TAG Meeting

February 10, 2006

Lewis Conservation District Office

Bob Amrine Eric Delvin, Dan Blatt, Gavin Glore, Laura Till, Chanele Holbrook Shaw, Bret Demond, Lonnie Crumley, Lee Napier, Brian Abbott, Mark Mobbs, Chad Stussy and John Kliem were present.

Bob Amrine opened the meeting.

Strategy Update

John asked people to share their experiences using the subbasin templates.

• Lonnie noticed a discrepancy between the LFA reporting and the stream catalogue for the Wishkah subbasin. 
• Bob noticed that documented logjams from the stream catalogue are off, but most of the facts are accurate for current conditions.
• Gavin used the stream catalogue and some other sources to fill in the gaps for lack of personal knowledge of the area. 

Was the task difficult?

• More time consuming than expected.
• How will you divide the area for land use (forestry and agriculture) and area?  Chad suggested breaking the land area out following the LFA breakdown.  
• Uncomfortable with stating personal observations.  The group felt that personal observations were acceptable to note with a reference that the statement was anecdotal.  
• Could we combine the current condition and cause of condition tables?  Reformat the restoration actions to match the condition tables? 
• If you find data gaps, then note the gaps.
• For Table D, remember to rank order the restoration actions for salmonids.  This will address the priority actions for stocks and help us with our sequencing of habitat actions. 

General comments

• In the 1975 report, chum was described in the Upper Chehalis.  The re-establishment of historic runs will be important to describe in the strategy.
• Chad made copies (cd) of the LFA, Stream Catalogue, Off Channel Report, and Stream Corridor reports for the group.  Lee will also post these resources on the Grays Harbor County website. 
• The SRFB wants to see more details in our list of actions.  For example, we could use the barrier assessment PI.

The group reviewed Lonnie’s template for the Wishkah subbasin.  In Section D, please remember to rank the stocks for each restoration action.  The group informally ranked barrier corrections and rated chum first.  The group also needs to describe which watershed process are addressed and connect that process to a stock.

The next meeting is March 10^th.  Anyone who finishes their template early should send it to Lee for distribution to the group prior to  the meeting.