Coordinated Assessments Project Overview Next steps January

Coordinated Assessments Project Overview & Next steps January 17, 2012 Presented to: Independent Science Review Panel Tom Iverson, CBFWA

Coordinated Assessments Facilitation PNAMP CBFWA Columbia River Basin • Federal Agencies • State Agencies • Tribes Federal managers State Biologists/Coordinators Tribal Biologists/Data Technicians Pacific Northwest • Federal Agencies • State Agencies • Tribes Basin-scale data users Funding sources Stream. Net Columbia River Basin • State Agencies • CRITFC Data Technicians Data exchange expertise

1989 -062 -01: Program Coordination and Facilitation Services F&W Foundation 1: Reporting 2: Anadromous Fish 3: LTWG 4: FSOC 5: Resid. Fish 6: Wildlife Deliverable 2. 1 – Anadromous Salmonid Monitoring Strategy Deliverable 2. 2 – Coordinated Assessments (data management) Deliverable 2. 3 – Habitat effectiveness evaluations Deliverable 2. 4 – Hatchery effectiveness evaluations Deliverable 2. 5 – Estuary and ocean information summaries Deliverable 2. 6 – Prepare for 2014 F&W Program Amendments 7: CBFWA

Columbia River Anadromous Salmonid Monitoring Strategy Change in data management approaches is needed to achieve coordinated assessments and reporting

Primary Data Consumers • • NOAA Fisheries States and tribes Bonneville Power Administration Northwest Power and Conservation Council NOAA Salmonid Population Summary Database

Primary Data Providers • • • Idaho Fish and Game Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife Warm Springs Tribe Umatilla Tribe Yakima Tribe Nez Perce Tribe Colville Tribe Shoshone-Bannock Tribe Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

CA Project Approach • Build support for internal infrastructure to support regional data sharing • Keep the effort small and focused and build on its success • Engage regional biologists and data technicians • Provide assistance to agencies and tribes for this project

3 VSP Indicators • Natural Origin Spawner Abundance • Smolt to Adult Ratio • Adult to Adult Ratio

Date Exchange Template (DET) • Defines the content to be shared • Does not contain data • Is used as the basis to design data sharing systems and to send/receive data electronically automated data systems, enterprise databases, or emailing spreadsheets

(DET)

CA Project Activities • Conduct internal agency reconnaissance and develop proof-of-concept examples • Workshop to review examples and get buy-in • Evaluate capabilities of each agency and tribe to share three indicators • Develop individual and Basin-wide data sharing strategies that identify capacities and business practices necessary for integrated data sharing • Prioritize data management projects for BPA and other funding sources

Columbia River Basin Collaborative Data Sharing Strategy: Salmon and Steelhead Population Abundance and Productivity Indicators Recommendations: • A/T invest in internal infrastructure that can enable external data sharing • Create Data Coordinator Positions • Support Ongoing Coordination – Science/Content Forum – Technical Forum • Support investigation of new methodologies & strategies for data sharing

Prioritized Projects • Tier 1 priority: provide data stewards and implement through existing projects – Stream. Net – Tribal Data Network • Tier 2 needs: primarily database infrastructure and QA/QC

CA Phase III (2012) • Submit Strategy for NPCC and ISRP review • Provide assistance to tribes with insufficient plans • Update Data Exchange Template – Develop DET V 1. 0 content – Construct DET guidance document – Guide development of tools and regional infrastructure • Develop formal process to continue CA activities – CA Planning Group facilitated by PNAMP and CBFWF – Technical work group facilitated by Stream. Net

CA 2013 -2015 • Maintain coordination forums – CAPG (CBFWF and PNAMP) – DET Development Team (Stream. Net) – Data Coordinators (Stream. Net/CRITFC) • Expand DET to include additional VSP indicators • Integrate CA with development of DET for habitat and hatchery indicators • Support development of data sharing for resident fish and wildlife

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