Diadromous Species Restoration Research Network (DSRRN)





DSRRN Goal: To advance the science of diadromous fish restoration and promote state-of-the-art scientific approaches to multiple-species restoration at the ecosystem level UPCOMING MEETINGS Restoration of Diadromous Fishes and Their Ecosystems: Confluence of Science and Restoration July 22-24, 2009 Wells Conference Center, University of Maine Plenary Speakers: Margaret Palmer University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Sciences David Montgomery University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences Gérald Chaput, Head, Diadromous Fish Section, Gulf Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada George Pess, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service Poster Sessions: • Penobscot River restoration • Participant research Field Trips: Penobscot River dams and headwaters Work Groups: What are the big questions in diadromous fish research? Information: Additional information will be posted as it becomes available. If you would like to be placed on the mailing list to receive updates, please contact Ruth Hallsworth at 207/581-3196. Desired outcomes of this meeting: Identification of the 'Big Unknowns' facing diadromous species restoration projects. Identification of three themes encompassing diadromous fish/ecosystem science and restoration as foci for future workshops. This meeting will feature several plenary speakers who will be given the charge to address, in their opinion, the "Big Unknowns" facing diadromous species restoration efforts. Meeting participants will then break into groups, lead by selected panelists, to select themes for three DSRRN-sponsored workshops that will occur in upcoming years. It is our hope that these workshops will produce synthetic publications on the topic and feedback for managers and agencies actively involved in restoration efforts. The goal of the workshops will be to produce new directions for restoration science by exploring key scientific issues and developing interdisciplinary scientific approaches to diadromous species restoration. Workshop themes should be selected according to the following criteria: Ability to inform current restoration efforts likely to impact multiple diadromous fish species (i.e., adaptive management): is the theme applicable to current restoration projects? Potential for new knowledge and research directions Available data: are there existing data sets that might be used to address the workshop theme? Testability: can restorations be used to test scientific hypotheses? Degree to which the workshop results may leverage new funding: is this theme likely to lead to new grant proposals? Workshops (Years 2, 3 & 4) Our plan is to select, as a group, three workshop topics that best fit the criteria above. These workshop topics may be distinct, or, depending on the group’s feedback, may build on one another. Each workshop is envisioned as a year long (or more) project, beginning with literature review, problem statements and planning efforts by a graduate student and advisory members (PIs) of the network, leading to a two-day intensive workshop, and culminating in A synthetic paper on the workshop topic and, Immediate management/science feedback for the PRRP and similar projects. Our hope is that these workshops will promote interaction between scientists and managers, with significant feedback between scientists and managers in the field. We hope that this will be an iterative process in which management needs can help shape workshop topics, and workshops can provide information to managers. Final Science Meeting (Year 5) The final Science Meeting will serve to synthesize efforts to date, and set the agenda for the next phase of restoration efforts (post dam removal) and new science. POSTINGS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS Stakeholder's Workshop - Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 Agenda (pdf doc) Questions for Stakeholders (pdf doc)		MEETING CALENDAR SAVE THE DATE! Restoration of Diadromous Fishes and Their Ecosystems: Confluence of Science and Restoration July 22-24, 2009 Wells Conference Center University of Maine NOTES FROM PRIOR MEETINGS Stakeholder workshop 11/14/2008