PNAMP 2016 Intensively Monitored Watersheds (IMW) Workshop
2016-11-01 08:00 - 2016-11-02 17:00 (America/Denver)
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The Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership is hosting a workshop to bring together IMW stakeholders to discuss results and lessons learned from a decade of IMW research and strategize for future success. The two-day workshop will be a mix of panel discussions, presentations, and smaller work group sessions. We hope you can join us!
Workshop Objectives

Foster communication and the sharing of information between IMW stakeholders
Discuss how IMW results are being used by regulatory and non-regulatory entities
Share results and lessons learned – what works and what doesn’t work
Develop an action plan to better connect stream restoration, monitoring, and policy

NOSA Steelhead Methods Review Workshop
2018-02-22 09:00 - 16:00 | Portland, Oregon
PNAMP Methods Review Workshop
Natural Origin Spawner Abundance (NOSA) for Steelhead
Workshop Notes
Date: Thursday, February 22, 2018 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: GSA Building, 911 NE 11th AVE, Portland OR 97232 (Map), Conference Room C (Floor B1)
As part of PNAMP’s Methods Review Workshop Series, this event is intended to facilitate information sharing and discussion of implementation of monitoring methods, including field procedures and analytical methods.
Workshop Goals
Our primary goal is to provide a venue for steelhead monitoring practitioners and managers to share their current approaches for estimating Natural Origin Spawner Abundance (NOSA) for steelhead populations. Presentation of experts’ latest work and subsequent discussion will lead to advancements across the community of practice.
Who should attend?
Monitoring practitioners and managers engaged in estimating and using Natural Origin Spawner Abundance (NOSA) estimates for steelhead populations.
What will you get out of attending?
You will hear your colleagues’ best practices, lessons learned, and ideas for consideration. We expect these discussions will help point out agreements and inconsistencies related to methods and inform consideration of future methods.
Presentations:

Weir’d Science: Using Weirs to Estimate Adult Steelhead Abundance in Smaller Streams Ethan Crawford (WDFW)
Estimating summer steelhead NOSA in Eastern Oregon: Redd surveys and probabilistic survey design Jim Ruzycki (ODFW)
Estimating Steelhead Escapement in the Upper Columbia DPS Andrew Murdoch (WDFW)
PIT-tag Based Abundance Estimation for Snake River Basin Steelhead Populations Ryan Kinzer (NPT)
Estimating Steelhead Abundance at a Very Large Scale and Relation to Smaller Scales Tim Copeland (IDFG)

For more information, contact Meg Dethloff, mdethloff@usgs.gov.

Tributary PIT Tag Arrays in the Columbia Basin Workshop
2018-10-16 12:30 - 2018-10-17 12:30 | Portland, Oregon
Tributary PIT Tag Arrays in the Columbia Basin Workshop
October 16, 2018 12:30-5:00 pm
October 17, 2018 8 am-12:30 pm
The 2018 Tributary PIT tag arrays in the Columbia Basin workshop had 104 attendees during the two-day meeting held October 16-17, 2018 in Portland, OR.
Tributary PIT Tag Arrays in the Columbia Basin Workshop Notes
Recordings of Presentations (12 presentation in a playlist), or check out the full PNAMP YouTube channel
What is it?
A free workshop to share and discuss current use of PIT tag arrays and best practices for continued use and data management
Who should attend?
Monitoring practitioners who use PIT tag arrays, and data stewards and analysts who work with the resulting data.
Our goals are to share information, discuss current practices and standards, and set the stage for later work toward assessment and optimization of tributary PIT tag array implementation. We will address:
• protocols and standards for operation and maintenance of PIT tag arrays,
• protocols and standards for data management and communication of resulting information, and
• considerations for future applications of PIT tag arrays in the region.
Anticipated Outcomes
• Identify best practices and establish processes to ensure continued access to this information
• Identify needs for future coordination among practitioners (topics, participants, mechanisms, timelines)
• Set the stage for future discussion of an optimized network of PIT arrays for designated purposes
• Inform future operations and maintenance plans for equipment management and contracting
Workshop Logistics
The workshop will be held at USFWS Conference Room C, 911 NE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97232. We will also offer support for remote participation via web sharing. There is no fee for this workshop. Due to GSA building security requirements, we must have names and affiliation of on-site participants in advance. There is no fee for this workshop. Direct questions to Meg Dethloff (mdethloff@usgs.gov)

