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SUMMARY:Pacific Northwest Tribal Clean Water Act Training
DESCRIPTION:Tribal water quality and water resource staff are invited to join us and learn how to enhance your program’s capability to implement Clean Water Act (CWA) programs. The training will address CWA programs including Section 106\, Section 319\, Section 303(d)\, water quality standards\, and wetlands and will be useful to Tribes who work on these programs or are interested in pursuing Treatment in a similar manner as a State (TAS) status for one or more programs. The training workshop will be targeted to Tribes who conduct water quality monitoring\, issue water quality certifications\, and address water quality issues\, nonpoint source pollution\, and impaired waters/TMDLs. Tribal staff from across the country are invited\, although there will be a focus on examples and applications for Tribes in the Pacific Northwest. \nThe Pacific Northwest Tribal Clean Water Act Training is being organized by the National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM) and Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota GeoSpatial Services (SMUMN GSS)\, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). \nTraining Workshop Dates and Location\nWhen: November 17-20\, 2025\nWhere: Tulalip\, WA\nVenue: Tulalip Resort Casino\n10200 Quil Ceda Blvd.\nTulalip\, WA 98271 \nGo here for additional information about the workshop\, including how to register.
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/pacific-northwest-tribal-clean-water-act-training/
LOCATION:Tulalip Resort Casino\, 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd.\, Tulalip\, Washington
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SUMMARY:Grande Ronde Model Watershed - State of the Science 2025
DESCRIPTION:Please save the dates: November 18-19\, 2025 for Grande Ronde Model Watershed – State of the Science 2025. \nThe Grande Ronde Model Watershed will host a two-day meeting on November 18–19\, in La Grande\, OR\, featuring presentations and discussions focused on restoration science\, watershed management\, and regional project updates. The agenda includes keynote and technical talks from experts across the basin\, a poster session\, and opportunities for collaboration and networking\, including a social hour at Side A Brewing. While there will not be a virtual attendance option\, recordings of the presentations will be made available following the event. \nPlease reach out to Amanda Coffman after the event if you would like access to the recordings. \nVisit the website at: GRMW Home or send an email to Amanda Coffman\, amanda@grmw.org. \n 
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/grande-ronde-model-watershed-state-of-the-science-2025/
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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SUMMARY:Northwest Power and Conservation Council Meeting (November 2025)
DESCRIPTION:Agenda\, meeting time\, and other materials will be posted at the NPCC website the week before the meeting here: Council Meeting | Northwest Power and Conservation Council
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/northwest-power-and-conservation-council-meeting-november-2025/
LOCATION:Portland\, Oregon
CATEGORIES:Non-PNAMP Event
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SUMMARY:Connecting the Dots from Forest and Estuary Management to Climate-Resilient Salmon - free webinar
DESCRIPTION:Northwest Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Network\n\nUpcoming Webinar: Connecting the dots from forest and estuary management to climate-resilient salmon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Wednesday\, November 19\, 2025\, 11 AM–12 PM (Pacific) \nWhat: In this Northwest RISCC paired researcher-practicioner webinar\, Michele Buonanduci will present the findings of recent research into the impacts of forest and estuary management on the climate resilience of salmon in Washington’s Willapa basin\, including the impacts of Spartina eradication. Chad Phillips will then provide details about Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Spartina management efforts. \nRegister here! \nTalk descriptions: \n“Willapa basin salmon responses to land management in the context of climate change” — Michele Buonanduci \nAs climate change alters freshwater\, estuarine\, and marine habitats\, Pacific salmon need increasing levels of conservation action to maintain population health. Restoration is implemented within the broad-scale context of changing ocean conditions\, yet we lack an understanding of the relative extent to which land-based actions can contribute to the resilience of salmon populations under climate change. We addressed this challenge using an integrated population model of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in the Willapa basin (southwest Washington\, USA). We evaluated how chum population dynamics have varied with watershed-scale forest management\, estuarine invasive species control efforts\, and changing ocean conditions from 1984 to 2022. Overall\, our findings illustrate the capacity for multiple conservation actions to contribute to salmon population health and suggest that watershed-scale forest management has the potential to bolster the persistence of salmon populations under climate change. \n“Washington State’s Invasive Spartina Eradication Effort” — Chad Phillips \nSpartina\, commonly known as cordgrass\, can disrupt the ecosystems of native saltwater estuaries. If left unchecked\, Spartina outcompetes native vegetation and converts ecologically healthy mudflats and estuaries into solid Spartina meadows. As a result\, important habitat for salmon\, forage fish\, invertebrates\, shorebirds and waterfowl are lost\, the threat of flooding is increased\, and the state’s shellfish industry is negatively impacted. Since 1995\, The Washington State Department of Agriculture has served as the lead state agency facilitating the cooperation of local\, state\, federal and tribal governments; universities; interested groups; and private landowners. The Spartina eradication effort has been highly effective — reducing infestations from a high of more than 9\,000 solid acres in 2003 to 6.7 solid acres in 2024. 76 sites infested with Spartina have been successfully eradicated; however\, significant work remains. The remaining infestations are distributed over 126 separate sites\, meaning 62 percent of Washington’s 202 infestations are not yet eradicated. An emerging challenge is Spartina quickly spreading into and negatively impacting important salmon restoration projects in the North Puget Sound.
