Workshops
WORKSHOP 1: Intro
to R for Fisheries Professionals
WORKSHOP 2: ESA Permitting
NOW AVAILABLE:
Presentations from ESA Permitting Workshop
WORKSHOP 3: Intro to In-stream PIT tag detection sites: Design, Construction and Maintenance
WORKSHOP 1: Intro to R for Fisheries Professionals
Budget-friendly
Statistics
Instructors: Kevin McDonnell (kevin.mcdonnell@oregonstate.edu)
and Kris Homel (kristen.homel@oregonstate.edu)
Tuesday Feb 28, 1:00pm - 5:00pm and Wednesday Feb 29, 8:00am - 12:00pm. The Eugene Hilton; cost $125/$175*, students $25 prior to January 20, 2011
In today’s analytical environment, our budgets are too often held captive by a few, large statistical software companies. Fight the power by learning the R project, the free statistical programming environment. With abundant analysis ‘packages’, a customizable environment, and the ability to create great graphics, the R project is quickly gaining popularity amongst researchers from all disciplines. Diversify your analytical skills and free your budget from expensive licenses by taking this workshop!
This class will cover:
· Getting to know R: Learn about the R programming language and tools to get the most out of the R project, even if you’re not a computer programmer!
· Running statistical analyses: Run through the basics of importing data, running summary statistics, and generating applicable statistical analyses.
· Generating graphs in R: Tired of being constrained by the ‘cookie-cutter’ graphs in Excel? Learn how R can help you best present your data using customizable graphic interfaces.
This workshop is focused on providing attendants with the information needed to sustain a self-learning environment, well after class is dismissed. To best relate to your research, examples of statistical analyses promise to be applicable and fishery-based. Analytical lessons will be derived from the AFS text “Analysis and Interpretation of Freshwater Fisheries Data”, and proven in workshops instructed by Dr. Michael Colvin at Iowa State University. Sign up today!
Note: Course participants will need to provide their own laptop, equipped with a course-ready R installation (details to be provided to registered participants prior to the course).
State and Federal Research Permitting – how does it all work?
Organizer: Shivonne Nesbit (Shivonne.M.Nesbit@coho2.dfw.state.or.us)
Tuesday Feb 28, 1:00pm - 5:00pm and Wednesday Feb 29, 8:00am – 12:00pm. The Eugene Hilton; cost $75/$100*, students $25 prior to January 20, 2011 (after January 20, cost $100/$125)
Annually, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) issues more than 300 Scientific Take Permits (STP) for fisheries research. STP’s are required for any researcher working in the state where the research action results in the ‘take’ of a fish. Approximately greater than 75% of these permits also require some form of federal authorization. All ODFW staff are required to have federal permits when working in areas with listed species. There is a lot of confusion about the different federal processes and many questions about how decisions are made. Each workshop presenters will focus on one aspect of the federal or state permitting process.
Rollie White, USFWS, will kick-off the workshop by providing a broad overview of the Endangered Species Act including how ‘take’ is defined and permitted for federally-listed species. Rollie’s presentation will frame the context of the workshop: why permits are required, what research activities trigger the various processes and how each permit process works.
Workshop Presentation Topics
USFWS:
· Rollie White – USFWS Endangered Species Division- Broad overview of ESA, Section 7 consultation
· Dan Perritt – USFWS Endangered Species Division - USFWS Section 10 permits & reporting
NOAA:
· Randy Absolon- NMFS Fisheries Science Center- will discuss how NMFS generates the ‘Outmigration Memo’ and how this data is used
· Gary Rule – NOAA Protected Resources – outline NOAA’s 4(d) & Section 10 processes
· Rich Turner – NOAA Hatchery Division – Hatchery Genetic Management Plan timelines, process for determining take authorization & reporting
· Ritchie Graves - NOAA Salmon Division – Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion- Incidental Take Statement & Letters of Determination
ODFW:
Shivonne Nesbit & Joy Vaughan- ODFW Fish Division- state Scientific Take Permit process
Presentations from ESA
Permitting Workshop
1 - ESA Basics
for Take - White
2 - NOAA
Estimate Memo - Absolon
3 - NOAA HGMP
Process - Turner
4 - NOAA FCRPS
Process - Graves
5 - NOAA
4(d) & Section 10 - Rule
6 - ODFW STP Process
WORKSHOP 3: Intro to In-stream PIT tag detection sites: Design, Construction and Maintenance
Organizers: Chris Jordan (chris.jordan@noa.gov), Gabriel Brooks (Gabriel.brooks@noaa.gov), Jody White (Jody@qcinc.org), Nick Bouwes (nbouwes@gmail.com), John Tenney (jtenney@psfmc.org)
Tuesday Feb 28, 1:00pm - 5:00pm and Wednesday Feb 29, 8:00am – 12:00pm. The Eugene Hilton; cost $125/$175*, students $25 prior to January 20, 2011
The goal of this workshop will be a hands-on introduction to the design, construction and maintenance of in-stream PIT tag detection sites. The primary focus will be on design for full-duplex tag systems and systems that are integrated into a network of sites with programmatic data management. That said, we will also touch on half-duplex tag systems and stand alone, portable site design. The bottom line is learning the design considerations for building and maintaining PIT tag detection sites that have a stable data stream and that explicitly address the issue of tag detection efficiency.
What the workshop will cover:
· Introduction to PIT tag detection theory
· What do the tag, antenna and transceiver actually do, what’s the difference between half and full-duplex and why won’t my site work when I plug it into a generator?
· Remote, instream site design
· Siting a PIT tag detection array
o Floodplain geometry and flow and electrical noise and interference
o Powering a remote site, pros/cons, design and cost
o Grid tie, solar, thermoelectric generator
· Site installation
o Antenna anchoring and locating, housing electronics
· Antenna design and construction
o Full duplex antenna designs
o Half duplex antenna designs
· Operating a PIT tag detection site
o Debugging and troubleshooting
· Data stream and detection efficiency
o Remote access
o Cell, satellite modems
o Performance tracking, noise reports, tuning and data uploading
· Detection efficiency
o Evaluation methods and environmental sensors
*Cost is for ORAFS Members/Non-Members.