DESCRIPTION
Through work to translate and describe and track and adaptively manage the implementation of the Nisqually Chinook Recovery Chapter and the newly created Nisqually Steelhead Recovery Plan using the RITT's Common Framework method, it has become clear that EDT habitat attributes will play a primary role as freshwater habitat metrics in the Nisqually watershed. As such, a methodology for consistently and efficiently updating EDT Habitat Attribute data will be critical. Data from various monitoring and assessment projects will be synthesized and used to run EDT model updates. Model updates will be coordinated with the annual program review. (This may also include the migration of EDT equations and functions from current software platforms to a GIS based platform. This may further include the integration of newly collected marine survival data into EDT model runs, and improvement of delineation and description of Estuary Habitat in EDT model.) The cost represents what is needed to run the program for the next 4 years.