Technical Working Group Action Items Tracking List
Updated: 24 April 2013
NOTE: For efficiency, tasks identified at more than one meeting are only listed once.
ACTION ITEMS
Identified at 24 April, 2013 meeting
Cory to provide to the TWG with a detailed construction timeline for the Recovery Facility.
Zsolt to draft the RFP for substrate work that will occur during the high flow period (predicted to occur ~ 20 th July, 2013).
Brian and Christina to provide to Cory a detailed outline of the hours required to complete spawn monitoring, egg mats and drift sampling. This document will be discussed with the TWG.
Cory to speak with Brian T about the Canfor telemetry funding and the potential reallocation of some of those funds.
Cory to speak with Steve about the updated population estimate that is to be completed with DFO’s $10,000 (2012-13 contribution) prior to December 2013.
TWG to review and provide comments on the biochronolgy report to Cory by this Friday.
Zsolt to provide the TWG with a one paragraph summary of the monitoring of the gravel pads to be completed this year.
Lana to contact Maureen of Canadian Cyrogenetics to set up a meeting with TWG members at the Nanaimo conference.
Christina and Brian to assure consistency and accuracy in data collection with their field crews.
Identified at 13 February, 2013 meeting
All Complete
Identified at 19 December, 2012 meeting
All Complete
Identified at 28 November, 2012 meeting
All Complete
Identified at 26 October, 2012 meeting
All completed
Identified at 4 July, 2012 meeting
All Complete
Identified at 6 June, 2012 meeting
Steve to pursue a meeting with David at UBC to discuss an imprinting project.
All to send Lana budget information (amount allocated, amount spent and any carry-over) once we settle on project budgets.
Lana to contact the TWG regarding the 3 CSTC draft reports that she originally emailed in February asking for reviews. The TWG is to review the reports and provide comments to Brian by mid-July.
STATUS
Ongoing
Complete
(reports) comments
DUE
May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013
May 10, 2013
May 10, 2013
April 28, 2013
April 26, 2013
May 10, 2013
May 30, 2013
May 10, 2013
June 30, 2012
August 31,
2012
June 21 and
July 13, 2012
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ACTION ITEMS
Identified at 24 April, 2012 meeting
CSTC to check basement library and Burns Lake document archives for the ATK document. Not Norcan report.
Identified at 1 & 2 November, 2011 meeting
Lana to check whether Upper Fraser data has been entered into the database and to enter data if it has not been entered.
Identified at 15 June, 2011 meeting
STATUS received?
DUE
Next meeting
Underway January 15,
2012
All Complete
Identified at April 13, 2011 meeting
All Complete
Identified at March 14, 2011 meeting
All Complete
Identified at January 24, 2011 meeting
All Complete
Identified at October 13 & 14, 2010 meeting
Lana to discuss June run of sturgeon with Christina.
All completed
Identified at August 11/09 meeting
Lana to keep a folder with sturgeon reports & sightings
Brian to ask Marcel about an earlier report that contained a component on ATK.
Ongoing
Ongoing
Justus to investigate the sediment budget model.
Ongoing
Identified at July 12, 2010 meeting
Cory to review numbers from Columbia team WS & Kootenay study on density dependence. The author of this work is unknown.
All to discuss if it would affect latest proposed hatchery size for
Nechako.
Irrelevant
Identified at January 19/10 meeting
Nov. 19, 2010
Ongoing
Nov. 30, 2010
Nov. 15, 2010
All completed
Identified at September 29&30/08 meeting
All completed
Identified at March 11&12/08 meeting
All completed
COMPLETED ITEMS
ACTION ITEMS
Cory to speak with Mark Shrimpton at UNBC regarding the potential of a research project investigating imprinting
Zsolt to determine the level of analysis NHC is going to provide regarding the suitability of the substrate for hiding larvae.
Reminder: Cory to keep the TWG apprised of meetings regarding the hatchery, NEEF funds, and operations costs.
Cory to send Lana the NEEF proposal after submission to NEEF.
Lana to distribute to the TWG.
Zsolt to send the draft report to the TWG once he receives it from
NHC. The TWG is to review the report and determine if there is additional sampling to be conducted.
STATUS DUE
Complete June 30, 2012
Complete Nov. 15, 2012
On going reminder
Complete March 15,
2013
Complete Dec. 31, 2012
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ACTION ITEMS
Lana to supply Justus the executive summaries of the reports in a word document. Justus to prepare a small document on the background of the river, fish stock, monitoring and habitat restoration for participants of the geomorphology workshop.
