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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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APPENDIX B


Meeting Agendas

Committee on Long-Term Management of the
Spirit Lake/Toutle River System in Southwest Washington

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Meeting 1, June 21-23, 2016

Red Lion Hotel Kelso-Longview
510 Kelso Drive
Kelso, Washington 98626

Day 1 – Tuesday, June 21, 2016

OPEN SESSION
8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

8:45 Welcome, introductions, overview of the Statement of Task

Gregory Baecher, NAE, Committee Chair

9:00 Presentations from U.S. Forest Service and staff of the Washington State Congressional Delegation

Gina Owens, USFS, Gifford Pinchot National Forest,
Forest Supervisor

Tedd Huffman, Mount St. Helens National Monument,
Monument Manager
Congressional Staff (TBD)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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9:50 Break
Historical overview, the federal perspective
Presentations and discussions:
10:00 Synopsis of the 1980 Eruption

Jon Major, USGS

10:30 Hydrologic and Geomorphic Perspectives: Useful for Understanding the Spirit Lake/Toutle River Issues

Gordon Grant, USFS

11:00 Geomorphic Response to the Eruption

Jon Major, USGS

Working lunch will be served at or around 12 noon (Plenary and small group discussions)
1:00 Implementation of Projects to Manage Water and Sediment

Christine Budai, USACE

2:00 Break
2:15 Ecological Response to the Eruption

Charlie Crisafulli, USFS

3:00 Discussion of committee information needs
4:00 Open floor: Invitation for input from meeting participants
4:30 Adjourn open session
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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Day 2 – Wednesday, June 22, 2016

FIELD TRIP
Spirit Lake/Toutle River Drive
8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

8:00 Kelso Red Lion – Personnel Pick-Up
Safety briefing and overview of the itinerary by USFS staff
8:30 Depart for Castle Lake Viewpoint
Pat Pringle, Centralia College, provides interpretive overview of 1980 eruption, resulting mudflow, and flooding
9:15 Castle Lake Viewpoint
Welcome to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest & landscape overview
Gina Owens, Forest Supervisor, and Tedd Huffman, Monument Manager
9:45 Depart for Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO)
10:00 Johnston Ridge Observatory Amphitheater
Break
10:45 15 min talks with additional time in between for questions & discussion
Hydrological considerations (Jon Major, USGS), 15 mins
Protection works and the built environment (Chris Budai, USACE), 15 mins
Natural environment (Charlie Crisafulli, USFS PNW Res Stn), 15 mins
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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FS management of [a] tunnel in a National Volcanic Monument (Tedd Huffman), 15 mins
12:15 Depart JRO
12:30 Spirit Lake Tunnel Outlet
Chris Strebig, USFS, and Chris Budai, USACE
12:45 Depart Tunnel Outlet
1:00 Hummocks Trail
Pat Pringle, Centralia College, and Charlie Crisafulli and Peter Frenzen
2:15 Depart Hummocks Trail
2:30 Coldwater Lake Recreation site (bathrooms), discuss engineered outlet
3:00 Depart for Sediment Retention Structure
3:45 Sediment Retention Structure (SRS)
Jon Major, USGS, and Chris Budai and Paul Sclafani, USACE
5:00 Depart Sediment Retention Structure
5:45 Coweeman Levee
Chris Budai and Paul Sclafani, USACE
6:15 Coweeman Levee
6:30 Arrive at Red Lion Inn
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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Committee on Long-Term Management of the
Spirit Lake/Toutle River System in Southwest Washington

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Meeting 2, August 3-5, 2016

Red Lion Hotel Kelso-Longview
510 Kelso Drive
Kelso, Washington 98626

Day 1 – Wednesday, August 3, 2016

OPEN SESSION
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

9:00 Welcome and introductions and plan for the day

Greg Baecher, NAE, Committee Chair

9:15 Summary of Statement of Task and setting the stage

Sammantha Magsino, Academies Staff

9:20 Introduction by the USFS study sponsor

Jim Peña, Regional Forester, USFS

9:30 Decision support frameworks—how a framework might look

Basil Stumborg and John Boland, Committee Members

10:00 Break
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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Panel Discussions (with parties interested and affected by management of Spirit Lake and the Toutle River): Concerns and Priorities for Management

