2017 Knowledge Assessment

2017 Knowledge Assessment Knowledge assessments are a standard tool in adaptive management, with two purposes: (1) They assess the state of knowledge concerning: Status and trend for resources central to an adaptive management program The factors (aka ‘drivers’) that shape resource status and trends The ways in which past, current, and planned future management actions affect these drivers or directly affect resource status. (2) They identify areas of uncertainty in this knowledge that the adaptive management team may want to address through additional investigations, including but not limited to field monitoring or research. The present (FY 2017) knowledge assessment is timed to coincide with and inform the Annual Reporting process and development of the next GCDAMP Triennial Work Plan for FY 2018-2020. This knowledge assessment is testing a methodology for better organizing, displaying, and communicating its findings, potentially to carry forward to guide future knowledge assessments as well. [1]

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Summary The KA has three components: “Status and Trends,” “Drivers and Constraints,” and “Effects of Management Actions.”

Links and Information Knowledge Assessments, Annual Reporting Meetings, and SCORE Reports Page Documents 2017 Knowledge Assessment Table 2017 Knowledge Assessment Guidance Science Advisors Memo: Symbol set(s) for displaying Knowledge Assessment findings Knowledge Assessment Summary Tables Resource Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Resource Status and Trends Knowledge Assessment Tables for Individual Resources Archaeological & Cultural Resources Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Humpback Chub Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Hydropower & Energy Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Recreational Experience Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Sediment Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Rainbow Trout Fishery Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Nonnative Invasive Species (Fish) Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Riparian Vegetation Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Water Quality Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Aquatic Food Base Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Presentations and Papers Knowledge Assessment Update Review of the 2017 ARM and Discussion of Knowledge Assessment Participants Archaeological and Cultural Resources: Humpback Chub: Hydropower and Energy: Craig Ellsworth, Shane Capron, Clayton Palmer, Dave Welker, Chrystal Dean (WAPA); Paul Davidson and Nick Williams (Reclamation); Lucas Bair (GCMRC); Leslie James (CREDA); Cliff Barrett (UAMPS); Jenika Raub (SRP); Ben Reeder (SEAHG chair); Peggy Roefer (CRC); Arash Moelemi (NTUA) Recreational Experience: Ben Reeder, Chris Budwig, Kevin Dahl, David Rogowski, Lucas Bair Sediment: Paul Grams, David Topping, Joel Sankey, Helen Fairley with panel including Lucas Bair, Daniel Buscombe, Joseph Hazel, Erich Mueller, and Jack Schmidt Tribal Resources: Rainbow Trout Fishery: M. Yard, C. Nelson, M. Dodrill, and K. Dibbles, with additions from C. Budwig, J. Jordan, J. Hamill, and J. Miller, plus D. Braun edits Nonnative Invasive Species (Fish): David Rogowski, Ken Hyde Riparian Vegetation: Emily Palmquist, Barb Ralston, Joel Sankey, John Spence, Larry Stevens Water Quality: Robert Radtke, Marianne Crawford, Katrina Grantz (Reclamation); Bridget Deemer, Charles Yackulic, Nicholas Voichick (USGS); Peggy Roefer (NV CRC); Todd Tietjen (SNWA); Mark Anderson (NPS) Aquatic Food Base: