Proposed Agenda

Washington Forum on Monitoring Salmon Recovery and Watershed Health

Regular Meeting

 

September 3, 2008

NRB 175 A & B, Olympia, Washington

 

Note: Opening sessions will commence as shown; all other times are approximate. If you need special accommodations to participate in this meeting, please notify us by July 8, 2008 at 360/902-3000 or TDD 360/902-1996.

 

9:00 am

Item #

1   

Call to Order

·         Introductions

·         Review and Approval of Agenda

·         Correspondence sent or received

Chair

9:15

Item #

2   

Approval of July Minutes

Chair

9:20

Item #

3   

Review and Discuss Agency Monitoring Budget Requests

·         Forum Staff Group Report – Budget Criteria

· Final agency budget request table

·         Applying the criteria; alignment with Forum Framework

Chair

 

Staff

         

10:30

 

 

Break

 

10:45

 

 

Item #3, Continued

·         How do we use this to help tell the story about monitoring?

o        Ranking?

o        Categories?

o        Recommendation?

·        Communicating to OFM, PSP, NPCC

 

12:00

 

 

Lunch on your own

 

1:00 pm

Item#

4

Data Management Updates

  • Updates on current activities:
    • PSP – monitoring inventory
    • PSP/RCO collaborating on data portal

 

  • STEM / Status & Trends / Salmond Data Strategy
    • Coordination between NOAA, Ecology, WDFW

 

  • Juvenile Salmonid Data Exchange Network
    • EPA grant through RCO: collaborators include:

PSP, WDFW, ECY, NOAA, NWIFC

 

·        SWIMTAC – Serve as Forum IT advisors and technical     committee? 

    • Additional representatives?
    • Letter of invitation from Chair?

 

Staff

2:15

Item#

5

Protocols  – Status and Next Steps

 

Staff

 

2:45

Item#

6

Follow-up from July 16 Forum Meeting:  Discussion:

“What help can the Forum offer to Regional Organizations?”

Julie Morgan

Jeff Breckel

3:45

 

4:00

Item#

7

Proposed Meeting Dates for 2009

 

ADJOURN

Next Meeting: December 3, 2008

Staff

 

Chair