SWAMP - California Aquatic Bioassessment Workshop 2005
CALIFORNIA AQUATIC BIOASSESSMENT WORKGROUP - 12TH ANNUAL MEETING
November 1 and 2, 2005
U.C. Davis, California
MEETING AGENDA
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1
| Item # | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9:30 | Registration |
9:30-9:40 |
Welcome to UC Davis and the State Water Resources Control Board’s Training Initiative/Academy Program – Nancy Ellen Barker, UCD Extension – Land Use and Natural Resources, Davis, California and Emelie Reyes, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) |
| 9:40-10:00 | Welcome and Objectives of the Meeting – Jim Harrington, California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) – Office of Spill Prevention and Response |
| 10:00-10:30 | Update on the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program and What the Future Has in Store for Us – Del Rasmussen, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) |
| 10:30-11:00 | EPA National Perspective on Comprehensive Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment – Janet Hashimoto, U.S. EPA Region 9, San Francisco |
| 11:00-11:20 | Break and Poster Session |
| 11:20-11:50 | Update on the Western Pilot Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program and New Tools for Use in California – Paul Ringold, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Corvallis, Oregon |
| 11:50-12:20 | RIVPACS Model Used for the State-Wide Condition Report – Charles Hawkins, Utah State University, Logan, Utah |
| 12:20-12:50 | Probabilistic Assessment of the Biotic Condition of Perennial Streams and Rivers in California - Pete Ode and Andy Rehn, California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) – Office of Spill Prevention and Response |
| 12:50-2:00 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 2:00-2:30 | An Index of Biotic Integrity for the Eastern Sierra - David Herbst, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL), Mammoth Lakes, California |
| 2:30-3:00 | The Use of Fish Index of Biological Integrity for Assessing the Quality of Sierra Foothill Streams – Rob Titus, DFG |
| 3:00-3:20 | Regionalizing the State-Wide Probabilistic Sampling Design for Use in California Monitoring and Assessment Program (CMAP) Biotic Condition Reports. Tony Olson, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Corvallis, Oregon |
| 3:20-3:40 | Break and Poster Session |
| 3:40-4:00 | Discussion Session on Use of State Wide Condition Assessments |
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
| Item # | Presentation |
|---|---|
| Theme: Challenges for Bioassessment in Southern California | |
| 9:00-9:20 | Ventura River Watershed Assessment Strategy Used by the County Stormwater Program - Darla Wise, County of Ventura and Scott Johnson, Aquatic Bioassay and Consulting Laboratories |
| 9:20-9:40 | The Los Angeles Regional Board Strategy for SWAMP and Incorporating Bioassessments in the NPDES Program – Michael Lyons, Los Angeles RWQCB |
| 9:40-10:00 | Integrated Surface Water Monitoring Strategy for Southern California – Ken Schiff, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project |
| 10:00-10:30 | Tiered Aquatic Life Use for the Nation and in SoCal: Challenges and Implementation Strategies - Michael Barbour, Tetra Tech Inc., Owings Mills, Maryland |
| 10:30-10:50 | Discussion Session on TALU in SoCal |
| 10:50-11:10 | Break and Poster Session |
Theme: Citizen Monitoring and Reporting on Water Quality Assessments |
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| 11:10-11:25 | Training of Citizen Monitor for Producing SWAMP Compatible Bioassessment Data – Jim Harrington, DFG |
| 11:25-11:45 | Strategy for Incorporating Volunteer Monitor Data into SWAMP – Ross Clark, California Coastal Commission |
| 11:40-12:00 | National Perspective on Volunteer Monitoring – Eleanor Elly, Volunteer Monitor Newsletter, San Francisco |
12:00-12:30 |
Discussion Session on the Use of Volunteer Data in SWAMP |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:30-1:50 | Klamath River, Oregon and California, Bioassessment Studies in Relation to Hydropower Relicensing - Earl Byron and Jeff Tupen, CH2M HILL, Sacramento |
1:50-2:20 |
New Zealand Mudsnails in the Western USA and their Impacts on Water Quality - David Richards, EcoAnalysts Inc. Center for Aquatic Studies Bozeman, MT |
| 2:20-2:40 | Invertebrate Inventory of Streams and Springs Draining into Lake Davis in Preparation for a Future Rotenone Treatment – Lori Powers and Glenn Sibbald, DFG |
Theme: Methods Standardization and Comparability |
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| 2:40-3:00 | History and Evolution of the California Stream Bioassessment Procedure (CSBP) with Emphasis on Physical Habitat Assessments – Jim Harrington, DFG |
| 3:00-3:20 | The Use of the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) in Riparian Assessments and for Use in SWAMP – Josh Collins, San Francisco Bay Estuary Institute (SFEI) |
| 3:20-3:40 | Moving Toward a Standardized Physical Habitat Procedure for SWAMP – Pete Ode, DFG and David Herbst, SNARL |
| 3:40-4:00 | Discussion Session on SWAMP Standard for Physical Habitat Assessments |
