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Presentation Abstract
The Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB), the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), and the Pacific Northwest Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP) have collaborated on an overall assessment of twelve of the sixteen intensively monitored watersheds (IMWs) in the Pacific Northwest. These areas, located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California were specifically chosen for watershed restoration treatments following a limiting factors analysis affecting varied salmonid life histories. All are utilizing validation monitoring in order to test the specific hypothesis crafted for each, while addressing salmonid productivity following treatment implementation. Five of these IMWs are located in the Columbia River basin. Three of the IMWs are located in the Salish Sea, two of which address freshwater elements in paired watersheds, and one addresses estuarine processes. Numerous ESA-listed salmon stocks are located in the PNW and as recently noted, some of these declining stocks represent the prey resource of the Puget Sound’s southern resident killer whales. The IMWs, through their long storied data sets and comprehensive investigations spanning multiple salmonid generations of differing life history behaviors, offer a unique opportunity to address recovery, as well as adaptive management applications
Session Title
Monitoring and Adaptive Management
Conference Track
SSE2: How We Protect the Salish Sea
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2022 : Online)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE-traditionals-454
Start Date
26-4-2022 11:30 AM
End Date
26-4-2022 1:00 PM
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Type
Text
Language
English
Lessons Learned from Intensively Monitored Watersheds (IMWs) of the Pacific Northwest: Management Applications, Considerations, and Adaptive Management
The Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB), the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), and the Pacific Northwest Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP) have collaborated on an overall assessment of twelve of the sixteen intensively monitored watersheds (IMWs) in the Pacific Northwest. These areas, located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California were specifically chosen for watershed restoration treatments following a limiting factors analysis affecting varied salmonid life histories. All are utilizing validation monitoring in order to test the specific hypothesis crafted for each, while addressing salmonid productivity following treatment implementation. Five of these IMWs are located in the Columbia River basin. Three of the IMWs are located in the Salish Sea, two of which address freshwater elements in paired watersheds, and one addresses estuarine processes. Numerous ESA-listed salmon stocks are located in the PNW and as recently noted, some of these declining stocks represent the prey resource of the Puget Sound’s southern resident killer whales. The IMWs, through their long storied data sets and comprehensive investigations spanning multiple salmonid generations of differing life history behaviors, offer a unique opportunity to address recovery, as well as adaptive management applications
