[env-trinity] Lower Klamath Basin Science Conference

Thu May 6 13:51:03 PDT 2004

ANNOUNCEMENT
                  LOWER KLAMATH BASIN SCIENCE CONFERENCE

                              June 7-10, 2004
                         Humboldt State University
                         Arcata, California 52521

The U.S. Departments of the Interior and Commerce and the Klamath River
Basin Fisheries Task Force are hosting a science needs conference June
7-10, 2004 at Humboldt State University.  The conference will begin at 8:00
am on Monday, June 7 and conclude about noon on Thursday, June 10.

The purpose of the conference is to initiate a dialogue between resource
management and scientific communities including tribal authorities,
academia, and other stakeholders about present and future information needs
and their priority in the Basin. The physical connections and ecological
linkages between upper and lower basins including the Trinity River are key
themes. Conference goals focus on anadromous fishes and instream flow
needs. Science needs will be identified, discussed, and synthesized.

The first day will be devoted to the identification of highest priority
management and stakeholder information needs. A planned keynote
presentation by Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Solicitor of the Interior,
representing the President's Klamath Basin Working Group, will highlight
the opening session.  Technical sessions on Days 2 and 3 will address the
state of knowledge regarding key species of interest, physical habitats,
and information needs in the basin. A poster session will provide an
additional forum for presenting current science activities. A plenary
session on June 10th is intended to inform regional decision makers about
the critical needs identified in conference proceedings for science and
adaptive management.

Attendance at the workshop is encouraged for scientific researchers,
natural resource managers, and all interested stakeholders in the Klamath
Basin. Registered participants will receive conference abstracts at
registration and a summary of the scientific recommendations and priorities
following the meeting.

Contacts:
Walt Duffy (Humboldt State University, tel:  707-826-5644)
Irma Lagomarsino  (NOAA Fisheries, tel:  707-825-5160)
Ronnie Pierce (Klamath River Intertribal Fish and Water Commission, tel:
707-839-3637)
Lyman Thorsteinson (U.S. Geological Survey, tel:  206-526-6291)

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Register for the conference at:

http://www.usbr.gov/research/activity/conferences/lower_klamath/registration/registration.cfm

Once you register you will receive an email confirmation.  The email
confirmation will include a link to the website for completing science
needs.

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5/4/04

Draft Agenda (Subject to Change)

Lower Klamath River Basin Science Conference

Humboldt State University

Arcata, California

Monday, June 7, 2004.  John Van Duzer Theater.

7:30-8:30 AM  Registration

8:30-8:45 AM  Welcome and Overview

Purpose and objectives of the Conference- critical exchange of science and scientific needs

Overview of the sessions

Describe the voting process

Describe the role of independent reviewers

8:45-9:05 AM  Keynote Address

Describes the complexity of issues facing the Klamath; conflicting needs; role of science in management; need for connectivity between upper and lower basin.  (Sue Ellen Wooldridge, invited)

9:05-10:00 AM  Agency Perspective Panel on the Role of Science and Future Needs.

NOAA Fisheries 10 min

Bureau of Reclamation 10 min

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 10 min

North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 10 min

California Department of Fish and Game 10 min 

Questions and Answers 5 min

10:00-10:45 AM  Tribal Perspective Panel on the Role of Science and Future Needs.

Hoopa Valley Tribe 10 min

Karuk Tribe 10 min

Klamath Tribes of Oregon 10 min

Yurok Tribe 10 min

Questions and Answers  5 min

10:45-11:00 AM  Break

11:00 AM-12:05 PM  Stakeholder Perspectives.

Siskiyou County Perspective 10 min

Humboldt County Perspective 10 min

Klamath Water Users Association 10 min

Klamath Task Force 10 min

TAMWG 10 min

Klamath Basin Coalition 10 min

Questions and Answers 5 min

12:05-1:05 PM  Catered Lunch at the Kate Buchanon Room.   Luncheon Speaker:  Rollin Richmond, HSU President.

Overview of the Basin and Fish Community

1:05-1:35 PM  Overview of the Physical Environment: Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Water Quality.  (Bob Gearhart?) 

1:35 -2:05 PM  Historical and Present Condition of Lower Klamath River Basin Fish Community.  (Walt Duffy)

Status of Past and Ongoing Studies

2:05-2:35 PM  Status of the Klamath River Comprehensive Flow Study with Respect to the 1998  Flow Study Scoping Document and History of Klamath River Flow Analyses and Recommendations  (Mike Belchik)

2:35-3:05 PM  Past and Current Biological Studies (Outmigrant studies, Coho studies, Green Sturgeon, all other agency studies).  (Dave Hillemeier)

3:05-3:15 PM  Break

3:15-3:45 PM  Overview of Water Quality Studies in the Klamath River Basin  (David Leland)

3:45-4:15 PM  Trinity River Flow Study and Recommendations.  (Clair Stalnaker)

4:15-4:45 PM  Effects of the Summer 2003 Trinity River Pulse Flow on Lower Klamath River Water Quality.  (Paul Zedonis)

4:45-5:15  Overview of Fish Health in the Klamath Basin.  (Jim Winton)

Tuesday, June 8, 2004.  Kate Buchanan Room.  Biological Investigations and Future Needs

8:00-8:05 AM  Introduction

Recent Scientific Reviews

8:05-8:35 AM  The NRC Report:  Lower Basin Findings and Recommendations.  (Peter Moyle)

8:35-9:05 AM  The IMST Report:  Lower Basin Findings and Recommendations.  (Stan Gregory)

Anadromus Fish Habitat Utilization in the Lower Klamath Basin  

9:05-9:35 AM  Estuarine Use by Juvenile Chinook Salmon.  (Mike Wallace)

