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Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team
Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds

July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008 Annual Report

October 23, 2008

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, rangeland management, watershed science, and agricultural land management. Information about current IMST members can be found here.

This report documents the Team’s activities and accomplishments for the period July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008. The report also briefly outlines the plans and direction of the Team for the 2008-09 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, and continuing to increase public awareness of the Team’s products and activities. Highlights of the Team’s accomplishments include:

• Considerations for the Use of Ecological Indicators in Restoration Effectiveness. At the request of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the IMST produced a report designed to assist OWEB and Oregon Plan partners in using ecological indicators as part of their efforts to determine effectiveness of restoration actions designed to restore aquatic habitat and watershed functions under the Oregon Plan. As part of the report, the Team also examined four case studies of large-scale ecological restoration programs that use ecological indicators. Those programs were the Chesapeake Bay Program (multiple mid-Atlantic states), South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program, CALFED Bay-Delta Program (California), and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s water quality improvement program.
• Review of ODFW’s draft Middle-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan. At the request of the Governor’s Natural Resource Office (letter from Sue Knapp dated November 6, 2007) the IMST reviewed the draft recovery plan prepared by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). As part of the review the IMST issued six formal recommendations. Recommendations were directed at ODFW, the Oregon Plan Core Team, and the State of Oregon. Five of the recommendations were designed to facilitate the scientific review process and pertain to the middle Columbia recovery plan and future ODFW native fish recovery and conservation plans.
• Recommendation to increase ocean research. The IMST recommended that “...the State of Oregon ensure that the West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health’s priority area of expanding ocean and coastal scientific information, research, and monitoring explicitly include provisions for an interstate and international ocean research program to determine the major causes of and variability in ocean mortality of anadromous salmonids.”
  

Ongoing projects and reviews:

• Aggregating Data. Regional assessment of the status and trends of natural resources often requires analysis and interpretation of data collected at different scales by multiple entities to answer a variety of questions. Sharing data across geographic and jurisdictional boundaries is one way that Pacific Northwest resource managers, policy makers, and scientists can improve their ability to make decisions about salmon recovery, aquatic resources and watershed management (e.g., Northwest Environmental Data Network, Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Program). With the establishment of centralized data bases (e.g. StreamNet) and sharing of data, it is increasingly important to recognize the limitations associated with data aggregation in creating regional or state-level assessments. This report is expect to be finalized by the end of the 2008 calendar year.
• 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 for native salmonids, and fish passage in urban and rural landscapes. The goal of this project is to define the scientific basis by which urban and rural-residential lands can be managed to help accomplish the goals of the Oregon Plan. IMST expects to finalize this report by June 2009. The IMST approved a draft outline for distribution to the public that is posted on the IMST’s website.
• Eastern Oregon Resources. This report frames a conceptual model that integrates ecosystem components that affect native fish habitat and watershed health in the region east of the Cascades. 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 restore or rehabilitate and sustain high quality habitat for salmonids and other species. The IMST approved a draft outline for distribution to the public that is posted on the IMST’s website. Work on the project has been delayed to allow the Team to work on agency requested reviews and the two previous projects listed above. Work on it will resume in the 2008-09 fiscal year.
• ODFW’s draft salmonid recovery plans. In March 2006, the IMST tentatively agreed to review five (5) draft recovery plans prepared by the ODFW pending adequate availability of technical support staff and Team members. The first recovery plan, middle Columbia steelhead, was completed on May 8, 2008. The next recovery plan is expected to be delivered to the IMST sometime in early 2009.

External communications

During this reporting period, IMST has increased its efforts to communicate with state and federal agencies, the state Legislature, and key stakeholders in the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. 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. One way the IMST has worked to accomplish this is to regularly participate in meetings of the Oregon Plan Core Team, to discuss science needs and issues of the participating agencies. 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.

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 here.

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.

