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Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team
Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds

January 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006 Accomplishment Report

November 2006

Introduction

The Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team (IMST) is a seven-member team of scientists who advise the State of Oregon on science related to the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (Oregon Plan). The IMST was established by the Oregon Legislature in 1997 (ORS 541.409), and its members are jointly appointed by the Governor, Senate President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives. The team represents the disciplines of fisheries (including artificial propagation), oceanography, stream ecology, forestry, range management, watershed science, and agricultural land management. Information about current IMST members can be found at http://www.fsl.orst.edu/imst/members.html.

This report documents the Team’s activities and accomplishments for the period January 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006 . The report also briefly outlines the plans and direction of the Team for the 2006-07 Fiscal Year.

Highlights of Accomplishments

The focus of IMST’s work during this reporting period was on meeting state agency needs for scientific and technical reviews of key programs, initiatives, and assessments. In addition, the Team made progress on two ongoing independent reports, a new thrust toward increasing public awareness of the Team was begun, and some significant additional clarification of Team operations took place. Highlights of the Team’s accomplishments:

• Review of ODFW Draft Native Fish Status Report – the Team provided a scientific review of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (ODFW) comprehensive report on the population status of important fish species in the State. IMST’s review focused on Volume II, Assessment Methods and Population Results. The Team’s review helped ODFW improve scientific credibility of the assessment by suggesting that they strengthen the evidence for major conclusions, disclose uncertainties and their implications, and identifying data gaps. A major recommendation from this review was that inclusion of fish species other than salmonids in the State’s probabilistic sampling program would improve population trend estimates.
• Joint IMST/OWEB Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop. A technical workshop was held by the IMST and Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) in 2006 with the goal of bringing together a diverse group of experts (43 invited scientists, local watershed experts, and resource specialists) to exchange ideas about monitoring the effectiveness of restoration efforts in Oregon. The IMST prepared and released a synthesis of the workshop. In addition, the IMST will develop additional guidance that OWEB can use to both evaluate the effectiveness of its restoration programs and better allocate resources to activities that further the goals of the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds – see “Ongoing Projects” [insert jump to Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring in Ongoing Projects section] for further details.
• Review of ODA Draft Agricultural Water Quality Program Monitoring Guidebook. The Team provided scientific and technical comments on Oregon Department of Agriculture’s (ODA) guidebook for monitoring riparian vegetation condition as part of managing water quality under Senate Bill 1010. The Team summarized key monitoring principles for ODA, and made several suggestions for strengthening the science behind the monitoring effort.
• Review of DEQ Draft Technical Basis for Revising Turbidity Criteria document. The IMST reviewed Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) technical foundation for proposed changes to Oregon’s water quality criteria. Partly on the basis of IMST’s review, DEQ is reexamining their proposal and the analysis behind it.
• Assistance with OWEB Research Proposal Process. The IMST helped OWEB develop a process for soliciting and reviewing proposals for watershed function field research that will enhance the implementation of the Oregon Plan. Proposals are currently being solicited through this process.
• Establishment of IMST Scientific Literature Database. IMST staff created an online database of scientific and technical literature relevant to the recovery of salmonids and their habitats. The database serves technically-oriented individuals involved in management, research, and monitoring of salmonid recovery efforts. The database currently contains over 4,750 references, and is continually updated.

Ongoing projects and reviews:

