Day 1 – May 23, 9:30am – 7:00pm
8:00 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 9:45 Opening Prayer
9:45 – 10:00 Welcome
Tyson Johnston, Vice-President, Quinault Indian Nation
10:00 Keynote Video: Billy Frank Jr.
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10:00 – 10:15 Conference / Agenda Overview
Ed Johnstone, Quinault Fisheries Policy Spokesman, NWIFC Treasurer
10:15 – 11:00 Tribal Habitat Strategy
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- Background, Purpose and Next Steps
- How it works / key targets and geospatial goals
- Initiating Work
Lorraine Loomis, Dave Herrera, and Justin Parker, NWIFC
11:00 – 11:15 Coordinating State / Tribal Recovery Efforts
JT Austin, Governor’s Natural Resources Policy Office
11:15 – 12:00 Quantification of Habitat
- First steps in linking harvest goals, hatchery strategies and habitat objectives
Ken Currens, NWIFC
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
Video: “Not for Any Price” (Cherry Point)
1:00 – 1:30 Communications Strategy
- Telling the Story and Creating Allies
Tony Meyer and Emmett O’Connell, NWIFC
1:30 – 2:00 Information Management Framework
- Measuring Progress / Tracking Status and Trends
Bruce Jones, NWIFC
2:00 – 5:00 Riparian Corridors and Floodplains
Moderators: Ash Roorbach and Eliza Ghitis, NWIFC
- Regional Riparian Corridor Analysis
Ash Roorbach, NWIFC and Marilu Koschak, NWIFC SSHIAP
- Skagit Riparian Buffer Model: LiDAR Analyses for Habitat Protection
Tim Hyatt, Skagit River System Cooperative
- Upper Quinault River Riparian Forest Restoration
Dr. Kevin Fetherston, R2 Resource Consultants
Bill Armstrong, Quinault Department of Fisheries
Break
- Chehalis River Basin Floodplain Restoration Alternative
Dr. Tim Abbe, Natural Systems Design
Mark Mobbs, Quinault Division of Natural Resources
- Assuring Restoration Permanence – Land Protection Strategies
Thom Woodruff, Capitol Land Trust
5:30 – 7:00 Evening Social
- Poster Session
- Cultural Presentation – Guy Capoeman, Conference Artist
- Razor Clam Chowder
- No-Host Bar
Day 2 – May 24, 8:00am – 5:00pm
7:00 – 8:00 Razor Clam Survey Demonstration Cancelled due to Forecast
Scott Mazzone, Shellfish/Marine Fish Biologist, Quinault Indian Nation
8:00 – 8:50 Breakfast
8:50 – 9:00 Opening Prayer
9:00 – 11:00 Water – Quality and Quantity
Moderators: Todd Bolster and Catherine O’Neill, NWIFC
- Water Law 101
Rachael Paschal Osborn, Co-founder of Center for Environmental Law and Policy
- Protecting Stream Flows: Lessons Learned in the Skagit/Samish Rivers
Larry Wasserman, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
- Monitoring and Modeling Case Study: Groundwater Model and Streamflow Records for Johns and Goldsborough Creeks
Erica Marbet, Squaxin Island Tribe
11:00 – 12:30 Puget Sound / Nearshore
Moderator: Cecilia Gobin, NWIFC
- Puget Sound Geology, Beach Processes, and the Importance of Site Characterization
Wendy Gerstel LEG, LHG; Qwg Applied Geology
- Shoreline Armor, Applying the Science
Scott Steltzner, Squaxin Island Tribe
- Shoreline Management: Regulatory Processes and Recommendations for Change
Dave Herrera, Skokomish Tribe
12:30 Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 Pacific Ocean / Marine
Moderator: Rob Jones, NWIFC
- Quinault Ocean Research
Joe Schumacker, Quinault Indian Nation
- IPC/NOAA Habitat Framework
Rob Jones, NWIFC
- Marine Spatial Planning
Katie Wrubel, Makah Tribe
3:00 – 5:00 Field Trip: Roosevelt Beach – Seabrook Impacts
Quinault Natural Resources Staff and Leadership
May 25
NWIFC Tribal Climate Change Forum Workshop
Salmonids and Climate Change: Understanding Biological Responses and Implementing Tribal Adaptation Actions
For more information on the workshop, please contact Eliza Ghitis at eghitis [at] nwifc [dot] org.