During the year the IMST made 7 formal recommendations. Individual recommendations were directed to the State of Oregon, the Oregon Plan Core Team, and ODFW. Several recommendations were aimed at facilitating the scientific review process on salmonid recovery plans and native fish conservation plans. One other recommendation encourages the State of Oregon to expand estuarine and ocean research, monitoring, and scientific information and include provisions for interstate and international ocean research programs.

Team Operations

Budget

The base IMST operating budget comes from Measure 66 (lottery) funds, and exists as a line item in the OWEB budget allocation. In addition, OWEB provided additional funds to support a third Faculty Research Assistant at Oregon State University to provide technical support to the IMST for review of salmonid recovery plans. This reporting period constitutes the first fiscal year of the biennium. To see the 2007-2009 biennium budgets for the IMST budget, click here.

IMST members received compensation from 0.15 to a maximum of 0.20 FTE (full time equivalent), depending on the workload and availability of funds. Members who are university employees receive compensation as a portion of their regular salaries. At no point do university employees receive salary in excess of 1.0 FTE. Members who are federal employees are not eligible for compensation from the State. Members who were neither university nor federal employees were compensated through personal services contracts administered by Oregon State University.

Uncertainties in IMST budget forecasting are created by gaps between departures of Team members who have completed their appointments and arrivals 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 agency requests for reviews from a broader spectrum of natural resource agencies than previously occurred. One of the primary goals of IMST external communication has been 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, two technical support employees, 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.

Voluntary Performance Evaluation Framework

The IMST developed a performance framework based on general principles the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Oregon Progress Board have outlined for state agencies. The IMST's framework is not formally connected to any state reporting process or agency; the framework is strictly a voluntary and internal evaluation tool. As part of this framework the IMST surveyed state agencies (only six provided either individual or agency responses) and assembled information for the past three years. Table 1 is a summation of our findings. In response to a few comments received the IMST will be more explicit in its agenda when detailed work will be indentified in the agenda as well as when decisions will be made.

Table 1. Summation of findings for IMST voluntary performance measures and standards. This summation covers the past three years. The last full budget cycle (2005-2007 biennium) was used for the cost measures.

Performance Measure	Summary of finding
95% of IMST recommendations are agreed to (in principle) by state entities receiving IMST recommendations.	Achieved Eleven of 12 recommendations were agreed to; 1 was indeterminate
95% of Oregon Plan partners requesting IMST reviews agree or strongly agree that IMST comments and/or recommendations are: o Based on best available science o Produced in timely manner o Effectively communicated.	Achieved • 100% agree • 66% agree; 33% neutral • 100% agree
95% of Oregon Plan partners surveyed agreed or strongly agreed that the information provided in IMST reports, reviews, workshops and/or database assisted them in their salmonid recovery and watershed restoration efforts.	Indeterminate not enough responses were received to evaluate the performance measure.
95% of review requests are completed within 10 working days of the deadline agreed to between the IMST and requestor.	Achieved 100% for 6 review requests completed on-time
A work plan estimating the number of agency requests for reviews, independent reports and workshops that are expected to be completed in that biennium.	Achieved Work plans filed with OWEB and OSU for funding
IMST expenditures, when fully staffed, will not be more than the allocated budget and no more than 10% below the allocated budget.	Achieved Expenditures were 11% below budget but Team was not fully staffed during parts of the biennium.
Administrative and support costs will not exceed 15% of total IMST budget.	Achieved Costs were 11% of budget.

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.
Areas that the Team is considering for future reports and/or workshops include:

• Effects of climate change on native fish species, watershed conditions, and water needs/supply,
• Ecological roles and health of estuaries,
• Invasive species, especially aquatic organisms and those that affect watershed health,
• Enhanced integrated monitoring for climate change and ecosystem health,

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, July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007