• Urban and Rural Residential Report. This IMST land use project focuses on populated areas within the state. Its primary considerations are water quality, water quantity, aquatic and riparian habitat structure, and fish passage in urban and rural landscapes. The goal of this project is to define the scientific basis by which urban lands can be managed to help accomplish the goals of the Oregon Plan. IMST expects to finalize this report in June, 2007.
• Eastern Oregon Resources. This report frames a conceptual model that integrates ecosystem components that affect salmonid habitat and watershed health in the region east of the Cascades, primarily in the mid-Columbia and Snake River systems. The report will discuss how land and water uses affect ecosystem components in ways that alter landscape processes, habitat capacity, and site potential, and how these factors in turn affect efforts to rehabilitate and sustain high quality habitat for salmonids and other species. This project is expected to be completed in June 2007.
• Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring. Based on the joint IMST/OWEB Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop held in April 2006, the IMST is developing a series of reports that will discuss the pros and cons of various protocols and methods used in effectiveness monitoring; information gaps and research needs; concepts and tools for aggregating data and answering questions at larger scales; and opportunities to increase scientific rigor and broaden the scope of inference for monitoring information. At this time, three reports are envisioned, one focused on the use of indicators in effectiveness monitoring, one on methods for answering larger-scale questions from project monitoring information, and one on use of status and trend monitoring to evaluate restoration effectiveness. These reports are expected to be completed by June 2007. [insert jump to back to Ongoing Projects section]
• Review of Sediment Removal from Active Stream Channels in Oregon: considerations for federal agencies for the evaluation of sediment removal actions from Oregon streams. Based on an earlier IMST review of instream aggregate mining managed through Department of State Lands (letter report dated July 31, 2002), the IMST is developing comments on this guidance document. The review will be completed and posted on IMST’s website by December 2006.
• ODF Dynamic Ecosystems project. IMST is providing science support to the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Dynamic Ecosystems Project, intended to “. . . promote the science, information acquisition, and analysis systems that are essential for developing sound natural resource policies.” As currently envisioned, the components of this project include a scholarly paper and a symposium that will discuss landscape processes (for example, fire and climate change) and human factors that modify or enhance ecosystem resilience and sustainability.

External communications

During this reporting period, IMST has increased its efforts to communicate with state federal agencies, the Legislature, and key stakeholders in the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. External communications efforts will receive extra emphasis in the next reporting period as well. The objectives of IMST communications are to increase state entities and key stakeholder knowledge about IMST’s activities and invite input from these groups during the formulation and prioritization of IMST work. We hope this will improve the relevance and usefulness of IMST’s products during implementation of the Oregon Plan. External communications efforts span a wide range of activities, including briefings and oral presentations given by IMST members and staff, attendance at meetings where science issues are discussed, and participation in professional workshops and symposia. Some of the highlights of IMST communications efforts are:

• Oregon American Fisheries Society presentation: The Oregon Plan: Ask not what you can do for hatcheries but what hatcheries can do for you.
• Briefing for the OWEB Board on IMST operations and current projects.
• Testimony and discussion with House Committee on Water of IMST review of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s coastal coho assessment.
• Joint discussion of effectiveness monitoring and IMST work plan with Oregon Plan Monitoring Team.
• Revision and update of IMST web page.
• Statistics for Aquatic Resources: Monitoring, Modeling, and Management Conference presentation: Oregon Plan Monitoring – The IMST Perspective.
• Participation in Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership workshop
• Quarterly participation in meetings of the Oregon Plan Core Team, to discuss science needs and issues of the participating agencies.

IMST Public Meetings

IMST meetings generally occur once per month, and are open to the public. Agendas and minutes are posted on the IMST’s website, and audio recordings can be obtained by contacting the IMST at 541-737-6551 or OWEB at 503-986-0187. Subcommittees work sessions involving three or more IMST members are also held as public meetings and the agendas and minutes are also posted. To view a summary list of the topics discussed at each meeting click [insert jump to list of public meetings section(on MS Word page 10)].

IMST Recommendations and Responses

One of the key functions of IMST reviews and reports is to make recommendations to agencies that help them strengthen the science underpinnings of their policies and actions. Recommendations are based on IMST assessment of the best available science pertaining to salmonid recovery, watershed function and the management of Oregon’s natural resources. Under ORS 541.409, agencies must respond to the recommendations of the IMST, explaining how they intend to (or why they do not intend to) implement the IMST suggestions. Agency responses to recommendations and the IMST’s evaluations of the responses are forwarded to the Governor’s office, the Senate President, and the Speaker of the House. IMST summaries of responses and IMST evaluations of responses are posted on the web as Administrative Reports.

Team Operations

This reporting period was a time of significant changes for IMST. The remaining original Team member, Dr. Stan Gregory, completed his appointment, and Dr. Richard Shepard also left the Team. Drs. Neil Christensen, Michael Harte, and Vic Kaczynski were appointed to the IMST at different times during the reporting period, but delays in replacing departing members, as well as time needed to fully integrate new members, challenged the Team’s ability to complete work. For a period of 6 months, the Team functioned with only 5 members, which significantly impeded progress on reports. Despite these challenges, the Team completed important tasks, and made good progress on ongoing projects.

One of the major tasks undertaken relating to Team operations during the reporting period was revision of the Team Charter and Operating Procedures. The Team worked closely with individuals from the Legislature, the Governor’s Natural Resources Office, and the Department of Justice to resolve and clarify some issues. Among the highlights:

• With the assistance of the Governor’s Natural Resources Office, the Chair of the House Committee on Water, and former IMST members, IMST’s obligation to independently identify and prioritize workplan items (in contrast to simply responding to State agency requests) was clarified and affirmed.
• The Team determined that IMST subcommittee meetings of three or more members will be open to the public
• Although IMST is by statute considered a “governing body”, the Team as directed by ORS 541.409 will follow the guidelines of the National Academy of Sciences and not release incomplete reports except to obtain technical review.
• Once the Team was back to full strength, the members developed a set of guiding principles intended to describe professional responsibilities and expectations of Team members and support staff. The #1 principle is: “The IMST will always conduct itself with the highest scientific integrity”.

Budget

The current IMST budget comes from Measure 66 (Lottery) funds, and exists as a line item in the OWEB budget allocation. Because this reporting period spans portions of two biennial budgeting periods, it is not possible to provide a comparison of planned and actual expenditures. To see the IMST budget for the current (2005-2007) biennium, click here.

IMST members receive compensation up to a maximum of 0.25 FTE (full time equivalent), depending on the workload and available funds. Members who are university employees receive their regular salaries, and their home administrative units are compensated for the time spent on IMST business. Members who are federal employees are not eligible for compensation from the State.

Uncertainties in IMST budget forecasting are created by gaps between departure of Team members who have completed their appointments and arrival of their replacements, and by the predominance of short-notice reviews from State agencies as a component of IMST’s workload. The IMST client base is growing and the Team is receiving more review agency requests from a broader spectrum of natural resource agencies than has previously occurred. One of the primary goals of IMST external communication will be to work with the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources, OWEB, and the Legislative Fiscal Office on ways to best determine, portray, and distribute IMST budget forecasting information to the Legislature during budget deliberations.

The IMST administrative and technical support staff is an essential part of the Team and has been instrumental to the Team’s ability to complete its work. Funding during the reporting period provided for one administrative/lead technical support person, one technical support person, and a 0.25 FTE clerical person. The support staff personnel are OSU employees, and except for the clerical position, serve as faculty members. The technical support staff has a broad range of knowledge, research experience, and technical expertise in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest, and provides essential continuity for the Team as it undergoes transitions with new members and Co-Chairs each year.

The Future

Each year, the Team reviews the current program of work and discusses ideas for new reports that address emerging issues or topics of relevance to implementation of the Oregon Plan.

In 2002, the Team, through a series of public discussions, identified 43 technical areas for which information was needed. The top three were:

• Ecological interactions among co-occurring species in the ecosystem (salmonid/non-salmonid, native/non-native, fish/non-fish);
• Effectiveness of salmonid conservation and restoration activities; and
• Historical framework for fish/vegetation distributions and densities, qualities of data, and technical limitations.

This list is currently being discussed by IMST, along with identification of the most relevant, current information needs for the Oregon Plan, and how IMST can be most helpful to Oregon Plan partners and agencies in filling information gaps.

