october 2009 ketchum, idaho
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Fish and Wildlife Program’s Columbia River Basin High Level Indicators Tracking Progress in the Council Fish and Wildlife Program. October 2009 Ketchum, Idaho. HLIs. Today’s Tasks. Link FW Program, Management Questions, High Level Indicators, and FW Program indicators - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Fish and Wildlife Program’sFish and Wildlife Program’s
Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsColumbia River Basin High Level Indicators
Tracking Progress in the Tracking Progress in the Council Fish and Wildlife ProgramCouncil Fish and Wildlife Program
October 2009October 2009
Ketchum, IdahoKetchum, Idaho
Today’s TasksToday’s Tasks Link FW Program, Management Questions, Link FW Program, Management Questions,
High Level Indicators, and High Level Indicators, and FW Program indicatorsFW Program indicators
Characteristics for successful Characteristics for successful Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsColumbia River Basin High Level Indicators
The recommended Columbia River Basin High Level The recommended Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsIndicators
Role of Council FW Program Management QuestionsRole of Council FW Program Management Questions
Role of FW Program IndicatorsRole of FW Program Indicators
Next StepsNext Steps
HLIs
Linkages: Program, Questions, FW Indicators, and HLI
Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsColumbia River Basin High Level Indicators
Characteristics for Success:Characteristics for Success: Just a fewJust a few Clear, easy to understand at a glanceClear, easy to understand at a glance Tell the most important stories Tell the most important stories Keep your audience in mind: Congress and governorsKeep your audience in mind: Congress and governors
Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsColumbia River Basin High Level Indicators
The Recommended FewThe Recommended Few
1.1. Abundance of Fish and WildlifeAbundance of Fish and Wildlife
2.2. Ecosystem HealthEcosystem Health
3.3. Hydrosystem Survival and PassageHydrosystem Survival and Passage
4.4. Council ActionsCouncil Actions
1.1. Abundance of Fish and Wildlife Abundance of Fish and Wildlife Information presented to convey abundance indicatorInformation presented to convey abundance indicator
Abundance of Adult FishAbundance of Adult Fish
Adult abundance of wild and hatchery Adult abundance of wild and hatchery salmon and steelheadsalmon and steelhead
Juvenile abundance of wild and Juvenile abundance of wild and hatchery out-migrating salmon and hatchery out-migrating salmon and steelheadsteelhead
2.2. Ecosystem HealthEcosystem Health Information presented to convey health indicatorInformation presented to convey health indicator
Based on a few indices chose Based on a few indices chose to align with regionto align with region
Indices may reflect quality of:Indices may reflect quality of: water, water, sediment, sediment, habitat stream / riparian, habitat stream / riparian, biological/invertebrate,biological/invertebrate, landcover, landcover, stream flowstream flow
3. Hydrosystem Survival & Passage 3. Hydrosystem Survival & Passage Information presented to convey hydrosystem indicatorInformation presented to convey hydrosystem indicator
Adult salmon and Adult salmon and steelhead passage survival steelhead passage survival
Juvenile salmon and Juvenile salmon and steelhead passage survivalsteelhead passage survival
4. Council Actions4. Council Actions Information presented to convey action indicatorInformation presented to convey action indicator
Wildlife habitat unitsWildlife habitat units
Instream fish passage Instream fish passage improvementsimprovements Screens, barriers, miles Screens, barriers, miles
accessibleaccessible
Land protected for fish and Land protected for fish and wildlifewildlife
Coordination of Council FW Coordination of Council FW Program actionsProgram actions
Council FW Program Management Questions Council FW Program Management Questions What is their Role?What is their Role?
Reflect FW Program policyReflect FW Program policy
Facilitate tracking of program Facilitate tracking of program implementation with numerical implementation with numerical indicatorsindicators
Enable adaptive management loopEnable adaptive management loop
Focus content to include in Council Focus content to include in Council report to Congress and governorsreport to Congress and governors
Council FW Program IndicatorsCouncil FW Program IndicatorsWhat is their Role?What is their Role?
Communicate important program Communicate important program progressprogress
Subbasin level trackingSubbasin level tracking
Inclusion in Status of the Resource Inclusion in Status of the Resource (SOTR) for outreach(SOTR) for outreach
Align indicators with region as Align indicators with region as feasible, e.g. PNAMP HLI effortfeasible, e.g. PNAMP HLI effort
Next StepsNext Steps
Comments / Approval for Comments / Approval for Recommended High Level Recommended High Level
Indicators for Council’s Report Indicators for Council’s Report to Congressto Congress
Management Questions Management Questions Encourage inclusion of FW Encourage inclusion of FW
Program Indicators in SOTRProgram Indicators in SOTR
Motion from F&W Committee That the Council
Approve three High-Level Indicators in the Council’s report to Congress: 1) Abundance of Fish and Wildlife,2) Hydrosystem Survival and Passage, and 3) Council Actions.
Approve fish and wildlife program management questions as a working list
Recommend that CBFWA include the fish and wildlife Program indicators in the Status of the Resource report; all as presented by the staff and recommended by the Fish and Wildlife Committee and approved by the Council [with changes adopted by the Members at today’s meeting]
The Council understands that the information for these indicators is either currently available or will be collected within existing budgets and that no additional Council funding obligation will result from the adoption of the indicators unless first approved by the Council.