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May
22-25, 2001
May
21 - Pre-Symposium Workshops
Humboldt
State University
Arcata,
Calif.
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SYMPOSIUM
PROCEEDINGS
Available and searchable in Acrobat PDF
OVERVIEW | THEMES
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SCHEDULE | SPEAKER | WORKSHOPS
MAP OF KLAMATH BASIN
![[fish graphic]](salmon-faceright.JPG) This
comprehensive symposium was held on the Humboldt State University
campus with the intent to increase local and national awareness and
understanding of the complexities of the Klamath River
Basin's biological, legal, and social environment, and to enhance
cooperation and collaboration between and among policy makers, management
agencies and local communities. ![[water bird graphic]](birddingbat.JPG)
Set
in Arcata, California amongst the towering redwoods and breathtaking
coastline of the North Coast, the Klamath River Basin Fish and
Water Management Symposium 2001 provided a broad-based forum where
all federal, tribal, state and local management agencies, law makers,
and interested stakeholders and citizens came together to share information
on policy, regulation, science, restoration and planning as it relates
to current and future Klamath resource management issues.
(Humboldt
State University is located in the town of Arcata, California. Arcata
is approximately 300 miles north of San Francisco, and approximately
400 miles south of Portland, Oregon.)
Convened
by the
Klamath River Inter-Tribal Fish & Water Commission
and Humboldt
State University Colleges of
Natural Resources &
Sciences
and
Arts, Humanities & Social
Sciences
Sponsors
include
Bureau of Land Management: Klamath Falls Resource Area • Bureau
of Reclamation, Redding
California Department of Fish & Game • California State Water
Quality Control Board
Fire & Resource Assessment Program, Calif. Dept. of Forestry & Fire
Protection
Klamath Basin Ecosystem Foundation: WaterFest • Klamath Basin
Ecosystem Restoration Office
Klamath National Forest • Klamath Soil and Water Conservation
District • Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force
Klamath River Compact Commission • National Marine Fisheries
Service • The Nature Conservancy of Oregon
Oregon Institute of Technology: GIS Service Center • Oregon State
University Klamath County Extension Service
PacifiCorp • Shasta Trinity National Forest • Six Rivers
National Forest • Trinity River Task Force
Upper Williamson Water Catchment Council • U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service: Arcata Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge
Complex
U.S. Geological Survey • Winema National Forest
![[Tractor graphic]](tractordingbat.JPG) Major
policy issues in the Klamath River Basin have emerged during the past
decade. The current or pending restoration, regulatory, statutory, and
legal issues in the basin include tribal fish and water rights and the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) re-licensing of Klamath
hydroelectric facilities. Additional influences include the pending
Environmental Impact Statement on Long Term Klamath Project Operations,
the Endangered Species Act listings in both Upper Klamath Lake and the
Klamath River mainstem, the Clean Water Act as it applies in Oregon
and California, and the Trinity River Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) Record of Decision on recommended flows.
![[power tower graphic]](powertowerdingbat.JPG) The
magnitude, complexity and the geographic and political scope of issues
and activities in the Klamath Basin call for an integrated approach
to policy, funding, data acquisition and resource management. The
symposium seeks to bring together representatives from:
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federal
bureaus & departments
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federal
advisory councils & committees
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resource
agencies in CA & OR
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conservation
districts & advisory committees
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irrigation
districts
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landowners
& citizens of the Klamath Basin
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nonprofit
organizations concerned with resource management
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universities
and community colleges
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private
industry interests
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federally-recognized tribes
With the participation of these representatives, the symposium sought
to make recommendations to promote an integrated basin-wide approach
to planning, research, restoration, management, and funding efforts
aimed at resolving resource issues in the Klamath Basin.
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SYMPOSIUM
THEMES
1 Statutory,
Regulatory & Policy Influences on the Klamath River Basin
2
Scientific Contributions to Furthering the Understanding of
Klamath River Basin Ecological Processes
3
Restoration & Enhancement Activities in the
Klamath River Watershed
4
Social, Community & Cultural Influences on the Klamath River
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PRESENTATION
TOPICS
(partial list)
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FERC
relicensing
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Clean
Water Act --Total
Maximum Daily Loads
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Pacific
Fishery Management Council (PFMC) harvest regulations
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Trinity
River sessions: history, science, political future, restoration
efforts
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Recovery
planning for west coast salmonids
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Threatened
& Endangered fish & wildlife
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Federal
Tribal Trust responsibility in fisheries & water policy
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Groundwater
studies
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Environmental
contaminants
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Nutrient
loading
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Water
quality monitoring & impacts
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Channel
flow modeling
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Vegetation-hydrology
relationships in wetlands
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National
Wildlife Refuge water & wildlife issues
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Impacts
of disease & elevated water temperature on salmonids
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Genetics,
ecological & population studies of suckers & lampreys
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Status
of Chinook salmon
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Responses
of native herpetofauna to flow regime management of the Trinity
River
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Hydrology
& groundwater studies
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Status
of the Oregon Spotted Frog
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Role
of hatcheries in recovery & restoration of fish stocks
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Private
property owners' restoration efforts
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Riparian
restoration: progress made & lessons learned
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Implications
of wildfire: current research
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Restoration
after fire & pre-fire preparedness
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Decreasing
erosion from roads: much accomplished; more to do
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Restoration
projects & case studies
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Community-based
restoration
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Agricultural
perspectives
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Tribal
relationships with the River
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Power-drought
planning for farmers
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Change
in economy of river communities in relation to fisheries &
tourism
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Economic
impacts of salmon harvest regulations on fishing ports
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Challenges
of water management
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Historical
overview of Chinook allocation & current harvest management
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Watershed
council activities
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Flow
needs
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Biology
of & recovery planning for salmonids
The
symposium culminated with facilitated sessions that synthesized
main points of the symposium, prioritize the vital issues &
identify the next steps.
