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Program

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Agenda

Thursday, May 22, 2008

8-9 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast Foyer
9-9:05 am	Opening Conference – Fran Wilshusen
9:05-9:20 am	Welcoming by Quinault – Ed Johnstone
	Blessing – Leilani Chubby
9:20-9:45 am	Introduction to Conference – Billy Frank, Jr., NWIFC Chairman
9:45-10:30 am	Keynote: Treaty Rights: The Ultimate Tool For Protecting Habitat (and an update on the Culvert case) Mason Morisset, Attorney at Law, Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak & McGaw
10:30-11 am	Break & Poster Session Poster Information Listed Below
11 am - 12 pm	Quinault Habitat Restoration Efforts Joe Schumacker, Quinault – The Need for Marine Habitat Mapping! Larry Gilbertson, Quinault – Quinault Sockeye Habitat Restoration
12-1 pm	Lunch Speaker: Mike McHenry, Lower Elwha Elwha River Dam Removal-2008 Update
1-2 pm	Engineered Log Jams: Lessons Learned (5 Minutes Q & A after each speaker) Tim Hyatt, Nooksack Tribe - South Fork Nooksack Restoration: How it was done and the lessons learned Byron Rot, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe - Habitat Restoration: It Takes a Community Florian Leischner, Nisqually Tribe - Mashel River Restoration
2-3 pm	South Sound Focus Dave Herrera, Skokomish – Restoration Projects in the Skokomish Estuary John Konovsky, Squaxin – Influence of Wind on Re-suspension of Bacteria on Intertidal Sediment Russ Ladley, Puyallup – Movement and Spawning Distribution of Bull Trout within the White River, Washington
3-3:30 pm	Break & Poster Session Poster Information Listed Below
3:30-4:30 pm	SSHIAP Program Update Bruce Jones, SSHIAP Section Manager, NWIFC Panel Discussion Ron McFarlane, Aquascape Tyson Waldo, SSHIAP Hydro Project Steve Todd, Osa Odum, Marilu Koschak, Puget Sound Nearshore Typology Project Marilu Koschak & Ron McFarlane, CMER Data Mgmt Pilot Project (15 min Q & A SSHIAP)
4:30-5 pm	Coast Salish Gathering - Water Quality Gathering Project Eric E. Grossman, PhD Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey Western Coastal and Marine Geology Program Sarah Akin, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Project Coordinator, Coast Salish Tribal Journey Water Quality Project
5-5:15 pm	USGS Segue into Friday’s Workshop Richard Wagner, USGS
5:15 pm	Conference Close – Fran Wilshusen
5:15-6 pm	Informal Social Gathering
6 pm	Dinner

 

Low-Flow Analysis Workshop
Friday, May 23, 2008

Organized and sponsored by the NWIFC Tribal Water Technical Group and USGS Washington Water Science Center

8:00 – 8:30 am	Welcome and Introduction
	* How we got here: the importance of the NWIFC/USGS relationship – Fran Wilshusen * Tribal Water Resources: the importance of streamflow assessment within a scientific framework – Chris Konrad * Review the agenda and scope of the workshop – Rick Wagner (Moderator)
8:30 – 9:30 am	Perspectives on Streamflow
	* Biological significance of the natural flow regime – John Konovsky * The streamflow networks in western WA, statistics and trends – Mark Mastin * Streamflow in water-quality and ecosystem analysis, the value of a regional approach – Chris Konrad
9:30 – 9:45 am	BREAK
9:45 – 10:45 am	2007 Low-Flow Survey and Results
	* Summary of the measurement effort – Tyson Waldo * Analysis of the 2007 low flow survey data – Chris Konrad
10:45 - 11:45 am	Developing Streamflow Information at Ungauged Sites, I
	* Techniques for estimating streamflow at ungauged sites, part 1 (includes methods from USGS TWRIs, MOVE1, ST85, Q-ratio method ) – Ken Eng and Chris Curran
11:45 am - 12 pm	Questions and Discussion about Morning Sessions
Noon – 1:00 pm	LUNCH
1:00 – 2:00 pm	Developing Streamflow Information at Ungauged Sites, II
	* Techniques for estimating streamflow at ungauged sites, part 2 (includes basin attributes and selection, index site selection, regional regression tools) – Chris Konrad and Mark Mastin
2:00- 3:00 pm	Regional Analysis of Low-Flow in Western WA
	* Base-flow recession separation and analysis – Ken Eng * Spatial analysis of low flows, introduction of Tau – Ken Eng * Using Tau for estimating low flows at partial record sites – Ken Eng * Regional Analysis of Low-Flow in Western, WA – Chris Curran
3:00 – 3:15 pm	BREAK
3:15 – 3:45 pm	Data Quality and Metadata
	* Elements of a QA/QC plan for streamflow analysis – Mark Mastin * Perspectives on metadata – Bruce Jones
3:45 – 4:30 pm	Planning 2008 Low-Flow Survey
	* Lessons learned from 2007 – Tyson Waldo and Chris Curran * Training and equipment – Chris Curran * Communication and coordination – Tyson Waldo * Stream selection – Chris Curran * Data management – Tyson Waldo
4:30 – 5:00 pm	Discussion/ Wrap-up

