TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT TEAM (TMT)
NOAA: Claire McGrath / Trevor Conder USFWS: David Swank / Steve Haeseker
OR: Erick Van Dyke ID: Jonathan Ebel
WA: Charles Morrill MT: Brian Marotz / Matt Boyer
Kootenai: Sue Ireland / Billy Barquin Spokane: Brent Nichols / Andy Miller
Colville: Kirk Truscott / Bret Nine Nez Perce: Jay Hesse
Umatilla: Tom Lorz (CRITFC) Warm Springs: Jen Graham / Bobby Brunoe
BOR: Joel Fenolio / Chris Runyan BPA: Tony Norris / Scott Bettin / Eve James
COE: Doug Baus / Julie Ammann / Lisa Wright

COLUMBIA RIVER REGIONAL FORUM

Technical Management Team
Annual Review of Lessons Learned

Wednesday, December 1, 2021
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

WebEx Meeting
https://dsconsult2121.webex.com/dsconsult2121/j.php?MTID=m709f051a56336fa2fefd4178d7b4a93e

Meeting number (access code): 2485 476 7567 //
Password: YEARENDREVIEW
Join by phone: +1-415-655-0001 US Toll

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, review selected management decisions and operations of the 2021 season, and learn lessons that might enhance choices and decision-making for 2022.

   WELCOME
  • 9:00 Introductions, review agenda, meeting courtesies and web-meeting tools - DS Consulting Facilitation Team

    •    PRESENATIONS
  • 9:15  Upper Snake above Brownlee Flow Augmentation Operation – 2021 Review - Joel Fenolio, Bureau of Reclamation
  • 9:35  Reclamations Forecast Update Phase 1 - Joel Fenolio, Bureau of Reclamation
  • 10:00  Monitoring Native, Resident Nonsalmonids for the Incidence of Gas Bubble Trauma Downstream of Snake and Columbia River Dams, 2021 - Ken Tiffan, US Geological Survey
  • 10:30  Break
  • 10:45  Dworshak Operations: Minimizing Impacts of Extreme Temperature - Willow Walker, US Army Corps of Engineers
  • 11:20  Snake River Sockeye Conversion - Trevor Conder, NOAA Fisheries
  • 11:35  Group Reflection & Jamboard: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1ladaJgjr946khbjOZAA9ybGlxW397pa-sWt-gDI86jU/edit?usp=sharing
    1. Could we have better managed late winter/early spring releases and avoided the issues associated with late refill? If so, how?
    2. Given the likelihood of future lower flows and higher-water temperatures, how can the region prepare to mitigate negative impacts to fish?
  • 12:00  Lunch Break
  • 1:00  Smolt Survival and Travel Time & Transportation Analyses - Steve Smith, NOAA Science Center
  • 1:50  Group Reflection & Jamboard: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1ladaJgjr946khbjOZAA9ybGlxW397pa-sWt-gDI86jU/edit?usp=sharing
    1. Given the low transport rates, how might the transport operations change to better support current needs in the basin?
    2. How do the lower detection rates impact in-season management and how might TMT overcome challenges from limited juvenile detection data in 2022?
  • 2:15  Break
  • 2:30  Kootenai River Native Fish Conservation Aquaculture Program to Restore White Sturgeon and Burbot - Shawn Young and Nate Jensen, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
  • 2:45  Kootenai River White Sturgeon Migration, Flow, and Temperature Management - Ryan Bart, US Fish and Wildlife
  • 3:00 Adjourn