Archived Pages
- Recovery Planning for West Coast Salmon
An overview of salmon recovery planning for NMFS Northwest and Southwest Regions. Updated August, 2000. - Recovery Planning: Frequently Asked Questions
NMFS Northwest Regional Office, November, 2000. - Draft Report of Updated Status of Listed ESUs of Salmon and Steelhead
NMFS Biological Review Team, February, 2003 - Recovery Planning: Species Fact Sheets, ESU Maps, and More
NMFS Northwest Regional Office, updated September, 2000. - Recovery Planning Guidance for Technical Recovery Teams (TRTs)
(PDF) A detailed description of the charge and operation of TRTs.
Updated September 1, 2000. - Letter soliciting nominations for qualified scientists to develop biological ESA delisting criteria for Oregon coast coho salmon
(PDF) May 31, 2002 - Letter soliciting additional nominations for qualified scientists for the Interior Columbia River Basin Technical Recovery Teams (PDF)
- Letter soliciting nominations for qualified scientists for the Interior Columbia River Basin Technical Recovery Teams (PDF)
May 10, 2001. - Nominating individuals for active Technical Recovery Teams
Will the NMFS accept new nominations for active technical recovery teams? Criteria, status, and contact information.
August, 2000. - Letter soliciting nominations for Willamette and Puget Sound Technical Teams (PDF)
- Solicitation of additional nominations for the Technical Recovery Team (PDF)
- Letter soliciting nominations for RSRP (PDF)
- Review and comment on TRT documents
The TRTs will produce technical documents on various aspects of recovery planning (e.g. population identification, viability modeling, etc.). When ready for review, these documents will be posted on this website in draft form, for public comment. The scope of each document and a mechanism for responding will be described when a draft is made available. - Attend TRT meetings
TRT Meetings are open to the public, but guidelines about participation do apply. Primarily for reasons of efficiency, comments from non-TRT members will be limited to very brief periods during the meetings. The TRT meetings are not intended as a means of public interaction with the TRT, but the public is welcome to observe the process. - Nominate potential members for a Technical Recovery Team or Workgroup
Several Technical Recovery Teams have not yet been formed, and nominations for these teams will be actively sought from technically qualified individuals. This web site will contain information on how to nominate potential TRT members at the appropriate time. In addition to TRT members, the TRTs form workgroups that may contain technically qualified non-TRT members. Participation in these workgroups is at the invitation of the TRT, but individuals may be nominated for consideration as workgroup members by emailing NWFSC TRT. - Attend TRT workshops
The TRTs plan to hold occasional workshops to explore particular technical questions and to discuss TRT products. These workshops will provide a forum for exchanging information between the TRT and the public. Announcements of upcoming workshops will be made on the recovery planning web site.
- Report for the meeting held December, 2004
- Report for the RSRP meeting held September, 2004
- Nominations for New Panel Members
- An Introduction to the Recovery Science Review Panel
- Members of the Panel
- Report for the RSRP meeting held July 21-23, 2003 (pdf)*
- Report for the RSRP meeting held December 11-13, 2002(pdf)*
- Report for the RSRP meeting held June 19-21, 2002(pdf)*
- Report for the RSRP meeting held March 18-19, 2002(pdf)*
- Panel Info (pdf) additional background on the RSRP as covered in this website.
- Report for the RSRP meeting held January 3 - 4, 2002(pdf)
- Report for the RSRP meeting held August 27 - 29, 2001 (pdf)
- Report for the RSRP meeting held March 13-14, 2001 (pdf)*
- Report for the RSRP meeting held December 4-6, 2000 (pdf)*
*RSRP reports represent the views of Panel members and should not be taken to reflect the opinion of NMFS.
Back to topThe Recovery Science Review Panelconsists of six highly qualified and independent scientists. The panel performs the following functions:
- Review core principles and elements of the recovery planning process being developed by the NMFS.
- Ensure that well accepted and consistent ecological and evolutionary principles form the basis for all recovery efforts.
- Review processes and products of all Technical Recovery Teams for scientific credibility and to ensure consistent application of core principles across ESUs and recovery domains.
- Oversee peer review for all recovery plans and appropriate substantial intermediate products.
RSRP meets once a quarter, usually at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, and submits a written report. All Panel reports can be read at this site.
