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 Hydropower & Energy Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Invasive Fish Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Rainbow Trout Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Recreational Experience Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Vegetation Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Sediment Drivers & Constraints Effects of Experimental & Management Actions Status & Trends Water Quality 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