Members of the IMST, January 1, 2005- June 30, 2006

Neil W. Christensen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, joined the IMST April 1, 2005. Dr. Christensen received a B.S. in Agriculture from the University of Nevada - Reno, an M.S. in Agronomy from New Mexico State University, and a Ph.D. in Soil Science from Oregon State University. He served on the faculty of Montana State University, Bozeman, MT from 1971 to 1978 before joining the faculty of Oregon State University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate students, investigates factors influencing plant nutrient availability, and provides Extension education on nutrient management in complex cropping systems. Over the past fifteen years Dr. Christensen has focused on the development and application of diagnostic tools to identify crop production limitations, improve fertilizer management, and protect environmental quality. Dr. Christensen has served as an elected officer of regional and national professional societies. He was an Associate Editor and a Technical editor for the Soil Science Society of America Journal and is currently Editor for the 9th International Symposium on Soil and Plant Analysis. Dr. Christensen is a Certified Professional Soil Scientist and a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. [return to Introduction]

Stan Gregory, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Dr. Gregory has a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Tennessee and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Fisheries and Wildlife from OSU. Dr. Gregory was leader of the Northwest Field Research Laboratory for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from 1977-1981 and a professor in the Department of Fisheries & Wildlife at OSU since 1981. He has conducted research in stream ecology in the McKenzie River basin and the Pacific Northwest for the last 30 years. His research program has investigated many aspects of stream ecology, including algal ecology; invertebrate ecology; fish-habitat relationships; dynamics of large wood; stream chemistry; principles and methods for stream ecosystem restoration; riparian ecology and management; and patterns and processes of river networks in landscape ecology. Dr. Gregory’s appointment ended June 30, 2005. [return to Introduction]

Michael J. Harte, Ph.D. is Professor and Director of the Marine Resource Management Program at Oregon State University, Corvallis, and an Oregon Sea Grant Extension Specialist. He joined the IMST in February 2006. He holds a Bachelors degree in geography and economics and Masters degree in geography from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He received his PhD in geography in 1994 from the University of Victoria, British Columbia. He specializes in the management of coastal and marine resources with a particular emphasis on fisheries issues. He has worked for the public and the private sectors in New Zealand, Canada and the Falkland Islands. Over the last decade Dr. Harte has chaired and served on many advisory boards, committees, working groups and provided scientific and other advice to a wide range of stakeholders at local, national and international levels. [return to Introduction]

Robert M. Hughes, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis joined the IMST in February 2004. Dr. Hughes received a B.A. in Psychology/Biology and an M.S. in Resource Planning and Conservation from the University of Michigan. In 1979, he received his Ph.D. in Fisheries and Wildlife from Oregon State University. Dr Hughes has over 25 years of experience in sampling and analyzing data for fish assemblages in various parts of the US, including previously serving as the indicator coordinator for the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) - - Surface Waters. He developed monitoring techniques and indicators for bird, fish, macrobenthos, and algae assemblages in northeastern US lakes, Appalachian streams and rivers, and western US streams and rivers. He has also developed fish assemblage indicators for Indian, French, and Brazilian rivers. Dr. Hughes has published more than 99 peer-reviewed manuscripts, co-edited three books, and has served as associate editor for two professional journals. He is president of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), and was president of the AFS Water Quality Section in 1999-2001, and the AFS Oregon Chapter in 1994-1995. [return to Introduction]