TWG to review the draft NCH physical monitoring report and provide comments to Zsolt.
Lana to determine which projects have and have not had aging completed.
Zsolt and Steve to talk with Andre (NHC) next week to put the plans for the geomorphology workshop into motion.
Lana to send a Doodle Poll to the TWG to determine when people
STATUS DUE
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete
Dec 15., 2012
Jan. 15, 2013
June 20, 2012
Nov. 2, 2012
Complete Dec. 15, 2012 are available for the geomorphology workshop for all of January and
February.
Brian to discuss virtual positioning telemetry system with Jamie
(Columbia) for consideration for the AFSAR proposal.
Christina to provide Cory with the number of eggs and larvae caught.
Complete Dec. 15, 2012
Complete Nov. 15, 2012
Christina to determine whether the GIS person at CSTC can provide by the end of July a map showing the egg mats and D-Ring site locations with the number of eggs and larvae sampled at each site. The map should be produced using different layers.
Zsolt to ask Barry if the still image from video will be of high enough resolution to conduct a quantitative analysis of the different substrate types.
Complete July 31, 2012
Complete July 20, 2012
Brian to provide a table that summarizes the results of this and last years’ data (or longer) to the CWG and TWG.
Brian T to follow up with Jason McLellan to determine if their new
D-Ring design is suitable for sampling in the Nechako.
Jim and Cory to increase the TWG knowledge regarding the sturgeon hatchery for recovery purposes.
• includes Jim looking into the new science that has occurred since the breeding plan.
Complete
Complete
Complete
Jan. 15, 2013
Dec. 30, 2011
Dec. 15, 2011 complete April 22, 2011
Complete Nov. 15, 2012
Steve to phone Jamie about the use of his sonar.
Christina or Brian to provide the eggs, larvae, juvenile i ndexing and capture (all fall data) data to Lana .
Zsolt to draft methods and sampling plan for physical monitoring based on our discussion. Lana will send the document to the TWG for review.
Brian to get Lana the aging data.
Christina to send Cory and Lana the pictures of the larvae caught for filing.
Christina to provide Zsolt with an Excel file that contains the coordinates and dates for eggs and larvae sampled.
Cory to approach NEEF regarding the possibility of increased funding due to the recent update on the cost of construction of the
Recovery Facility.
Steve to send to TWG the lake sturgeon report by Kurr et al.
(2010).
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete
Irrelevant
Complete
June 21, 2012
May 30, 2012
Nov. 15, 2012
July 31, 2012
June 21, 2012
June 21, 2012
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ACTION ITEMS
TWG to go through the 2010-11 Project Tracking budget spread sheets paying particular attention to the funding and in-kind amounts. Any changes should be sent to Lana.
Brian to send Lana 2010 Upper Fraser Data and Report and Lana to circulate the report to the TWG. This would be the biological, set line locations, etcetera.
• TWG to review the report and provide comments to Brian T.
Lana to send Doodle Poll to the group regarding next meeting date proposing a two hour conference all scheduled for the end of
June/beginning of July.
Steve to call Barry regarding the geomorphology workshop tentatively planned for Oct/Nov 2012.
Brian to bring a presentation on the Didson for the next TWG meeting.
STATUS DUE
Irrelevant lc to contact during AR
Dec. 15, 2011
Complete
(reports) comments received?
Nov. 30, 2011
Complete June 21, 2012
Complete June 21, 2012
Complete Next meeting
Brian to call Steve regarding the D-ring design (Jason McLellan). Complete May 15, 2012
Christina budgets. and Brian to sit down with Cory and work out the Complete
Brian to give Lana the EMG tag specs to include in database. Complete Mar 31, 2011
Christina and Brian to sit down with Cory and work out the budgets.
The issue of imprinting to be discussed at the next meeting.
Jim W to take temperature spot samples for calibration with the station at Vanderhoof with both the fish finder and thermometer.
Cory to acquire temperature loggers.
Complete
Brian to email Cory the biochronlogy funding proposal.
Brian to email the draft report Monitoring and Identification of Wild
Eggs and Monitoring Drift of 0 and 15 day old larvae to Lana and
Lana to circulate the report to the TWG.
Brian to email the draft juvenile index report to Lana and Lana to circulate the report to the TWG.
Lana to send Justus and Courtney the entire Boat Kit video script with a request for their comments by Friday 4 th November.
TWG to review the NHC physical monitoring document and provide comments to Zsolt by 15 Nov 2011.
