Evaluation of Responses to IMST Recommendations : Administrative report 2001-1

Abstract

Oregon Revised Statute 541.409, which created the Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team (IMST), specifies that agencies are to respond to the recommendations of the IMST, stating “(3) If the Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team submits suggestions to an agency responsible for implementing a portion of the Oregon Plan [for Salmon and Watersheds], the agency shall respond in writing to the team explaining how the agency intends to implement the suggestion or why the agency does not implement the suggestion. The Team shall include any agency responses in its report to the Joint Legislative Committee on Salmon and Stream Enhancement”.

For this reason, the IMST has explicitly identified its suggestion as recommendations and has directed them to specific agencies. The recommendations of the Team are included in Technical Reports, Letter Reports and letters. They deal with technical and scientific matters that the Team feels are important for the Oregon Plan. From 1998 through December 31, 2000, the IMST made 68 specific recommendations. This report compiles those recommendations, summaries of agency responses, and the IMST's evaluation of the agency responses within the context of meeting the goals of the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds.