Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP) A Presentation for: Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority Anadromous Fish Advisory Committee Meeting Portland, OR February 24, 2009 Sean M. Quigley, PNAMP Data Steward (US Geological Survey)

PNAMP Objectives Provide a technical forum to develop, coordinate and inform monitoring and evaluation programs Provide a technical forum to develop, coordinate and inform monitoring and evaluation programs Provide a forum for communication with decision makers Provide a forum for communication with decision makers Be a clearing house for sample design, protocol development, and data management activitiesBe a clearing house for sample design, protocol development, and data management activities PNAMP

PNAMP Current Emphasis Data Management Tasks Data Management Tasks - Protocol Library Focus Group Meetings - development of a “library” of long-term aquatic-monitoring protocols - Protocol Library Focus Group Meetings - development of a “library” of long-term aquatic-monitoring protocols - Data Management Exchange Meetings - discover and share existing resources, identify needs, build network of data management practitioners to solve issues - Data Management Exchange Meetings - discover and share existing resources, identify needs, build network of data management practitioners to solve issues

Protocol Library Documenting Protocols – Metadata Documenting Protocols – Metadata - Guidelines for long-term monitoring protocols, 2003, Karen Oakley, et. Al. - Should act in a prescriptive (new data) and descriptive (historical data) manner - Attributes of methods - QA/QC of data input - Comparison of data management system elements for exchange/interoperability - Influence future data collection efforts, enable inventories and gap/overlap analysis, opportunity for improvement of agency guidelines through comparison

Conceptual Data Flow Project Managers determine which protocol and methods to use Consult PNAMP Protocol Library Some Protocol That has… That has… Methods for measuring something Data Collection Methods Data Management & Storage Data Analysis & Reporting Methods ISEMP-ARS Protocol Library

StatusStatus –Completed - Evaluation of Protocol Manager Tool - Protocol Library Recommendation –Next Steps - “Now or Never” Database Decisions (metadata) - Staff Support (Student Programmer) - Web Enabled - Convene “Focus Group” of Users Protocol Library

Focus Group MeetingsFocus Group Meetings - Intended to be a “Rapid Prototyping” environment - Domain experts and potential users - Application developers - Four to six meetings beginning in early March - Four to six meetings beginning in early March - Rapid succession – ~1-2 week intervals Protocol Library

Focus Group MeetingsFocus Group Meetings - Meeting Process - Meeting 1: Exploratory - review Protocol Manager software & content, answer what we want from a library of sampling methods, establish business rules - Meeting 2: Protocol Manager database model & protocol metadata requirements - Meeting 3: User Interface Functionality – Elicit feedback Meeting 4: User Interface Functionality – Elicit feedback Meeting 4: User Interface Functionality – Elicit feedback Meeting 5: User Interface Functionality – Elicit feedback Meeting 5: User Interface Functionality – Elicit feedback - Implementation - User Training & Outreach Protocol Library Development Team makes changes

Focus Group MeetingsFocus Group Meetings - Meeting locations should vary throughout region - PNAMP asks for feedback from CBFWA members via participation in Focus Group meetings - Suggestions for participants & locations would be helpful - Suggestions for participants & locations would be helpful Protocol Library

Data Management Exchange Meetings Purpose – Convene small groups of experts to… Purpose – Convene small groups of experts to… - Discuss details of existing and newly-developed data management tools - Share lessons-learned between existing efforts - Create opportunity for developing common designs and practices among organizations and groups - Present products, tools and solutions to a broader audience - Support network of data management practitioners

Data Management Exchange Meetings Process Process 1. Inventory of regional data management activities, tools, etc. 2. Meeting established with organizations responsible for these (based on current strategic goals) 3. Attendees present solutions and demo tools 4. Open discussion by attendees to identify sharing or partnering opportunities, technical considerations, etc. 5. Communication Plan - summary reports, white papers, and possible recommendations provided to PNAMP Steering Committee and Partners 6. Follow up meetings, discussions, etc…

Data Management Exchange Meetings Meetings will be a facilitated dialog Meetings will be a facilitated dialog - Intended to facilitate a two way conversation, in order to discover and share existing resources and to build a network of practitioners to help each other solve issues - Will not be prescriptive

Data Management Exchange Meetings Schedule Schedule Proposed Meetings* Mar IDFG and Nez Perce Mar Trinity River Restoration Program Apr Upper Columbia MaDMC Apr Puget Sound Partnership May WDFW and NWIFC Jun ODFW and StreamNet Working with CRITFC to coordinate efforts under the Accords Tribal Data Network effort Working with CRITFC to coordinate efforts under the Accords Tribal Data Network effort Have obtained contracted support from Environment Data Services, Inc (EDS) Have obtained contracted support from Environment Data Services, Inc (EDS)

Contacts Jennifer M. Bayer – PNAMP Coordinator (US Geological Survey) Jacque Schei – PNAMP Assistant Coordinator (US Geological Survey) Sean Quigley – PNAMP Data Steward (US Geological Survey) More Information