12th Annual
Coho Confab
Hands-on Fish Workshops on the Mendocino Coast
August 28-30, 2009
The Coho Confab is a symposium to explore watershed restoration, learn restoration techniques to recover coho salmon populations, and to network with other fish-centric people. To confabulate literally means to informally chat or to fabricate to compensate for gaps in ones memory. Not to imply that restorationists are prone to hyperbole when recounting the size of a rescued fish, the magnitude of the waterfall coming out of the culvert, or the heroics of a particular restoration job. The Confab is an informal gathering of fishheads that allows for participants and instructors to learn from each other’s experience. Participants learn skills and practices that can be applied to restore habitat in their home watershed. Each year the Confab is held in another location on the North Coast.
The 12th Annual Coho Confab will be held on Caspar Creek on the Mendocino Coast. Trees Foundation and Salmonid Restoration Federation are the permanent co-hosts of this educational event and this year the Confab is also sponsored by Jughandle Farm and the Mendocino Land Trust. Field tour options will include tours of fish ladders and road improvement projects in the Caspar Creek region, and habitat restoration tours in the Garcia River and Ten Mile Creek watersheds.
Accomodations this year is primarily camping. Some cabins and rooms in the farmhouse are available on a very limited first-come-first-serve basis. Please inquire for availability at (707) 923-4377.
Previous Conferences
2008
- Schedule of Events (PDF)
- Evaluate this event online or by mail (.doc)
2007
- Schedule of Events (PDF)
- Schedule of Events (PDF)
- Presenters and Workshops (PDF)
2005
- Schedule of Events (PDF)
If you still have questions about the Coho Confab, please contact us.