Site visits are scheduled for September 11 and 12 for the Columbia Gorge province and September 18 and 19 for the Inter-Mountain province. The site visits will allow reviewers to become more familiar with project areas and have informal interactions with project sponsors. These tours will be arranged to give the reviewers a basic understanding of the ecological conditions in the province. In addition, the review teams may visit projects of their choice. Transportation will be provided for the project reviewers and project sponsors.
All project sponsors are welcome to participate in the site visits.
The site visits should be viewed as an extension of the subbasin summaries. Presentations will be grouped by subbasin and will begin with a presentation of the subbasin summary. All project sponsors will be given the opportunity to provide a brief presentation on their project. Since the reviewers will be familiar with the project proposals, presentations should focus on how the project proposal addresses the needs identified in the subbasin summary and discussion of the expected results of implementing their project. It is expected that each sponsor will take about five minutes to discuss their project and allow 10 minutes for questions and answers from the ISRP and other reviewers.