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 |
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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
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| 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 Fridays 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 |
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- * 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)
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| 8:30 9:30 am |
Perspectives on Streamflow |
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| 9:30 9:45 am |
BREAK |
| 9:45 10:45 am |
2007 Low-Flow Survey and Results |
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| 10:45 - 11:45 am |
Developing Streamflow Information at Ungauged Sites, I |
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| 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 |
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- * 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
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| 2:00- 3:00 pm |
Regional Analysis of Low-Flow in Western WA |
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- * 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
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| 3:00 3:15 pm |
BREAK |
| 3:15 3:45 pm |
Data Quality and Metadata |
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| 3:45 4:30 pm |
Planning 2008 Low-Flow Survey |
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- * 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
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| 4:30 5:00 pm |
Discussion/ Wrap-up |
Poster Presentations
- Nisqually Estuary Restoration Project
Florian Leischner & Jennifer Cutler – Nisqually Tribe
- Quinault Sockeye Habitat Restoration Project
Larry Gilbertson, Bill Armstrong & Tony Hartrich - Quinault Indian Nation
- Tidal Energy
Daryl Williams – Tulalip Tribes
- Lone Tree Creekand Pocket Estuary Restoration Project
Todd A. Mitchell1, Rachel M. LovellFord1, Sarah K. Akin1, Tiffany T. Hoyopatubbi1, Eric Beamer2, & Rich Henderson2
1Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, 2Skagit River System Cooperative
- Analysis of Nooksack River Delta Progradation into Bellingham Bay, Washington Using Archival Data Sources
Michael Maudlin & Ann Stark - Lummi Indian Nation
- Effects of Watershed Habitat Condition on Coho Salmon Production in the Deschutes River
Paul Schlenger1, Mike Schiewe1, Ray Hilborn2, John Konovsky3 & Scott Steltzner3
1Anchor Environmental, 2Consultant, 3Squaxin Island Tribe
- SSHIAPHydro Project
Tyson Waldo – Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
- Bryson Road Area: Historic Photo Analysis
Cody Wirkkala - Skagit River System Cooperative
- Influence of Wind on Re-suspension of Bacteria on Intertidal Sediment in Oakland Bay
John Konovsky, Levi Keesecker & Joe Puhn - Squaxin Island Tribe
- Geochemical Monitoring of Cultured Geoduck Clams and Implication for Wild Stocks
Yongwen Gao - Makah Fisheries
- Steps, Alluvial Sediment Storage, and Pools in Headwater Streams of the Northwestern Cascades, Washington
Curt Veldhuisen1, David Luzi2, Drew Coe3, Mike Olis1 & Abby Hook2
1Skagit River System Cooperative, 2Tulalip Tribes, 3Nooksack Tribe
- Effect of Impervious Surface on Marine Water Quality in South Puget Sound
Levi Keesecker, John Konovsky, & Scott Steltzner - Squaxin Island Tribe
- Nisqually Basin 2007 Forest Practices
Joan Miniken - Nisqually Tribe
- Coast Salish Gathering
Debra Lekanoff & Sarah Akin - Swinomish Tribe
- Reach-scale Habitat Effects of Engineered Logjams in the South Fork Nooksack River, Washington
Michael Maudlin - Lummi Indian Nation
- North Fork Stillaguamish Fine Sediment Study
Jody Brown - Stillaguamish Tribe
- Modeling Fecal Coliforms in Oakland Bay
Anise Ahmed1 & John Konovsky2
1Washington State Department of Ecology, 2Squaxin Island Tribe
- Tribal Journey Water Quality Gathering Project
Eric Grossman1 & Sarah Akin2
1USGS, 2Swinomish Tribe
- South Fork Nooksack, River Mile 30 Restoration Project
Melissa Brown & Michael Maudlin - Lummi Indian Nation
- Deschutes River Mainstem Bank Erosion: 1991 to 2003
Mary Raines1, and John Konovsky2 & Colleen Seto2
1LEG, 2Squaxin Island Tribe
- Lower Hutchinson Creek - South Fork Nooksack River Habitat Restoration
Melissa Brown - Lummi Indian Nation
- Goldsborough Creek Post-Dam Removal Smolt Monitoring Study
Joseph Peters - Squaxin Island Tribe
- Modeling Ecosystem Dynamics and Trophic Shifts in South Puget Sound 1970-1999
Sarah Haque & Scott Steltzner - Squaxin Island Tribe
- Climate Change in Western Washington Across the 21st Century and Implications for Streamflow Regimes and Fish Habitat
Mariza Costa-Cabral - Hydrology Futures
- LiDAR Technology Enhances Lummi Nation's Natural Resources Projects
Michael Maudlin - Lummi Indian Nation
- Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS)
Jan Newton – University of Washington
- Makah Fisheries Management EPA Programs
Ray Colby - Makah Fisheries
- Toxic razor clams: The value of early warning
Bich-Thuy Eberhart - NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- How does domoic acid move through the food web?
Kathi Lefebvre1 & Anthony Odell2
1NOAA/ Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2University of Washington/ONRC
- Knotweed Control on the Quinault Indian Reservation
Jim Plampin & Jim Hargrove Quinault Indian Nation
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