10:15 Panel #1 – regional and local
Moderator: Basil Stumborg
  • Joe Gardner, Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners
  • Ashley Helenberg, Port of Longview
  • Ernie Schnabler, Cowlitz County Emergency Management
  • Greg Drew, Drew’s Grocery, Toutle
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00 Panel #2 –Non-profit
Moderator: Kathleen Tierney
  • TBD, Gifford Pinchot Task Force
  • Gene Crocker, Cowlitz Game and Anglers Club
  • Ray Yurkewycz, Mount St. Helens Institute
  • Claudia Hunter, Toutle Valley Community Association
2:45 Break
3:00 Stakeholder Panel #3 – State, tribal, and land management
Moderator: John Kupfer
  • Nathan Reynolds, Natural Resources Department, Cowlitz Nation
  • Steve Ogden, Pacific-Cascade Region, WA Department of Natural Resources
  • Dave Howe, Regional Habitat Program, WA Department of Fish and Wildlife
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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OPEN SESSION – TOWN HALL MEETING
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Light refreshments served

6:30 Introduction and welcome

Greg Baecher and Sammantha Magsino

6:40 The Academies – An Introduction

Sammantha Magsino

6:45 Open comment period – Sign-up required
**Signup is required and comment time is limited to 3 minutes. Total number of speakers limited to approximately 50.

Day 2 – Thursday, August 4, 2016

OPEN SESSION
8:30 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.

8:30 Welcome and introductions and plan for the day

Greg Baecher, NAE, Committee Chair

8:45 Summary of Statement of Task

Sammantha Magsino, Academies Staff

8:50 Panel Discussion: Spirit Lake Outlet Risk Assessment
Each of the panelists will make a 10-minute presentation describing the most important lessons learned from years of monitoring and infrastructure
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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management and will highlight from these experiences those issues that need the most attention moving forward.

General overview of PFMA process, Jeremy Britton, USACE

PFMA Specifics/Details, David Scofield, USACE

PFMA Hydrology, Angela Duren, USACE

Tunnel Hydraulic Design, Sean Askelson, USACE

9:50 Questions and answers with the panelists
10:05 Break
10:20 Panel Discussion: Mount St. Helens Long-Term Sediment Management

General Overview, Tim Kuhn, USACE

Long-Term Sediment Management Study Details, Paul Sclafani, USACE

Long-Term Sediment Management Geotechnical Details, Jeremy Britton, USACE

11:20 Questions and answers with the panelists
12:15-1:45 Working Lunch
Discussion with all: Consequences associated with the various alternatives
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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Committee on Long-Term Management of the
Spirit Lake/Toutle River System in Southwest Washington

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Meeting 3, October 31-November 2, 2016

Cowlitz Regional Conference Center, Cowlitz & Columbia Room
1900 7th Avenue, Longview, Washington

Monday, October 31, 2016

OPEN SESSION
10:15 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

10:15 Welcome, introductions and plan for the day

Greg Baecher, NAE, Committee Chair

10:25 Summary of Statement of Task

Sammantha Magsino, Academies Staff

10:35 Questions and answers regarding recently released document

Gordon Grant, USFS

Jon Major, USGS

11:45-12:45 Working Lunch—small group discussions
12:45 Follow-up questions with USACE

Jeremy Britton, USACE

David Scofield, USACE

Angela Duren, USACE

Sean Askelson, USACE

Paul Sclafani, USACE

Jeremy Britton, USACE

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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1:45 Discussion with USFS study sponsors—expectations from report given
Information gathered during all open sessions
2:15 Public comment period (2-minute limit)
2:45 Adjourn open session
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. A Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24874.
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The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington State radically changed the physical and socio-economic landscapes of the region. The eruption destroyed the summit of the volcano, sending large amounts of debris into the North Fork Toutle River, and blocking the sole means of drainage from Spirit Lake 4 miles north of Mount St. Helens. As a result of the blockage, rising lake levels could cause failure of the debris blockage, putting the downstream population of approximately 50,000 at risk of catastrophic flooding and mud flows. Further, continued transport of sediment to the river from volcanic debris deposits surrounding the mountain reduces the flood carrying capacity of downstream river channels and leaves the population vulnerable to chronic flooding.

The legacy of the 1980 eruption and the prospect of future volcanic, seismic, and flood events mean that risk management in the Spirit Lake Toutle River system will be challenging for decades to come. This report offers a decision framework to support the long-term management of risks related to the Spirit Lake and Toutle River system in light of the different regional economic, cultural, and social priorities, and the respective roles of federal, tribal, state, and local authorities, as well as other entities and groups in the region. It also considers the history and adequacy of characterization, monitoring, and management associated with the Spirit Lake debris blockage and outflow tunnel, other efforts to control transport of water and sediment from the 1980 and later eruptions, and suggests additional information needed to support implementation of the recommended decision framework.

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