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PNAMP Questions and Coordination Template (Draft 10/20/05)
Principle
PNAMP Area
of Coordination
Management
Questions
Fish Population
Monitoring
Are NW fish
populations meeting
population viability
objectives
(abundance,
productivity, and
diversity)?
Subordinate Questions
What is the distribution
and size of adult salmon,
steelhead, and bull trout
populations?
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Regional Information Needs
Metrics
Data Required
Presence/absence of adult fishes
Numbers of adult fish
What is the growth rate
of adult salmon,
steelhead, and bull trout
populations?
Returns/Spawner, Lambda, Temporal
Trends
What is the freshwater
Smolts, fry or parr produced per
Spatially-Balanced Survey Design (e.g., EMAP-GRTS design; see Stevens and Olsen 2004)
Evaluation
Method
Survey or
Spatial Scale
Experimental
Design
Temporal
Scale
Presence of
adults,
spawners, or
redds
Census
Sampling
every 3 to 5
years
Numbers of
adults,
spawners, or
redds
Numbers of
adults,
spawners, or
redds
Census or
spatially
balanced
survey1
Census or
spatially
balanced
survey
NW,
Columbia
Basin, ESU,
Population,
Core Area, or
Subpopulation
Annual for at
least 3
generations
Number of
Census or
NW,
Columbia
Basin, ESU,
Population,
Core Area, or
Subpopulation
NW,
Annual
sampling
Annual
Watershed
Condition
Monitoring
productivity of these
populations?
adult, spawner, or redd
smolts, fry or
parr
spatially
balanced
survey
What is the age structure
of these populations?
Age of returning adults or spawners
Otolith, scale,
or length of
adults or
spawners
Census or
spatially
balanced
survey
What fraction of the
spawners of these
populations is of
hatchery origin?
Ratio of hatchery to total fish
abundances
Number of
hatchery
produced adults
or spawners
Census or
spatiallybalanced
survey
What is the biological
condition of spawning
and rearing habitat for
NW fish populations?
Macro-invertebrate and fish
assemblages
Columbia
Basin, ESU,
Population,
Core Area, or
Subpopulation
NW,
Columbia
Basin, ESU,
Population,
Core Area, or
Subpopulation
sampling
Stream,
watershed,
subbasin
Annual
sampling
Annual
sampling
Are aquatic, riparian,
and upland
ecosystems of the
NW being degraded,
restored or
maintained relative
to desired conditions
or objectives?
SpatiallyBalanced
survey
What is the physical
condition of spawning
and rearing habitat for
NW fish populations?
What is the water quality
in spawning and rearing
habitats for NW fish
populations?
Fish Population,
Watershed
Condition, and
Effectiveness
Monitoring
Valley characteristics (valley bottom
types, valley widths and gradients,
valley containment, road density,
land ownership, land use); Channel
characteristics (bed-form types,
channel types, gradient, width/depth
ratio, stability); Riparian vegetation
(structure, disturbance, canopy
cover); Habitat access (dams and
diversions); Stream flows; Habitat
quality (substrate, embeddedness,
large woody debris, pools, offchannel habitat, fish cover)
Temperature, Turbidity,
Conductivity, pH, Dissolved Oxygen,
Nutrients, Pollutants and Heavy
Metals
Spatiallybalanced
survey 1
Stream,
watershed,
subbasin
Annual
sampling
Spatiallybalanced
survey
Stream,
watershed,
subbasin
Annual
sampling
Depends on
correlation or
experimental
approach
Stream,
watershed,
subbasin
Depends on
correlation or
experimental
approach
What are the limiting
factors or threats
preventing the
achievement of
desired habitat, fish
or wildlife
performance
objectives?
What is the relationship
of habitat processes and
functions of upslope,
riparian, and aquatic
systems to biological and
Watershed condition metrics
identified above.
Watershed
condition data
identified
above.
Correlation
of status
monitoring
data or
experimental
environmental habitat
attributes?
What is the relationship
of habitat attributes,
processes, and/or
functions to fish and
wildlife abundance,
productivity, and
diversity?
Effectiveness
Monitoring
Watershed condition and fish
population metrics identified above.
Watershed
condition and
fish population
metrics
identified
above.
