May 2009 Public Comments on HLI Summary and Staff Recommendations

1. Image: NOAA-Fisheries May 2009 Public Comments on HLISummary and Staff Recommendations Nancy Leonard Tony Grover Tom Karier

2. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Public Input Who Commented? • Bonneville Power Adm. • Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority (CBFWA). • Eddie Farr. • Federal Caucus members. • ID Office of Species Conservation. • Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. • Lynn Card. • NOAA Fisheries. • Oregon Water Trust. • Pacific Northwest Anadromous Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP).

3. Who Commented? • Pacific Northwest Utilities. Conference Committee. • Public Power Council. • Richard Whitney. • River Partners. • StreamNet. • The Freshwater Trust. • Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. • Washington Forum on Monitoring. • ISAB and ISRP. • Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

4. Image: PNAMP’s HLI comment letter Overall Comments on HLIs • Majority are supportive of the Council’s endeavor to develop HLIs to communicate FW Program progress.

5. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Overall Comments on HLIs • Majority are supportive of the Council’s endeavor to develop HLIs to communicate FW Program progress. • Majority encourage better coordination of Council’s HLI with the region.

6. Overall Comments on HLIs • Majority are supportive of the Council’s endeavor to develop HLIs to communicate FW Program progress. • Majority encourage better coordination of Council’s HLI with the region. • Many request clarification to facilitate evaluating proposed HLIs. • Majority suggests improvements for Council’s HLIs, consisting of modifications, deletions, and additions • Including …

7. Implementation / Habitat Implementation Watershed Condition Biological IMAGE: BPA & USFWS IMAGE: www.freshwaterinstitute.org IMAGE: pubs.usgs.gov Summary of 8 Major Suggestionsfor Indicators • Consider reorganizing some indicators into different categories or add additional categories / subcategories • Such as. . .

8. upland wetland In-stream Estuary www.nwcouncil.org US COE Summary of 8 Major Suggestionsfor Indicators • Consider reorganizing some indicators into different categories or add additional categories / subcategories. • Implementation Indicators’ should be subdivided by habitat type and by different units (avoid combining apples and oranges).

9. Bull Trout www.nrmsc.usgs.gov Hatcheryreform. Summary of 8 Major Suggestionsfor Indicators • Consider reorganizing some indicators into different categories or add additional categories / subcategories. • Implementation Indicators’ should be subdivided by habitat type and by different units (avoid combining apples and oranges). • Include mid Columbia salmonids and resident fish in HLI scope.

10. 26 listed West Coast salmon and steelhead ESUs www.nwfsc.noaa.gov Summary of 8 Major Suggestionsfor Indicators • Consider reorganizing some indicators into different categories or add additional categories / subcategories. • Implementation Indicators’ should be subdivided by habitat type and by different units (avoid combining apples and oranges). • Include mid Columbia salmonids and resident fish in HLI scope. • Salmonids’ abundance reported at population level for each Ecologically Significant Units/ Distinct Population Segments.

11. Spawning salmon - ODFW Rotary screw trap - WDFW Summary of 8 Major Suggestionsfor Indicators • Consider reorganizing some indicators into different categories or add additional categories / subcategories. • Implementation Indicators’ should be subdivided by habitat type and by different units (avoid combining apples and oranges). • Include mid Columbia salmonids and resident fish in HLI scope. • Salmonids’ abundance reported at population level for each Ecologically Significant Units/ Distinct Population Segments. • Report spawner, juvenile, and harvest counts for wild and hatchery salmonids.

12. Summary of 8 Major Suggestions - continued • Harvest and fishery rate should match how they are reported by fishery managers.

13. Summary of 8 Major Suggestions - continued • Harvest and fishery rate should match how they are reported by fishery managers. • Ocean and resident fish harvest indicators’ metrics and data availability need further consideration.

14. www.ecy.wa.gov Summary of 8 Major Suggestions - continued • Harvest and fishery rate should match how they are reported by fishery managers. • Ocean and resident fish harvest indicators’ metrics and data availability need further consideration. • Consider removing “Life Stage Survival” indicator as not adding value.

15. Time Line Staff Recommendation: Phase I: Workshop to Finalize ‘Ready to go’ HLIs • Timeframe: • June 2009 / July 2009. • Participants: • Council members, entities that commented on HLIs, other interested parties. • To do: • Finalize HLIs for 6 implementation and 4 biological performance measures (tables 1 & 2): • Management questions, performance measures, indicator name, metrics, data source, data availability/quality. • Goal: • Present for adoption during July/August Council meeting. • If possible, include these HLIs in 2010 Congressional Report.

16. Time Line Staff Recommendation:Phase II: Workshops for Refinement & Coordination of Other Indicators • Timeframe: • End of summer 2009 to end of spring 2010. • Participants: • Council members, entities that commented on HLIs, other parties. • To do: • Assess priority & feasibility for remaining 9 proposed HLI topics. • For selected HLIs, develop & refine management questions, performance measures, indicator names, metrics, and data availability. • Goal: • Dec 2009 complete fish abundance & watershed condition HLIs. • Complete other priority/selected HLIs by May 2010. • Include these HLIs in 2011 Congressional Report.