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/connecting-the-dots-from-forest-and-estuary-management-to-climate-resilient-salmon-free-webinar/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:NAISMA Webinar: Harnessing AI for Invasive Species Detection: Smart Traps\, Drones\, and Machine Learning in Action - FREE
DESCRIPTION:*NOTE-this is not a fisheries specific webinar but using AI and remote sensing is a rapidly evolving technique and can be applied across a variety of sciences. This information could help aquatic specialists explore new ways to detect aquatic invaders. The webinars will highlight how emerging technologies are being adapted and applied to meet the challenges of invasive species detection in the field—providing a glimpse into the future of smart conservation. \nJoin NAISMA this November for a dynamic webinar showcasing how artificial intelligence is transforming invasive species detection and monitoring across ecosystems. Through innovative applications like smart traps\, drones\, and machine learning\, researchers and practitioners are unlocking new tools to manage biological invasions more effectively and efficiently. \n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\nDr. Melissa Miller from the University of Florida will present her work on developing AI-powered smart traps designed to detect and remove invasive tegu lizards—large\, fast-moving reptiles that threaten native wildlife and agriculture in the southeastern U.S. Dr. Thomas O’Shea-Wheller from the University of Exeter will share his team’s research on using deep learning models to detect invasive hornets in real time\, offering critical insights for rapid response and containment. Representing Ducks Unlimited Canada\, Matthew Bolding and Mallory Carpenter will discuss their efforts to integrate drone technology and AI to monitor populations of European water chestnut\, a fast-spreading aquatic invasive plant impacting wetland biodiversity and water quality. \nVespAI: Applying Deep Learning to the Detection of Invasive Hornets presented by Thomas O’Shea-Wheller\nThe invasive hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax is a rapidly proliferating threat to biodiversity and apiculture in Europe\, East Asia\, and North America. To date\, authorities have struggled to contain the hornets\, as colonies must be detected and destroyed early in the invasion curve if establishment is to be prevented. Current monitoring approaches rely primarily upon visual alerts by the public and surveillance trapping\, however the former yields less than 0.01% accuracy\, while the latter kills substantial numbers of native invertebrates. With the continuing spread of V. velutina\, there is thus a pressing need to develop improved monitoring technologies within a limited timeframe. In this talk\, I outline VespAI\, an automated system for the rapid detection and behavioural quantification of V. velutina\, V. crabro\, and V. orientalis. VespAI leverages a hardware-assisted AI approach\, combining a standardised monitoring station with deep YOLO architecture\, trained on a bespoke end-to-end pipeline. This enables the system to detect hornets in real-time—achieving a precision-recall score of ≥0.99—and send associated image alerts via a compact remote processor. I discuss the development\, performance\, and future deployment of the system\, and highlight its potential to enhance the scope and sustainability of invasive hornet surveillance at a global scale. \nThis webinar will highlight how emerging technologies are being adapted and applied to meet the challenges of invasive species detection in the field—providing a glimpse into the future of smart conservation. \n\n\n\nDr. Thomas O’Shea-Wheller\, University of Exeter\nDr. Thomas O’Shea-Wheller is interested in the complex interactions that govern collective behavior\, ecology\, and self-organization within social insects. As a Research Fellow based at the University of Exeter\, he works with ants\, bees\, hornets\, and termites to explore colony network dynamics\, social plasticity\, and behavioral heterogeneity in invasive contexts. His current research includes projects pertaining to honey bee epidemiology\, collective decision-making in ants\, and the detection of invasive species using artificial intelligence.
URL:https://pnamp.org/event/naisma-webinar-harnessing-ai-for-invasive-species-detection-smart-traps-drones-and-machine-learning-in-action-free/
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