 

Poster Presentations

1. Nisqually Estuary Restoration Project
   Florian Leischner & Jennifer Cutler – Nisqually Tribe
2. Quinault Sockeye Habitat Restoration Project
   Larry Gilbertson, Bill Armstrong & Tony Hartrich - Quinault Indian Nation
3. Tidal Energy
   Daryl Williams – Tulalip Tribes
4. Lone Tree Creekand Pocket Estuary Restoration Project
   Todd A. Mitchell¹, Rachel M. LovellFord¹, Sarah K. Akin¹, Tiffany T. Hoyopatubbi¹, Eric Beamer², & Rich Henderson^{2
   1}Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, ²Skagit River System Cooperative
5.  Analysis of Nooksack River Delta Progradation into Bellingham Bay, Washington Using  Archival Data Sources
   Michael Maudlin & Ann Stark - Lummi Indian Nation
6. Effects of Watershed Habitat Condition on Coho Salmon Production in the Deschutes River
   Paul Schlenger¹, Mike Schiewe¹, Ray Hilborn², John Konovsky³ & Scott Steltzner^{3
   1}Anchor Environmental, ²Consultant, ³Squaxin Island Tribe
7. SSHIAPHydro Project
   Tyson Waldo – Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
8. Bryson Road Area: Historic Photo Analysis
   Cody Wirkkala  - Skagit River System Cooperative
9. Influence of Wind on Re-suspension of Bacteria on Intertidal Sediment in Oakland Bay
   John Konovsky, Levi Keesecker & Joe Puhn - Squaxin Island Tribe
10. Geochemical Monitoring of Cultured Geoduck Clams and Implication for Wild Stocks
    Yongwen Gao - Makah Fisheries
11. Steps, Alluvial Sediment Storage, and Pools in Headwater Streams of the Northwestern Cascades, Washington
    Curt Veldhuisen¹, David Luzi², Drew Coe³, Mike Olis¹ & Abby Hook^{2
    1}Skagit River System Cooperative, ²Tulalip Tribes, ³Nooksack Tribe
12. Effect of Impervious Surface on Marine Water Quality in South Puget Sound
    Levi Keesecker, John Konovsky, & Scott Steltzner - Squaxin Island Tribe
13. Nisqually Basin 2007 Forest Practices
    Joan Miniken - Nisqually Tribe
14. Coast Salish Gathering
    Debra Lekanoff & Sarah Akin - Swinomish Tribe
15.  Reach-scale Habitat Effects of Engineered Logjams in the South Fork Nooksack River, Washington
    Michael Maudlin - Lummi Indian Nation
16. North Fork Stillaguamish Fine Sediment Study
    Jody Brown - Stillaguamish Tribe
17. Modeling Fecal Coliforms in Oakland Bay
    Anise Ahmed¹ & John Konovsky^{2
    1}Washington State Department of Ecology, ²Squaxin Island Tribe
18. Tribal Journey Water Quality Gathering Project
    Eric Grossman¹ & Sarah Akin^{2
    1}USGS, ²Swinomish Tribe
19. South Fork Nooksack, River Mile 30 Restoration Project
    Melissa Brown & Michael Maudlin - Lummi Indian Nation
20. Deschutes River Mainstem Bank Erosion: 1991 to 2003
    Mary Raines¹, and John Konovsky² & Colleen Seto^{2
    1}LEG, ²Squaxin Island Tribe
21. Lower Hutchinson Creek - South Fork Nooksack River Habitat Restoration
    Melissa Brown - Lummi Indian Nation
22. Goldsborough Creek Post-Dam Removal Smolt Monitoring Study
    Joseph Peters - Squaxin Island Tribe
23. Modeling Ecosystem Dynamics and Trophic Shifts in South Puget Sound 1970-1999
    Sarah Haque & Scott Steltzner - Squaxin Island Tribe
24. Climate Change in Western Washington Across the 21st Century and Implications for Streamflow Regimes and Fish Habitat
    Mariza Costa-Cabral - Hydrology Futures
25. LiDAR Technology Enhances Lummi Nation's Natural Resources Projects
    Michael Maudlin - Lummi Indian Nation
26. Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS)
    Jan Newton – University of Washington
27. Makah Fisheries Management EPA Programs
    Ray Colby - Makah Fisheries
28. Toxic razor clams: The value of early warning
    Bich-Thuy Eberhart - NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
    
29. How does domoic acid move through the food web?
    Kathi Lefebvre¹ & Anthony Odell^{2
    1}NOAA/ Northwest Fisheries Science Center, ²University of Washington/ONRC
30. Knotweed Control on the Quinault Indian Reservation
    Jim Plampin & Jim Hargrove – Quinault Indian Nation

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