Justus/Lana to follow up on the details with the sturgeon sighted in
Francois Lake. What time of year, where, etcetera.
Jim W and Cory to keep track of what is happening with the group of fish Jim found downstream of Vanderhoof.
Deferred/
Next meeting
Irrelevant
Complete Nov. 30, 2011
Complete Nov. 30, 2011
Complete Nov. 30, 2011
Complete Nov. 3, 2011
Complete Nov. 15, 2011
Complete Nov. 30, 2011
Monitored once or twice
Current
Complete Current
Irrelevant
Nov. 30, 2011
May 15, 2011
Complete Feb. 10, 2011
Steve to follow up with Ted regarding the contingency charter (re:
IRF funding being announced late but needed for work in spring)
Steve to follow-up with discussion with DFO regarding the potential of obtaining the $75-95,000 proposed for next fiscal. (Note:
$75,000 was obtained Nov-Dec. 2011)
Brian to scope out locations for receivers and consider moving
Spruce City Downstream.
Complete
Complete
Feb. 28, 2011
May 30, 2011
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ACTION ITEMS
Courtney to provide information to TWG regarding Conservation
Agreements.
STATUS DUE
Complete Nov. 15, 2010
Cory to call Janice regarding the invoice for the $85,000 that Justus has not yet received.
Lana to post the three completed reports on the web site.
Cory to ask Van Con about whether they could place buckets under the gravel (to examine infilling rate).
Complete June 25, 2011
Complete April 22, 2011
Complete April 22, 2011
Jim to send Cory the list of names of people that Jim has available to be a caretaker to the sturgeon.
Mark to determine if any DFO staff would be caretakers of the
Complete April 22, 2011
Cory to provide Jim with an inventory of what is available for spawning.
Complete April 20, 2011 sturgeon and then forward the list of names to Jim.
Jim to assure someone is present to receive the fish by April 26th.
Complete April 22, 2011
Complete April 22, 2011
Complete April 22, 2011 Cory to determine whether Jim can get into a lab at UNBC to do the
PI.
Justus to ask Triton if any egg mats are available and, if so, how many.
Complete April 22, 2011
Brian and Christina to determine how many mats are at CSTC.
Jim to determine if the Freshwater Fisheries Society would be willing to support NWSRI funding applications that need to be submitted through a charity.
Brian/TWG to initiate list of last minute capital items in case of last minute funding.
Steve to check with Columbia about results of small inexpensive sonar unit.
Complete April 22, 2011
Complete April 30, 2011
Irrelevant Mar 31, 2011
Complete Mar 31, 2011
CSTC to subsample (i.e, take a piece off) the NWSRI samples of
DNA. To be completed a few days before end of September.
Complete 27 August 2010
Complete 15 August 2010 Steve to check what Andrea wants (how she needs the samples
– size, prepared/preserved, etc) and how many samples she can handle.
MOE, CSTC & Jessica to write up spawn monitoring project activities and outcomes.
Complete
31 March 2010
Cory to send Mark the proposal that was sent to Ted so Mark can discuss with Martin.
Lana to send a Doodle Poll to the TWG requesting they pick their next meeting date from the 11 th to 15 th of April.
Cory to send 2009-2012 hatchery strategic plan document out to the TWG.
TWG to provide comments on the hatchery strategic plan document within 10 days
Steve to send the hatchery strategic plan to Ted (after he receives and incorporates the comments from TWG).
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete
April 1, 2011
March 21, 2011
Jan. 24, 2011
Feb. 3, 2011
Feb. 10, 2011
Zsolt to enquire with Water Stewardship as to what happens if the gravel does move in the River after placement.
Mark to ‘informally’ email Zsolt with the concerns that DFO has
Complete Feb. 2, 2011
Complete Jan. 25, 2011 so they may be reflected within the RFP
Brain (Jessica) to get second fall juvenile indexing numbers to Complete
End of Oct.
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ACTION ITEMS
Brian F. (CWG) for press release.
Zsolt to look into the permitting process for the gravel placement project.
STATUS DUE
Complete Nov. 15, 2010
Jim to cost out egg placement phase. The cost estimate should include one spawning event with as many pairs as available as well as two spawning events.
Complete Nov. 15, 2010
Steve to check if there is a sturgeon fund in HCTF for this year. Irrelevant
Mark to ask internally if DFO has any major projects like the Irrelevant
Nov. 15, 2010
Nov. 15, 2010 gravel placement project and if so who was the proponent?
Zsolt ask internally if MOE has any major projects like the gravel placement project and if so who was the proponent?