Victor W. Kaczynski, Ph.D. a consulting fisheries scientist, Parkdale, OR joined the IMST February 2006. Dr. Kaczynski has been working with Pacific salmon since 1970 while an Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography at the University of Washington. He received his B.S. in Biology from SUNY College at Buffalo, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Limnology from Cornell University. He was the Environmental Technical Director for Texas Instruments, Vice President of Beak Consultants Ltd. (western Canada), President of Beak Consultants Inc. (U.S.), and Director of Environmental Sciences for CH2M-Hill. He founded his own firm in 1989. He consults on fishery and water quality issues. His clients have included federal and state natural resource agencies, municipalities, watershed councils, petroleum exploration, geothermal, nuclear, thermal, hydroelectric, petrochemical, forestry, grazing, and irrigation sectors. He was an advisor to the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and College of Forestry at Oregon State University and to the environmental science program at Mt. Hood Community College. He has published on pink and chum salmon early marine life history, parasite effects on bluefish, ecology of Anostracan shrimp, fishery effects of treated pulp mill effluent, use of wetlands for alternative wastewater treatment, environmental standards for the Mexican pulp and paper industry, stream habitat surveys and enhancement, wildfire impacts on stream habitats and salmonids, marine survival of coastal coho salmon, and has authored numerous technical reports. [return to Introduction]

Nancy Molina, M.S., has worked at the interface of science and natural resource management since the 1970’s, when she joined a planning team on the Mt. Hood National Forest. After earning a graduate degree in Botany/Ecology from Washington State University, she returned to the Forest Service where she spent 20 years working as a field ecologist in NW Oregon/SW Washington. During that time she conducted ecological studies for four National Forests, and authored and co-authored a variety of ecological guides and other publications, including "forest landscape analysis and design", a widely-used guide to landscape-scale ecological planning. she has been a frequent speaker on topics relevant to biodiversity, ecosystem management and landscape ecology, and has assisted with landscape planning projects in Taiwan, Great Britain, and Canada. She also has managed a research program for the PNW Research Station that provided science support to public agencies within the Northwest Forest Plan area, and served as Chief of the Physical Sciences Branch of the USDI Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land Management. Ms. Molina retired from federal service in 2005, and currently co-chairs the Oregon Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team. [return to Introduction]

Carl Schreck, Ph.D., Leader, Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Corvallis, Oregon. Dr. Schreck has been researching the biology of fishes for nearly 30 years. He has an A.B. in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley, a M.S. in Fisheries Science and a Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics and Fisheries Science from Colorado State University. He currently serves as Leader of the Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and is senior scientist in the Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey and as a Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at OSU. His research has focused primarily on salmonids. He applies environmental physiology to address environmentally relevant questions; this research has led to over 200 published papers. Dr. Schreck is a member of several scientific and management teams, organizations and committees. He is currently serving a second four-year term as President of the International Federation of Fish Endocrinologists. He has won numerous national teaching, research, and publication awards. Dr. Schreck’s initial appointment ended June 30, 2006 and he has been reappointed for an additional 4-year term beginning July 1, 2006. [return to Introduction]

Richard Shepard, Ph.D., President, Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc., Troutdale, Oregon joined the IMST in February 2004. Dr. Shepard has a B.A. in Biology from Quinnipiac College, Connecticut, an M.S. in Limnology from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in Lotic Ecosystem Ecology/Fluvial Geomorphology from Idaho State University. Dr. Shepard has taught at the university level, worked for a state agency and has been a consultant for the past 16 years. He has conducted research on stream energetics, was the aquatic ecologist at the Center for Biological Control of Mosquitoes at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the Technical Program Manager for the restoration of the Lower St. Johns River (Florida) and a consultant to the natural resource industry for more than 15 years. Dr. Shepard resigned from the IMST September 2, 2005. [return to Introduction]

Carlton Yee, Ph.D., Consulting Forester and Hydrologist, Yee Forest Associates, Bend, Oregon joined the IMST in February 2004. Dr. Yee received a B.S. in Forest Management from Humboldt State University, an M.F. in Industrial Forest Administration from Yale University and his Ph.D. in Forest Engineering from Oregon State University. Dr. Yee has been a consultant for over 25 years with expertise in forest operations, logging systems, watershed effects from logging and the mitigation of those effects. He has participated in a dozen forest practice compliance audits on western U.S. industrial forest ownerships in the last four years. He is an Emeritus Professor of Forest Engineering and Watershed Management, Humboldt State University, with 30 years in education and research at the university. Yee served on the California State Board of Forestry from 1983 to 1991. Yee also served on the Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Commission and was Chair of the Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District until November 2004. In late 2005, Yee was appointed to the OSU Department of Forest Engineering Board. [return to Introduction]

Public Meetings (and Major Topics/Briefings) Held by the IMST

January 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006

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January 18 & 19, 2005 – Team meeting in Salem, OR.

