Tuesday, April 3: The Management Problem |
07:30 - 12:00 |
Registration |
09:00 |
Welcome and Objectives
(Robert Malouf: Director, Oregon Sea Grant) |
09:15
09:30
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Background and Conference Agenda (Dan Bottom: NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
Overview: Perspectives on Social and Ecological Resilience (The Honorable John Kitzhaber) |
10:10 |
The Problem: Where We are Today with Respect to Salmon Conservation (convener: Dan Bottom)
- A Manager's Perspective (Daniel Edge: Department Head, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University; member Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission)
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10:30 |
Break |
10:50 |
The Problem: Where We are Today with Respect to Salmon Conservation (cont.)
- A Fisher's Perspective (Jeff Feldner: Sea Grant Extension, Oregon State University)
- A Tribal Perspective (Terry Williams: Tulalip Tribe Fish and Natural Resource Coordinator, Tulalip, Washington)
- A Community Perspective (Mike Dickerson: Executive Vice President, ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia, Ilwaco, Washington)
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11:50 |
Lunch (provided) |
12:45 |
How Did We Get Here in Fisheries Management? (convener: Gordon Reeves, Pacific Northwest Research Station)
- How Did We Get Here in Fisheries Management … A Century of Learning? (Brian Riddell: Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C.)
- Freshwater Ecosystems of Pacific Salmon: Implications of Managing from a Resilience Perspective (Pete Bisson and Gordon Reeves: Pacific Northwest Research Station)
- The Concept of Resilience and Implications for Conservation (Fikret Berkes: Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba)
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14:15 |
Break |
14:35 |
A Natural and Cultural History of Pacific Salmon (convener: Courtland Smith: Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University)
Overview: Metrics of Resilience for Monitoring and Evaluating Management Results (Phil Mundy: Director, Auke Bay Lab, Alaska Fisheries Sciences Center, NOAA Fisheries)
- Evolutionary History of Pacific Salmon in Variable Environments (Robin Waples: NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
- Co-evolution of People, Salmon and Place: Forming a Future Course of Resilience Modeled from Multi-millennial Relationships between Indigenous Peoples and Pacific Salmon (Frank Lake: Pacific Southwest Research Station)
- Concept of Resilience and Implications for Communities: Resilience in Lower Columbia River Salmon Fishing Communities (Irene Martin: Salmon For All and St. James Episcopal Church, Cathlamet, Washington)
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17:00 |
Poster Session and Social (no-host bar) |
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Dinner on your own |
Wednesday, April 4:Managing for Resilience |
08:00 |
Introduction/Overview of Day's Activities |
08:05 |
Properties and measures of resilient ecosystems(convener: Xan Augerot, Pangaea Environmental, LLC)
- The Social Construction of Fishing, 1949 (Mary Finley: University of California, San Diego)
- Resilience in Coupled Social-ecological Systems as a Vehicle for Exploring Human Dimensions of Global Change in the Marine Environment (Thomas M. Leschine: School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington)
- Resilience as a Guide for Salmon Management (Michael Healey: University of British Columbia)
- Exploring the Interplay Between Fishing and Resilience Using Ecosystem Models: Historical and Cross-system Comparisons in Three Ecosystems of the Pacific (J. E. Little: School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington)
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09:30 |
Break |
09:50 |
Case Studies in Ecosystem Resilience (convener: Kim Jones: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife)
- Paleoseismicity, Alluvial Conditions, and the Archeology of Anadromous Fish Use in Salmon River Basin, Idaho (Loren Davis: Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University)
- Should Climate Change Change the Way We Conserve Species? An Example with Bull Trout (Dan Isaak: Rocky Mountain Research Station)
- Mechanisms of Resilience and Management of Fish in Headwater Streams (Jason B. Dunham: U.S.G.S. Forest and Rangelands Ecosystem Science Center)
- Effects of Fire on Native and Nonnative Salmonids in Western Montana: a Tale of Two Responses (Michael K. Young: Rocky Mountain Research Station)
- Cultural and Ecological Resilience in a Temperate Rainforest Ecosystem (Aaron C. Hill: University of Montana)
