Final Agenda – Updated Oct 21st, 2019
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October 23, 8:00 am – 7:30 pm
8:00 – 9:00 Registration/Breakfast
9:00 – 9:05 Opening Prayer – Kris Miller, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Skokomish Tribe
9:05 – 9:10 Welcome – Guy Miller, Chairman, Skokomish Indian Tribe
9:10 – 9:20 Conference Purpose and Overview: Habitat Restoration/Protection Successes & Challenges
Dave Herrera, Fish & Wildlife Policy Representative, EPC Chairman, Skokomish Tribe
9:20 – 10:50 Skokomish Watershed: Protection & Restoration of Rights and Resources
Joseph Pavel, Natural Resources Director, Skokomish Tribe & Alex Gouley, Habitat Program Manager, Skokomish Tribe & Blair Paul, Shellfish Biologist, Skokomish Tribe & Lisa Belleveau, Habitat Biologist, Skokomish Tribe
10:50 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Climate Change and Puget Sound Orca: The implications for Puget Sound’s Southern Resident Killer Whales of climate change impacts on coastal and upland systems (1 hour) Amy Snover, Director, University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Provided by Skokomish Tribe
1:00 – 2:00 Tribal Climate Change Resilience
Moderator: Eliza Ghitis, Climate Change Scientist, NWIFC
- Sea Level Rise in the South Salish Sea
(20 min) Candace Penn, Climate Change Specialist, Squaxin Island Tribe & Brian McTeague, Quantitative Services Manager, Squaxin Island Tribe - PRObability of Streamflow PERmanence (PROSPER): A statistical model to predict streamflow permanence in streams throughout the Pacific Northwest (20 min) Kristin Jaeger, Research Hydrologist, USGS
- Skokomish Community Center Green Building Initiative
(20 min) John Gouley, Community Center Manager, Skokomish Tribe
2:00 – 2:50 Riparian Research and Monitoring
Moderator: Ash Roorbach, Forest Practices Coordinator, NWIFC
- Pathways to Riparian Protection (10 min) Ash Roorbach, Forest Practices Coordinator, NWIFC
- Adaptive Management Type N Hardrock Study (20 min) Bill Ehinger, Science Lead-Forest & Fish, WDOE
- WDFW’s High Resolution Change Detection Program (20 min) Dr. Ken Pierce, Landscape Ecologist, WDFW
2:50 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:00 Riparian Protection Strategies
Moderator: Ash Roorbach, Forest Practices Coordinator, NWIFC
- Salmon swimming in Impaired Waters (10 min) Tyson Waldo, SSHIAP North Sound Biologist, NWIFC
- Regulatory Tools (10 min) Amy Trainer, Environmental Policy Director, Swinomish Tribe
- Harmonization (20 min) Sono Hashisaki, President, Springwood Associates Inc.
- EMDS-Ecosystem Management Decision Support Platform (20 min) Philip Murphy, Info Harvest
4:00 – 5:00 Nearshore
Moderator: Cecilia Gobin, Conservation Policy Analyst, NWIFC
- Protecting Fish Life & Habitat: WDFW’s enhanced civil authority (30 min) Margen Carlson, Director-Habitat Program, WDFW
- Evaluating Marine Survival of Salmon & Steelhead in the Salish Sea (30 min) Jacques White, Executive Director, Long Live the Kings
5:00 – 5:30 Coalitions-Building Successful Partnerships
Peggen Frank, Director, Salmon Defense
5:30 – 7:30 Dinner & Evening Social – Provided by Skokomish Tribe
- Poster Session
- Cultural Presentation
October 24th, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
8:00 – 8:50 Breakfast
8:50 – 8:55 Opening Prayer
Kris Miller, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Skokomish Tribe
8:55 – 9:55 Pacific Ocean / Marine
Moderator: Tommy Moore, Oceanographer, NWIFC
- Skokomish Harmful Algal Bloom Program (15 min) Seth Book, EPA Coordinator, Skokomish Tribe
- Eelgrass and Ocean Acidification Refugia (15 min) Courtney Greiner, Marine Ecologist, Swinomish Tribe
- European Green Crab Monitoring on the Makah Reservation (15 min) Lora Halttunen, Marine Ecologist Technician, Makah
- Habitat Data in Support of Adaptive Management (15 min) Joe Schumacker, Marine Resources Scientist, Quinault Tribe
9:55 – 10:05 Break
10:05 –11:05 Floodplain Recovery: A Tale of Two Floodplains
Moderator: Eliza Ghitis, Climate Change Scientist, NWIFC
- Thunder Road Restoration Project–Quileute Tribe
(30 min) Nicole Rasmussen, Water Quality Biologist, Quileute Tribe - Elwha River Restoration Project Update (30 min)
Mike McHenry, Habitat Program Manager, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
11:05 – 12:05 Water Quality Restoration
Moderator: Tyson Waldo, SSHIAP North Sound Biologist, NWIFC
- Dungeness Bay Watershed and Habitat Restoration (20 min) Robert Knapp, Environmental Program Manager, Jamestown S’klallam Tribe
- Goldsboro Creek Watershed and Habitat Restoration (20 min) Scott Steltzner, Research Biologist, Squaxin Island Tribe
- Portage Bay Watershed and Water Quality (20 min) Hanna Winter, Water Resources Specialist II, Lummi Tribe
12:05 – 1:00 Lunch – Provided by Skokomish Tribe
1:00 – 2:00 Streamflow Restoration & Climate Change
Moderator: Michael Martinez, Habitat Policy Analyst, NWIFC
- Nisqually Watershed Planning and Streamflow Restoration (20 min) David Troutt, Natural Resources Director, Nisqually Tribe
- South Fork Nooksack River Stream Temperature TMDL: Lessons Learned (20 min) Oliver Grah, Water Resource Manager, Nooksack Tribe
- Input on Big Water Resources Issues that Should be Addressed in a Statewide Strategic Plan (20 min) Mary Verner, Water Resource Program Manager, WDOE
2:00 – 2:45 Wrap Up & Next Steps: Implementing and Improving the Tribal Habitat Strategy (we can’t do this without you).
Dave Herrera, Fish & Wildlife Policy Representative, EPC Chairman, Skokomish Tribe & Fran Wilshusen, Habitat Services Director, NWIFC
2:45 – 2:50 Closing Prayer
Kris Miller, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Skokomish Tribe
2:50 – 3:00 Break and prepare to leave for field trips
3:00 – 5:30 Field Trips
- Skokomish Estuary Tour
- Skokomish Hatchery Tour
Parking lot at 21480 US-101, Shelton, WA 98584
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