Expertise of Panel Members:
- Involvement in Local, National and International activities
- Served on numerous National Research Council committees
- Many publications in prestigious scientific journals <
Dr. Joseph Travis (chair), Florida State University
- Field of expertise: Population ecology and genetics, physiological ecology, ichthyology
- Awards: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Dennis Chitty Lecturer, University of British Columbia; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of Zurich; Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professorship, Florida State University
- Scientific leadership: President, American Society of Naturalists; Past Chair, Science Advisory Board, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis; Past Editor, The American Naturalist; Member of several editorial boards; Member of scientific advisory boards on state and local conservation and management activities
- Research: More than 110 scientific publications
Dr. Russell Lande, University of California-San Diego
- Field of expertise: Evolution and population genetics, management and preservation of endangered species, conservation and theoretical ecology of endangered species, conservation and theoretical ecology
- Awards: Sewall Wright Award from the American Society of Naturalists; Guggenheim Foundation; MacArthur Foundation; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Scientific leadership: Past president of the Society for the Study of Evolution; International recognition: developed scientific criteria for classifying endangered species adopted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
- Research: More than 140 scientific publications
Dr. Marc Mangel, University of California Santa Cruz
- Field of expertise: Theoretical and mathematical biology
- Awards: Koopman Paper Prize, Operations Research Society of America; JASA-Applications Invited Paper, American Statistical Association; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Fulbright Senior Fellowship, Oxford University; Distinguished Statistical Ecologist, International Association for Ecology; Fellow, California Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Scientific leadership: Founding Director, Center for Population Biology, University of California Davis; Chair, SIAM-AMS Committee on Mathematics in the Life Sciences; Past Editor, Behavioral Ecology; Member, Committee of Scientific Advisors, US Marine Mammal Commission; Member, NMFS Ecosystem Advisory Panel; Member, Science Advisory Board, National Association for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
- Research: More than 200 scientific publications
Dr. Ransom A. Myers, Dalhousie University
- Field of expertise: Marine community ecology, restoration ecology
- Awards: Pew Foundation Scholar in the Environment
- Scientific leadership: Member of many National Research Council panels; Member of several editorial boards; Founding Chair, US GLOBEC Scientific Steering Committee; Past Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
- Research: More than 140 scientific publications
Dr. Charles Peterson, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- Field of expertise: Marine community ecology, restoration ecology
- Awards: Pew Foundation Scholar in the Environment
- Scientific leadership: Member of many National Research Council panels; Member of several editorial boards; Founding Chair, US GLOBEC Scientific Steering Committee; Past Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
- Research: More than 140 scientific publications
Dr. Mary Power, University of California Berkeley
- Field of expertise: aquatic ecology, food web energetics, ecosystem ecology
- Awards: Kempe Award for Distinguished Ecologist, Umea University and Swedish Agricultural University; Jasper Loftus-Hills Prize of the American Society of Naturalists; John and Margaret Gompertz Chair in Integrative Biology, University of California, President-Elect American Society of Naturalists (2005), G. Evelyn Hutchinson Medal (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, summer 2005)
- Scientific leadership: Board of Directors, Nature Conservancy, California; Group Leader, Presidential Advisory Commission on Western Water Policy; Director, California Biodiversity Center; Member, Science Advisory Board, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, President-Elect American Society of Naturalists (2005), G. Evelyn Hutchinson Medal, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, summer 2005
- Research: More than 80 scientific publications
Dr. Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee
- Field of expertise: Community ecology, conservation biology, invasion biology
- Awards: Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Distinguished Statistical Ecologist, International Association for Ecology; Mercer Award of Ecological Society of America (shared); Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professorship, Florida State University; Kempe Award for Distinguished Ecologist, Umea University and Swedish Agricultural University
- Scientific leadership: Member, National Science Board; Former member of Board on Biology of National Research Council and member of several National Research Council panels; Past-President, American Society of Naturalists
- Research: More than 260 scientific publications
Dr. Beth Sanderson
- NOAA Fisheries liaison to the Recovery Science Review Panel
- Recovery Science Review Panel report coordinator
- Letter soliciting nominations for qualified scientists to develop biological ESA delisting criteria for Oregon coast coho salmon May 31, 2002 (pdf)
- The Interior Columbia Technical Recovery Team
will next meet February 26-27, 2004 in Boise, ID. - The Puget Sound Technical Recovery Team
- The Willamette/Lower Columbia Recovery Team
last modified 02/06/2008