PNAMP 2018 Intensively Monitored Watersheds (IMW) Workshop
2018-11-01 08:00 - 2018-11-02 17:00
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The Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP) is hosting a workshop to support learning and information exchange among Intensively Monitored Watershed (IMW) stakeholders and discuss priorities for implementing the IMW network going forward. The two-day workshop will feature presentations of recent results and lessons learned from Pacific Northwest IMWs, offer insights into how well the IMW network is answering key management questions, and use breakout sessions to strategize for future success. We hope you can join us!
Workshop Objectives

Share latest IMW results and lessons learned
Discuss priorities for IMW network implementation and adaptive management
Continue work to improve communication of IMW results to diverse audiences

Smolt Estimation and Analytics Workshop
2019-11-06 12:30 - 2019-11-07 17:30 | Walla Walla Community College
Smolt Estimation and Analytics Workshop
November 6-7, 2019 at Walla Walla Community College
Smolt Estimation and Analytics Workshop Notes
A workshop to share, discuss, and recommend best practices for smolt abundance estimation and related analyses.
Who should attend? Researchers and data analysts who generate smolt estimates or create analytical models for smolt data. Goals are to share information, compare and discuss statistical practices, and recommend further collaboration to develop interoperable data outputs and common analytical tools for smolt data. Representative sessions:
Plenary Session
An overview of the uses of data from smolt trapping and a history of smolt trapping in the Pacific Northwest.
Nuts and Bolts of Smolt Trapping
Data collection, protocols and methods as they relate to use of the data for analysis.
A synthesis of the results of a region-wide survey.
Estimation and Analytics
Presentations by peers and statistical experts to address best practices for conducting analyses of smolt abundance, with consideration of statistical assumptions, population representation, gaps in data, environmental covariates, impacts of life history variations, and estimating abundance at points downstream.
Data Management for Juvenile Out-migrants and Connections to Coordinated Assessments
Ensuring comparability for smolt abundance estimates across the Columbia Basin and understanding terminology and scale of various estimates being presented and used in the region.
For more information please contact Jen Bayer jbayer@usgs.gov

Aerial Monitoring of Aquatic Systems - ETIS 2020/21 Webinar Series
2020-10-06 08:00 - 2020-10-20 17:00 | Virtual
Tuesday, Oct 6, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Richie Carmichael (Biomark) : Drone Assisted Stream Habitat (DASH) Protocol: Establishing consistency and compatibility between UAS monitoring programs
Sarah Hoffmann (Biomark) : Machine learning applications for conservation

Tuesday, Oct 13, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Kain Kutz (USFS) : Mapping riparian habitat and geomorphology monitoring applications within the United States Forest Service (USFS) using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) acquired imagery
Lauren Burns (CRITFC) : Integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into large-scale habitat monitoring in the Columbia River Basin

Tuesday, Oct 20, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Mischa Hey (Quantum Spatial) : Characterizing riverine fish habitat with bathymetric LiDAR
Phil Roni (Cramer Fish Sciences) : Review of remote sensing and emerging technologies for use in evaluating floodplain and riparian projects

ETIS Webinar Series - Aerial Monitoring of Aquatic Systems #1
2020-10-06 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
Watch Recording
Featured Presentations
Richie Carmichael (Biomark)
Drone Assisted Stream Habitat (DASH) Protocol: Establishing consistency and compatibility between UAS monitoring programs
Effective ecosystem management relies on accurate and timely evaluations of environmental status and trends, often equating to costly, time intensive survey efforts. Rapid advances in technology are constantly improving sampling methods, robust statistical inference, and thus cost and time efficiency. Perhaps one of the greatest steps in broad-scale habitat and wildlife monitoring has been advances in remote sensing technology. The Columbia River Basin is a major target for habitat restoration, working towards the de-listing of endangered Chinook salmon and steelhead. Multi-scale habitat characteristics are critical to understanding what defines quality habitat and where to focus restoration efforts. We developed the Drone Assisted Stream Habitat (DASH) protocol to collect data at the channel unit scale in a rapid manner, which is then paired with multispectral imagery collected via drone. Thanks to the time and cost efficiency of drone surveys, this approach can be easily applied to larger scales (tributary, watershed) with minimal additional on-the-ground sampling. Furthermore, we have developed tools that automate the post-processing of drone imagery, substantially increasing the cost efficiency and ease of post-processing. This approach allows for the pairing of fish and habitat data at multiple spatial scales ranging from the watershed to the channel-unit. These data can then be used to populate fish-habitat models, such as quantile regression forest (QRF) capacity models at any desired scale. In the Lemhi River, Salmon ID, we have applied DASH and QRF to define quality juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead habitat, identify current capacity limitations, and monitor the effectiveness of restoration actions. Taken together, the two-pronged DASH and QRF approach is a comparatively inexpensive tool to prioritize, direct, and monitor habitat restoration in near real-time.

