2. Overview 1.Types of monitoring 2.Partnership monitoring needs 3.Current monitoring coordination efforts

3. Monitoring Overview Status and Trends What is the current condition and has it changed over time? Indicators data

4. Monitoring Overview Effectiveness Did management action result in an expected, measurable change in the environment? Adaptive Management

5. Monitoring Overview Validation Are our assumptions and hypothesis correct? Science/management feedback

6. Monitoring Overview Implementation Were programs initiated as planned? Policy feedback

7. Monitoring Overview Compliance Are rules/policies being met properly? Policy feedback

8. Puget Sound Partnership and Monitoring In statute: Strategic Science Program* may include: 1.Continuation of PSAMP 2. Development of a monitoring program (in addition to PSAMP) *with advice from the Science Panel

9. Collaborative network Long-term status and trends (since 1989) Some effectiveness monitoring Puget Sound Indicators Regional and local scale What is PSAMP con’t Drayton Harbor. / Linda Farmer

10. Regional Indicators State of the Sound Reports Transboundary Indicators Reports Other Products Puget Sound Update Reports Conceptual Model PS/GB Research Conference What is PSAMP con’t Drayton Harbor. / Linda Farmer

11. Source: Ecology (EAP), Partnership

12. Atmospheric Exchange Human Uses, Impacts (health impacts, well being) AB Water Quality F Freshwater Flows/Quality FE Aquatic/ Terrestrial Food Webs C Marine/ Estuarine Species and Food Webs C Ocean Exchange Habitat Quality and Quantity, Processes D Salmon, bald eagles Vegetative cover in riparian zone, aquatic insect abundance and diversity Salmon spawning capacity, amphibian abundance Beach nourishment from stream sediments, stream flows balance salinity and sustain marsh plants Contaminant loadings, freshwater impacts on marine circulation Nutrient inputs, toxic impacts on food webs Contaminants in Orcas, pathogen transfer Suspended sediments reduce light for eelgrass, kelp beds filter particulates Eelgrass shelter for Dungeness crab, herring spawn on kelp fronds Harmful algal blooms, changing ocean properties Pollutant deposition, carbon dioxide absorption, warming temperatures Harvest, aquaculture, consuming seafood, recreation, etc.

13. Monitoring Coordination and Forums Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP) Coordinate state, federal, and tribal freshwater and estuarine monitoring programs in the Pacific NW WA, OR, Northern CA English Sole survey. / WDFW

14. Monitoring Coordination and Forums Washington Forum on Monitoring Coordinate technical and policy issues and activities related to monitoring salmon recovery and watershed health. State-wide, legislative mandate

15. Puget Sound Coordinated Monitoring Program (‘Monitoring Consortium’) Establish a new coordinated multi-party structure Built on existing programs and efforts Initiated by local governments Monitoring Coordination and Forums

16. Link to regulatory community Broader representation Secure funding Political independence Prioritize monitoring - strategic science program Transparent and trustworthy What’s needed to strengthen current monitoring programs?

17. Monitoring and the Action Agenda Linkage between PSAMP, PNAMP, Forum, Consortium, other programs, and Action Agenda is important Science panel can help with linkage Science plan will define activities based on Action Agenda Monitoring is the accountability tool Bat star. / Jennifer Vanderhoof