Survey of the Nation’s Rivers Workshop Agenda

Continental Breakfast begins at 8:00 am - Salon D

8:30 - 9:00	Welcome

9:00 - 9:30	Purpose of Survey/Associated Goals Susan Holdsworth

9:30 - 10:15	Strawman of Survey Steve Paulsen

	General information and Questions Survey Design Indicators Reference Conditions Data Analysis Linkages to State Programs and Building State Capacity

10:15-10:30	Break

10:30-12:00	Riverine Research and Assessment Methods Donna Myers, USGS NAWQA Program Michael McIntyre, Idaho DEQ Anne Rogers, Texas DEQ

12:00 - 1:30	Lunch (On your own)

1:30 - 3:00	Survey Design Discussion leads: Tony Olsen, Steve Paulsen

	Discuss reporting regions (e.g., basins, ecoregions), target populations (e.g., definition of rivers) and relationship to the next streams survey

3:00 - 3:30	Break

3:30 - 5:00	Feedback and Group Discussion

Continental Breakfast begins at 8:00 am - Salon D

8:00 - 8:15	Introduction to Indicators Session Discussion lead: Joe Flotermersch

8:15 - 8:45	Water Chemistry Discussion lead: Brian Hill

8:45 - 9:30	Benthic Macroinvertebrates Discussion lead: Karen Blocksom

9:30 - 10:15	Fish Assemblage Discussion lead: Bob Hughes

10:15 - 10:30	Break

10:30 - 11:15	Physical Habitat Discussion lead: Phil Kaufmann

11:15 - 11:30	Human Health/Recreation Indicators Discussion lead: Treda Smith

11:30 - 12:00	Other Indicators

12:00 - 1:30	Lunch (On your own)

1:30 - 3:00	Reference Condition Discussion lead: Ellen Tarquinio

	Review dominate approaches and determine how best to approach development of thresholds for interpreting the results

	General Approaches & Issues Thom Whittier

	GRE Experience Ted Angradi

3:00 - 3:30	Break

3:30 - 5:00	Reference Conditions, cont.

Continental Breakfast begins at 8:00 am - Salon D

8:00 - 8:15	Introduction/Overview of Day/Business

8:15 - 9:15	Summary of Discussions and Feedback (e.g., design, indicators, reference)

9:15 -10:30	Data Analysis

	Steve Paulsen Provide overview of how wadeable streams assessment and Western EMAP data were analyzed and suggest possible changes for non-wadeable rivers

10:30 - 11:15	Emerging Research Aspects of Survey Lou Reynolds

	Identify areas of future research with data collected from survey

11:15 - 12:00	Next steps

	Susan Holdsworth, Treda Smith