Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team

Reviews


IMST reviews ongoing or proposed programs and activities that could influence accomplishing the mission of the Oregon Plan. Many of these projects are brought to the Team for its consideration by the Governor's office, legislature, or Oregon Plan agencies. The Team accepts review requests based on the request's technical merits and appropriateness to the Oregon Plan. All review requests are considered and accepted at Team meetings. Please check meeting agendas to determine when reviews will be discussed. For others, see completed reviews in our reports section.

Current and Future Reviews

  • ODEQ's sediment benchmarks. On October 1, 2009, the IMST formally agreed to review Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's approach developing benchmarks for excess sediment in Oregon's water ways (download request letter). This scientific review will be completed by January 15, 2010 and discussed at a January IMST public meeting.

ESA Recovery Plans for Salmonids

On March 15, 2007 ODFW requested that the IMST review 5 salmonid recovery plans during the 2007-2009 biennium (download request letter).The IMST tentatively agreed to the review request pending available Team member and staff time when the documents are ready for review. Details of current recovery plans in review or reviews that have been completed will be posted here.

  1. Middle Columbia River Steelhead draft Recovery Plan (completed, see Recently Completed Reviews below)
  2. Lower Columbia River Recovery Domain draft recovery plan (completed, see Recently Completed Reviews below)
  3. Upper Willamette River Recovery Domain draft recovery plan
  4. Southern Oregon-Northern California Coho draft recovery plan
  5. Snake River Recovery Domain draft recovery plan

Recently Completed Reviews

  • Lower Columbia River Recovery Domain draft recovery plan. The IMST is currenlty reviewing the scientific underpinnings of the State's draft Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead. The plan is being prepared by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in conjuction with the Governor's office (download request letter). The review will be done in two stages. The first stage was a broad review adopted at the IMST's June 25th public meeting. The second stage, an in-depth reivew was completed on October 6, 2009 (download final review).
  • ODFW 's Middle Columbia River Steelhead draft Recovery Plan. On November 6, 2007, the IMST formally agreed to review the scientific underpinnings of the State's draft recovery plan for the Oregon Unit of the Middle Columbia River Steelhead Distinct Population Segment that is being prepared by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (download request letter). The review was completed on May 8, 2008 (download final review)
  • ODFW's draft Rogue Spring Chinook Conservation Plan. On March 15, 2007, the IMST agreed to review the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's draft Rogue Spring Chinook Conservation Plan. The review was requested by ODFW (download request letter). The review was completed May 30, 2007 (download final review)

 

Other Completed Reviews

Click here for other reviews completed in past years.