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Summary

2019-2021 Mainstem/Program Support - NPCC Programmatic Issue #4
Name: Project Objectives and Adaptive Management
Description: The ISRP notes two concerns that persist throughout the review processes -the lack of quantitative objectives and the lack of developed (or described) adaptive management processes. The ISRP has consistently identified both concerns over the years and most recently offered guidance and recommendations to address them in the comments  section of the 2017 Wildlife category Review. In that review, the ISRP suggested using existing projects that had well-developed objectives and adaptive management plans as an example for future webinars.
The Council and staff continue to explore ways to improve the connections between the Program objectives and project objectives, including in the draft amendments to the  2014 Fish and Wildlife Program, which focus on two key aspects of the Council's program: how the Program is implemented and how we assess and report on Program performance. The Council is on target for adopting an amended program at the end of December 2019 or January 2020.  Moreover, in this review process, Council staff worked with partners to develop guidance for objectives development for sponsors to use in completing the project review proposal form. Staff also streamlined the objectives section of the proposal form. Staff will continue to refine the instructions for those proposal sections based on user
feedback/experience and ISRP comments. Staff and Bonneville agree that sponsors should have measurable, task-based or biologically based objectives to measure progress in meeting management objectives.
Recommendation: 1. Ahead of the next review for Resident Fish and Wildlife and Sturgeon, Council staff will:
• work with Bonneville to improve the connections between the proposal form objectives and the final contract scope of work to improve tracking; and
• hold a webinar for sponsors on developing objectives and an adaptive management plan.