The Science Work Group provides advice and support to the Estuary Partnership on scientific and technical issues and acts as a forum for the exchange of scientific information about the estuary. The group works to ensure a consistent and cooperative approach to scientific data, designing and implementing scientific and technical projects. (Past Meetings)
Upcoming Meetings
Science Work Group Meetings take place at the Estuary Partnership office at 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland, OR 97204. Meeting times are generally 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Contact Catherine Corbett for more information. Upcoming meeting times and tentative topics are listed below.
2012 Meeting Schedule
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Monitoring focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, February ?, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Project Review Committee, Habitat Restoration Program
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Monitoring Focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: General Topics
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Project Review Committee, Habitat Restoration Program
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:00 - 4:00
Meeting Focus: TBD
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Meeting Focus: Paddling Trip
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: TBD
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Project Review Committee, Habitat Restoration Program
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Ecosystem Monitoring Program
Location: USGS Office - 2130 SW 5th Avenue Portland, OR 97201
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: TBD
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Action Effectiveness Monitoring Focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Science Work Group Activities Include:
- Help evaluate environmental conditions of the lower Columbia River and estuary
- Identify ecological indicators
- Make recommendations on the methods and
costs of acquiring data for the public report
- Assist in interpreting data - Assist in implementing elements of Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring Strategy for the Lower Columbia River
- Assist in developing and implementing the Information and Management Strategy, paying particular attention to developing a consistent and cooperative approach to data gathering
- Provide a forum for on-going scientific information exchange about the estuary
Science Work Group Membership Profile
Participation on the Science Work Group is open to all interested individuals, organizations, businesses, local governments, and state and federal agencies. Typical representatives include Board of Directors members; tribal, federal, state and local agency representatives; representatives from academe, private sector scientists and interested parties; and non-governmental representatives. The Board of Directors Liaison to the Science Work Group is Yvonne Vallette (from US EPA). The work group is staffed by the Estuary Partnership's Director of Technical Programs.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Tier 3, Restoration Strategy Final Results
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Monitoring Focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Habitat Suitability Model
Presentation: Prioritization Framework Restoration Strategy November 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: General Topics/Update on Programs
Location: USGS Office - 2130 SW 5th Avenue Portland, OR 97201
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Overview of the Estuary Partnership’s Ecosystem Monitoring Program Synthesis
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Restoration Focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda: September 27, 2011
Meeting Agenda: September 28, 2011
Presentation: Prioritization Framework Restoration Strategy Sept 2011
Presentation: Habitat Suitability Model v. 9.27
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 9:00 - 4:00
Meeting Focus: Monitoring Focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda: August 23, 2011
Meeting Agenda: August 24, 2011
Meeting Agenda: August 30, 2011
Summary of August 30 SWG meeting
Presentation: Tidal Wetland Habitat Structure & Processes
Presentation: Action Effectiveness Monitoring Site Selection August 2011
Presentation: Data Analysis of Lower Columbia River Datasets
Presentation: EMP - Prey Monitoring Component
Presentation: EMP Fish Monitoring Component
Presentation: Overview of the EP's Ecosystem Monitoring Program Synthesis
Presentation: EMP Water-Quality Monitoring
Presentation: Prioritization Framework Restoration Strategy August 2011
Presentation: Reference Site Study: Phase 2, August 2011
Presentation: Application of Reference Sites Data for Improving Restoration
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Big Canoe Trip
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:00 - 4:00
Meeting Focus: Reference Sites/Action Effectiveness Evaluation Poject
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Prioritization Framework Restoration Strategy June 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:00 - 11:00 - CANCELLED
Meeting Focus: General Topics
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: General Topics
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Prioritization Framework Restoration Strategy April 2011
Presentation: Historical Land Cover Change Analysis
Presentation: Ancillary Land Cover information: Tidal/Diked/Non-Tidal Modifier
Presentation: OHSU Model
Presentation: Habitat Suitability Model
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:00 - 11:00 - CANCELLED
Meeting Focus: Restoration Focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: General Topics
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Corbett Prioritization Framework Restoration Strategy Feb 2011
Presentation: Marcoe Prioritization Framework
Presentation: Habitat Restoration Presentation
Presentation: Prioritization Framework Poster
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Monitoring focus (Action Effectiveness Monitoring)
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Effectiveness Monitoring 2010 Sandy River Delta & Mirror Lake
Presentation: CREST January 2011
Presentation: Mirror Lake
Presentation: Overview of Estuary Partnership's Action Effectiveness Monitoring
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:00 - 3:00
Meeting Focus: SWG and Project Development Coordination
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
November Meeting - Cancelled
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Monitoring Focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Columbia River Estuary Habitat Monitoring Program
Presentation: Ecosystem Monitoring Program
Presentation: Ecosystem Monitoring Project: 2010 Salmon and Prey Sampling Update
Presentation: Lower Columbia River Bathymetric and Land Cover Data Collection Update
Presentation: LCREP Science Work Group Meeting 26 October 2010
Presentation: Primary Productivity and Seasonal Water-Quality Monitoring
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Pile Structure Program
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Scappoose Bay/Multnomah Channel DEQ Cleanup Sites
Presentation: Toxic Contaminants and Their Effects on Resident Fish and Salmonids
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Restoration Focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Ecosystem Monitoring Program Overview
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:00 - 2:00
Meeting Focus: Science Work Group Big Canoe Trip
Location: TBD - On River
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Pile Structure Program
