Trinity River Restoration Program -
Organizational Structure
By Doug Schluesner,
Executive Director, Trinity River Restoration Program
The Restoration Program Organization – Picture the Trinity River Restoration Program as a set of three overlapping circles – with those three circles representing the Trinity Management Council (or TMC), the Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management (AEAM) Team, and the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group. The TMC was established by the original Record of Decision, and has eight members, including the Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Yurok Tribe, the Resources Agency of California, and Trinity County. The TMC is empowered by the Secretary of the Interior to be the policy-setting and decision-making body for the overall program.
The second part of the organization includes my immediate staff, the AEAM Team, composed of the Technical Modeling and Analysis Group and the Rehabilitation and Implementation Group. These resource specialists will have the responsibility of coordinating inter-agency activities, providing technical support to the TMC and the Working Group, implementing restoration projects, and conducting the many monitoring efforts associated with the program. We are planning to move into our new office space here in Weaverville by late August, and be fully staffed by late fall.
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Deanna Jackson
We are now in the recruitment and hiring phase for about 12 positions. These positions have been advertised both internally (current federal government) and externally (all applicants), with announcements posted at the Job Link office and at other federal agencies. I have filled four of the positions so far. Some of you may know them from their past involvement with the program. Ed Solbos is our Implementation Group Leader, and Deanna Jackson is our Secretary and Administrative Assistant. Their past experience with the Trinity River makes them valuable members of the team. In addition, we have hired Dr. Robert Sullivan as the Wildlife Biologist and Andreas Krause as the Hydrologist. Other positions still pending include the Modeling and Analysis Branch Chief, Fisheries Biologist, GIS Specialist, Environmental Specialist and several engineering positions.
The third overlapping circle is the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group. Expressly identified in the Record of Decision as the way stakeholders could formally participate in the program, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) charter was signed by the Secretary of the Interior in March. A decision is expected on committee membership in the near future. The nominations reflected the widespread interest in the Trinity River Restoration Program, including: river outfitters and guides, Trinity Lake marinas and resorts, small businesses and economic development in the Trinity River basin, Central Valley water users, trout and salmon sport fishing groups, long term local residents, scientific interests, forest land owners and managers, whitewater rafters/kayakers, electrical power users of northern California, watershed restoration and conservation groups, gold dredgers and commercial ocean fishing operations. Although its advisory role will often be focused on policy issues,
this committee will also work closely with the AEAM Team on a variety of scientific and technical issues.
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