Irrelevant
Nov. 15, 2010
Irrelevant Oct. 31, 2010
Cory to hire a consultant to design the project (est. 4 days to complete, est. $3,500-$4,000) and how it will be monitored for environmental compliance, etcetera.
Submit this information to DFO in 2-3 weeks.
Cory to check what Andrea wants regarding DNA samples (how many samples she can handle).
Complete before end of
Oct. 2010
Cory to get contractor (Jessica Courtier) to tidy up data base. Complete Nov. 15, 2010
Steve to forward email to Tola regarding data request from IRF to try and determine the reason for the request and to find out if the submission is necessary to get funding in 2010.
Lana to prepare a standard fund-requesting letter from the CWG to be submitted to the Community Investment Fund annually.
Irrelevant Jan 22, 2010
Completed Mar 31, 2011
Jim to prepare a breakdown of the operational costs necessary to run the CFC facility.
A series of reports will come out of this summer’s work and the results need to be communicated to various stakeholder groups
(TWG). Funding spreadsheet should be included with this.
Juvenile Index, Brood Capture, Larvae release.
Cory to check with Ken/Mike about released fish numbers as they are not the same as the numbers in the database.
Cory to send the gravel specifications (e.g., sizes and amounts of the different sizes) of gravel purchased to the group. From
Nov. 12, 2010 meeting. Completed by Justus.
Lana to take the issue of Saik’uz First Nations concerns to Brian and the CWG.
Lana to send copy of FSWP proposal to Louvi and Brian.
Cory to will print out the gravel placement proposal from last year and propose to HCTF and IRF.
Mark to ascertain DFO representation on the TWG.
Zsolt to obtain a letter from Barry and begin the process of the
Water Act approval (estimated one week for letter from Barry).
Zsolt to meet with Water Stewardship.
Completed
Completed
Completed
Complete
Complete
Completed
Proposal
25-Jan-11; no HCTF
Complete
Feb 15, 2010
Fall/Winter
2009/10
March 31, 2008
Nov. 19, 2010
Nov. 30, 2010
Oct. 22, 2010
Nov. 2, 2010
End of Oct. just Mark
Complete Sept. 30, 2010
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ACTION ITEMS STATUS DUE
Complete Nov. 30, 2010
Cory/Lana to talk to CWG about outreach and harm reduction initiatives.
Cory to Attend Sturgeon Conference in Montana, Aug 30-Sept 2,
2010. Gather information regarding Lake Sturgeon rehabilitation, gravel placement.
MOE to determine if Jessica can subsample the NWSRI DNA samples.
Complete Sept 2, 2010
Complete Oct 13, 2010
Cory to check on whereabouts of fish ageing samples from Chris. Complete
Samples with CSTC
TWG team members to look within their organizations for geomorphology assistance to run River 2D, which will help
Oct 14, 2010
Complete Ongoing
(Oct 14, 2010) answer some of our restoration questions. (i.e., questions under
Scenario 2/3). The model is running, but changes are required.
We also need to determine if the model can look at the movement of substrate.
Cory to share with Tola RTA financial commitment letter from
Justus
Not
Relevant
Jan 29, 2010
Justus to write a letter outlining RTA contribution agreement to
MOE for 2010 Habitat Project.
Not
Relevant
Jan 22, 2010
Cory to check MOE RFP/Contracting Requirements for 2010
Habitat Project.
Cory to write RFP for 2010 Habitat Project.
Complete Jan 22, 2010
Complete Jan 22, 2010
Justus to approach partners about summer students helping with sampling and monitoring in 2010.
Brian to look into the NDIT funding options to support coordinator contract.
Carla to check with Christina about CSTC Harm Reduction
Submission for 2010-2011.
Not
Relevant
Feb 15, 2010
Complete Feb 15, 2009
Complete Oct 30, 2009
Jim and Byron to find out if their organizations can lend an ROV and operator to look in over-wintering holes. Steve to also look into a rental option. Timeframe is mid-Nov to early December.
Brian to contact Louvi Nurse about DFO related funds.
Complete
Oct 30, 2009
Complete Aug 21, 2009
TWG members to give comments on Implementation of
Recovery Actions letter to Cory so he can finalize the document.
Cory to connect with Justus about NWC funds to support the coordinator position.
Complete
Oct 27, 2009
Complete Nov 15, 2009
Cory to prepare a communication that indicates we have a short list of identified funding sources and that we anticipate severe funding problems.
Complete Aug 31, 2009
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