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.
Meetings 2025
Meeting Notes
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Meeting Materials
- forthcoming
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- forthcoming
Meeting Materials
- forthcoming
Meeting Notes
- forthcoming
Meeting Materials
- forthcoming
Meetings 2024
Meeting Notes (forthcoming)
Meeting Materials (forthcoming)
Meeting Notes
Meeting Materials
- 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
Meeting Notes
Meeting Materials
- Document 1 - Agenda
- Document 2 - AMPC-IRST Chairs meeting agenda, 30 Sept 2024 meeting agenda
- Document 3 - Timeline and tasks for scoping proposals
- Document 4 - Preliminary literature search results and alternative approaches
- Document 5 - Spreadsheet of steep slopes literature search (downloads as Excel file)
- Document 6 - Preliminary roads literature (downloads as Excel file)
- Document 7 - Example of relevant study review
Meeting Notes (forthcoming)
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)
Meeting Notes
Meeting Materials
- Document 1 - Agenda
- Document 2 - Compilation of IRST responses to Dube 2010 review
- Document 3 - Roads literature search strategy (draft)
- Document 4 - Draft 45-day letter
- Document 5 - Literature search strategy for initial steep slopes literature review
- Document 6 - IRST nomination process
Meeting Notes
Meeting Materials
- 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
Meeting Notes
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)
Meeting Notes
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)
Meeting Notes
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 3a - (clean copy)
- Document 3b - (track changes copy)
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Document 4 - AMPC’s Roads Research Questions Package (final) -- this document is from the Feb 2024 IRST meeting
Meeting Notes
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
Meeting Notes
Meeting Materials
- Document 1 - Agenda
- Document 2 - Draft IRST Charter
- Document 3 - Draft Best Available Science Standard
Documents Approved
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IRST. 2024. Charter. Independent Research and Science Team. Adaptive Management Program, Oregon Board of Forestry. Approved 19 January 2024.
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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
- Video Recordings
Meeting Materials