Arctic Grayling Symposium
Arctic Grayling Recovery- Working Together for a New Future
Scientific Forum Agenda
August 26, 2005
Jackson, Montana
This will be a day long series of presentations and discussions for members
of the Arctic Grayling Working Group, other agencies, conservation,
environmental group leaders and international scientists to discuss Arctic
grayling recovery.
8:00 am- Registration open
8:00- 9:00 am- Coffee and Pastries
9:00- 9:15 am- Welcoming- Jeff Schahczenski, Executive Director Big Hole
River Foundation
9:15- 10:30 am
Session One: Assessment Panel Reports- Three Arctic grayling experts for Alaska
and Canada will reflect Arctic grayling research and recovery efforts in Montana
and report on their three day tour of the upper Big Hole River watershed (Dr.
David Hobbs, BHRF and Montana Tech Professor facilitating)
Jim O'Neil, Senior Fisheries Biologist, Golder Associates, Ltd., Alberta,
Canada
Robert A. Clark, Fisheries Scientist I, Alaska Department of Fish and Game,
Sport Fish Division
Brian Blackman, Senior fish biologist with the British Columbia, Canada based
Peace/Williston Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (PWFWCP)
Presentations ~15 minutes each and 30 minute Q&A
10:30- 10:45 am Break
10:45 am- 12:30pm
Session Two: Update on Arctic Grayling Recovery Efforts (Andrea Day, BHRF
Board member facilitating)
Jim Magee, Arctic grayling Fishery Biologist, Montana Department of Fish,
Wildlife and Parks- "History and Status of Arctic Grayling in Montana"
Jim Magee, Arctic grayling Fishery Biologist, Montana Department of Fish,
Wildlife and Parks and Kris Berg, Area Conservationist, Montana Natural
Resources Conservation Service- "Candidate Conservation Agreements with
Assurances in the Big Hole River-Partnerships for Conservation.
Emily Rens, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks- "Arctic Grayling
Restoration Efforts beyond the Big Hole River.
Presentations ~ 20 minutes each with 10-15 minutes of Q&A after each
presentation
12:30 am - 1:45 Lunch
1:45pm - 4:00pm-
Session Three: Individual Paper Presentations (Mike Brown, BHRF Board member
and employee of Bureau of Land Management facilitating)
Brian Blackman, Senior fish biologist with the British Columbia, Canada based
Peace/Williston Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (PWFWCP)-"Why Arctic
Grayling are in Decline and What to do about it"
Adrian Clarke, Fishery Biologist, Environmental Stewardship Branch, Ministry
of Water, Land & Air Protection, British Columbia, Canada- "Can natural
elemental signatures be used to assess population structure and habitat use in
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)?
Jim Lovell, President, Confluence Consulting, Bozeman, MT- "Development
of TMDL Targets to Support Recovery of Arctic Grayling"
3:00- 3:15 Break
Jim O'Neil, Senior Fisheries Biologist, Golder Associates, Ltd., Alberta,
Canada - "Review of Biology and Status of Arctic Grayling in Alberta"
Robert Clarke, Robert A. Clark, Fisheries Scientist I , Alaska Department of
Fish and Game, Sport Fish Division- "Summary of research and management of
Arctic Grayling in Alaska".
Presentations ~ 25 minutes with ~15 minutes Q&A after each presentation.
4:00- 5:00 pm
Summary Session- Review and Reflections
Facilitated overview and discussions led by Professor Pat Munday, Montana Tech
and Board member of Big Hole River Foundation
5:00 pm- Cash Bar Opens.
Arctic Grayling Symposium
Arctic Grayling Recovery- Working Together for a New Future
Public Forum Agenda
August 27, 2005
Jackson, Montana
This day long event will provide an opportunity for public presentations that
will inform general public of the status and recovery efforts of the Arctic
grayling in the Upper Missouri basin. Various agencies working in the watershed
wil help explain the CCAA, CPI, special EQIP efforts that are working broadly to
in part restore Arctic grayling populations, are leading to riparian and fishery
health and in general to an improved ranching industry in the watershed.
