Fish and Wildlife Program’sFish and Wildlife Program’s

Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsColumbia River Basin High Level Indicators

Tracking Progress in the Tracking Progress in the Council Fish and Wildlife ProgramCouncil Fish and Wildlife Program

October 2009October 2009

Ketchum, IdahoKetchum, Idaho

Today’s TasksToday’s Tasks Link FW Program, Management Questions, Link FW Program, Management Questions,

High Level Indicators, and High Level Indicators, and FW Program indicatorsFW Program indicators

Characteristics for successful Characteristics for successful Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsColumbia River Basin High Level Indicators

The recommended Columbia River Basin High Level The recommended Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsIndicators

Role of Council FW Program Management QuestionsRole of Council FW Program Management Questions

Role of FW Program IndicatorsRole of FW Program Indicators

Next StepsNext Steps

HLIs

Linkages: Program, Questions, FW Indicators, and HLI

Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsColumbia River Basin High Level Indicators

Characteristics for Success:Characteristics for Success: Just a fewJust a few Clear, easy to understand at a glanceClear, easy to understand at a glance Tell the most important stories Tell the most important stories Keep your audience in mind: Congress and governorsKeep your audience in mind: Congress and governors

Columbia River Basin High Level IndicatorsColumbia River Basin High Level Indicators

The Recommended FewThe Recommended Few

1.1. Abundance of Fish and WildlifeAbundance of Fish and Wildlife

2.2. Ecosystem HealthEcosystem Health

3.3. Hydrosystem Survival and PassageHydrosystem Survival and Passage

4.4. Council ActionsCouncil Actions

1.1. Abundance of Fish and Wildlife Abundance of Fish and Wildlife Information presented to convey abundance indicatorInformation presented to convey abundance indicator

Abundance of Adult FishAbundance of Adult Fish

Adult abundance of wild and hatchery Adult abundance of wild and hatchery salmon and steelheadsalmon and steelhead

Juvenile abundance of wild and Juvenile abundance of wild and hatchery out-migrating salmon and hatchery out-migrating salmon and steelheadsteelhead

2.2. Ecosystem HealthEcosystem Health Information presented to convey health indicatorInformation presented to convey health indicator

Based on a few indices chose Based on a few indices chose to align with regionto align with region

Indices may reflect quality of:Indices may reflect quality of: water, water, sediment, sediment, habitat stream / riparian, habitat stream / riparian, biological/invertebrate,biological/invertebrate, landcover, landcover, stream flowstream flow

3. Hydrosystem Survival & Passage 3. Hydrosystem Survival & Passage Information presented to convey hydrosystem indicatorInformation presented to convey hydrosystem indicator

Adult salmon and Adult salmon and steelhead passage survival steelhead passage survival

Juvenile salmon and Juvenile salmon and steelhead passage survivalsteelhead passage survival

4. Council Actions4. Council Actions Information presented to convey action indicatorInformation presented to convey action indicator

Wildlife habitat unitsWildlife habitat units

Instream fish passage Instream fish passage improvementsimprovements Screens, barriers, miles Screens, barriers, miles

accessibleaccessible

Land protected for fish and Land protected for fish and wildlifewildlife

Coordination of Council FW Coordination of Council FW Program actionsProgram actions

Council FW Program Management Questions Council FW Program Management Questions What is their Role?What is their Role?

Reflect FW Program policyReflect FW Program policy

Facilitate tracking of program Facilitate tracking of program implementation with numerical implementation with numerical indicatorsindicators

Enable adaptive management loopEnable adaptive management loop

Focus content to include in Council Focus content to include in Council report to Congress and governorsreport to Congress and governors

Council FW Program IndicatorsCouncil FW Program IndicatorsWhat is their Role?What is their Role?

Communicate important program Communicate important program progressprogress

Subbasin level trackingSubbasin level tracking

Inclusion in Status of the Resource Inclusion in Status of the Resource (SOTR) for outreach(SOTR) for outreach

Align indicators with region as Align indicators with region as feasible, e.g. PNAMP HLI effortfeasible, e.g. PNAMP HLI effort

Next StepsNext Steps

Comments / Approval for Comments / Approval for Recommended High Level Recommended High Level

Indicators for Council’s Report Indicators for Council’s Report to Congressto Congress

Management Questions Management Questions Encourage inclusion of FW Encourage inclusion of FW

Program Indicators in SOTRProgram Indicators in SOTR

Motion from F&W Committee That the Council

Approve three High-Level Indicators in the Council’s report to Congress: 1) Abundance of Fish and Wildlife,2) Hydrosystem Survival and Passage, and 3) Council Actions.

Approve fish and wildlife program management questions as a working list

Recommend that CBFWA include the fish and wildlife Program indicators in the Status of the Resource report; all as presented by the staff and recommended by the Fish and Wildlife Committee and approved by the Council [with changes adopted by the Members at today’s meeting]

The Council understands that the information for these indicators is either currently available or will be collected within existing budgets and that no additional Council funding obligation will result from the adoption of the indicators unless first approved by the Council.