27th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference

Salmonid Restoration Federation
December 31, 2008


The 27th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be held March 4-7, 2009, in Santa Cruz, California. This year the conference will feature workshops on topics including estuary restoration, fish passage design and implementation, coho use and restoration of off-channel habitat, and watershed monitoring and management.

The 27th Annual SRF Conference is all about the fish.
Photo: Thomas B Dunklin
    
All day field tours of the lower San Lorenzo River will address the following topics: Balancing Habitat, Flood Control, and Public Use; Carmel River Restoration Projects; Southern Coho Streams and the NOAA lab and Broodstock Program; Coastal and Santa Clara Valley Salmonid creeks; and Coho Salmon and Steelhead Enhancement projects.

Concurrent sessions will include the following topics: Water Diversions & Water Wars in California; FERC Relicensing Restoration Opportunities; Central Coast Coho Salmon & Steelhead Conservation; Fire Ecology, Forests, and Fisheries; Dam Removal and Modifications for Salmonid Recovery; Restoration at the Crossroads, Central and Southcoast Steelhead; Hydrologic and Geomorphic Legacy Issues: Solutions for the Past and the Future; and Coho Salmon Recovery and Restoration: Putting Theory into Practice.

This is the premiere habitat restoration conference in the Pacific Northwest. Hosting the conference in Santa Cruz affords us wonderful opportunities to view projects on the Central Coast and highlight issues that pertain to coastal watershed and coho salmon recovery. The Plenary session will focus on the state of commercial fisheries in California and elements of watershed restoration.

To see the conference agenda or to learn more about the conference, please visit www.calsalmon.org



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PO BOX 4260
Arcata, CA 95518
Email: srf@northcoast.com
Phone: (707) 268-8182 Fax: (707) 268-8182