Correlation
of status
monitoring
data or
experimental
manipulation
Depends on
correlation or
experimental
approach
Stream,
watershed,
subbasin
Depends on
correlation or
experimental
approach
Type, location, timing and intensity
of habitat actions, and juvenile
survival or adult abundances
Depends on
management
actions
Extensive,
WatershedScale, TopDown
Approach
Large-scale
Before-After
(BA) Studies2
Watershed,
Subbasin
Depends on
management
action(s)
Type, location, timing and intensity
of habitat actions, and ESU
population growth rates
Depends on
management
actions
Extensive,
WatershedScale, TopDown
Approach
Large-scale
Before-After
(BA) Studies
ESU scale
Depends on
management
action(s)
What actions are
most effective at
addressing the
limiting factors
preventing
achievement of
habitat, fish or
wildlife performance
objectives?
Did all tributary habitat
actions in aggregate for a
sub-population increase
juvenile survival or adult
abundance, compared to
a similar sub-population
with few or no habitat
actions?
What contribution did all
tributary habitat actions
for an ESU make toward
increasing the ESU-level
population growth rate?
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manipulation
Intensive BA, BACI, or Staircase designs; see Roni et al. 2005
Did a single tributary
habitat action increase
local fish abundance or
distribution, or improve
local environmental
conditions, compared to
a similar control or
reference site?
Type, location, timing and intensity
of habitat action, local fish
abundance or distribution, and/or
habitat conditions
Depends on
management
actions
Intensive,
ProjectBased,
Bottom-Up
Approach
Project-scale
Before-After
Studies3
Stream,
Watershed
Depends on
management
action(s)
Did some classes of
actions (e.g., riparian
restoration actions)
perform better than other
classes (e.g., passage
improvement actions) in
improving localized
conditions or subpopulation juvenile
survival rates?
Type, location, timing and intensity
of habitat actions, and local habitat
conditions and/or juvenile fish
survivals
Depends on
management
actions
Intensive,
ProjectBased,
Bottom-Up
Approach
Project-scale
Before-After
Studies
Stream,
Watershed
Depends on
management
action(s)
Spawners?
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Estuary
Monitoring
Programmatic
Monitoring
(High Level
Indicators)
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What is the state or
condition of
Programmatic Level
performance goals
Intensive BA, Extensive BA, or replicated BACI; see Roni et al. 2005
Composite number of Spawners
per year per ESU for all stocks of
the species of concern within the
ESU.
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Juveniles?
Riparian and Instream
Habitat?
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% fish stocks healthy
The trend in monitored native
fish populations in key OWEB
investment areas.
% of listed areas where
monitoring is adequate
% of federal ESA species delisted in the last year
% of Oregon ESA listed species
de-listed I the last year.
Adult abundance and trends for
each listed ESU
Adult survival estimates
Composite index of migrants
trapped at trap sites within the
ESU for the species of concern
within the ESU
% increasing
juvenile survival estimates
Composite score yet to be
developed for EMAP indicators
of riparian and instream
conditions
Acres of habitat acquired for
salmon recovery
Trend in native riparian
communities in OWEB
investment areas
Numbers of acres protected,
restored or enhanced
Cubic feet of water conserved
Diversion screens restored
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Water Quality Index?
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Water Quantity?
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Miles of riparian habitat
protected, or enhanced in pilot
watersheds
Assessment consisting of
aggregating road, vegetation, and
in-channel data to assess the
condition of 6th-field watersheds
in an effort to describe the
distribution of the condition of
watersheds in the Northwest
Forest Plan area.
WQI--An index developed by the
Washington Department of
Ecology that utilizes dissolved
oxygen, pH, temperature, nitrate
nitrogen, phosphorus, and
turbidity. Data depends upon
existing non-random ambient
monitoring sites.
% of stream miles monitored
with improved water quality
An index developed by the
Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality that
utilizes dissolved oxygen, pH,
temperature, nitrate nitrogen,
phosphorus, and turbidity. Data
depends upon existing nonrandom ambient monitoring sites
except on the Oregon coast
where sites are random.
Acre-feet or water restored to
Fish Passage Barriers?
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Predation?
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Hatchery?
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Harvest?
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Volunteers?
Restoration Actions?
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Large Rivers
Monitoring
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streams.
Inventory not complete, but
major barriers are identified and
tracked in GIS database.
Compilation from state agencies
and USFS. # of barriers and
miles of habitat opened.
Miles of stream accessed
Annual predation rates and
impact on juvenile salmonid
survival
Evaluate effectiveness of
predator control programs.
Hatchery operation reports
% hatchery management plans
meeting ESA criteria
Number of ESA listed stocks
meeting NOAA approved harvest
goals
% compliance rate with harvest
rules
Hours contributed by volunteers
Amount and kinds of grants
awarded by SRFB
Forest Service projects
% of matching funding from
grants
% of restoration actions that
address restoration priorities