7:30 - 8:45 am Registration open
7:30 - 8:45 am- Coffee and pastries
8:45-9:15 am Welcoming: Hal Harper, Chief Policy Advisor to Governor Brian
Schweitzer.
9:15- 10:45 am
Session I: Partnerships- The CCAA and the Recovery of the Arctic grayling.
Facilitating, Steve Luebeck- Big Hole Watershed Committee and Butte/Anaconda
Sports Fishing.
Jim Magee, Arctic grayling Fishery Biologist, Montana Department of Fish,
Wildlife and Parks and Kris Berg, Area Conservationist, Montana Natural
Resources Conservation Service- "Candidate Conservation Agreements with
Assurances in the Big Hole River-Partnerships for Conservation." (20
minutes)
Panelists-(10 minutes each)
Dave White, NRCS State Conservationists- NRCS Conservation efforts in the Big
Hole- past, present and future
Jeff Hagener, Director, MTFWP - FWP's role in the Arctic Grayling CCAA.
Doug Peterson, USFWS- Legal status of Arctic Grayling and the ESA.
Bruce Farling, Montana Trout Unlimited
Hans Humbert, Big Hole Rancher and member Big Hole River Watershed Committee
and Board member Big Hole River Foundation
Q&A- 25 minutes
10:45- 11:00 BREAK
11:00 am - Noon- "CCAA's and Safe Harbor Agreements: Tools to Help
Landowners Work with the Endangered Species Act. Tim Male, Wildlife Scientist,
Environmental Defense, Washington D.C. Tim provides scientific oversight of and
direction to Environmental Defense's work on endangered and threatened species.
Tim promotes creative approaches to conserving biological diversity on private
lands.
Luncheon: 12:30- 2:00 pm -Jackson Hot Springs Lodge
Luncheon Keynote- "Conservation Ranching and Endangered Species
Recovery".
Kirk Gazdia of Resource Management Services is an internationally recognized
grazing management educator and will share his experiences with collaborative
efforts of managing livestock and protecting endangered species.
2:00- 4:00 pm
Session II- Arctic Grayling in the Big Hole and Beyond- What We Know and What
We Don't. Facilitating: Wayne Hadley, Board member, Big Hole River Foundation
Introduction: Jim Magee, Arctic grayling Fishery Biologist, MT Fish, Wildlife
and Parks- "History and Status of Arctic Grayling in Montana "(20
minutes)
Adam Petersen, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks- "Arctic Grayling
Restoration Efforts beyond the Big Hole River". (15 minutes)
Panelists-(15 minutes each)
Jim O'Neil, international Arctic grayling expert from Canada.
Robert Clarke, Robert A. Clark, Fisheries Scientist I, Alaska Department of
Fish and Game, Sport Fish Division
Brian Blackman, senior fish biologist with the BC, Canada based
Peace/Williston Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (PWFWCP)
Ken McDonald, MT FWP and Arctic Grayling Working Group Director
Q&A- 30 minutes
4:30-6:00 pm - Lake Grayling Fish Tasting- Open Cash Bar
First Arctic Grayling Symposium
August 26-27, 2005
Arctic Grayling Recovery-Working Together for a New Future
Jackson Hot Springs Lodge
Jackson, Montana
Pre-Registration Form
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Symposium, please send me program details:
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____ Yes, I am interested in the scientific forum, August 26.
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There will be limited lodging available at the Jackson Hot Spring Lodge, make
your reservations early. Contact the lodge at 406-834-3151. Just down the road
at Wisdom, there's the Nez Perce Motel at 406.689.3254.
For planning purposes please indicate that you are attending the symposium. A
list of additional lodging choices in the area will be mailed with program
details.
Mail form to:
Jeff Schahczenski
Big Hole River Foundation- AG symposium
3040 Continental Drive
Butte, MT 59701