• The IMST discussed it its review of the draft Oregon Coastal Coho Viability Assessment. Ed Bowles and Mark Chilcote (ODFW) and Pete Lawson (NOAA Fisheries), discussed the processes ODFW and the Oregon Coastal Coho Technical Recovery Team used to develop recovery criteria and the differences between the criteria (January 18, 2005).
• The IMST discussed Team operations and the original intent of State leaders when the IMST was formed. The Team also reviewed the Charter. Louise Solliday and Jim Myron (GNRO); Logan Norris and Bill Pearcy (former IMST members); Ken Bierly (OWEB); and Representative Bob Jenson (Chair of the Committee on Water) discussed the intent of the Oregon Plan and the operations of the IMST (January 18, 2005).

February 22 & 23, 2005 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The IMST discussed its draft review of the draft Oregon coastal coho viability assessment. The final review was approved for release by the Team over e-mail.

March 29, 2005 – Urban Project Subcommittee meeting in Corvallis, OR

April 27, 2005 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• Helen Hillman (NOAA National Ocean Services) briefed the Team on “NOAA’s Portland Harbor Database and Mapping Project” (April 27, 2005).
• Mike Mulvey (DEQ) briefed the Team on “Water Quality of the Oregon Coast Coho ESU” (April 27, 2005).

April 28, 2005 – Urban Project Subcommittee meeting in Corvallis, OR

May 18 & 19, 2005 – Team meeting in Portland, OR

• The Team discussed a rough draft of its urban and residential land use report.
• Doug Drake (DEQ) briefed the Team on DEQ’s ambient river monitoring sites and wadeable streams (April 27, 2005) and DEQ’s assessment process (May 19, 2005).
• Rick Hafele (DEQ) briefed the Team on DEQ’s bioassessment of streams (May 19, 2005).
• Bob Baumgartner (DEQ) briefed the Team on DEQ’s program level monitoring (biological), its standard review process, and TMDLs (May 19, 2005).

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June 8, 2005 – Urban Project Subcommittee meeting in Corvallis, OR

June 9, 2005 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The IMST discussed its budget for the 2005-2007 Biennium, subcommittee work on the urban and residential project.
• Greg Sieglitz (OWEB) briefed the Team on main tasks that need to be completed as the agency develops an effectiveness monitoring program, including a workshop held jointly with IMST (June 9, 2005).

October 19 & 20, 2005 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• Greg Sieglitz (OWEB) briefed the Team on the organization and future plans of the Oregon Plan Monitoring Team (October 19, 2005).
• Nicole Charlson (OWRD) and John Byers (ODA) briefed the Team on the Oregon Plan Outreach Team and discussed how the group may be able to help IMST increase public awareness of the IMST and its work (October 19, 2005).
• Jeff Rodgers (ODFW) briefed the Team on current monitoring conducted by ODFW under the Oregon Plan (October 19, 2005).
• Cedric Cooney (ODFW) briefed the Team on data libraries designed for the Oregon Coastal Coho project and other possible libraries for the Oregon Plan Monitoring Program. (October 19, 2005).
• Ray Jaindl and Mack Barrington (ODA) discussed the ODA’s technical needs and possible assistance that the IMST could provide the agency (October 20, 2005).
• Kevin Goodson (ODFW) presented an overview of ODFW’s draft Native Fish Status Report (October 20, 2005)

November 30, 2005 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The Team began discussion of its technical review of ODFW’s draft Native Fish Status Report.
• Jeff Behan (INR) briefed the Team on systematic evidence reviews and their potential uses in ecology (November 30, 2005).
• Jim Cathcart and Jennifer Weikel (ODF) briefed the Team on ODF’s monitoring program under the Oregon Plan (November 30, 2005).
• David Morman (ODF) briefed the Team on the Board of Forestry’s efforts to develop indicators of sustainability and its dynamic ecosystems work plan (November 30, 2005).

