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Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. Tribal Initiatives and Exchange Network Projects 4 th Annual National Information Exchange Network Tribal Users Meeting Albuquerque, New Mexico March 24-25, 2009 Presented by Bruce Jones, SSHIAP Section Manager.
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Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Tribal Initiatives and Exchange Network Projects 4th Annual National Information Exchange Network Tribal Users Meeting Albuquerque, New Mexico March 24-25, 2009 Presented by Bruce Jones, SSHIAP Section Manager
NWIFC • The NWIFC is primarily a support service organization that provides direct services to its member tribes to assist them in their natural resources management efforts. • The NWIFC employs approximately 67 full-time staff members to provide services to member tribes.
NWIFC NWIFC Member Tribes Are: Lummi Squaxin Island Makah Skokomish Nooksack Quileute Swinomish Suquamish Upper Skagit Port Gamble S’Klallam Sauk-Suiattle Jamestown S’Klallam Stillaguamish Lower Elwha Klallam Tulalip Muckleshoot Puyallup Nisqually Quinault Hoh
NWIFC TheSalmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program S S H I A P
NWIFC Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program What is SSHIAP? • Provides GIS technical support • Provides a central/regional information coordination function • More than GIS!
NWIFC Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program Workplan • Information Management System development • Development of Arc GIS data management system - AquaScape • Puget Sound & Washington Coast Geomorphic Nearshore Mapping
NWIFC Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program Workplan • EPA Exchange Network Grant • Water Quality Data Exchange • Juvenile Salmon Migrant Data Exchange • Provide data analysis assistance for the Tribe’s culvert case, FFR-CWA Assurances, exempt wells, etc…
NWIFC Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program Water Quality Exchange Network Node • Deployment of the ambient Water Quality Exchange data flow • Intent to provide information to the EPA through the Central Data Exchange
NWIFC Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program Creating a Collaborative Environmental Data Exchange Network for Puget Sound • Partners: PSP, WDOE, WDFW, RCO NWIFC, NMFS • Creation of a Juvenile Salmon Migrant Information • Additional flow: Restoration-Protection Project Information or Adult Salmon