IRST Meetings

IRST meeting agendas and materials will be posted in advance of each meeting, and links to recordings will be posted after each meeting.

Upcoming meetings in 2024

  • Wednesday, Dec 18, 1:00-4:00pm

Upcoming meetings in 2025

  • Wednesday, Jan 15, 9:00am-noon 
  • Wednesday, Feb 19, 9:00am-noon
  • Friday, Mar 14, 9:00am-noon

Decisions

 

  • IRST members unanimously voted to delay submission of roads package to AMPC to 1 March 2025. Approved 8 November 2024.
  • IRST members present unanimously voted to approve the scoping proposal structure for the eastern Oregon steep slopes package, with amendments discussed during the meeting. Approved 8 November 2024.
  • Selecting two candidates' names to be submitted to the Oregon Department of Forestry as new IRST members. Approved 4 September 2024.
  • Document. Independent Research and Science Team Member Nomination and Application Process. Approved 3 May 2024. Amended 4 September 2024.
  • IRST members unanimously voted to accept the AMPC eastern Oregon steep slopes research questions as is and submit a scoping proposal to the AMPC on 31 December 2024. Approved 21 August 2024.
  • Content of the "Standards of Best Available Science" presentation about researchable questions to present to the AMPC. Approved 3 May 2024.
  • IRST members voted to ask clarifying questions to the AMPC about the roads-stream connectivity research questions and to submit a scoping proposal to the AMPC on 31 December 2024. Approved 13 March 2024.
  • Document. Standards for Best Available Science: A Guidance Document. Approved 19 January 2024, with the understanding that there will be amendments.
  • Document. IRST Charter. Approved 19 January 2024.

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Meetings 2024

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  • Document 1 - Agenda
  • Document 2 - Steep slopes literature search strategy, updated
  • Document 3 - Preliminary steep slopes literature abstracts
  • Document 4 - Preliminary literature review and scoping proposal structure
  • Document 5 - Results of draft roads-stream connectivity literature compilation reviewed to date
  • Document 6 - Oregon Government Ethics Commission advisory opinion

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Meeting Materials

  • Document 1 - Agenda
  • Document 2 - Proposed amendment to the IRST membership nomination and application process
  • Document 3 - Compilation of IRST responses to Dube 2010 review (this is Document 2 from the 21 August meeting)
  • Document 4 - Roads literature search strategy (updated draft, v1)

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  • Document 1 - Agenda
  • Document 2 - Letter to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission
  • Document 3 - Response from the AMPC on the roads clarifying question (this is Document 2 from the June 2024 meeting)
  • Document 4 - Literature review approaches overview
  • Document 5 - RFPs and other models overview
  • Document 6 - AMPC's Eastern Oregon steep slopes research questions package (sent to IRST on July 11, 2024)
    • Document 6a - Forest Practices Administrative Rules and the Oregon Forest Practices Act 2024

Supplemental document

  • Document 7 - Finalized AMPC research questions for roads

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Meeting Materials 

  • Document 1 - Agenda
  • Document 2 - AMPC responses to IRST clarifying questions and comments on road package
  • Document 3 - Forest Roads Inventory and Assessment (FRIA) Overview (PDF of presentation from IRST March 2024 meeting)
  • Document 4 - Notes from IRST May 7th meeting refining roads research questions
  • Document 5 - Presentation: Literature search strategy introduction (PDF) from 3 May 2024 IRST meeting
  • Document 6 - Revised "Research and Monitoring in Adaptive Management" presentation (PDF)

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Meeting Materials

  • Document 1 - Agenda
  • Document 2 - DRAFT IRST application form v2 (starting on page 5)
  • Document 3 - Best Available Science presentation (draft) from 23 April 2023 meeting
  • Document 4 - AMPC responses to first half of IRST clarifying questions
  • Document 5 - Presentation: Draft literature review questions for consideration (go to video recording of meeting)
  • Document 6 - Presentation: Literature search strategy introduction (PDF)

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Meeting Materials

  • Document 1 - Agenda
  • Document 2 - Draft IRST nomination process and application form template
  • Document 3 - Standards for BAS: Amendment Information - research and monitoring, and researchable questions (these documents are from the Feb 2024 IRST meeting)
  • Document 4  -  AMPC’s Roads Research Questions Package (final) -- this document is from the Feb 2024 IRST meeting

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Meeting Materials

  • Document 1 - Agenda
  • Document 2 - IRST Charter adopted 19 January 2024
  • Document 3 - 2024 IRST Roadmap
  • Document 4 - Best Available Science  (BAS) guidance document adopted 19 January 2024
  • Document 4a - Appended BAS document
  • Document 5 - Draft IRST Peer Review Process and Process used by CMER
  • Document 6 - AMPC’s Roads Research Questions Package (final)

Supplemental Reading (not required)

Dubé, K., A. Shelly, J. Black, and K. Kuzis. 2010. Washington road sub-basin scale effectiveness monitoring first sampling event (2006-2008) report. Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Report CMER 08-801. Washington Department of Natural Resources. Olympia, Washington. https://www.dnr.wa.gov/publications/fp_cmer_08_801.pdf

Martin, D. 2009. Forest road runoff disconnection survey for private timberlands in Washington. Olympia, WA: Washington Forest Protection Association. https://www.forestsandfish.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2018/12/Road_Mgmt_Survey.pdf

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Documents Approved

  • IRST. 2024. Charter. Independent Research and Science Team. Adaptive Management Program, Oregon Board of Forestry. Approved 19 January 2024.

  • IRST. 2024. Standards for Best Available Science: A Guidance Document. Independent Research and Science Team. Adaptive Management Program, Oregon Board of Forestry. Approved 19 January 2024.

Meeting Notes

  • Part 1: Morning presentations, IRST Charter
  • Part 2: IRST Charter, best available science, research topics
 

Meeting Materials

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  • Video Recordings 
    • Part 1: IRST member presentations, highlights of IRST member intake questionnaire responses, Department of Justice presentation; IRST Charter discussion
    • Part 2: IRST Charter discussion (continued), closing remarks

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Meetings 2023