[env-trinity] Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force to Meet in Klamath Falls

Thu Jun 3 23:26:45 PDT 2004

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      RELEASE

      U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE - REGION 1

      Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office

      1829 South Oregon Street, Yreka, CA 96097

      IDAHO - NEVADA - CALIFORNIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - 

      HAWAII AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

For Immediate Release                

Contact:                                 June 1, 2004

Laurie Simons - Ecosystem Restoration Team Leader

                Phil Detrich- Field Supervisor

(530) 842-5763 

Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force to Meet in Klamath Falls, Oregon

The Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force (Task Force) will meet at the Shilo Inn, Klamath Falls, Oregon, to discuss issues related to the restoration of salmon and other anadromous fisheries in the Klamath River.  The meeting will take place on June 23, 2004, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; and June 24, 2004, from 8:00 am to 1:30 pm.

The Task Force is a Federal advisory committee that assists the Secretary of Interior in the formulation, coordination, and implementation of a 20-year program to restore the anadromous fisheries of the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area.  The Task Force membership includes representatives of the commercial salmon fishing industry; the in-river sport fishing community; the Yurok, Karuk, Hoopa, and Klamath Tribes; Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Siskiyou, and Klamath Counties; the California Department of Fish and Game; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture; and the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Topics to be discussed at this meeting will include the Trinity River Restoration Program, Klamath Fishery Management Council harvest management, Iron Gate Hatchery tagging, Klamath River TMDL development status, water appropriation issues in the Klamath Basin, restoration project proposals for funding, and progress of restoration planning, coordination, and projects in the Shasta, Scott, Salmon, Lower Klamath, and Middle Klamath sub-basins.

Members of the public are encouraged to attend this meeting and offer comments and recommendations to the Task Force.  For additional information, please contact Laurie Simons, at (530) 842-5763.

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DRAFT AGENDA

KLAMATH RIVER BASIN FISHERIES TASK FORCE MEETING

June 23 - 24, 2004

Shilo Inn

2400 Almond Street

Klamath Falls, Oregon

June 23, 2004

9:00 am                  1.  Convene and opening remarks.  John Engbring, Chair. Vice Chair is Allen Foreman, Klamath Tribes.  Vice Chair for next meeting will be Allen Foreman.

9:10                 2.  Introductions of Congressional staff in attendance

9:20                             3.  Business

                                                a.  Approval of minutes

b.  Adoption of agenda

c.  Report on Draft Addenda to the Long Range Plan resulting from Task Force review of recommendations from Mid-term Evaluation (Ronnie Pierce and Laurie Simons)

d.  Suggestion that the Task Force consider regularly agendizing presentations from timber, farming, and fisher communities to air concerns (Chuck Blackburn)

9:45                             4.  Brief review of last meeting actions/general correspondence/program update (Laurie Simons)

10:00               5.  Brief Updates and Announcements

a.  Update on State coho recovery process (Neil Manji)

b.  Update on Shasta-Scott Recovery Team (Phil Detrich)

c.  Update on NOAA coho recovery planning (Irma Lagomarsino)

d.  Update on NOAA hatchery listing policy (Irma Lagomarsino)

10:15                           6.  Report from the Technical Work Group: progress on Task Force assignments (Petey Brucker)

a.  Mainstem Sub-basin Planning: need Task Force decision/direction on 

how to move forward on Mainstem issues ( Handout)

b.  Identification and discussion on Big Ticket Restoration Projects 

(Handout)

c.  Spring Chinook Volunteer Recovery Program (Handout)

d.  TWG review/recommendations for other proposal processes in Klamath Basin (CDFG etc.)

11:15                           7.  Report from Klamath Watershed Coordination Group (Neil Manji and Dave Hillemeier)

Klamath Basin Compact Commission (Alice Kilham)

Upper Klamath Basin Working Group (Jim Carpenter)

11:35                           8.  Presentation on the Trinity River Restoration Program: How it functions and recent issues (Doug Schleusner, Bureau of Reclamation)

12:15               9.  Public comment

12:30               Lunch

1:45 pm            10.  Planning for Klamath Project Operations and status of the Conservation 

Implementation Program (Christine Karas, Bureau of Reclamation)

2:15                             11.  Presentation on harvest management by the Klamath Fishery Management Council (Phil Detrich, Dave Bitts, Keith Wilkinson, Dave Hillemeier)

3:15                        Break 

3:30                             12.  Presentation on Iron Gate Hatchery tagging and mitigation numbers (Todd Olson, PacifiCorp, and Neil Manji, California Department of Fish and Game)

4:00                             13.  Report on outcomes of the Lower Klamath River Basin Science Conference (Irma Lagomarsino)

4:15                              14.  Proposal to prepare Accomplishments Report for Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Restoration Program (Phil Detrich)

4:30                             15.  Report from Budget Committee on proposed 2005 Work Plan

5:00                             16.  Public comment   

5:15            Recess

5:30-8:00 pm   Social Hour - Join us at Antonio's Cucina Italiana, 1012 Main Street  

June 24, 2004

8:00 am                   17.  Report from Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office on Flow Study and other field studies (Randy Brown)

8:45                             18.  Klamath River TMDL development status (David Leland, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board - TMDL Development Unit lead, and Steve Kirk, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality - Klamath Basin Coordinator)

9:15                             19.  Water appropriation issues in the Klamath River Basin in relation to anadromous fisheries restoration (Reed Marbut, Oregon Water Resources Department)

10:00                           20.  Public comment

10:15                        Break

10:30                           21.  Reports from Sub-basin Coordinators on the status of sub-basin planning, coordination, and restoration efforts

                                    a.  Scott River Sub-basin (Rhonda Muse, SRWC)

b.  Shasta River Sub-basin (Dave Webb, Shasta CRMP) 

                                                            c.  Salmon River Sub-basin (Jim Villeponteaux, SRRC)

d.  Mid-Klamath Sub-basin (Will Harling, Karuk Tribe)

                                    e.  Lower Klamath Sub-basin (Dan Gale, Yurok Tribe)

12:30                           22.  Task Force Decision on 2005 Work Plan

1:00 pm            23.  Public comment 

1:15                             24.  Recap and identify agenda to include in the next meeting 

1:30                             25.  Next meeting is in Yreka, October 13-14, 2004.  We need to schedule the February, June, and October meetings in 2005.

Adjourn
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