Recovery Implementation Technical Team and Technical Recovery Teams:
Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula

There are two active technical recovery teams in the Puget Sound domain: the Puget Sound Steelhead Technical Recovery Team (PSSTRT), and the Puget Sound Recovery Implementation Technical Team (PSRITT). Both teams work in coordination with the Pacific Northwest Recovery Implementation Science Team (RIST). The PSSTRT is tasked with identifying population structure and developing biological viability criteria for Puget Sound steelhead. The PSRITT is providing recovery implementation technical support for Puget Sound Chinook and steelhead, Hood Canal summer chum, and Lake Ozette sockeye. The PSRITT is administered by the Puget Sound Partnership. The original Puget Sound salmon TRT was formed in April of 2000, and was phased out in early 2008 with the formation of the PSRITT. Documents from all three technical teams are or will be available on this page.

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Documents

• Viability criteria for the Lake Ozette sockeye salmon evolutionarily significant unit (2009)


• Identification of an independent population of sockeye salmon in Lake Ozette, Washington (2009)


• Determination of independent populations and viability criteria for the Hood Canal summer chum salmon evolutionarily significant unit (2009)
  


• Ozette sockeye population identification. PS TRT Final (pdf)


• Ozette sockeye viability. PS TRT Final (pdf)


• 2006 Ecological Integrity of Chinook Salmon Watersheds in Puget Sound


• Puget Sound Technical Recovery Team (TRT) Review Comments on May 2005 Salmon Recovery Plans


• Hood Canal summer chum ESU population identification and viability. PS TRT Final (pdf)


• Independent populations of chinook salmon in Puget Sound. A Puget Sound TRT Final (pdf)


• Watershed assessment guidance document (pdf)


• 2002 Puget Sound chinook population and ESU criteria (pdf)

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Meetings

PSSTRT and PSRITT meetings are open to the public; however there will be very limited opportunity for the public to provide feedback during the meetings. For locations and times of meetings, or questions about recovery planning in general, send email to Jeff.Hard@noaa.gov (PSSTRT) or krawson@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov (PSRITT).

Meeting Notes

• RITT from December, 21, 2010
• RITT from November, 16, 2010
• RITT from October 19, 2010
• RITT from September 21, 2011
• RITT from August 19, 2010
• RITT from July 15, 2010
• RITT from June 17, 2010
• RITT from May 26, 2010
• RITT from April 16, 2010
• RITT from March 15, 2010
• RITT from February 18, 2010
• RITT from January 21, 2010
• RITT from December 17, 2009
• RITT – no November meeting
• RITT from October 15, 2009
• RITT from September 17,2009
• RITT from August 20, 2009
• RITT - no July meeting
• RITT from June 18, 2009
• RITT from May 21, 2009
• RITT from April 28, 2009
• RITT from March 19, 2009
• RITT from February 19, 2009
• RITT - no January minutes
• RITT from December 16th
• RITT from November 20th
• RITT from October 16th
• RITT from September 18th
• RITT from August 21st
• RITT from July 17th
• PSS TRT from June 19th
• PSS TRT from May 28th
• RITT from June 23rd
• PS RITT from May 19
• PSS TRT from March 18th
• PSS TRT from April 28th
• PS RITT from April 25
• PS RITT from March 17th

Archived Puget Sound salmon TRT meeting agendas and notes

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Members & Affiliations

Puget Sound Steelhead TRT

George Pess	Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Bob Hayman	Skagit River System Cooperative
Jeff Hard	Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Robert Kope	Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Ed Connor	Seattle City Light, Environmental Affairs Division
Anne Marshall	Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Jim Myers	Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Gino Lucchetti	King County Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks
Brad Thompson	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Puget Sound Recovery Implementation Technical Team

Kit Rawson, chair	2008	Tulalip Natural Resources
Ken Currens	2008	Northwest Indian Fish Commission
Kirk Lakey	2008	Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Eric Beamer	2008	Skagit River System Cooperative
Mindy Rowse	2010	Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Michael Parton	2010	Parametrix
Krista Bartz	2010	Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Past RITT Members

Mary Ruckelshaus - Northwest Fisheries Science Center (2008-2010)

Bill Graeber - Entrix (2008-2010)

Phil Roni - Northwest Fisheries Science Center (2008-2009)

Norma Jean Sands - Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Puget Sound salmon TRT (2000-2007)

Ken Currens - Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

Jim Doyle - USFS, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Bob Fuerstenburg - King County Department of Natural Resources

Bill Graeber - Washington Department of Natural Resources

Kit Rawson - Tulalip Tribes

Mary Ruckelshaus - NMFS, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Norma Sands - NMFS, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Jim Scott - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

last modified 05/16/2013