Sarah Hoffmann (Biomark)
Machine learning applications for conservation
Effective management of imperiled species, and the habitats they rely on, depend largely on accurate and timely environmental sampling. These data collection techniques are often costly, time intensive, or impossible due to inaccessible habitats. Advances in remote sensing techniques, especially the availability of unmanned aerial systems (UAS, drones), have vastly improved the efficiency of data collection; thus, the new bottleneck occurs at the data processing step. Image processing (orthorectification, alignment, photogrammetry, data extraction, and analysis), data storage, and computing requirements are all documented barriers to entry for remote sensing applications in the conservation world. To address this, we are employing machine learning techniques to automate the processing of imagery and extraction of data. Multi-spectral drone imagery is calibrated to generate absolute values of reflectance and eliminate minute differences between sensor capture timing as the drone is moving. A contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) is applied to increase contrast and definition, thereby improving application of classifiers. We employed both a pixel-based random forest classifier as well as object-based detection in order to classify water, bare earth, vegetation, and woody debris. We are currently working to refine these classifiers in order to extract increased detail at the habitat level. Within the confines of a mask regional convolutional neural network model (rCNN), we are able train a variety of datasets, including the ability to detect and track marine megafauna throughout the southeast Florida coast. Given the proper training data, this neural network classifier is seemingly applicable to a wide variety of ecosystems and species. Our goal is to develop tools that provide real-time, actionable intelligence to drive the recovery of imperiled species.

eDNA Session - ETIS 2020/21 Webinar Series
2020-11-03 08:00 - 2020-11-17 17:00 | Virtual
Tuesday, Nov 3, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

David Pilliod and Matthew Laramie (USGS) : eDNA 101: Overview of sampling and extraction methods for environmental DNA

Tuesday, Nov 10, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Carl Ostberg (USGS) : eDNA 201: Using environmental DNA for single-species assessments

Tuesday, Nov 17, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Taylor Wilcox (National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation) : eDNA 301: Multi-species and biodiversity assessments, focusing on laboratory procedures and interpretation of results including challenges and future directions

Fish Monitoring and Assessment - ETIS 2020/21 Webinar Series
2021-01-07 08:00 - 2021-01-28 17:00 | Virtual
Thursday, Jan 7, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Chris Harrington (IDFG), Justin L Welty (USGS), Michelle Steg-Geltner (YN), and Samantha Smith (NPT) : Latest applications for handheld devices for field data collection

Thursday, Jan 14, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Thomas Delomas (PSMFC/IDFG) : Measuring ploidy with non-lethal tissue samples and amplicon sequencing
John Hargrove (PSMFC/IDFG) : Parentage-based tagging improves escapement estimates for ESA-listed adult Chinook Salmon and Steelhead in the Snake River basin

Thursday, Jan 21, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Gabriel Brooks and Benjamin Sandford (NOAA) : Advances in PIT tag technology and what this can mean for assessments

Thursday, Jan 28, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Ryan Kinzer (NPT) : A streamlined data flow for improved decision making: data collection to analysis and all the gunk in between
Dan Isaak (USFS) : The Fish Data Analysis Tool: Applying spatial stream network models with standardized databases to provide information for decision making

Data Management Session - ETIS 2020/21 Webinar Series
2021-02-11 08:00 - 2021-02-25 17:00 | Virtual
Thursday, Feb 11, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Amanda Whitmire (Stanford University) : The basics of data management plans for research
Stacy Schumacher (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation) : The Centralized Data Management System used by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation for the storage of fisheries data

Thursday, Feb 18, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Kevin D. Henry and Jeff Peters (USGS) : Data visualization tools and frameworks for hazards and risk research
Brendan Ward (Astute Spruce, LLC) : Using open-source technologies to build spatial web apps

Thursday, Feb 25, 1:00-2:30pm Pacific (watch recording )

Tami Wilkerson (Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Library/CRITFC) : Tools and best practices for data sharing and reuse to advance research
Patricia Soranno (Michigan State University) : The ethics of data sharing in the environmental sciences

