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Schedule & Agenda

Subject to change without notice.

May 25
7:30 am Sign-in  
8:00 Welcome Joan Dukes (NPCC)
8:10 The Importance of LCRE Ecosystem Restoration (tentative) Bill Iyall and Taylor Aalvik (Cowlitz Tribe)
8:30 Introduction Gary Johnson (PNNL)
Session 1: Agency Practices to Adaptively Manage Ecosystem Restoration in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary
8:45 Panel Presentations and Discussion Jeff Breckel (LCRFB); Joyce Casey (USACE); Greg Delwiche (BPA); Glen Lamb (CLT); Debrah Marriott (LCREP); Bruce McIntosh (ODFW); Guy Norman (WDFW); Micah Russell (CREST)
9:45 Speakers/Audience Discussion  
10:00 BREAK  
Session 2: Strategy and Prioritization
10:30 Adaptive Management of Ecosystem Restoration in the Columbia River Basin (tentative) Peter Paquet (NPCC)
10:50 Toward an Integrated Ecosystem Restoration Adaptive Management Program in the Columbia River Estuary Ron Thom (PNNL)
11:10 Development of an Ecosystem Restoration Strategy for the lower Columbia River using a Multiple Lines of Evidence Approach Catherine Corbett (LCREP)
11:30 Strategic Restoration/Preservation Planning of Juvenile Salmon Habitat Based on the Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem Classifcation Si Simenstad (Univ. of Washington)
12:00 LUNCH  
Session 3: Other Adaptive Management Programs
1:30 Adaptive Management of Ecosystem Restoration in the Mississippi River Delta (tentative) Tomma Barnes (USACE)
1:50 Adaptive Management of Ecosystem Restoration in the Missouri River Basin Drew Tyre (Univ. of Nebraska)
2:10 Implementation and Adaptation of the Caspian Tern Management Plan for the Columbia River Estuary: Will it reduce mortality of juvenile salmoids in the estuary? Dan Roby (OSU)
2:30 Columbia River Estuary Double-crested Cormorants: Adaptive Research for Adaptive Management? Donald Lyons (OSU)
2:50 Adaptive Management of Ecosystem Restoration in the South Slough, Coos Bay, Oregon (tentative) Steve Rumrill (South Slough Refuge)
3:10 BREAK  
3:30 Speaker/Audience Discussion  
4:30 Poster Session and Evening Social - MacTavish Room  
7:00 ADJOURN  
May 26
Session 4: Uncertainties Research
8:00 am Resource Partitioning, Habitat Connectivity, and Foraging Variation Among Salmonids in the Estuarine Habitat Mosaic Chris Eaton (Univ. of Washington)
8:20 Juvenile Salmon in Open Waters of the Columbia River Estuary: Dispelling Uncertainty about Salmon Estuarine Ecology Laura Weitkamp (NOAA)
8:40 Wetland Habitat Inundation Patterns in the Tidally Influenced Columbia River and Estuary Amy Borde (PNNL)
9:00 Life History Variation and Growth of Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Columbia River Estuary Lance Campbell (WDFW)
9:20 BREAK  
10:00 Results of Multi-Year Coordinated Fish, Fish Prey, Habitat and Water Quality Data Collection under the Ecosystem Monitoring Project Lyndal Johnson (NOAA)
10:20 Juvenile Salmon Ecology and Restoration of Tidal Freshwater Habitats Nichole Sather (PNNL)
10:40 The ISAB Food Web Review: Understanding the Biological Basis for Fish Production and Restoration in the Columbia River Basin Bob Naiman (ISAB)
11:00 Speaker/Audience Discussion  
11:30 LUNCH  
Session 5: Lessons from Ecological Restoration Projects
1:00 Implementing Salmon Recovery: Lessons Learned Amy Ammer (CREST)
1:20 Progress in Habitat Restoration and Protection in the Columbia River Estuary: An Analysis of Historic and Projected Rates and Types of Projects Chris Collins (LCREP)
1:40 Riparian Wetland Response to Livestock Exclusion in the Lower Columbia River Basin, USA Sarah Holmen-Shewell (PSU)
2:00 Initial Evaluation of Ecosystem Restoration Sites within Levee'd Systems: An Empirical Methodology Michael Ott (USACE)
2:20 Lessons Learned on LCRE Ecosystem Restoration from the Persepctive of the Expert Regional Technical Group TBD
2:40 Speakers/Audience Discussion  
3:00 BREAK  
Session 6: Conclusions and Recommendations
3;30 Session 1 Panelists Conclusions and Recommendations
4:00 Speakers/Audience Discussion  
4:25 Closing Remarks Gary Johnson (PNNL)
4:30 ADJOURN  

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