1. CMER Research Update George McFadden CMER Study Implementation Coordinator

2. Favorite Oxymorons Military Intelligence Legal Services Government Worker Corporate Ethics Microsoft Works

3. More Oxymorons? CMER Cooperator CMER Priorities CMER Research Hardwood Conversion Study

4. CMER Cooperators Federal Agencies State Agencies Tribal Organizations Local Governments Landowners

5. Cooperator Expectations Scientific Credibility Fiscal Accountability Inform Adaptive Management Process

6. Project Prioritization Type N Buffer Integrity and Function Eastside Type F Desired Future Conditions Type N Amphibian Response Road Basin-scale Effectiveness Monitoring Type F Statewide Prescription Monitoring Mass Wasting Effectiveness Monitoring Eastside Type F Stream Temperature Wetlands Revegetation Effectiveness

7. Project Prioritization (Cont.) Road Site-scale Effectiveness Monitoring Hardwood Conversion Wetland Mitigation Fish Passage Effectiveness Monitoring Wildlife Program WMZ Effectiveness Monitoring CMZ Effectiveness Monitoring Forest Chemicals

8. Active CMER Research Projects Bull Trout Overlay –Solar Radiation / Effective Shade RMZ Resampling Amphibian Sampling Methods Hardwood Conversion Project –Hardwood Conversion Temperature Study Darius Kinsey Photograph

9. Active CMER Research Projects Eastern Washington Large Woody Debris Dynamics Landform Hazard Classification System & Mapping Protocols Water Typing Field Validation Eastside Nomograph Project Sherry Ballard © California Academy of Sciences

10. Active CMER Research Projects Type N Buffer Effectiveness Monitoring –Type N Buffer Photogrammetric Evaluation Eastern Washington Last Fish Habitat Data Collection Road Surface Erosion Model Update West-side Water Typing Field Validation Darius Kinsey Photograph

11. Active CMER Research Projects Forested Wetlands Regeneration Developmental Project Tailed Frog Meta-analysis Red Alder Growth & Yield Model Eastern Washington Large Woody Debris Dynamics Albert P. Bekker © California Academy of Sciences

12. Hardwood Conversion Study Demonstration Project Site Selection –Hardwood Dominated Stands –Evidence of Previous Conifer Stand Variables Evaluated –Regeneration Success –Stream Temperature –Regeneration Costs and Methods

13. Hardwood Conversion Study Strategy Implement study as alternate plans Landowners will determine: –Reforestation methodology, species, density –Vegetation control methods and frequency –Animal control methods and frequency Study will quantify both ecological attributes and economic outcomes

14. Landowner Requirements No cutting closer than 25 feet of stream Existing conifers in RMZ will not be cut Site must be successfully regenerated

15. Expected Results Conversion Cost Analysis Document Successful Silvicultural Prescriptions Pre- and Post-Harvest Stream Temperature Inform Adaptive Management Process

16. Summary