3.01.2010

PNAMP Calendar

Greetings PNAMP Participant,

PNAMP is hosting the following meetings during the months of March and April 2010:
o March 4 - PNAMP Data Management Leadership Team Work Session, Portland
o March 12 - PNAMP ISTM Demo Second Fish Scoping Work Session, Vancouver, WA
o March 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 March and April 2010:
o March 2 - 4 - 2010 WA-BC Chapter AFS Annual General Meeting, Nanaimo, BC
o March 9 - 11 - USGS Climate Change Conference, Denver, CO (See below for more information)
o March 9 - 11 - Northwest Power and Conservation Council Meeting, Portland
o March 10 - 13 - 28th Annual Salmonid Restoration Federation and 44th Annual AFS Cal-Neva Conference, Redding, CA (see below for more information)
o March 16 - 3rd Annual Klickitat White Salmon Fisheries and Watershed Science Conference, The Dalles, OR
o April 13 - 15 - Northwest Power and Conservation Council Meeting, Boise, ID
o April 13 - Washington Forest Practices Adaptive Management Annual Science Conference, Olympia, WA (see below for more information)
o April 14 - 15 - GIS in Action, 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:
· 2010 WA-BC Chapter AFS Annual General Meeting, Nanaimo, BC (March 2 - 4)
· USGS Climate Change Conference (March 9 - 11)
· 28th Annual Salmonid Restoration Federation and 44th Annual AFS Cal-Neva Conference (March 10 - 13)
· Washington Forest Practices Adaptive Management Annual Science Conference (April 13)


March 9 - 11 - USGS Climate Change Conference (Denver, CO)
http://geology.usgs.gov/globalchange2010/

Over the three days of the conference, we will focus on:
· Providing USGS Global Change scientists information they need to support the Department of the Interior Secretarial Order No. 3289, Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on America’s Water, Land, and Other Natural and Cultural Resources

· Providing USGS scientists opportunities to hear from the Department of the Interior, the USGS Office of Global Change, other DOI agencies, and national and international organizations about their program goals, strategic directions, and science needs

· Showcasing current USGS Global Change science and coordinating future USGS research plans within the national and international context

· Implementing the USGS Science Strategy through the USGS Science Planning Process

Focus Areas:
1. Paleo-reconstructions of climate change and ecological responses
2. Global change effects on ecosystems and linkages among water, soils, biota, and land use

3. Incorporating global change science into resource management decisions

4. Modeling and projection of resource response to global change

5. Results or status of projects funded through the Request for Proposals (RFP) process

Please contact the committee at globalchangeconf@usgs.gov for assistance.

March 2- 4 - 2010 WA-BC Chapter AFS Annual General Meeting (Vancouver Island Conference Center, Nanaimo, BC)
http://www.wabc-afs.org/agm2010/

Meeting Theme:
“New research and applied science to meet fishery management needs”

We are privileged this year to co-convene with the Pink and Chum Salmon Workshop
We will have invited Speakers; Symposia, and Contributed Sessions on regional or local marine, estuarine, and freshwater topics; and Several educational exhibitors! Please check out our Program page for the latest update.

March 10 - 13 - 28th Annual Salmonid Restoration Federation and 44th Annual AFS Cal-Neva Conference (Redding Convention Center, Redding, CA)
www.calsalmon.org

Salmonid Restoration Federation and the California-Nevada American Fisheries Society chapter will co-host the 28th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference and the 44th Annual Cal-Neva AFS Conference in Redding, California. We are truly excited about this new collaborative effort. The theme of the conference is Fisheries Restoration and Science in a Changing Climate. The first two days of the conference will be filled with symposia, full-day workshops continuing education classes, and field tours. A half-day plenary session will be followed by 1.5 days of technical, biological, and policy-related concurrent sessions. This conference will focus on a broad range of salmonid, fisheries, and watershed restoration topics of concern to restoration practitioners, and the scientific fisheries community.
For more information about the conference, to see the agenda, or to register, please visit
www.calsalmon.org

April 13 - Washington Forest Practices Adaptive Management Annual Science Conference (Washington State Capital Campus, Olympia, WA)
The Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Committee (CMER) announce the sixth annual Forest Practices Adaptive Management Science Conference on Tuesday, April 13th, in Olympia, Washington. CMER is responsible for conducting research and monitoring in support of adaptive management of the Forest Practices Rules, which governs forestry practices on private and state forestlands in Washington State.

The one day conference will highlight CMER studies including:
· Riparian Research and Monitoring on Fish- and Non Fish-Bearing Streams
· Amphibian Research and Monitoring
· Upland Research and Monitoring on Roads and Unstable Slopes

An agenda for the conference will be distributed in February 2010. There is no fee for the conference, however reservations are required.
To register, please send an e-mail including your name, affiliation, and e-mail address to Dawn Hitchens at dawn.hitchens@dnr.wa.gov .

The conference will be held on the Washington State Capitol Campus at the DSHS Office Building 2 Auditorium in Olympia. For driving directions to DSHS OB2 visit:
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/geninfo/drivingdirections.shtml

For more information on CMER, please visit the web site:

http://www.dnr.wa.gov/BusinessPermits/Topics/FPAdaptiveManagementProgram/Pages/fp_am_program.aspx

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Jacque Schei
5501A Cook-Underwood Road
Cook, WA 98605

www.pnamp.org

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