PNAMP

Greetings PNAMP Participant,

PNAMP is hosting the following meetings during the months of November and December 2010:
o November TBD - PNAMP Steering Committee Meeting

Please check the PNAMP calendar for recently added meetings as well as meeting updates, agendas, directions, and contact information.

Other meetings of interest for November and December 2010:
o November 2 - SalDAWG 2010 Meeting, Juneau, AK (see below for more information)
o November 5 - Analysis of Linkages and Trends in Climate, Stream Flow, Vegetation, Salmon, and Ocean Conditions Webinar (see below for more information)
o November 16 - Upper Columbia Habitat Adaptive Management 2010 Science Conference, Wenatchee, WA (see below for more information)
o November 17 - 18 - Northwest Power and Conservation Council Meeting, Portland
o November 18 - Oregon Invasive Species Council Summit, Salem (see below for more information)
o November 18 - 19 WABC Chapter AFS Special Workshop on Salmon Escapement Goal Science, Portland (see below for more information)
o December 1 - Washington Forum on Monitoring, Olympia, WA
o December 9 - 10 - Salmon Recovery Funding Board Meeting, Olympia, WA
o December 14 - 16 - Northwest Power and Conservation Council Meeting, Portland

If you would like your meetings posted on the PNAMP calendar or if you would like to be removed from this email list, please reply to jschei@usgs.gov.

Additional information. See below for the following conference information:
· SalDAWG 2010 Meeting (November 2)
· Analysis of Linkages and Trends Webinar (November 5)
· Upper Columbia Habitat Adaptive Management 2010 Science Conference (November 16)
· Oregon Invasive Species Council Summit (November 18)
· WABC Chapter AFS Special Workshop on Salmon Escapement Goal Science (November 18-19)

November 2 - SalDAWG 2010 Meeting (ADFG Headquarters, Juneau, AK)
http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=0b9d4588acdc0629c7898388c&id=a5d758fa20&e=4211064a37

Join us for the third Salmon Data Access Working Group Meeting. We've partnered with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game's Computer Services group in the Commercial Fish Division. They're holding their annual conference and we get to be a part of it. It's a great chance to learn more about data management, web application development, and much more from near and far. ***PNAMP will be presenting information about the Monitoring Methods Project at this meeting.***

November 5 - Analysis of Linkages and Trends in Climate, Stream Flow, Vegetation, Salmon, and Ocean Conditions Webinar
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/252582201
Daily, seasonal, and decadal variation in abiotic drivers (e.g., precipitation, fog, stream flow, and temperatures of air, ocean, and streams) regulate many ecological processes. However, the exact nature of the linkages between abiotic drivers and the direct and indirect effect of these drivers on species of concern and their habitat are not well understood. Specifically, abiotic drivers are commonly analyzed as individual elements and the linkages between drivers are poorly defined. In addition to understanding the basic linkages between abiotic and biotic ecosystem elements, the question of climate change is of increasing concern to land managers in the national parks. They need to understand how climate change has already affected natural resources and whether other changes may be looming. Without this understanding it is increasingly difficult to judge the effects of management efforts (e.g., stream restoration), evaluate the resilience of existing habitats, or plan future management actions. Climate change has been linked to more rain and less snow in the Sierras, identifying the need for management to address long-term water storage. In contrast, there has been a paucity of information depicting the effects of natural climatic cycles and anthropogenic climate change, aside from sea level rise, in coastal California and Oregon. Complicating a manager’s ability to respond to climate change effects is the common assumption of stationarity – the idea that natural systems fluctuate within an unchanging envelope of variability. The stationarity assumption is being compromised by major shifts in background environmental conditions.

In this webinar we will present our progress to date in assessing trends in climate, stream flow, stream temperature, and salmon populations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Klamath I&M Networks. For example, we are examining the linkages among air temperature, stream flow, stream temperature, and a documented fish kill in Redwood Creek in Redwood National Park.

November 16 - Upper Columbia Habitat Adaptive Management 2010 Science Conference (Wenatchee Convention Center, Wenatchee, WA)

Status of Spring Chinook, Steelhead & their Habitat
Please join the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board (UCSRB) and the Upper Columbia Regional Technical Team (UCRTT) as we host the first Upper Columbia Habitat Adaptive Management Science Conference. The Adaptive Management Science Conference is an opportunity for stakeholders from the public, project implementers, local government, state and federal agencies, and tribes to learn about and discuss the UCRTT 2010 Analysis Workshop Synthesis Report, which evaluates the current status of spring Chinook salmon and steelhead, and the implementation of actions to sustain and improve their habitat.

Register now! Free registration at uchabitatconference.eventbrite.com
For more information, please visit www.ucsrb.com

November 18 - Oregon Invasive Species Council Summit (Chemeketa Eola Viticulture Center, Salem, OR)

The Oregon Invasive Species Council is hosting a statewide invasive species summit on November 18, 2010 at the Chemeketa Eola Viticulture Center on Doaks Ferry Road in Salem from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. The purpose of the summit is to share and discuss the recent results of Oregon's statewide management assessment of invasive species, develop and identify high priority strategies to address invasive species management issues as part of a statewide strategic plan, and introduce and discuss invasive species legislative concepts that will be proposed during the 2011 Oregon legislative session. Your presence and active participation at this one-day summit is needed to ensure the discussion is representative of local issues around the state, but moves Oregon towards articulating the highest priorities to monitor and manage invasive species.

Please RSVP to OISC Coordinator Lisa DeBruyckere at lisad@createstrat.com if you are attending the summit. Thank you.

P.S. Lunch will be provided, and an agenda is forthcoming.

November 18 - 19 WABC Chapter AFS Special Workshop on Salmon Escapement Goal Science (Hotel Monaco, Portland, OR)
http://www.wabc-afs.org/?s=Salmon+Escapement

Trout Unlimited will host this scientific workshop as part of a project funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and several other collaborators. The workshop will assemble technical experts who are working toward finding innovative ways to estimate the number and diversity of salmon that would fully utilize all available spawning, rearing, and migration habitats.

Estimating salmon escapement goals in the 21st century has become very different than in the past. We now understand that escapement goals are multi-dimensional and should include habitat capacity, salmon life history, biological diversity, ecological values, and environmental variation, as well as the simple number of spawners. Further, computational and simulation techniques are rapidly evolving. Researchers are engaged in a variety of technical investigations that are advancing understanding of the number and diversity of salmon needed to fill their various habitats.

There are three goals for the workshop:

· To briefly identify and summarize current methods used to set
escapement goals.
· To identify emerging research and modeling tools that can help improve
the scientific basis for establishing escapement goals.
· To identify opportunities to coordinate research and modeling efforts
for a new approaches to setting escapement goals that are
scientifically rigorous and address diversity as well as abundance.

The format of this workshop will include one day of overview and technical presentations on the state of the science of salmon escapement goal estimation under the topic: Current methods and recent developments in modeling techniques for advancing escapement goal estimation. This will include how escapement goals are currently set, but will emphasize emerging tools that could be used to incorporate the latest scientific information in the establishment of escapement goals. The second day will consist of a facilitated brainstorming session on the topic: What is the most promising course for further development of capacity- and life-history-based escapement goal estimation?

We plan to document the findings and conclusions of the workshop. The results will be used to formulate a research plan for the research project. Additionally, some of the findings will feed into a publishable manuscript about the past, present, and potential future
of escapement goal estimation and its importance to wild salmon recovery.

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Jacque Schei
5501A Cook-Underwood Road
Cook, WA 98605
office: 509.538.2299 x282