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Interagency Coordination: The Oregon Plan Monitoring Team

Interagency Coordination: The Oregon Plan Monitoring Team. Gregory Pettit Acting Administrator Laboratory Division Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 1712 SW 11 th Avenue, Portland OR 97201 pettit.greg@deq.state.or.us (503) 229-5983.

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Interagency Coordination: The Oregon Plan Monitoring Team

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  1. Interagency Coordination:The Oregon Plan Monitoring Team Gregory Pettit Acting Administrator Laboratory Division Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 1712 SW 11th Avenue, Portland OR 97201 pettit.greg@deq.state.or.us (503) 229-5983

  2. Mission: “Restoring our native fish populations and the aquatic systems that support them to productive and sustainable levels that will provide substantial environmental , cultural, and economic benefits.” Developed in 1997 in response to proposed ESA listing of Coastal Coho Salmon and the need to develop Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for 12,000 miles of water quality limited streams. Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (OPSW)

  3. Voluntary restoration actions Coordinated state and federal agency and tribal actions Monitoring – watershed health, water quality, salmon recovery Strong scientific oversight – Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team Relies on volunteerism, stewardship and cooperation Key Elements of Plan

  4. “The Monitoring team will provide a forum for development and coordination of public and private monitoring activities in support of salmon recovery efforts, assist in establishing priorities for monitoring activities, coordinate resource monitoring activities, and provide distribution of information for adaptive management.” Monitoring Team Mission

  5. Monitoring Team Membership State: • Department of Agriculture • Department of Environmental Quality • Department of Fish and Wildlife • Department of Forestry • Division of State Lands • Water Resources Department • Governor’s Natural Resource Office • Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Federal: • National Marine Fisheries Service • Fish and Wildlife Service • Environmental Protection Agency • Forest Service • Bureau of Land Management

  6. Identify critical monitoring questions to assess the effectiveness of OPSW Assist in the development, prioritization, and implementation of monitoring methods and assessment methods involving multiple agencies Assist in the development of compatible monitoring plans amongst agencies and watershed councils Support the integration of public, private, and local monitoring and interpretation Identify data collection and information management standards Identify and communicate research needs to OPSW partners and research institutions Provide a framework for reporting on the status and effectiveness of OPSW implementation activities Identify and Implement adaptive changes to OPSW Monitoring Plan Monitoring Team Objectives

  7. Charter Monitoring Strategy Technical Documents Oregon Watershed Assessment Manual Water Quality Monitoring Technical Guidebook Oregon Riparian Assessment Framework Oregon Coastal Coho Assessment Monitoring Team Products

  8. Charter • Mission statement • Objectives • Membership • Responsibilities • Key activities • Decision Making Process

  9. Monitoring Strategy Desired Outcomes • Assessment of Watershed Conditions and Salmon Populations • Evaluation of Oregon Plan restoration actions, conservation measures, and management practices • Application of monitoring results for use by policy makers, agencies, and the public

  10. Oregon Coastal Coho Assessment Oregon Coastal Coho ESU • Viability Analysis • Factors of Decline • Harvest • Hatcheries • Habitat • Fish Passage • Water Quality • Water Quantity • Monitoring to detect future trends and support adaptive management

  11. Differing assessment methods and statistical designs Solutions: Volunteer monitoring support and protocols development, method comparability studies, data exchanges (PNAMP Habitat, NW Biomonitoring workgroup, Pacific Northwest Data Exchange) Difficulty in sustaining long term funding along with shifting objectives Ongoing Challenges

  12. Monitoring team effective in achieving interagency coordination Best coordination and interagency participation around common objectives As agency objectives diverge, maintaining cooperation becomes more difficult Strongest incentive for cooperation and compromise $$$$$$$ Summary

  13. For more information please visit our web site: http://www.oregon.gov/OWEB/MONITOR/index.shtml

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