Puget Sound Steelhead Recovery Team Meeting

January 26, 2016// 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Triangle Associates, Rainier Conference Room

811 1st Avenue, Suite 255, Seattle (map on page 2)

DRAFT Agenda v. 1-20-16

Time / Topic / Document(s)
9:00 – 9:10 am
(10m) / Welcome, Announcements, & Old Business
  • Review agenda, meeting overview, and objectives
  • Announcements
  • Review December 17draft meeting summary
    Decision: Accept meeting summary as final
/ --Draft agenda
--Draft 12/17 meeting summary
9:10 am – 12:00 pm
(2h50m) / Review of Life Cycle Model and Structure
  • What the model does and doesn’t do
Learning Session (please bring your laptop for this portion)
  • Time for everyone to drive the model on individual laptops
  • Report back to full Team: lessons learned, observations made, positives and negatives
Guidance on parameterization
  • Which watersheds have the resources to pursue habitat capacity analysis (e.g., GIS layers, expertise)?
Recovery Goals
  • Report from small group discussion (1/20) on how to develop recovery goals
  • How will the model be used?
  • Review small group’s recommendation for a process to develop recovery goals
Action: Input to life cycle modelers on how to develop recovery goals
Prep for MPG Workshops (Feb 2, 3, & 9)
  • Review questions drafted for MPG workshops (Feb 2, 3, & 9)
  • Finalize plans, attendance, etc. for the workshops
/ --Life Cycle Model report (to be sent later)
--Questions for MPG workshops
12:00 – 12:30 pm / Lunch (on your own)
12:30 – 1:15 pm
(45m) / 2016 and Beyond: Upcoming Work and What Has to Get Done
  • Review workplan
  • Consider deadlines, milestones, deliverables
  • Draft goals for 2016
/ --Steelhead Workplan
1:15 – 1:35 pm
(20m) / Workgroup Progress Reports
  • Recovery Goals & Scenarios Workgroup: update and schedule
  • Watershed Template Workgroup: update and schedule
  • Pressures & Stresses Workgroup: update and schedule
  • Habitat Protection Plan Workgroup: update and schedule

1:35 – 1:55 pm
(20m) / Draft Recovery Plan
  • Update on re-structured Plan
  • Updates on assignments
  • Allocateadditional assignments and deadlines
/ --Draft Recovery Plan
--Recovery Plan assignments
--Topic Tracker
1:55 pm / Public Comment
1:55 – 2:00 pm
(5m) / Administrative Updates and Questions
  • Wrap up comments
  • Next meeting: mid-March; location?
  • Next meeting topics:
  • Report from MPG workshops
  • Report on Linkage Library
  • Review Draft Recovery Plan: new sections, new format

2:00 pm / Adjourn

Remote Participation:

  • Phone:
  • 206-456-6050
  • Passcode: enter 1, then 53289#
  • Webinar link:

Workgroup Participation:

  • Habitat Protection Workgroup (Scott Powell, Dave Price, Ned Currence, Tristan Peter-Contesse, Elizabeth Babcock)
  • Watershed Template WorkgroupStresses & Pressures Workgroup (Susan O’Neil, Phil Sandstrom, Ed Connor, Tristan Peter-Contesse)
  • Recovery Goals & Scenarios Workgroup (Joe Anderson, Neala Kendall, Phil Sandstrom)

Parking and Transit information:

Triangle Associates is located in the Colman Building at 811 First Avenue, Suite 255 (top of the stairs). Parking is available in lots directly to the south, on both the east and west sides of the street. The Pioneer Square LINK light rail station is at 3rd and Cherry, a three-block walk to Triangle.

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