Agenda Overview of meeting topics 9:30 AMIntroduction and Agenda Review 9:45 AMSelect Regional Allocation Option and Process Steps for 2006 SRFB Funding Cycle 11:00 AMReview Goals & Objectives & 3-year Plans 12:00 PMWorking Lunch Review the Road to July – Process & Decisions 12:30 PMDiscuss Investment Scenarios 2:15 PMIdentify sub-group members to develop proposal re: funding level to pursue 2:30 PM Wrap-Up and Adjourn

SRFB Round 7 Steps & Distribution Options The goal for this year is to use as efficient a process as possible. This is a transition year. Ultimately the 3-year investment scenario selected will guide future decisions. Today: 1. Clarify steps—see handout 2. Select distribution option—see handout

Historically and today humans and salmon share the same bio- geographic regions

Decisions July Meeting 1. What are the best investments for salmon recovery in the next three years? 2. What strategy do we want to use to distribute funds? 3. What level of funding do we to pursue? 4. How do we want to address non-listed salmon species?

Investment Scenarios definition The investment scenario ultimately selected should clearly identify the priorities in which this region wants to invest funds, political capital, voluntary efforts, and human resources in the next three years. It answers the question: what are the best investments for salmon recovery in the next three years?

Technical Analyses for Prioritizing Recovery Strategies Across the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU Puget Sound Technical Recovery Team

Two Key Criteria for Making Choices 1. Protect options for the future role of existing natural populations 2. Protect existing salmon habitat and the opportunities for habitat restoration “Where are the populations whose future role is most threatened?” “Where is the best existing salmon habitat and the best opportunities for habitat restoration?”

Data Used to Evaluate Near-term Threat of Extinction 1. Current abundance of natural-origin Chinook salmon (NOR) 2. Average number of adults produced by each Chinook salmon spawning in the wild (Recruits/spawner) 3. Proportion and origin of hatchery fish on the spawning grounds

Data Used to Evaluate Ecological Integrity of Watersheds Four Positive Attributes Four Negative Attributes Area occupied by natural wetlands Land use and land cover Hydrological alteration Sub-watershed slope steepness Hatchery production Presence of eagles Road density Undisturbed habitat

Ecological Integrity Threat of Near-term Extinction = Indigenous = Replaced SF Nooksack Cedar High Risk Immediate attention to protect future role of populations Strategies

Ecological Integrity Threat of Near-term Extinction = Indigenous = Replaced Cascade Upper Sauk Suiattle Mid-Hood Canal Lower Skagit Lower Sauk Skykomish Upper Skagit Ecological Integrity Intact but Modified Significant portions occur in national forest or national parks Opportunities for habitat restoration building on protection in lower watersheds, nearshore Strategies

Ecological Integrity Threat of Near-term Extinction = Indigenous = Replaced Puyallup Nisqually Sammamish NF Stillaguamish Green Ecological Integrity Highly Compromised Strategies Large-scale, long- term protection, land use changes, and restoration

Ecological Integrity Threat of Near-term Extinction = Indigenous = Replaced Skokomish Elwha SF Stillaguamish White Dungeness NF Nooksack Snoqualmie Some Ecological Integrity Intact but Highly Modified Strategies Need low risk populations Protect existing integrity and ecological function Large-scale restoration

Ecological Integrity Threat of Near-term Extinction = Indigenous =Composite/Replaced Puyallup Nisqually Sammamish NF Stillaguamish Green SF Nooksack Cedar Skokomish Elwha SF Stillaguamish White Dungeness NF Nooksack Snoqualmie Cascade Upper Sauk Suiattle Mid-Hood Canal Lower Skagit Lower Sauk Skykomish Upper Skagit

Investment Choices Parameters All populations equally or selected population focus. Restoration focus or Protection Focus Criteria Key Threats Community Support Preserves options Highest Risk populations Populations targeted for low risk