April 15-15, 2008

Open and Welcome

• UPDATE: Provide overview of activities that have taken place since last regular meeting (Feb 29 Conf Call, March 4 Workshop, March 12 Conf Call, March 27 Conf. Call)
• ACTION: Approve February 26, 2008 Meeting Summary and March 12 and March 27, 2008 Conference Call Summaries
• ACTION: Approve Conflict of Interest Policy (PDF)

Joel Baker, Chair

Action Agenda

• Schedule update
• Topic Forum reports and review process
• Action Agenda PowerPoint (PDF)

Martha Neuman

Provisional Indicators Work

• Briefing and Science Panel Discussion
• Indicators PowerPoint (PDF)
• Task 1 (PDF)
  • Task 1.1 (PDF) | Task 1.2 (PDF) | Task 1.3 (PDF) | Figure 1 (PDF)
• Task 2 (PDF)
• Task 3 (PDF)
  • Task 3.3 (PDF)

Sandie O’Neill and Tracy Collier NWFSC, NOAA

Risk Analysis Status

• Briefings and Science Panel Discussion
• Risk Analysis PowerPoint (PDF)
• document (PDF) | figures (PDF)
• Risk Assessment (Excel) | Status Summary (Excel) | Risk Assessment (Excel) | Threats Summary (Excel)

Mary Ruckelshaus NWFSC, NOAA

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

LUNCH BREAK (provided for Science Panel Members)

Salmon Recovery and Adaptive Management (PDF)

• Salmon Recovery Coordination
• Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan (MAMA). (PDF)
  Overview of the Chinook recovery monitoring plan (PDF)

Joe Ryan
Ken Currens

Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program (PSAMP)

• Program Highlights - nearly 20 years of monitoring and assessment
• Lessons Learned Report
• PSAMP overview for PSP Science PowerPoint (PDF)

Jim West, WDFW
Rob Duff, Ecology

Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Committee (CMER)

• Overview of CMER Monitoring Program
• Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Committee PowerPoint (PDF)

Nancy Sturhan, NWIFC
Sally Butts, USFWS

Monitoring Consortium

• Presentation of Governance options (PDF)
  Introduction (PDF)
• PSMC presentation to Science Panel PowerPoint (PDF)
• San Francisco Estuary Institute Doc (PDF)

Discussion: Action Agenda Monitoring Needs

• What questions to we need monitoring to address?

Joel Baker,
Scott Redman, and Sarah Brace

Funding for Science

• Near-term and longer-term science funds and process for allocation

David Dicks
Tom Eaton, EPA

Adjourn for the evening

Reconvene Meeting

• Review issues from first day of meeting,
• Adjust agenda if needed

Joel Baker, Chair

Adaptive Management and Accountability

• Framework for Adaptive Management in Action Agenda
• How pieces fit together (topic forum products, indicators, monitoring inventory, benchmarks/targets)
• Developing an Adaptive Management & Monitoring Program PowerPoint (PDF)

Strategic Science Plan

• Review Strategic Science Plan Outline – come to agreement on components of the plan and structure (PDF)
• Identify assignments and next steps

Joel Baker
Jan Newton

Panel Basics

• Discuss upcoming meeting agenda items
• Discuss Retreat Agenda

Adjourn