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 taught undergraduate and graduate students, investigated factors influencing plant nutrient availability, and provided 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 served as 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. Dr. Christensen’s term ended on June 30, 2008.[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 Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis joined the IMST in February 2004. Dr. Hughes received an A.B in Psychology/Biology and an M.Sc. 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, Portuguese, and Brazilian rivers. Dr. Hughes has published 104 peer-reviewed manuscripts, co-edited three books, served as associate editor for two professional journals, and given over 100 invited presentations. He was president of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) in 2006-2007, the AFS Water Quality Section in 1999-2001, and the AFS Oregon Chapter in 1994-1995. Recent professional awards include the 2007 Best Paper Award in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, a 2007 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to Brazil, and the 2006 Environmental Stewardship Award by the North American Benthological Society. Dr. Hughes' initial appointment ended June 30, 2008 and he is now serving his second term. [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. In 2008, Dr. Schreck was awarded the US Department of Interior’s Meritorious Presidential Rank Award for his work. Dr. Schreck’s initial appointment ended June 30, 2006 and he is now serving his second term. [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.Dr. Yee resigned from the IMST on August 31, 2008. [return to Introduction]

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

July 1, 2007– June 30, 2008

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Click on the date to see the meeting agenda and minutes.

July 31, 2007 - Team meeting in Corvallis

• Team members reviewed and adopted IMST’s draft report on ecological indicators in restoration effectiveness monitoring.

October 31, 2007 - Team meeting in Corvallis

• Subcommittee updated the IMST on progress of ongoing projects concerning salmonids and watershed function in urban and rural-residential areas and native fish and watershed function in central and eastern Oregon.
• Team discussed and accepted a formal review request to review the ODFW’s middle Columbia River steelhead recovery plan.

November 29, 2007 - Team meeting in Corvallis

• Rich Carmichael, ODFW, briefed the IMST on the agency’s middle Columbia River steelhead recovery plan.
• Team discussed how to approach its review of the recovery plan.

January 24, 2008 - Team meeting in Corvallis

• Team elected Co-Chairs for 2008.
• Team reviewed its Charter and Operating Procedures and suggestions by staff on way to increase team work efficiency on reviews and reports.
• Dr. Jeffrey Kline, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, briefed the Team on fine scale land use modeling and its implication for recovery planning.
• Dr Kelly Burnett, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, briefed the Team on salmonid habitats in the context of changing land use and land cover.
• Dr. Jason Dunham, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, briefed the Team on a life history framework to understand production of juvenile steelhead in freshwater as applied to the John Day River.
• IMST reviewed the subcommittees draft review of the Oregon Coast Coho Recovery Plan.
• IMST began its review on ODFW’s middle Columbia River steelhead recovery plan.

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February 19, 2008 - Team meeting in Corvallis

• Dr. Ron Neilson, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, briefed the Team on how well climate change models can be applied at the regional scales.
• Mr. George Taylor, Oregon Climate Service, Oregon State University, briefed the Team on climate and ocean variations over the last 150 years and their effects on Oregon.
• IMST received on update from ODA staff on the agency’s water quality monitoring strategy and discussed how the Team could provide ODA with additional input.
• The IMST continued its review of ODFW’s middle Columbia River steelhead recovery plan.

March 11, 2008 - Team meeting in Corvallis

• Mr. Chuck Huntington, Clearwater Biostudies, Inc., briefed the Team on proposed steelhead reestablishment above the Pelton-Round Butte dams (Deschutes River) and likelihood of success.
• The IMST continued its review of ODFW’s middle Columbia River steelhead recovery plan.

April 24, 2008 - Team meeting in Salem

• Team reviewed and adopted a recommendation to the State of Oregon on ocean and estuarine research and monitoring.
• Ms. Brenda Bateman, OWRD, briefed the Team on the Governor’s Headwaters to Ocean Initiative and the Oregon Water Supply and Conservation Initiative.
• Ms. Gail Achterman, Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University, briefed the Team on the Governor’s Climate Change Initiative and related actions.
• The IMST reviewed and adopted its final draft review of ODFW’s middle Columbia River steelhead recovery plan.

May 16, 2008 - Team meeting in Corvallis

• Dr. Ken Diebel and Mr. Dave Wilkinson, ODA, briefed the Team on the agency’s work to revise it draft Water Quality Monitoring Strategy.
• Team discussed budget planning and Team priorities for the 2009-2011 biennium.
• Team reviewed the draft aggregating data for status and trends monitoring prepared by the monitoring subcommittee.
  

