53054

2008-105-00 EXP SELECTIVE GEAR DEPLOYMENT

6/1/2011

5/31/2012

99. Outreach and Education

Work Element Usage Report

C: 99 - Inform and educate the CCT membership and general public.

The long-term Tribal strategy for gaining and maintaining expertise on selective harvest gears and techniques will be implemented through employing tribal members to develop, construct, use and maintain selective harvest live-capture gears and techniques, and then sharing that knowledge using public education and outreach programs. The CCT plans to continue learning from others as part of education and outreach, and apply that knowledge to the development of their selective fisheries.

Internal Tribal outreach will consist of sharing the techniques and results of the “Evaluation of Live-Capture Gear” and "Selective Gear Deployment" programs to the Tribal membership through workshops and presentations in order to educate the members of the benefits and opportunities associated with selective harvest and to help determine communal versus individual activities and other protocols as tribal fishing cultures require. Educating tribal members on gears and techniques required to harvest hatchery-origin salmon while at the same time catching and releasing natural-origin fish will be crucial in order for the CCT to attain the harvest allocations afforded them through the development of larger runs of fish as a result of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program, while at the same time increasing the natural salmon productivity of the Okanogan subbasin. Tribal public involvement is necessary to integrate traditional tribal knowledge with the anticipated new harvest opportunities. The workshops, along with creel and Okanogan Basin Monitoring and Evaluation Program information and other local knowledge will assist in the application of different gears, methods and protocols at specific sites.

Cultural immersion, including talking with elders and key tribal staff, will be an important aspect of integrating Tribal culture and tradition into the selection and use of any gear ultimately selected as a product of this work. This will also be important as a way to properly take care of harvested fish and provide them as nutritional and spiritual sustenance to the Tribal members.

Video and other media, and training workshops will be used in order to educate CCT tribal fishers on techniques that are required to successfully live-capture salmon and release fish unharmed. External outreach through workshops and presentations will also be conducted with the general public, other decision-makers, tribes, federal, state and county agencies, watershed groups and other local and regional groups, Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board, sportsmen groups, and the NPCC.

The CCT will develop outreach and education materials, including professional-quality brochures, poster displays, and video and computer presentations. These products will be used by CCT personnel to educate the tribal and general public about different live-capture gears and techniques and their respective operation ranges and limitations.

A subcontract with WDFW will again be part of the project this year. One of the tasks charged to the 0.25 FTE employee will be to help the program with E&O to the general public.

Presentations to interested parties and organizations, such as the CCT Tribal F&W, NPCC, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, American Fisheries Society, Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board, and others. The annual report will contain a section describing outreach presentations to individuals, agencies and non government organizations. This will also include a list of Tribal members who have been trained in selective harvest techniques.

$10,000

1.30%

06/01/2011

05/31/2012

05/31/2012

Concluded

n/a

n/a

Recurring