Abstract
The Conservation Success Index: An Assessment Tool for Salmonid Fisheries
Track: Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management
Author(s): Kurt Fesenmyer, Jack Williams, Amy Haak
Increasing our ability to synthesize and compare fisheries assessment data among species and across geographic boundaries should facilitate a better understanding of the broad-scale condition of fish resources and necessary management strategies. We describe the Conservation Success Index (CSI), a geospatial tool developed by Trout Unlimited to analyze the status of native salmonids across their historic range and develop place-based conservation strategies for protection and restoration efforts. The CSI provides a common framework to quantitatively evaluate each species or sub-species across 20 indicators related to range-wide conditions, population and habitat integrity, and future security. The future security assessment includes an expanded analysis of four climate change impacts: increased summer temperature, winter flooding, wildfire, and drought. Although specifically developed to prioritize our organization's conservation work and to assist our members in understanding broad-scale conservation needs, the CSI may be useful to other organizations as a fisheries management or environmental education tool.
Kurt Fesenmyer
Trout Unlimited
910 W. Main St.
Suite 342
Boise , Idaho 83702
United States
Phone: 208-345-9800
E-mail: kfesenmyer@tu.org
Jack Williams
Trout Unlimited
329 Crater Lake Avenue
Medford , Oregon 97504
United States
Phone: (541) 772-7724
E-mail: jwilliams@tu.org
Amy Haak
Trout Unlimited
910 W. Main St.
Suite 342
Boise , Idaho 83702
United States
Phone: (208)345-9800
E-mail: ahaak@tu.org