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IMST Recommendations Issued During the July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 Fiscal Year

IMST Review of ODFW’s draft Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Steelhead Populations in the Middle Columbia River Steelhead Distinct Population Segment
(November 2007 draft)

Recommendation 1: IMST recommends that Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife include in the Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan and all future recovery and conservation plans an explicit analysis or discussion of uncertainty associated with fundamental assumptions or conclusions regarding management action effectiveness that are likely to have significant consequences to recovery if the assumption or conclusion was incorrect.

Recommendation 2: IMST recommends that the Oregon Plan Core Team further demonstrate how the multi-agency monitoring activities proposed in the Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan will detect change in status and trends of populations and habitat in the DPS.

Recommendation 3: IMST recommends that in all future recovery and conservation plans Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife include a monitoring plan sufficient to demonstrate that trends departing from recovery targets could be detected in time to allow changes in recovery strategies or tactics intended to respond to such trends. This would require clear objectives and milestones for monitored parameters, as well as a description of monitoring plan design, implementation, and identification of resources required to implement the monitoring plan.

Recommendation 4: IMST recommends that in each recovery and conservation plan Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife include the specific management actions to be taken if the status and trends of populations and habitat diverge significantly from recovery goals or predicted trends.

Recommendation 5a: IMST recommends that in each recovery and conservation plan Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife thoroughly consider projections of future changes to landscape or limiting factors, including land use and climate changes, when establishing recovery actions and formulating adaptive management strategies.

Recommendation 5b: IMST recommends that State of Oregon integrate monitoring and evaluation into state initiatives in the area of climate change to allow for scientific evaluation of recovery and conservation plans.

Recommendation 6: IMST recommends that Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ensure that time and cost estimates of recovery plans include costs for recovery actions listed in the plan.

West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health
(October 19, 2007 Draft Action Plan)

Recommendation: The Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team recommends that the State of Oregon ensure that the West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health’s priority area of expanding ocean and coastal scientific information, research, and monitoring explicitly include provisions for an interstate and international ocean research program to determine the major causes of and variability in ocean mortality of anadromous salmonids.

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IMST Budget for July 2007 - June 2009
	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008	July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009
	TOTAL	TOTAL	BIENNIUM TOTALS
IMST Members 0.20 FTE
OSU Salaries and OPE	60,254	61,459	121,713
Federal salary	0	0	0
Personal Service Contracts	91,800	91,800	183,600
TOTAL TEAM Member Compensation	183,443	154,639	338,081
IMST Support Staff (OSU salaries & OPE)
Clerical 0.25 FTE	12,657	13,536	26,193
Technical 2.0 FTE	131,584	133,763	265,347
TOTAL TEAM SUPPORT	144,241	147,297	291,538
Other Costs
Supplies & Services, including support staff office space (2)	14,901	14,901	29,802
TRAVEL/PER DIEM - OSU employees	3,500	3,500	7,000
TOTAL OTHER COSTS	18,401	18,401	36,802
Fiscal Year Total	314,696	318,957	633,653
Note: OSU waived 10% in overhead costs
Note: Federal employee(s) on Team are not eligible for salary compensation

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IMST Recovery Review Budget for Novemeber 2007 - June 2009
	November1, 2007 - June 30, 2008	July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009
	TOTAL	TOTAL	BIENNIUM TOTALS
OSU Salaries & OPE
Team Member Compensation	8,534	16,321	24,855
Technical Support (1.0 FTE)	41,860	65,321	107,162
Total salaries	50,394	81,623	132,017
Personal Service Contracts	10,583	12,800	23,383
Other Costs
Supplies & Services, including support staff office space (1)	4,940	4,160	9,100
TRAVEL/PER DIEM - OSU employees	250	250	500
TOTAL OTHER COSTS	5,190	4,410	9,600
Fiscal Year Total	66,167	98,833	165,000
Note: OSU waived 10% in overhead costs
Note: Federal employee(s) on Team are not eligible for salary compensation

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