Fish Monitoring Work Group Meeting (February 2021)
2021-02-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
The PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group (FMWG), meets quarterly to update participants on current FMWG tasks, share expertise through presentations on innovative fish monitoring, and provides you with opportunities to engage regional managers and experts. These meetings are an opportune time to discuss tasks and get input from members on where they see importance or could use facilitated support. The FMWG is also interested in your work; if you would like to present your innovative fish monitoring ideas or any recent publications at a future meeting please contact Meg Dethloff, mdethloff@usgs.gov
NOTES from this meeting
Agenda:

Introduce the purpose and objectives of the FMWG
Review past input and begin to prioritize ideas for tasks
Introduce the FMWG Core Team and invite more participation in this team (which helps to organize the work group)
Provide opportunity to discuss the future direction of the FMWG, including how we can support fish monitoring practitioners and also the needs of the Coordinated Assessments Partnership and the CAX Data Exchange
Review recent input regarding with Coordinated Assessment Data Exchange Standards (DES) document

Missed a previous FMWG meeting? Check out our YouTube page for presentations or task meetings.

PNAMP Remote Sensing Forum Reboot
2021-03-16 12:30 - 14:00 | Virtual
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The Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP) is excited to announce we are restarting the Remote Sensing Forum! The intent of the forum is to support individuals and entities (e.g., federal, state, tribal, nonprofit, etc.) with equitable opportunities to learn and advance the use of remote sensing technologies and data for the research and management of aquatic ecosystems. Join us for our first meeting to learn more about what we’re planning and let us know what your remote sensing interests are.
Meeting Objectives

Describe the purpose and goals of the PNAMP Remote Sensing Forum
Introduce the Remote Sensing Forum Organizing Committee
Describe forum activities planned for the first year
Seek feedback on the prioritization of the topics we might want to tackle

Who Should Participate in the Remote Sensing Forum?

Anyone interested in exchanging information and exploring best practices for remote sensing methods and data analysis for aquatic ecosystems. We are striving for a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experience, and we are committed to cultivating an inclusive environment.

Questions?
Contact Amy Puls (apuls@usgs.gov) and Lauren Burns (burl@critfc.org)

PNAMP Remote Sensing Forum
2021-06-15 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
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Featured Presentations
Kai Ross (Cramer Fish Sciences): Automated Feature Extraction: The Trials and Tribulations of Extracting LWD
Rikeem Sholes (USFWS): Enumerating Lamprey Using Machine Learning

PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group Meeting (July 2021)
2021-07-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
The PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group (FMWG), meets quarterly to update participants on current FMWG tasks, share expertise through presentations on innovative fish monitoring, and provides you with opportunities to engage regional managers and experts. These meetings are an opportune time to discuss tasks and get input from members on where they see importance or could use facilitated support. The FMWG is also interested in your work; if you would like to present your innovative fish monitoring ideas or any recent publications at a future meeting please contact Meg Dethloff, mdethloff@usgs.gov
Tech Talk: WATCH RECORDING
Using temperature-sensing radio transmitters to evaluate water temperature use and migration success of adult sockeye salmon in the Yakima River, Washington”
Toby Kock is a research fish biologist at the USGS Columbia River Research Laboratory in Cook, Washington. His research interests include the evaluation of dam passage and survival, assessment of fish collection devices, development of fish passage options at high-head dams, reintroduction of salmon and steelhead to areas blocked by dams, and effects of climate change on salmon ecology and dam management. He joined the USGS in 1998 and has since been working on fisheries studies focused on Pacific salmon and dams in the Pacific Northwest. His expertise includes the use of telemetry systems to monitor juvenile and adult salmon and steelhead. His presentation is on his current work in the Yakima River using temperature-sensing radio transmitters to evaluate water temperature use and migration success of adult sockeye salmon in the Yakima River.
Agenda

10:00 – Welcome and Introductions
10:05 – Task Updates
10:20 – Tech Talk
11:10 – Q&A
11:30 – Adjourn

Missed a previous FMWG meeting? Check out our YouTube page for presentations or task meetings.