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Lower Columbia River & Estuary Restoration Reference Site Study
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: General Topics - Program Updates
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Restoration Focus - Habitat Restoration Project Applications
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Project Tier 2 Plots
Presentation: SWG Project Review
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Pile Structure Program
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Deer Island Restoration Plan
Presentation: Germany Creek Conservation and Restoration Phase II
Presentation: LCRWC_Clatskanie River Watershed Restoration Plan
Presentation: Mirror Lake Salmonid Habitat Restoration
Presentation: Otter Point Dike Breach
Presentation: Sandy River Delta Proposal
Presentation: Scappoose Landing Reconnection Presentation
Presentation: Meglar Creek Reconnection Project
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Restoration Focus
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Columbia River Contaminants and Habitat Characterization (USGS)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Action Effectiveness Monitoring
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Overview of Estuary Partnership's Action Effectiveness Monitoring
Poster: Riparian Wetland Response to Livestock Exclusion in the Lower Columbia River Basin
Presentation: Lower Columbia River and Estuary Restoration Reference Site Study (PNNL)
Presentation: Research and Monitoring Program (CREST)
Presentation: Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring at the Mirror Lake Wetlands Complex
Presentation: Scappoose Bottomlands Habitat Connections Project
Presentation: Effectiveness Monitoring 2009 Mirror Lake and Sandy River Delta
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Pile Structure Program
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Primary Productivity Overview for the Lower Columbia River Estuary
Presentation: Primary Productivity 101
Presentation: Stable Isotopes 101
Presentation: The Role of Primary Productivity in Evaluating the Cumulative Ecosystem Response to Restoration Projects (PNNL)
Presentation: Diel Oxygen Methods
Presentation: Investigating Primary Productivity in the Lower Columbia River 2010 (USGS and EP)
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Restoration
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: EP Pile Structure Program Overview
Presentation: Sediment Contaminant Testing for the Pile Structure Program (USGS)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Monitoring
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Overview of the Estuary Partnership's Ecosystem Monitoring Project
Presentation: Ecology of the Freshwater Tidal Forested Wetlands of the Columbia River Estuary (University of Washington)
Presentation: Seasonal Water Quality Monitoring (USGS)
Presentation: Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem Classification
Presentation: Columbia River Estuary Habitat Monitoring Program 2009 (PNNL)
Presentation: Ecosystem Monitoring Project-2009 Salmon Sampling Update (NOAA)
Presentation: Estuary Partnership Bathymetric and Land Cover Classification Data Collection Update
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: General Topics and Program Updates
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Habitat Restoration Program Evaluation Process and Criteria
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Pile Structure Program
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Estuary Partnership Bathymetric and Landcover Classification Data Collection Update
Presentation: Habitat Restoration Program Evaluation Criteria
Presentation: Monitoring Contaminant Transport in the Columbia River Basin (USGS)
Presentation: Linking Juvenile Salmon Use to Habitat Restoration-An Example from the Grays River Tributary of the Lower Columbia River (NOAA)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:00 - 1:00
Meeting Focus: Big Canoe On-River Trip, Ridgefield, WA
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Pile Structure Program
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentaton: Pile Structure Program
Monday, June 8 , 2009 1:00 - 2:30
Pile Structure Permitting Meeting
Presentation: Pile Structure Meeting
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:00 - 12:00
Meeting Focus: Habitat Restoration Project Review
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Restoration Project Proposal PDF
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Cumulative Effects Monitoring
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Diefenderfer Cumulative Effects Presentation
Marcoe Land Cover Workshop Presentation
Johnson CE Connection to EP Monitoring
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:00 - 12:00 (*Note - longer 3hr meeting - Noon end time)
Meeting Focus: Effectiveness Monitoring
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Krista Jones Overview
Amy Borde PNNL RSS
Chris Collins Parametrix Mirror Lake
Lyndal Johnson NOAA Mirror Lake
George Kral ACFM ML
Rita Beaston Scappoose Bay
April Cameron CREST SB and FTC
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Pile Structure Program and Program Updates
Location: Estuary Partnership Office - 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410, Portland OR 97204
Meeting Agenda
Draft Pile Structure Program Plan
Bathymetry Update
Pile Structure Program Update
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Habitat Restoration
Location: City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services, Water Pollution Control Lab
6543 N. Burlington Avenue, Portland, OR 97203
Meeting Agenda
Project Review Process PowerPoint
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Monitoring
Location: USGS Portland Office - 2130 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201
Meeting Agenda
Krista Jones & Jen Burke Presentation
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 9:00 - 11:30
Science Work Group Pile Structure Subcommittee Meeting
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Powerpoint
Draft Hypothesis and Criteria
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Estuary Partnership Bathymetric Data Collection Project
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:00 - 11:00 - Ridgefield, Washington
Meeting Focus: Science Work Group Big Canoe Trip. The Science Work Group will take a field trip on the Estuary Partnership's 34-foot Big Canoes down Lake River to its confluence with the lower Columbia River. The trip will start at the Ridgefield Public Boat Ramp.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
No Meeting
Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:00 - 11:30
Science Work Group Pile Structure Subcommittee Meeting
Meeting Agenda
Introductory Powerpoint
Draft Hypothesis and Criteria Handout
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Presentations by Joe Needoba from the Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction on upcoming summer research cruises and Allan Whiting from PC Trask on Purple Loosestrife.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting Focus: Restoration Project Review
Meeting Agenda
Presentation: Science Work Group Project Review
Restoration Project Proposal Summary Spreadsheet
Restoration Project Proposal Map
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:00 - 11:00
Meeting focus: Effectiveness Monitoring
Meeting Materials:
Meeting Agenda
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation for the Federal Columbia River Estuary Program Report
Curtis Roegner Presentation on Cumulative Effects Monitoring Protocols in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary
Estuary Partnership Effectiveness Monitoring One Page
Estuary Partnership Effectiveness Monitoring Presentation