9:35-10:05 AM  The Use of Radio-Telemetry to Track Chinook Salmon.  (Josh Strange)

10:05-10:35 AM  Update on the Current Information on Green Sturgeon.  (Dave Hillemeier)

10:35-10:45 AM Break

10:45-11:15 AM  Update on the Current Information on Lamprey.  (Toz Soto)

11:15-11:45 AM Observations of Juvenile Coho and Other Species in Thermal Refugia Areas of the Mainstem Klamath River.  (Ron Sutton)

11:45-12:15 PM  Habitat Suitability Criteria and Habitat Use by Juvenile Salmonids in Mainstem Klamath River.  (Co-presenters:  Tom Shaw and Sam Williamson)

Habitat and Population Modeling

12:15-12:45 AM Data Collection for Chinook Salmon Young-Of-Year Production Model (SALMOD).  (Sam Williamson) 

12:45-1:45 PM Catered Lunch

1:45-2:15 PM  Two-Dimensional Habitat Modeling from Phase II.  (Thom Hardy)

2:15-2:45 PM  Monitoring Techniques to Assess Small Populations.  (Dana McCann?)

2:45-3:15 PM  NOAA SW Science Center Presentation on the Development of Viable Salmonid Population Parameters for coho in the Klamath Basin (Eric Bjorkstedt) 

3:15-3:45 PM  Forecasting Chinook in the Klamath Basin: Models, Techniques, and Needs, Including Stock Recruitment Analysis, Cohort Reconstruction, Ocean Modeling, and Predictors. (Mike Mohr)

3:45-3:55 PM  Break

Considerations of Salmonid Health in the Klamath Basin

3:55-4:25 PM  Ceratomyxa shasta Investigations.  (Scott Foott and Jerri Bartholomew)

4:25-5:30 PM  Panel Discussion:  The 2002 Klamath River Fish Die-Off Event.  (Yurok Tribe, USFWS, CDFG).

5:30-7:00 PM  Poster Session (with appetizers)

Monitoring and Prioritizing Sedimentation and Upslope Restoration.  (Dan Gale)

Effects of Flows on Smolt Transit Time and Survivability.  (Steve Smith, Bill Muir)

Monitoring Techniques to Assess Small Populations.  (Hans Voight)

Limiting Factor Analysis of Spring Chinook in the Salmon River.  (Petey Brucker) 

Observations of Juvenile Coho and Other Species in Thermal Refugia Areas of the Mainstem Klamath River.  (BOR, Yurok Tribe, Karuk Tribe) 

 Thermal Infrared and Color Videography as a Tool to Describe Water Quality Conditions in the Shasta and Scott Rivers.  (Russ Faux) 

County Roads: Erosion Inventory for the Trinity River Watershed (Mark Lancaster)

Exploring Climate Teleconnections to Improve Seasonal Operations Planning and Runoff Forecasting, including the Upper Klamath Basin (Levi Brekke)

Sub-Basin Restoration Programs

Wednesday, June, 9, 2004.  Kate Buchanan Room.  

Hydrological and Water Quanity Investigations, and Future Needs.

8:00-9:00 AM  Presentations and Panel Discussion: Estimation of Past Hydrologic Conditions.  (Tom Perry, Barry Hecht, Thom Hardy)

Modeling Water Budgets, Flow, and Water Quality

9:00-9:40 AM  The KPSIM and MODSIM Models (Nancy Parker) 

9:40-10:20 AM  The Use of Hydrologic Modeling in the Development of Flow Recommendations.  (Thom Hardy)

10:20-10:35 AM  Break

10:35 AM-11:05 PM  Flow Models:  Sources and Uses of Flow and Water Quality Data from Klamath Reservoirs and River.  (Mike Deas)

11:05-11:35 AM  Klamath, Shasta, Scott TMDLs (Matt St. John and Alan Flint)

Scott, Shasta, Salmon Rivers

11:35 AM - 12:05 PM  Hydrology of the Scott and Shasta Basins (Bill Bennett)

12:05-12:35 PM  Shasta, Scott and Salmon River Coho Monitoring (Bill Chesney)

12:35-1:05 PM Shasta/Scott Pilot Recovery Plan Study Recommendations (Craig Martz)

1:05-2:05 PM Catered Lunch

Klamath Hydrolelectric Project Reliensing: Science in Hand, Science Still Needed and Panel Discussion 

2:05-2:30 PM  Water Quality (Scott Wells)

2:30-2:55 PM  Fish Passage and Reintroduction (Chuck Huntington) 

2:55-3:10 PM  DOI Agency Needs (David Diamond)

3:10-3:20 PM  DOC NOAA Fisheries (Steve Edmondson)

3:20-3:40 PM  PacifiCorp (Todd Olsen)

3:40-3:55 PM  State of California (Russ Kanz)

3:55-4:05 PM  Lower Basin Tribes (Ronnie Pierce)

4:05-4:20 PM Break

4:20-4:30 PM State of Oregon (Amy Stewart)

4:30-4:40 PM American Rivers (Steve Rothert)  

4:40-5:30 PM Panel Discussion

Thursday, June, 10, 2004.  Kate Buchanan Room..  Integration, Synthesis, and Discussion.

8:00-8:30 AM  Overview of the Conservation Implementation Program (CIP).  (BOR)

8:30-10:00 AM  Discussion of the Synthesis and Reporting of Identified Needs to the State and Regional Directors, and Tribal Representatives. 

10:00-10:15 AM  Break

10:15-11:45 AM  Outside Reviewer Perspective.

11:45 AM-12:15 PM  Description of Participant Involvement in Prioritizing Science Needs and How Information Will Be Reported and Used.

12:15-12:30 PM Next Steps

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