Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

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Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

• Tribal Engagement in the Exchange Network
• Exchange Network National Meeting
• Atlanta, Georgia
• April 28-30, 2009
• Presented by Bruce Jones, SSHIAP Section Manager

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• The NWIFC is primarily a support service
  organization that provides direct services to its
  member tribes to assist them in their natural
  resources management efforts.
• The NWIFC employs approximately 67 full-time
  staff members to provide services to member
  tribes.

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• NWIFC Member Tribes Are
• Lummi Squaxin Island
• Makah Skokomish
• Nooksack Quileute
• Swinomish Suquamish
• Upper Skagit Port Gamble SKlallam
• Sauk-Suiattle Jamestown SKlallam
• Stillaguamish Lower Elwha Klallam
• Tulalip Muckleshoot
• Puyallup Nisqually
• Quinault Hoh

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The Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and
Assessment Program
S S H I A P
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Questions?
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Exchange Network Node - WQX

• Implementation of an Exchange Network Node
• Deployment of the WQX data flow.
• Intent to provide information to the EPA, between
  Tribal Governments, and Partners

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April 29, 2009
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Exchange Network Node - WQX

• Project Deliverables
• Implementation of the NWIFC Node on the Exchange
  Network,
• Installation of a 20 Node Clients,
• Creation of a water quality database for tribal
  water quality data (if they choose),
• Providing training to tribal water quality staff
  on the use of the database, Node, Node Client,
  and exchange network itself.

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Creating a Collaborative Environmental Data
Exchange Network for Puget Sound

• Partners
• Puget Sound Partnership,
• Wash. Dept. of Ecology,
• Wash. Dept. of Fish Wildlife,
• Wash. Recreation Conservation Office,
• Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, and
• National Marine Fisheries Service
• Creation of a Juvenile Salmon Migrant Information
  Flow
• 2nd Information Flow option
• Restoration-Protection Project Information or
• Adult Salmon

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