PNAMP Remote Sensing Forum
2021-10-05 09:30 - 11:00 | Virtual
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Featured Presentations
Matt Barker (OSU): Estimating 2-dimensional area of coarse woody material from UAS imagery
Wyatt McCurdy (USFS Contractor): Remote sensing methods for monitoring Stage 0 restoration metrics on Whychus Creek using high-resolution imagery

Fish Monitoring Work Group Meeting (October 2021)
2021-10-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
The PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group (FMWG), meets quarterly to update participants on current FMWG tasks, share expertise through presentations on innovative fish monitoring, and provides you with opportunities to engage regional managers and experts. These meetings are an opportune time to discuss tasks and get input from members on where they see importance or could use facilitated support. The FMWG is also interested in your work; if you would like to present your innovative fish monitoring ideas or any recent publications at a future meeting please contact Meg Dethloff, mdethloff@usgs.gov
Tech Talk: WATCH RECORDING
“An overview of WDFW’s State of Salmon (SoS) analysis 2020”
Neala Kendall and Thomas Buhrens of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will present an overview of the 2020 State of the Salmon report. The report provides information on the achievements and challenges, statewide and regionally. and progress in Washington State. Join us to learn about the state of salmon in watersheds. Visit the State of Salmon in Watersheds site for more information.
Agenda

10:00 – Welcome and Introductions
10:05 – Task Updates
10:20 – Tech Talk
11:10 – Q&A
11:30 – Adjourn

Missed a previous FMWG meeting? Check out our YouTube page for presentations or task meetings.

PNAMP IMW Management Applications Synthesis Workshops
2021-12-03
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Intensively Monitored Watershed (IMW) programs have been active across the Pacific Northwest for over twenty years. These study systems represent one of the few opportunities to understand fish-habitat relationships at watershed scales and across multiple life cycles. This information is essential to salmon and steelhead conservation and recovery programs, which annually invest millions of dollars in habitat projects and population and habitat monitoring. As IMW studies move into post-treatment monitoring phases, preliminary take home messages can help natural resource managers, policy makers, and practitioners more effectively implement recovery and habitat programs, as well as convey the benefits of long-term monitoring at a time when investments in salmon recovery are being reassessed at local, state and federal levels.
A small team of staff from the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership, Snake River Salmon Recovery Board, Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board, and the Washington Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office worked with IMW program leads from study systems across the Pacific Northwest to identify lessons learned to date, and to recommend applications from the IMW programs to conservation and restoration work. Survey questions on targeted fish population responses, restoration action types and anticipated watershed responses, and management and policy outcomes were distributed in summer 2021 to individual IMW program leads. Survey responses were synthesized in October 2021. In winter 2021, three workshops with IMW stakeholders were held to discuss synthesized survey responses and develop management application recommendations. Workshop outcomes were published and shared broadly in 2022; see link to report above.

PNAMP Remote Sensing Forum
2021-12-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
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Featured Presentations
Morgan Bond, Ph.D. (NOAA Fisheries): Using Satellite Imagery to Inform Models of Instream Flow and Fish Habitat
Nick Wagner (Salmon Watch Program Manager for the World Salmon Council and owner of Foresight Drone Services): Marine Debris Detection with Amphibious Fixed-wing UAVs: Stories from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Fish Monitoring Work Group Meeting (January 2022)
2022-01-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
The PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group (FMWG), meets quarterly to update participants on current FMWG tasks, share expertise through presentations on innovative fish monitoring, and provides you with opportunities to engage regional managers and experts. These meetings are an opportune time to discuss tasks and get input from members on where they see importance or could use facilitated support. The FMWG is also interested in your work; if you would like to present your innovative fish monitoring ideas or any recent publications at a future meeting please contact Meg Dethloff, mdethloff@usgs.gov
Tech Talk: WATCH RECORDING
Migration Patterns of John Day River Adult Steelhead
Ian Tattam, John Day Research Project Leader for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. A large proportion of summer steelhead from the John Day River, Oregon “overshoot” the John Day River confluence with the Columbia River and ascend McNary Dam (119 km upstream of the John Day River confluence). Approximately 60% of John Day River origin steelhead display this straying behavior, which may be temporary, but is also associated with permanent straying of some individuals. High levels of straying could be detrimental to the abundance and viability of the John Day River “source” populations. In addition to the risk of straying, and hence, complete loss of reproduction in the John Day basin, fallback over Columbia River hydrosystem dams may increase mortality of adult steelhead. In this study we examined overshoot and fallback of John Day River summer steelhead by characterizing adult migration patterns upstream of Bonneville Dam with emphasis on the John Day River confluence; and identifying key thermal refuge areas downstream of the John Day River. In order to achieve these objectives, we acoustic tagged 200 wild adult summer steelhead and deployed 35 acoustic receivers between Bonneville and Priest Rapids dams on the Columbia River.
Agenda

10:00 – Welcome and Introductions
10:05 – Task Updates
10:20 – Tech Talk
11:10 – Q&A
11:30 – Adjourn

Missed a previous FMWG meeting? Check out our YouTube page for presentations or task meetings.

