[env-trinity] KLAMATH RIVER BASIN FISHERIES TASK FORCE MEETING-REVISED DRAFT AGENDA

[Tom Stokely]

 REVISED DRAFT AGENDA 

KLAMATH RIVER BASIN FISHERIES TASK FORCE MEETING

February 18-19, 2004

Best Western Beachfront Inn

Brookings, Oregon  

February 18, 2004

 

9:00 am            1. Convene and opening remarks.  John Engbring, Chair. Vice Chair is Steve West, Klamath County.  Vice Chair for next meeting will be Allen Foreman, Klamath Tribes.

 

9:15                             2. Business

a.       Adoption of agenda

b.      Potential joint meeting with Trinity Management Council

c.       Action on proposal to require that all handouts include date, author, and authority under which they are submitted

 

9:30                             3. Introductions of Congressional staff in attendance

 

9:45                             4. Brief review of last meeting actions/general correspondence/program update (Laurie Simons)

 

10:00                           5. Brief Updates and Announcements

a. Update on State recovery process (Phil Detrich)

b. Update on NOAA recovery planning (Irma Lagomarsino)

                                    c. Status of lamprey petition (Phil Detrich)

 

10:15                           6. Updates on anadromous fishery restoration efforts (all members who wish to contribute)

 

11:15               Break

 

11:30                           7. Progress of Klamath Basin Federal Working Group (Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Department of the Interior)

 

12:30 pm            8. Public Comment

 

12:45                           Lunch

 

2:00                             9. Report from Klamath Watershed Coordination Group

Klamath Basin Compact Commission (Alice Kilham)

Upper Klamath Basin Working Group (Jim Carpenter)

Trinity Management Council (Mike Orcutt)

 

2:30                             10. Report from Technical Work Group (Peter Brucker)

 

3:00                             11. Report from Budget Committee (Phil Detrich)

a.       Final FY 2004 Budget

b.      Proposed FY 2005 Budget

c.       Proposal to prepare a Klamath Act Accomplishments Report

3:30                 Break

 

3:45                 12. Discussion of Klamath Act Reauthorization (Keith Wilkinson)

 



4:30                             13. Planning for 2004 Klamath Project Operations and the Conservation Implementation Program (Christine Karas, Bureau of Reclamation)



5:00                             14. Public Comment

 

5:15                             Recess

 

5:30-7:30pm    Social Hour - Join us in the Lounge across the street in the Smuggler=s Cove restaurant.

 

February 19, 2004

 

8:00 am            15. Task Force review of recommendations from Mid-term Evaluation Oversight Committee 

a.       Report on how to revise the Long Range Plan (Laurie Simons, FWS and Ronnie Pierce, Klamath Inter-tribal Fish and Water Commission)

b.      Discussion of recommendation 2.F.4 from the Long Range Plan

 

8:30                             16. Klamath Provincial Advisory Committee - what it is and current issues (Peg Boland)

 

9:15                             17. Presentation on the Initial Phase of the Scott River Watershed Council Strategic Action Plan (Rhonda Muse, Scott River Watershed Council Coordinator)

 

10:00                           18. Public Comment

 

10:15                           Break

 

11:15                           19. Natural Resource Conservation Service Farm Bill Appropriation for the Klamath River Basin -  how it is being spent in the Upper and Lower Klamath River Basin areas and benefits for anadromous fish (Bill Gardiner, NRCS)

 

12:00                           20. Presentation on the Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Die Off Report (Randy Brown, FWS)

 

1:00 pm            21. Public Comment

 

1:15                             22. Recap.  Assignments and motions will be emailed in two weeks.  Identify agenda to include in the next meeting. (John Engbring)

 

1:20                             23. Future meetings are in Klamath Falls, June 23-24, 2004, and in Yreka, October 13-14, 2004.

 

Adjourn
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