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11:30 |
Lunch (provided) |
12:30 |
Case Studies in Ecosystem Resilience(convener: Charles Simenstad: School of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Washington)
- Resilience in Pacific Northwest Salmon Populations Over the Last ~7500 Years: Insights from Archeological Fishbone Records (Virginia L. Butler: Department of Anthropology, Portland State University)
- Comparing Juvenile Life Histories of Northwest Salmon Species and Stocks: Marine Survival under Varying Ocean Conditions and Habitats (Robert Emmett: NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
- The Effect of Life History Diversity on Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Populations (Correigh Greene: NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
- Life History Strategy of Coho Salmon in an Alaskan Stream Demonstrates Resiliency (K.V. Koski: The Nature Conservancy, Juneau, Alaska)
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14:15 |
Break |
14:35 |
Implications of resilience for management - contributed session (convener: Sarah Greene: Pacific Northwest Research Station)
- Global Constraints on Rural Fishing Communities: Whose Resilience is it, anyway? (Martin D. Robards: University of Alaska, Fairbanks)
- Achieving Normative Flow: Increasing Resilience in Flowing Water Ecosystems (Robert R. Fuerstenberg: King County Department of Natural Resources, Seattle)
- Prespawning Loss of Adult Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River—Implications of a Changing Environment and Managing for Resilience (Jeffery Young: David Suzuki Foundation, Vancouver, BC)
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16:05-17:30 |
Facilitated "Town Hall" Meetings and Discussions
How can we incorporate ecosystem resilience into salmon conservation? What changes would be necessary?
Participants will be assigned to one of six multidisciplinary "Town Hall" sessions.
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18:00 Conference Banquet – Speaker: Johnny Sundstrom (President, The Siuslaw Institute, Inc.): "Do It Anyway" |
Thursday, April 5: Pathways to Resilience |
08:00 |
Introduction/Overview of Day's Activities |
08:05 |
Management Approaches to Support Ecosystem Resilience (convener: Susan Hanna: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University)
Overview: Integrating Science and Social Learning: Ecology and Values (Bryan Norton: School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Harnessing the Hydrologic Disturbance Regime: Sustaining Multiple Benefits in Large River Floodplains in the Pacific Northwest (Stan Gregory: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University)
- Instream Flow Restoration In The Columbia Basin Through Water Transactions (Andrew Purkey: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation/Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program)
- Intrinsic Potential, Disturbance, And Resilience Of Streams (Kelly M. Burnett: Pacific Northwest Research Station)
- Uncertain Future: Climate Change Impacts on Salmon in the Ocean (Nathan Mantua: School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington)
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10:00 |
Break |
10:15 |
Panel Discussion I: Integrative Perspectives on Managing for Resilience (convener: Xan Augerot: Environmental, LLC)
Panelists will synthesize results from the conference and town hall meetings, and offer suggestions for further incorporating these ideas into a new management paradigm.
Panelists
Fikret Berkes: Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba; Susan Hanna: Oregon State University, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Gordon Reeves: Pacific Northwest Research Station
Phil Mundy, Director: NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center |
12:00 |
Lunch (provided) News media invited to attend. |
13:00 |
Panel Discussion II: What Policy and Administrative Changes are Needed to Support Salmon Ecosystem Resilience? (convener: Joe Cone: Oregon Sea Grant)
Further analysis and discussion of first steps required to incorporate a resilience perspective in salmon management: Questions and group discussion from the audience.
Panelists
Jim Lichatowich: Alder Fork Consulting
Angus Duncan: Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Paula Burgess: Wild Salmon Center
Margaret Davidson: NOAA Coastal Services Center, South Carolina |
15:00 |
Presentation and Discussion of Conference Recommendations: Where Do We Go from Here?
Dan Bottom and conference steering committee |
15:30 |
Adjourn |