PNAMP Remote Sensing Forum
2022-03-16 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
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Featured Presentations
Kurt D. Carpenter (USGS) Use of remote sensing to detect algae in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs
Dr. Emily Fairfax (CSUCI) Smokey the Beaver: how beaver dams keep riparian corridors green during droughts and wildfires

PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group Meeting (April 2022)
2022-04-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
The PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group (FMWG), meets quarterly to update participants on current FMWG tasks, share expertise through presentations on innovative fish monitoring, and provides you with opportunities to engage regional managers and experts. These meetings are an opportune time to discuss tasks and get input from members on where they see importance or could use facilitated support. The FMWG is also interested in your work; if you would like to present your innovative fish monitoring ideas or any recent publications at a future meeting please contact Meg Dethloff, mdethloff@usgs.gov
Tech Talk: WATCH RECORDING
Common Metrics Used in the PNW Salmonid “Viability Report”
Eli Holmes, a data analyst with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will present the common metrics used in the PNW Salmonid “Viability Report”. She will discuss the common metric methods for ESU/DPS trends and status, and other analysis involved in writing in NOAA’s 2022 Biological Viability Assessment.
Agenda

10:00 – Welcome and Introductions
10:05 – Task Updates
10:20 – Tech Talk
11:10 – Q&A
11:30 – Adjourn

Missed a previous FMWG meeting? Check out our YouTube page for presentations or task meetings.

Stream Habitat Metric Integration Project Team Meeting
2022-10-19 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
Project Team Meeting. For more information, please contact Jen Bayer jbayer@usgs.gov.

PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group Meeting (October 2022)
2022-10-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
The PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group (FMWG), meets quarterly to update participants on current FMWG tasks, share expertise through presentations on innovative fish monitoring, and provides you with opportunities to engage regional managers and experts. These meetings are an opportune time to discuss tasks and get input from members on where they see importance or could use facilitated support. The FMWG is also interested in your work; if you would like to present your innovative fish monitoring ideas or any recent publications at a future meeting please contact Meg Dethloff, mdethloff@usgs.gov
Meeting: WATCH RECORDING
Instead of having a tech talk during this meeting, we covered the past 2 years of the PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group progress and planning for future work. We discussed completed tasks and their products or actions that were taken from the tasks, and then we covered task still in progress and expected outcomes. Planning for the new PIT Tag Array Data and Related Analyses Task has begun. Marika Dobos (IDFG) and Russell Scranton (BPA) are part of the leadership team and introduced the task and led a discussion on what products they are proposing to accomplish. Gabriel Brooks (NOAA, PTAGIS IPTDS Subcommittee) gave an overview of the charter and goals of the subcommittee.
Agenda

10:00 – Welcome and Introductions
10:05 – FMWG Background
10:20 – Task Team Updates (completed and in progress tasks)
11:10 – PIT Tag Array Data and Related Analyses introduction and discussion
11:30 – Adjourn

Missed a previous FMWG meeting? Check out our YouTube page for presentations or task meetings.

Emerging Technologies Information Sessions (ETIS) 2022 Hybrid Event
2022-11-14 08:00 - 2022-11-16 17:00, 2022-11-14 12:00 - 2022-11-16 12:00 | Hood River, Oregon, Hood River, OR, United States
PNAMP and StreamNet are teaming up once again to bring together monitoring professionals, project managers, field data collectors, data managers, and data consumers for a three-day event focused on emerging technologies in aquatic monitoring.
This is the perfect event for you if you want to…

Learn about the latest technologies in aquatic monitoring for data collection, data management, and data visualization.
Share how you’ve improved your work with technology.
Network with other monitoring professionals implementing technologies in new ways.

Whether you attend in person or virtually from your office, we hope to see you there!

