1. Funding Monitoring in 2006 – the Programs role in a West Coast Partnership November 16, 2005

2. Partners on the West Coast include Pacific Northwest Monitoring Partnership Pacific Northwest Monitoring Partnership Columbia Basin fish and wildlife managers Columbia Basin fish and wildlife managers State Salmon Recovery Programs State Salmon Recovery Programs NMFS ESA Recovery Planning NMFS ESA Recovery Planning Puget Sound and Coastal Recovery Programs Puget Sound and Coastal Recovery Programs San Francisco Bay Restoration San Francisco Bay Restoration –Each with their own needs and their own resources

3. Objectives in 2006 Work with West Coast partners for consistent methods and protocols Work with West Coast partners for consistent methods and protocols Establish Program funding priorities for Program and ESA needs Establish Program funding priorities for Program and ESA needs Plan for the long term Plan for the long term

4. Common Purpose Measure population changes Measure population changes Measure watershed health Measure watershed health Evaluate project results Evaluate project results Evaluate hatchery performance Evaluate hatchery performance Update regional data management to support these needs. Update regional data management to support these needs.

5. The Columbia Programs Part – Population Status Monitoring Confirm scope and methods of smolt and adult monitoring in 2006 project review Confirm scope and methods of smolt and adult monitoring in 2006 project review Resolve population monitoring needs between Program and ESA recovery planning Resolve population monitoring needs between Program and ESA recovery planning Resolve the population variables to be monitored. Resolve the population variables to be monitored.

6. The Columbia Programs Part – Watershed Monitoring Agree on priority indicators Agree on priority indicators Figure out who pays for what Figure out who pays for what Move to the long term Move to the long term

7. The Columbia Programs Part – Project Effectiveness Move away from project-by-project monitoring Move away from project-by-project monitoring Confirm intensively-monitored watersheds Confirm intensively-monitored watersheds Link to the other experiments on the West Coast Link to the other experiments on the West Coast

8. Artificial Production Monitoring Try to confirm the basic needs Try to confirm the basic needs Link ongoing monitoring into a regional experiment Link ongoing monitoring into a regional experiment

9. Data Management Update the assignments for regional data collection and management Update the assignments for regional data collection and management Maintain link to ESA recovery needs Maintain link to ESA recovery needs Take advantage of new technology for speed, distribution and access Take advantage of new technology for speed, distribution and access Work through Northwest data management partnership Work through Northwest data management partnership

10. Success Strong collaboration with clear common purposes Strong collaboration with clear common purposes Clear funding assignments Clear funding assignments A durable platform for long term evaluation A durable platform for long term evaluation