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Research
 Monitoring
and Salmonid Restoration on the Olympic Peninsula
final
report
PNW
Funded Projects
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
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PNW
Project Overview 1997
Development
of Request for Proposals for Monitoring Riparian Areas
Principal
Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Botkin, Center for the Study of the Environment
Awarded: $30,160
Project
Description:
Considerable
resources have been expended in attempts to determine the causes of salmon
declines and develop better methods for conservation and management of
salmon that allow for conservation of biological diversity as well as
recreational and commercial catch. Much of the effort has been extended at
a relatively coarse spatial scale. Few projects have involved active
participation by local stakeholders or integrated baseline measurements,
monitoring, and scientific experimentation as part of management.
Therefore, adaptive management is often not possible.
The
purpose of this project is for the Center for the Study of the Environment
team to work with staff of the Olympic Natural Resources Center to develop
a request for proposals, which in turn would create a plan and carry out a
research program integrated into adaptive management.
The development of the pre-proposal would involve four experts
associated with CSE who would travel to ONRC for one week.
During that week, they would meet with ONRC staff and hold public
meetings with the major stakeholders, including Native Americans,
fisherman, foresters, and environmental organizations.
Based on these discussions and meetings, the expert team would make
recommendations to ONRC on the content of a request for proposals.
Project
Status:
In
October 1997, The Center for the Study of the Environment submitted a
final report to ONRC. This
final report is available online. This project led to ONRC's
Validation Monitoring Panel funded in 1998,
1999,
and 2000.
Final
report description:
The
document provides the rationale for how to approach riparian area
monitoring, and recommendations on the content of the request for
proposals. The discussion of
this rationale includes (1) how riparian areas have been viewed and
managed in the past; (2) why riparian area management should be approached
methodologically and systematically; (3) why it is important to conduct
monitoring at the individual watershed level; (4) the importance of
adequate baseline measurements; and (5) the significance of stakeholder
involvement. Some of the measurement topics discussed are: (1) spatial and
temporal scales; (2) geomorphic features; (3) shading; (4) litter inputs;
(5) regulation of nutrient flows; and (6) monitoring of anadromous salmon,
trout, and resident trout.
This
report is the first in a three-phase process. These phases are: 1,
statement of the requirements for a RFP; 2, development of a program for
baseline surveys and monitoring, coordinated with research and management;
and 3, the execution of that program.
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