Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP)

1. Pacific NorthwestAquatic Monitoring Partnership(PNAMP) A forum for coordinating state, federal, and tribal aquatic monitoring programs in the Pacific Northwest

2. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Purpose is to achieve more robust and cost-effective information through improved coordination and compatibility • Allow shared resources and data across organizations • Provide increased scientific credibility, cost-effective use of limited funds, and greater accountability to stakeholders

3. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership PNAMP Goals • Technical forum to develop, coordinate and inform M&E programs • Forum and process for communication to decision makers • Clearing house for design, protocols, anddata management • Process to establish landscape/ecosystem metrics

4. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership PNAMP Partners June 2005 BPA CDFG CBFWA CRITFC Colville Tribes EPA NOAA Fisheries NWIFC NPCC OWEB PSMFC ACOE BLM USBR USFS USGS WA ECY WA GSRO WA SRFB

5. Structure of PNAMP Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership • Watershed condition monitoring • Fish population monitoring • Project effectiveness monitoring • Data management • Estuary monitoring • Other topics as interest merits

6. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership PNAMP 2005 Progress • Charter finalized and signed by 19 state, tribal, federal, and regional entities • Strategy Complete • Identify key management questions • Develop standardized metrics and protocols • Identify regional efforts that are key components of a monitoring network • 2005 Workplan

7. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership PNAMP 2005 Progress • Protocol Comparisons • Watershed “Side-by-side Test” underway Summer 2005; Fish Protocol document under review • Universal Survey Design • IMW draft plan • Regional data dictionary

8. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership PNAMP 2006 Planning • 2006 Workplan under development • Cross-cut tasks identified at 2005 PNAMP Steering Committee Retreat

9. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership PNAMP 2006 Cross-cut tasks • Protocol standardization/coordination • Inventory of monitoring activities • Universal Survey Design for status monitoring • Data Management (including data sharing agreements) • High-level Indicators • Facilitate regional Networking

10. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Next Steps • Increase involvement in technical workgroups • Increase cross-workgroup interaction • Finalize 2006 Workplan

11. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Example of Cross Cutting Issue: High-level Indicators • What are they and how do they work? • Why are they important? • How have they been applied before in the region? • How will PNAMP develop and apply them?

12. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership High-level Indicators What are they and how do they work? • Similar needs, different approaches: • State of Salmon Report – Washington • Environmental Indicators for the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds – Oregon • Initiative to Develop Provincial Scale Objectives - NPCC

13. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership High-level Indicators Why are they important? • Identify key attributes to monitor • Establish basis for evaluation at programmatic scale • Facilitates reporting to diverse constituencies

14. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership High-level Indicators How have they been applied before in the region? • Compare and contrast the approaches & experiences of Washington and Oregon • Discuss the implications of these experiences for future efforts

15. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership High-level Indicators How will PNAMP develop and apply them? • PNAMP Subcommittee formed to facilitate the identification of indicators appropriate and acceptable for regional use • Subcommittee will develop white paper with recommendations and report back to the Steering Committee

16. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership For more information, see www.reo.gov/PNAMP

17. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Supplemental Slides

18. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Watershed Condition Monitoring • Protocol Comparison: “Side-by-side Test” underway Summer 2005 • Universal Survey Design: under consideration for use by regional monitoring programs

19. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Fish Population Monitoring • Protocol comparison publication: facilitate review of Johnson et al. • Identify regional FPM RME needs and facilitate interaction with existing groups and programs (e.g. CSMEP; CRB pilot studies) • Field protocol comparison tests

20. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Effectiveness Monitoring Workgroup • Intensively monitored watershed (IMW) network • Regional data dictionary for aquatic monitoring attributes • Tools (including high level indicators) for reporting on effectiveness of projects • Common sampling protocols for testing effectiveness of projects

21. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Data Management • Regional coordination workshops hosted by the NED, PNW RGIC, and others (e.g. regional QA/QC, regional spatial definitions, data networking, project management data) • Data Management Coordination Plan, including interaction with existing entities, e.g. NED, IRICC