Outline for Continued Adaptive Management Work

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• A description of management models and potential management actions to the level of detail possible before the Program actually exists and the development of an example adaptive management experiment (FWS example for improving in- channel habitat with a more detailed description of the actual eYperiment based on the Parsons report and the Environmental Account Annual Operating plan) including anticipated outcomes • A discussion of opportunities and constraints as they are presently defined by the Program document(s) and an illustration of how all but policy constraints can be addressed (e.g., lack of system-wide controls, relatively small treatment effect) • A description of the additional program objectives (tiered of off the water and land objectives and existing hypotheses), a quantification of those objectives, and identification of other potential objectives and the standards by which success or failure in meeting objectives is determined. (note that this will be the most difficult and time consuming task and will probably not be completed until we are into the First Increment. Provide a data analysis and interpretation framework (note this would likely be included in the IMRP section of the AM Plan) including examples of how the data will be analyzed and the minimum level of system response far an effect to be concluded December 2, 2004 Workshop It has become increasingly clear to me that the Governance Committee needs to learn more about adaptive management; and, based on this description they must decide if adaptive management is the management paradigm they want for the Platte River Program. Thus, I believe at least the first one-half day should be devoted to a discussion of adaptive management concepts. The agenda I suggest is as follows: • A summary description of adaptive management (Dave Marmorek provided a good description of AM at a Seattle Workshop I participated in. Perhaps Dave could repeat a similar slide talk to start the workshop). • A series of case studies o Trinity River - Scott McBain o Colorado River - Dennis Kubly o Everglades - Nick Aumen o Other - Ed Hanna • A description of the Platte River Adaptive Management as presently conceived - Dale Strickland • A description of the basis for in items in Table 1 form the Land Plan (i.e., are they set on biology, FWS regulatory need, other). • A description of the alternative habitat hypothesis and management model (i:e., Table 2 from the Land Plan) from the Water Users • A discussion of the work products connpleted by the ED's office addressing the above bullets A decision on how to proceed with developing the AM work product will be made following the workshop.