When: November 14th, 12:30 pm – November 16th 12:00 pm (½ day, full day, ½ day)
Where: In person in Hood River, Oregon or virtually from your office

PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group Meeting (January 2023)
2023-01-19 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
The PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group (FMWG), meets quarterly to update participants on current FMWG tasks, share expertise through presentations on innovative fish monitoring, and provides you with opportunities to engage regional managers and experts. These meetings are an opportune time to discuss tasks and get input from members on where they see importance or could use facilitated support. The FMWG is also interested in your work; if you would like to present your innovative fish monitoring ideas or any recent publications at a future meeting please contact Meg Dethloff, mdethloff@usgs.gov
Tech Talk: WATCH RECORDING
PIThy: PTAGIS for the Unwashed Masses
Brian Maschhoff with Salmonetics presented on the PIThy (PIT-tag Hypertool) is a web-based utility for processing and analysis of PIT-tag data from PTAGIS and (eventually) other sources. PTAGIS query export files are readily loaded and automatically processed, removing extraneous information and adding derived and correlated attributes (such as temperature data etc. where available), and the processed data is presented to the user as interactive filter charts, maps, and fishtrack charts. The fully attributed data (or a subset) can then be exported for further analysis or archiving, with metadata (such as PTAGIS and internal queries used) included. The design goals of PIThy include a) useability – requiring no installation and no programming, b) reusability – facilitating PTAGIS data reuse and reproducibility within the broader community, and c) facilitating the exploration and interpretation of complex and heterogeneous query result sets. PIThy development is at an early stage, and many concepts in data attribution and archiving are not set in concrete but are rather put forward as starting points for further discussion.
Agenda

10:00 – Welcome and Introductions
10:05 – Task Updates
10:20 – Tech Talk
11:10 – Q&A
11:30 – Adjourn

Missed a previous FMWG meeting? Check out our YouTube page for presentations or task meetings.

CRBRP Toxics Monitoring Subgroup Meeting
2023-03-23 13:30 - 15:00 | Virtual
Agenda
1:30—1:50 PM, Welcome and Updates

Introductions
Toxics Monitoring Subgroup meeting schedule
Tasks for the next year

1:50—2:40 PM, Lightning Talks

The Crayfish Mercury Project, Alan Kolok (University of Idaho)
Soil Matters: Testing Biochar Composition in a Green Stormwater Installation, Sarah Whitney (Long Tom Watershed Council)
Sampling for Toxic Trout in the Clark Fork River, David Brooks (Montana Trout Unlimited)
Columbia River Mainstem Fish Tissue and Water Quality Monitoring Program, Sherrie Duncan (Sky Environmental)
Evaluating and Prioritizing Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Lower Columbia River, Andy James (University of Washington, Tacoma)

2:40—3:00 PM, QAPP Q&A with Meghan Dunn, EPA

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PNAMP Remote Sensing Forum
2023-04-06 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
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Featured Presentations
Dr. Sarah Hoffmann (Merck Animal Health): Smart Salmon Database: A collaborative platform for salmon habitat data sharing and insights

The Smart Salmon Database is a scalable remote-sensing, imagery-based (e.g., drones, satellite, LiDAR, etc.) monitoring tool where salmon habitat data can be uploaded, downloaded, analyzed, and shared. Advances in the accessibility and application of remote sensing techniques to environmental monitoring have greatly broadened the geographical scope and inference of habitat programs, directly benefitting the recovery of endangered species. With the launch of the Smart Salmon Database, we aim to (1) provide a solution for reliable, long-term imagery data storage and access; (2) prevent duplicative efforts by democratizing access to imagery across space and time; and, (3) foster collaboration and innovation in the remote sensing and conservation communities. By making these data accessible and reliable, we are one step further in the recovery of these culturally, economically, and ecologically important salmon species.
Sarah graduated with a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Clemson University and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from Florida Atlantic University. In her graduate degrees, she focused on exploring the interplay between fish biology (biomechanics, physiology), habitat use, and phylogenetic context. She also worked to develop novel methods for quantifying free-swimming kinematics of large fishes to better quantify volitional habitat interaction. After receiving her degrees, she worked as a fisheries scientist for the applied biological services division of Biomark before it was acquired by Merck Animal Health. She currently leads scientific marketing efforts to support Merck Animal Health’s biopharmaceutical and technology portfolio for aquaculture, conservation, and fisheries.

Chris Crosby (OpenTopography): OpenTopography: Enabling Access to High Resolution Topography

Topographic data such as lidar and structure from motion photogrammetry have transformed geoscience research and education. OpenTopography is an initiative supported by the National Science Foundation that strives to streamline hosting, discovery, and processing of topographic data, with web-based tools for data visualization, custom product generation, and advanced analysis such as hydrologic routing and topographic differencing. Presently, lidar covering >85% of the Lower 48 US states, as well as lower resolution global topographic data are available through OpenTopography. This presentation will provide an overview of OpenTopography, available data and resources, and examples of OpenTopography data in action.
Chris Crosby manages day-to-day operations of the OpenTopography Facility. Trained as a geologist, he has worked on paleoseismology, earthquake geology, and active tectonics research in the western US, Caribbean, and Central Asia. He is interested in utilization of cyberinfrastructure to manage and improve access to earth science data and processing tools. Chris is an expert in the management, distribution, processing, and application of high-resolution topography acquired via lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) technology and has guided the development of OpenTopography since its inception. In addition to his work on OpenTopography, Chris also manages Geodetic Imaging (Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS), photogrammetry, and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)) at EarthScope Consortium in Boulder, CO.

