June 29, 2009:  NOAA Fisheries Service released draft salmon recovery monitoring guidance, and requested public review and comment on it. This guidance is designed to better assist those involved with salmon recovery in the Pacific Northwest to understand the recovery monitoring needs and associated level of certainty at the regional, local, and project levels. The recommendations included are for federal and state agencies, Indian tribes, local governments and watershed organizations in Oregon, Washington and Idaho that are actively developing recovery-plan monitoring programs, or are modifying existing monitoring for salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The comment period closed Aug. 28, 2009.

• Federal Register notice (PDF 51KB)
• Guidance for Monitoring Recovery of Pacific Northwest Salmon and Steelhead Listed under the Federal Endangered Species Act (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) (PDF 4MB)