GENERAL
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
PLENARY
SPEAKER
Bill
Leary is the Director for Natural Resources at the Council on Environmental
Quality. In that capacity he is responsible for advising the President
and for overseeing and implementing a unified federal policy on
complex natural resource management issues. These include ecosystem
restoration and protection of federal and related lands and waterways,
such as the Everglades ecosystem restoration and the Mississippi
and Missouri Rivers basins. He also handles agriculture, navigation,
dredging and flood protection issues as well as floodplain development
and wetlands issues. He supervises the American Heritage River Program.
He
has served as Senior Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for Fish
and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior. In that
capacity he provided legal and policy advice to the Secretary of
Interior and Assistant Secretary for matters relating to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, including the Endangered Species Act
and wetlands issues, as well as a number of regional issues, including
the South Florida ecosystem.
He
has served as Majority Counsel for the Subcommittee on Clean Water,
Fisheries and Wildlife of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works and Staff Director of the Committee on Natural
Resources, Florida House of Representatives.
PRE-SYMPOSIUM
WORKSHOPS
A
selection of pre-symposium workshops were offered on May 21.
Geographic
Information Systems as a Management Tool
(9:00 a.m.-noon)
This session featured a panel of GIS analysts and coordinators discussing
current GIS issues and use of specific GIS projects in resource
planning and management.
Facilitator:
Dr.
Steven Steinberg,
Humboldt State University.
David
Best, Redwood National Forest GIS Coordinator. Co-presenter
David Lamphear
"Interagency Migration of Aquatic Data to Routed Hydrography"
Power point and ArcView presentation.
Jim
Villeponteaux, Technical Coordinator, Salmon River Restoration
Council
"The use of GIS by Grassroots Watershed Councils to understand
Decision Making Process"
Phil
Towle, GIS Analyst, Trinity Community GIS, Watershed Center.
"The use of GIS to support Community Based Decision Making Process"
Kelly Sheen, GIS Analyst, Trinity County Resource District.
"GIS use in the Trinity County Resource Conservation District"
Michael
Martischang, GIS Specialist/Coordinator, Six Rivers National
Forest
" There Ain't No Such Thing As a Free GIS (With All
Due Respect to the Economic Axiom - TANSTAAFL)"
Modeling
SEE DETAILED SCHEDULE
(1:00-5:45 p.m.)
This workshop illustrated the role that models play in scientific
analysis and decision making, and their attendant capabilities and
limitations. Initial sessions addressed specific model applications,
followed by a roundtable discussion,and poster/exhibit session.
Project
WET - Water Education for Teachers
(8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)
Project WET is an international, interdisciplinary water science
and education program for K-12 educators. This was an informative,
interactive & fun workshop. Each participant received the Project
WET Curriculum & Activity Guide with 90-plus hands-on, easy-to-use,
fun and innovative activities.
Proper
Functioning Condition (PFC)
(9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
With emphasis on achieving riparian restoration through cooperative
efforts within watersheds, this workshop focused on bringing people
with diverse values together and implementing the use of the PFC
assessment method as a key tool for a collaborative, landscape approach.
Watershed
& Environmental Sustainability Techniques (WESt)
(9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
WESt is farmers, ranchers and watershed groups working together
to improve the stewardship of local resources. The program was designed
to enable neighbors within a watershed to learn about and improve
their watershed's resources and work cooperatively to influence
their own destinies.
Farm/Ranch
Water Quality Planning
(9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.)
This course was designed to help landowners and land managers develop
management plans addressing resource issues for their properties.
Regulations and resources affecting the Klamath Basin watershed
area were discussed.
Riparian
Habitat Joint Venture
(4:00-5:30 p.m.)
Riparian areas are of great importance to wildlife, including many
bird species, but they are increasingly threatened habitats. Focus
was on RHJV's Implementation Plan for management & restoration
of riparian habitat to promote conservation and recovery of native
birds and wildlife.
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RIVER GROUPS WEBSITE
Humboldt
State University Office of Extended Education
Arcata, CA 95521 USA
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