December 20, 2005 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The Team discussed and approved for release its draft review of the Native Fish Status Report. The Team also discussed progress made on planning the IMST/OWEB Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop. The Team also began discussions on general operating guidelines.

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January 25, 2006 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The IMST discussed and accepted DEQ’s review request of the technical background document used for revising turbidity criteria. Bob Baumgartner and Tom Rosetta (DEQ) briefed the Team on the state’s turbidity standard, why it is being reviewed, and the process used for revising the criteria. and presented DEQ’s request for the Team to review a technical background document (January 25, 2006)
• Andrew Yost (ODF) briefed the Team on ODF’s dynamic ecosystem work plan and requested that a member of the IMST be involved with the steering committee (January 25, 2006). The IMST agreed that the IMST would provide scientific assistance to the committee but not be formally represented on the committee.

February 23, 2006 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The Team discussed how to approach a technical review for DEQ. Bob Baumgartner and Tom Rosetta (DEQ) presented a synopsis of public technical comments on the proposed turbidity criteria and supporting documents (February 23, 2006).
• The Team discussed proposed workshop questions for the IMST/OWEB Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring and final products the IMST might complete..

March 27, 2006 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The Team discussed and approved a draft recommendation to ODFW to increase its probabilistic monitoring within the state. The Team also spent time on new Team member orientation.

March 27, 2006 – Turbidity Review Subcommittee meeting in Corvallis, OR

April 18 & 19, 2006 – IMST/OWEB Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop in Corvallis, OR

April 24, 2006 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The Team discussed and accepted a request from ODA to review the agency’s draft monitoring guidebook. The Team also discussed and accepted a request from OWEB for assistance with the agency’s process on soliciting research “request for funding proposals”.

May 5, 2006 – Turbidity Review Subcommittee meeting in Corvallis, OR

May 25, 2006 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The Team discussed its draft reviews on DEQ’s technical background document on turbidity and ODA’s draft monitoring guidebook.
• Suzanne Knapp (GNRO) introduced herself and gave an update of the GNRO (May 25, 2006).

June 22, 2006 – Team meeting in Corvallis, OR

• The Team discussed and approved its draft review of ODA’s monitoring guidebook and a revision of OWEB’s request for research proposals. The Team also continued discussing it’s review of DEQ’s technical document on turbidity and final products related to the effectiveness monitoring workshop.

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IMST Budget for July 2005 - June 2007
	July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006	July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007
	TOTAL	TOTAL	BIENNIUM TOTALS
IMST Members 0.20 FTE
OSU Salaries and OPE	76,943	80,339	157,281
Federal salary	0	0	0
Personal Service Contracts	106,500	74,300	180,800
TOTAL TEAM Member Compensation	183,443	154,639	338,081
IMST Support Staff (OSU salaries & OPE)
Clerical 0.25 FTE	12,657	12,632	25,290
Technical 2.0 FTE	110,570	116,372	226,942
TOTAL TEAM SUPPORT	123,227	129,004	252,231
Other Costs
Supplies & Services, including support staff office space (2)	10,644	11,643	8,687
TRAVEL/PER DIEM - OSU employees	1,000	1,000	2,000
TOTAL OTHER COSTS	11,644	12,643	24,287
Fiscal Year Total	318,314	296,286	614,600
Note: OSU waived 10% in overhead costs
Note: Federal employee(s) on Team are not eligible for salary compensation

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