Upper Basin Pallid Sturgeon Workgroup Meeting Agenda for March 5-7, 2013

Federal Building – Western Conference Room

2900 4th Ave. North 6th Floor
Billings, MT
March 5-7

MARCH 5

8:00-8:10         Opening Comments – Chair Wilson

8:10-8:25         Recovery Team Update – Wilson

                            Recovery Plan Revision

                            Recovery Coordinator Update

8:25 – 9:00      Workgroup Business – Chair/Group

                            Population Genetics Plan

                            Updated Survival Estimates

                            Haul/No Haul List

                            Reporting Template

                            Other Business?

9:00-9:45         Agency Updates (15 minutes each)

                           US Army Corps of Engineers – Tim Welker/George Williams

                           Western Area Power – Lou Hanebury

                            PPL Montana – Steve Leathe

9:45-10:00       Break

10:00-11:00     Hatchery Updates (Twenty minutes each)

                             Gavins Point – Craig Bockholt

                             Garrison – Rob Holm

                             Miles City – Mike Rhodes

                             Research

11:00-11:20     Reservoir Headwater Study – Chris Guy

11:20-11:40     Gavins Point Captive Brood Project and Reproductive
                             Indices of  Hatchery Reared Pallid Sturgeon – Molly Webb

11:40-12:50     Lunch – on your own            

12:50-2:50       Intake Diversion Update
                            (Twenty minutes each plus Q and A)

                            Fish and Wildlife Service – Casey Kruse

                            Corps of Engineers – Tiffany Vanosdall

                            Bureau of Reclamation – Justin Kucera/Mike Horn

                            MT Fish Wildlife and Parks – FWP representative  

2:50-3:10         Break

                            Outreach Session

3:10-3:30         Pallid Sturgeon Website Development
                            – Martha Lonner/Chris Hunter

3:35-3:50         Pallid Sturgeon Website – Middle Basin Interest – Gerald Mestl

3:50-5:00         Video “In Murky Waters the Plight of the Pallid Sturgeon”
                           – Terry Lonner             

MARCH 6

Habitat Projects/Issues            

8:00-8:20          Pallid Sturgeon Instream Flow Study – Bill Miller

8:20-8:40          Fish Habitat Partnership – Steve Krentz

                             Lake Sakakawea Seismic Work              

                             Oil Development Issues in ND

8:40-9:00          Blueway Initiative – George Jordan                 

9:00-9:20          MARS – Tom Hinz

9:20-9:40          EcoAssests – David Patrick

9:40-10:00           Break

                Missouri/Yellowstone River Session

10:00-10:20       Missouri River above Ft Peck Dam – Anne Tews

10:20-10:40       Pallid Sturgeon Movements and Reproduction 2012
                               – Dave Fuller

10:40-11:00       Missouri River below Ft. Peck Dam – Tyler Haddix

11:00-11:20       Missouri River below the Confluence ND – Ryan Wilson

11:20-11:50       Yellowstone River, MT – Jason Rhoten/ Pat Braaten

11:50-1:10         Lunch – on your own

1:10-1:30           Missouri River, Ft Randall Reach – Rob Klumb

                              SDSU Research – Rob Klumb

1:30- 2:45          Upcoming Activities – Workgroup

                              Brood Stock Collection Logistics

                              Stocking and Tagging Discussion

                              Research Activities

                              Other?                

3:00-5:00           Develop “Pallid Sturgeon Needs” Document – Workgroup

March 7  

8:00-12:00           Develop “Pallid Sturgeon Needs” Document – Continued