Fish and Wildlife Work Group Meeting Notes 2 Mar 2015i 9:30 a.m. at USFWS F'WCO in Onalaska, WI A ttl1(• hmcnl List: • Agenda • Atte ndance Li st " Lake Pe pin PAR Powe rPoint • HREP PER PowerPoinl • Janvrin" s Backwater Centrarchid PowcrPoint Meeting Discussion Summary: Meetin g discussion topics arc listed in the age nda a nd s ummari zed below. The majority of the meeting focused on discussion of the Envi ron mental Pool Plan s. One addition to tl1c age nda was a brief discuss ion 0 11 consensus for pl anning efforts on the river. Environmental Pool Plans: The majo rit y of lhe mee ting foc u sed on co ntinu ed discussion of updating the EPP. Open di alogue was hared on what a basic update might include and h ow best to reach agreement amongst th e gro up . FWWG quickly reached a genern l conse n sus on the pro cess and outline to ide ntify upd ak s to th e 17. PP. Th e updates would occur th ro ugh the following phases. Pool Plan Update Phases I) Initial 12: PP update to reOcct HREP s, O&M, Re fu ge Projects, Other. Things already built/completed . a. Di sc uss within USACE about performing this actio n with internal forces and have so me basic idea of potential by the R.RF 2) I!o ld small group workshop to di scuss/identi fy: a. II) what aspects of pools plans shou ld be updated b. Identify who may be ab le to perform this a nd when 3) Impleme nt recomme nded features that are data-related ( imagery, bathymetry, etc) 4) As recommended, discuss or identify upd ated o bj ecti ves, problem stateme nt s, habitat or process need s, etc 5) Public Input with in EP P update??? Phase I is genera lly agreed on. Phase 2 will form and acti vate a sma ll group to di scuss in more detail what a rea li stic EPP upd ate would i11clude. Depending on the co nclusions of the small group. additional phases may be cons idered. Phases would potentiall y be implc1J1 ented in the order above, recognizi ng that each s ubsequent phAse wou ld be more complicated, time cons uming a nd ex pensiv e. No specifi c endpoi nt was established for this approach. Small group to furth er discuss th e I.WP will inc lud e the fo ll owing: USFWS - Stephen Winter MnDNR - Dan Dicterman Wil)NR - Jeff Janvrin laDNR - Mik e Griflin USACE - To be determined USACE will identify a designce ASAP and th is regro up wi ll meet to start on Step 2 outlined above. Additi.onal Agendn Items Steve Clark (USACH) has vol unteered to be the n ext FWWG Chair. The FWWG supported thi s proposed leadership . T hi s will be provided lo the for consid eration. • Ryl ee Main gave an o,1erview presentation of the Head of Lake Pe pin Problem Appraisal Repon. Co mments on the PAR are still wel co me bul should be provided ASAP. • Dave Potter gave a bri ef overview on Pr oblem Apprai sa l Reports and l IREP co nsidera tion s (see attach ed prese nrntio n) .
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Fish and Wildlife Work Group Meeting Notes 2 Mar 2015i 9:30 a.m. at USFWS F'WCO in Onalaska, WI
Attl1(•hmcnl List: • Agenda • Attendance List " Lake Pepin PAR PowerPoint • HREP PER PowerPoinl • Janvrin"s Backwater Centrarchid PowcrPoint
Meeting Discussion Summary:
Meeting discussion topics arc listed in the agenda and summarized below. The majority of the meeting focused on discussion of the Environmental Pool Plans. One addition to tl1c agenda was a brief discussion 011 consensus for planning efforts on the river.
Environmental Pool Plans: The majority of lhe meeting focused on continued discussion of updating the EPP. Open dialogue was hared on what a basic update might include and how best to reach agreement amongst the group. FWWG quickly reached a genernl consensus on the process and outline to identify updak s to the 17.PP. The updates would occur through the following phases.
