TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT TEAM (TMT)
NOAA: Paul Wagner / Trevor Conder USFWS: Joe Skalicky / Steve Haeseker
OR: Erick Van Dyke ID: Russ Kiefer / Pete Hassemer
WA: Charles Morrill MT: Jim Litchfield / Brian Marotz
Kootenai: Sue Ireland / Billy Barquin Spokane: Andy Miller
Colville: Sheri Sears / Keith Wolf Nez Perce: Dave Statler
Umatilla: Tom Lorz (CRITFC) BOR: Mary Mellema / John Roache
BPA: Tony Norris / Scott Bettin / Eve James COE: Doug Baus / Karl Kanbergs / Lisa Wright

COLUMBIA RIVER REGIONAL FORUM

Technical Management Team
Annual Review of Lessons Learned - 2015

Wednesday, December 2, 2015
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Ambridge Event Center - Sellwood Room
1333 Northeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Portland, Oregon, 97232
Map & Directions
Parking available between NE Clackamas and Wasco Streets

DRAFT - AGENDA

The timing of agenda items are offered as a guide for the day. Depending on information presented and group dynamics it may compress or expand.

Purpose: To provide an opportunity for TMT members and other interested parties to step out of the regular meeting format and review the management decisions and operations of the 2015 season in order to learn lessons that can enhance choices and decision-making for 2016.

9:00   Welcome and get settled - DS Consulting Facilitation Team
  • Review Agenda
  • Theme of the day: What did we learn from this 'dry year' and what information, tools, or operations would be useful if 'dry' is the new normal?
  • Discussion protocols

    • 9:10   Conditions Review
  • Water Year 2015 Overview - Tony Norris, BPA (15 minutes)
  • El Nino Weather Patterns Winter 2015-2016 Climate Forecast - Kyle Dittmer, CRITFC (15 minutes)

    • 9:45   Review of 2015 Fish Passage

  • 2015 Smolt Monitoring Program Juvenile Passage Data and Noteworthy Events - Brandon Chockley, Fish Passage Center (30 minutes)
  • Smolt Survival and Travel Time and Seasonal Trasportation Analyses - Steve Smith, NOAA Fisheries (45 minutes)

    • 11:25   Break

    11:35   Lower Snake Temperature and Flow Operations
  • Dworshak Reservoir Regulation Water Year 2015 - Steve Hall, Corps - NWW (30 minutes)
  • Temperature Control Augmmentation FY15 Operations Review - Steve Hall, Corps - NWW (30 minutes)

    • 12:15   Lunch

    1:00   Continue Lower Snake Temperature and Flow Operations:
  • Summary of Adult Sockeye Migration Conditions, 2015 - Paul Wagner, NOAA Fisheries (30 minutes)
  • 2015 Snake River Adult Sockeye Passage and Emergency Trap and Haul - Russ Kiefer, IDFG (30 minutes)
  • Assessment of Experimental Spill Operations at Little Goose Dam - Steve Haeseker, USFWS (15 minutes)

    • 2:20   Break

    2:35   Libby Forecasting

  • Libby Dam Water Supply Forecast Update - Joel Fenolio, Corps - NWS (15 minutes)

    • 2:50   Small Group Discussion
  • In small groups, reflect on the 2015 conditions and operations and discuss: 1. How did these 2015 operations respond to the dry year conditions? How did they contribute to meeting the biological goals for fish and water? 2. What was unique about these conditions and operations? 3. What questions still need to be answered? 4. Are there other tools or operations that might be available in the future to assist with meeting flow, temperature and passage goals during a dry year?

    • 3:30   Looking Ahead - Large Group Reflection

  • As a group, reflect on the last year of TMT conversations, coordination, operations, and outcomes. What did TMT do well? What would you like to do differently next year?

    • 4:00   Adjourn