Coordinated Assessments Partnership 2023 Workshop
2023-04-12 10:00 - 2023-04-13 11:00 | Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building, Portland, Oregon, Portland, OR, United States
We invite you participate in the 2023 CAP Workshop. This workshop will be hybrid, connecting online and in person participants for maximum accessibility. Please help us plan by registering for each day indicating how you will attend.
Workshop Purpose
Participants in this workshop will support CAP in providing quality data for regional assessments and reporting through efficient data exchanges.
What to expect at the 2023 CAP Workshop

Recap of progress since our last workshop in 2017
Facilitated discussion via break out groups to gather feedback on specific challenges submitting, accessing, and understanding data, such as:
Information is reported but not used: are we seeking the right information to be submitted? Are data consumers aware of the available data? Are improvements needed to the user interface aspect of the data portal to make it easier to access the data?
Information anticipated but not reported: when we see a “hole” is it due to fact that those data were never collected? Or is it due to lack of staff capacity to provide the data to the portal? Or some other reason?
Information reported but not documented sufficiently for reuse: how can we improve metadata documentation? How can we improve communication between data providers (biologists and analysts) and data managers responsible to publicize those data so that metadata are sufficient for data reuse and provenance is clear?
Discussion of the future of data sharing: how can we stay abreast of technological changes, manage increasing demands for information, and plan to engage with a broader community to develop and promote best practices at broad scales?

Outcomes

Recommend solutions to address data submittal and retrieval challenges (provider/user perspectives)
Identify strategies for collaborative approaches and funding to address needs and challenges

Agenda
April 12th, 10 am – 4:30 pm

Welcome & Introductions
Refresher on the CAP structure and processes
Results from the past 6 years and current tasks
Data Submittal issues: Discussion of challenges and solutions
Data Retrieval/Data User issues: Discussion of challenges and solutions

April 13th, 8:30 am – 11:15 am

Welcome & Introductions
Preparing for the future of efficient data exchanges
Future of data mobilization

For more information on the Coordinated Assessments Partnership, visit:
https://www.pnamp.org/project/coordinated-assessments-for-salmon-and-steelhead
https://www.streamnet.org/cap/
Contact Jen Bayer, jbayer@usgs.gov, or Nancy Leonard, nleonard@psmfc.org, for questions or feedback.

Cultural Competency & Relevancy, and Indigenous Knowledge Workshop
2023-04-13 12:30 - 16:30 | Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building, Portland, Oregon, Portland, OR, United States
Cultural Competency & Relevancy, and Indigenous Knowledge Workshop
Presented by ​Sammy Matsaw Jr., PhD​​ Pronouns: he/him
Tribal affiliations: Shoshone-Bannock and Oglala Lakota
Research Scientist for the Fish and Wildlife Department of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
In the sciences so much is lost in communication, when communicating is the heart of the work scientists do as managers and researchers in natural resources. ​The nuance in language is not lost in nomenclature, taxonomy, and so on; however, in everyday speaking with people from different ideas, backgrounds, and ways of knowing there is a lack of understanding. In this workshop we will enhance awareness of biases, communication skills, and the disparities between cultural knowledges. This workshop is not a be-all and end-all rather a starting point for ongoing self-work and labor to sustainably lift one’s own awareness evolving towards social and environmental justice. Especially important when standardizing data that intersects with tribal data sovereignty, and intellectual property based in Indigenous Knowledges.

Sammy is a father, husband, grandfather, and extended family member amongst the Shoshone-Bannocks (enrolled), and Oglala Lakota. He is a pipe-carrier and Sundancer with both his mother and father’s tribes as a result of needing traditional healing from being a combat veteran. He brings ten years of military experience and leadership. Sammy is a co-founder of River Newe—an Indigenous owned non-profit that aims to reconnect intergenerational learning on land with tribal youth. He has a PhD with 10 plus years of science and management experience involved in Indigenous sovereignty and treaties with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Fish and Wildlife department.