Pool Plan Update Phases I) Initial 12:PP update to reOcct HREPs, O&M, Refuge Projects, Other. Things already built/completed.
a. Discuss within USACE about performing this action with internal forces and have some basic idea of potential by the R.RF
2) I !old small group workshop to discuss/identify: a. II) what aspects of pools plans should be updated b. Identify who may be able to perform this and when
3) Implement recommended features that are data-related (imagery, bathymetry, etc) 4) As recommended, discuss or identify updated objectives, problem statements, habitat or process needs, etc 5) Public Input within EPP update???
Phase I is generally agreed on. Phase 2 will form and activate a small group to discuss in more detail what a realistic EPP update would i11clude. Depending on the conclusions of the small group. additional phases may be considered. Phases would potentially be implc1J1ented in the order above, recognizing that each subsequent phAse would be more complicated, time consuming and expensive. No specific endpoint was established for this approach.
Small group to further discuss the I.WP will include the fo llowing:
USFWS - Stephen Winter MnDNR - Dan Dicterman Wil)NR - Jeff Janvrin laDNR - Mike Griflin USACE - To be determined
USACE will identify a designce ASAP and th is regroup will meet to start on Step 2 outlined above.
Additi.onal Agendn Items
~ Steve Clark (USACH) has volunteered to be the next FWWG Chair. The FWWG supported this proposed leadership. This will be provided lo the RR~· for consideration.
• Rylee Main gave an o,1erview presentation of the Head of Lake Pepin Problem Appraisal Repon. Comments on the PAR are still welcome bul should be provided ASAP.
• Dave Potter gave a brief overview on Problem Appraisal Reports and l IREP considerations (see attached presenrntion).
• Ron Benjamin gave a brief request to agency representatives to be open and upfront when working on river issues. Be clear on agency positions. If agencies arc willing to be fl exible, they should be clear on this and willing to move and compromise to reach consensus. If agencies arc unwilling to be flexible this should be stated up front so everyone knows what agency boundaries arc.
• JefT Janvrin gave a brief presentation on centrarchid response to I IREP projects (sec attached presentation)
Action Hems from the Mcetine
• Coordinate with the RRP on assigning Steve Clark as the next FWWG chair. • USJ\CE to identify a path to implc1ncnt Phase I of the EPP updates • USACE Lo identify R representative to the small work group to evaluate updates lo EPP. • Small work group to initiate discussions on the El?P update.
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FISH AND WILDLIFE WORK GROUP MEETING
2 March 2015
HREP
Project Evaluations ---==
Status of HREP Project Evaluations 2015 Monitoring Act1v1t1es Post-Construction
All: Based on limited feedback we will have our next FWWG on Monday, March 2nd. Location is the usual place - USFWS FWCO in Onalaska. Assume we will go from 9:30 to 1:00.
Agenda will incl ude further discussion on updates to the Pool Plans. Other topics welcome, so please provide.
Note that Rylee Main of the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance has requested to be on the agenda to discuss their Upper Pool 4 PAR. The purpose of the report is to take a comprehensive look at assessing .existing resource conditions and potential restoration actions. It looks like this is on the agenda to discuss at the next RRF, so this may be a good opportunity to hear about the report up front (many of you may have looked at the report already). Unless I hear opposition I will include t his topic on the agenda to be presented by Rylee.
All: I ' ve finally got draft notes together for our FWWG back in December. Give these a look and let me know if you have any comments . Note I'm still working with Jeff Janvrin to get his PowerPoint on EPP history included as one of our attachments.
At the FWWG t here was a desire to resume this discussion on the EPP update. So . .. here is a Doodle pool for potential dates of our next FWWG in late February or Early March. We will try to make further progress on what an EPP update might look like, including who would do this and when. We can also entertain other agenda topics. Assume this will be in LaX, probably from 9 :30 to 1:00.
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Elliott L. Stefanik Chief, Environmental Planning Section St. Paul District, Corps of Engineers Office Phone: (651) 290-5260 Cell Phone: (651) 707-4078 Fax: (651) 290-5805 Elliott .L [email protected]