Agenda

15 min, Welcome, Introduction, and Short Updates

20 min, Columbia River Mainstem Fish Tissue and Water Quality Monitoring Program Development

• Presentation by Laura Shira and Sherrie Duncan (Yakama Nation Fisheries Program) on program development, pilot study progress, and next steps, followed by Q&A.

30 min, Upper Mississippi River Monitoring Programs

• Presentation by Jeff Houser (USGS), Kathi Jo Jankowski (USGS), and Kirsten Wallace (UMRBA) on two complementary multi-state monitoring programs on the Upper Mississippi River – the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program’s Long Term Resource Monitoring element (UMRR LTRM) and the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association water quality monitoring program, followed by Q&A.

30 min, Prioritizing Contaminants of Ecological Concern in Great Lakes Tributaries

• Presentation by Steve Corsi (USGS) and Dan Villeneuve (EPA) on integrated chemical and biological effects monitoring in Great Lakes tributaries, associated prioritization strategies, and some lessons learned from a 10 year, multi-agency research effort. Followed by Q&A.

15 min, Open Discussion

• Discussion of strategies to link tributary monitoring to mainstem Columbia River and estuary monitoring

10 min, Round Robin

• Meeting participants are invited to share 1-2 minute updates about new monitoring on the horizon.

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