Relationships Along A River

Sixth Biennial Interagency River Management Workshop

 

May 21-24, 2007 ~ Missoula, MT

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Proceedings

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Tuesday, May 22

-Monitoring: Going with the Flow and other Monitoring Measures

Determining what to measure in our river systems can be a daunting task. This panel presentation will help the river manager focus on the key river variables that affect river systems. Learn the latest on USGS plans for maintaining their monitoring stations around the West and the implications for river managers, boaters, and other public users of flow information. Discover the value of flow data as one of many attributes commonly studied for sustaining river ecosystems.

Moderators: Gerrish Willis and Randy Welsh

• Wayne Berkas, USGS Stream Gage Coordinator, State of Montana
  
• Brett Roper, National Aquatic Monitoring Coordinator, Forest Service
  
• Robert Kenworthy, Hydrologist, Instream Flow Group, Forest Service

-Community Involvement in Stewardship

This session will explore community involvement and partnerships through presentation of two success stories: the Blackfoot Challenge, a nationally recognized partnership between conservationists, timber companies, ranchers and other private landowners to restore and preserve lands in the Blackfoot River watershed; and the Milltown Redevelopment Working Group (MRWG) which was created to help the community look at the future of the Milltown Reservoir Superfund site once the remediation and restoration work is complete. This session explores the collaborative process behind the Working Group and its achievements as well as some of the challenges it faces.

Moderator: Lis Novak

• Ali Duvall, Program Coordinator, Blackfoot Challenge
  
• Mike Kustudia, Coordinator, Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee

-Establishing Recreation Capacity on a WSR: How Many are too Many?

Join us in this session if you’d like the opportunity to address user capacities on a challenging wild and scenic river. In addition to working on a detailed case study, you will hear how others have approached the capacity-related direction in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and avoided “too many.”

Moderator: Jackie Diedrich

• Doug Whitaker, Confluence Research and Consulting
  
• Kristina Rylands, Project Manager, Division of Planning, Yosemite National Park

-Living with Large Wood: Considering All the Pieces

A three-member panel will use the 2006 Middle Fork Salmon log jam to focus a discussion on the challenge of managing recreation and wood in rivers. They will share a Decision Framework tool to assist with this evaluation. The audience will then have an opportunity to use the Decision Framework to evaluate several case studies.

Moderator: Kate Walker

• Middle Fork Salmon Logjam Paper
  
• Sign - Living with Large Woody Debris
  
• Handout - Living With Large Wood
  
  
• Kevin Colburn, National Stewardship Director, American Whitewater
  
• Jim Capurso, Forest Fisheries Biologist, Caribou-Targhee National Forest
  
• Renee Snyder, Ecosystem and Public Uses Staff Officer, Salmon-Challis National Forest

-In the Know about NGOs

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play vital roles as partners, representatives, activists and, yes, critics for river management. Come meet representatives from some important river-focused NGOs, learn what makes NGOs tick, get reference materials, and explore how we can better work together to benefit our nation’s rivers.

Moderator: Liz Close

• Quinn McKew, Director, River Heritage, American Rivers
  
• Jim MacCartney, River Restoration Specialist, River Management Society
  
• Stan Bradshaw, Western Water Project, Trout Unlimited
  
• George Nickas, Wilderness Watch

-Ideas for Developing and Implementing a Limited-Entry Permit System

Do you manage a river where conditions may warrant the implementation of a limited-entry permit system? Perhaps you already manage a river with a permit system and you are faced with developing or implementing an allocation system. Please join a panel of river managers for a provocative discussion about permitting challenges and exchange ideas for overcoming these challenges.

Moderator: Charlie Sperry

• Doug Whitaker, Confluence Research and Consulting
  
• Sheri Hughes, Assistant River Manager, Salmon-Challis National Forest
  
• Wade Brown, Upper Missouri WSR Manager, Bureau of Land Management
  
• Colin Maas, Smith River Park Manager, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Thursday, May 24

-Revising a Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan: Do I have to?

We invite you to attend this session if you are interested in how to evaluate the need for change of the existing planning direction for your wild and scenic river (WSR). You will have a chance to work in a small group and evaluate the existing situation and determine the need for change on the “Lockway WSR” somewhere in Idaho.

Moderator: Renee Snyder

• Renee Snyder, Ecosystem and Public Uses Staff Officer, Salmon-Challis National Forest
  
• Heather Berg, WSRs Administrator, Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests

-Finding the Funding: Revenue Generation for River Programs

Support for river programs comes in many forms: volunteers, friends groups, etcetera. But sometimes what you need is MONEY. This session will explore and explain how government employees can successfully (and legally) generate funds for that very worthy cause -- your river management program.

Moderator: Bill Davis

• Marla Trollan, Partnership Coordinator, Forest Service Intermountain Region
  
• Joni Packard, Recreation Fee Coordinator, Northern Region Forest Service
  
• Mary Mitsos, Vice President Community Conservation, National Forest Foundation

-Outfitting a River Program: Beyond the Uniform

Take a short walk to our “camp” and join the Main Salmon River Rangers for a show and tell session. They will share with you the tricks of the trade -- from staying safe on the river to cleaning up camps. Please come prepared to share your tricks also!

Moderator: Chris Ryan

• River Patrol Job Hazard Analysis
  
• Hand Wash System
  
• Linda Hagedorn, River Ranger, Main Salmon Wild and Scenic River
  
• Don Jeffries, River Ranger, Main Salmon Wild and Scenic River

-Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 40th Anniversary: Business as Usual or New Beginnings?

This session takes a look at the first 40 years of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, includes an update on what various agencies and nonprofit groups are considering to commemorate the WSRA and then focuses on your ideas for rivers in general and wild and scenic rivers in particular for 2008. How might we change the equation for river conservation and management?

Moderators: Chris Brown, Director of Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers, Forest Service and Quinn McKew, Director, River Heritage, American Rivers

-Info 101: Running the Rapids of Audience Interest

Who are our river users? When and where do they get their river trip information? What do we want them to know and how do we want them to act as a result? This session will provide you with a simple template of suggested minimum standards for key messages common on all rivers. We will discuss how to deliver these messages to your audience(s) through brochures, river user guides, websites and signing.

Moderator: Greta Movassaghi

• Connie Myers, Director, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
  
• Bonnie Lippitt, Interpretation/Tourism Program Manager, BLM Oregon State Office

-3-2-1 Contact! Staying Safe, Reading Others, and De-escalating Conflict While Working with the Public

Have you ever made a public contact that just didn’t feel quite right and made the hair stand up on the back of your neck? Improve your ability to safely read and approach visitors who provide that hair-on-end feeling through hands-on scenarios and real-life examples from a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Warden and Bureau of Land Management Ranger. This session will also discuss how staff in the field can observe and collect information that may be of use to enforcement professionals who protect natural resources.

Moderator: Chet Crowser

• Joe Nardinger, Law Enforcement Ranger, Bureau of Land Management
  
• Aaron Berg, Warden, Region 2 Headquarters, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
  

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