All tours and workshops start at 9am. If you are signed
up for a field tour please arrive early to pack a lunch. Please
bring a water bottle and walking shoes.
Final agenda available
in PDF format
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Water Conservation Workshop
Fisheries and Wildlife Friendly Agriculture:
A Workshop & Tour in Sustainability
Nicholas Canyon: Chumash Demonstration
Village & Stream Restoration Program
Fish Passage and Restoration Tour on the
Santa Clara River – Directions and Itinerary
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Removing Coastal California’s Fish
Passage Barriers: From Prioritization to Implementation
Reestablishing Salmonids in Cities, Workshop
& Tour The Next Generation of Urban Stream Restoration
Ventura River and Matilija Dam
SRF Annual Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
Wild and Scenic
Environmental Film Festival Thursday, February 23, 2006
Friday, February
24, 2006
Plenary Session 8:30am to
noon
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 1-5pm
The Local Perspective:
Science, Structure, Streams and Steelhead in Santa Barbara County
Linkages between Physical and Ecosystem Processes
in Salmonid Restoration
Finding Water Justice in Your Watershed:
Creating Healthy Watersheds and Healthy People
Saturday, February 25
Saturday Morning Concurrent
Sessions 8:30-noon Dam Removals Large and Small: Removing
Relics, Preserving Values
Building Community Support for Steelhead
Recovery
Southern California Steelhead Distribution
and Habitat Needs: What Do We Know So Far? Session
Saturday Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
1-5pm What is Good? How to Evaluate Habitat for Southern Steelhead
Project Monitoring for Watershed
Management
Floodplain and Sediment Management
Cabaret & Banquet
Wednesday,
February 22, 2006
All workshops start and field sessions leave at 9am
Lunch making for field tours is available at 8:30 am
Workshop
1: Restoring Salmonids: What’s Water Conservation Got to
Do With It Anyway?
Water Conservation Workshop will discuss
how to make existing water conservation efforts more effective
and what models we can create for the future. This workshop features
leaders in the water conservation field including Mary Ann Dickinson
from the California Urban Water Conservation Council, Martha Davis
from Inland Empire Utility Agency, Ade Adjani who will discuss
the role of community-based organizations in returning water to
Mono Lake, Bwan Kim with the Environmental Justice Coalition for
Water, Eric Wesselman from the Tuoloumne River Preservation Trust,
and Brock Dolman from the Water Institute.
Workshop Chairs: Conner Everts, Southern California Watershed
Alliance and Fran Spivey-Weber, Executive Director of the Mono
Lake Committee
Why it is Not Fish vs. People, We Can Have Both and
be More Efficient!, Fran Spivey-Weber, Executive Director
of the Mono Lake Committee
There Are No Easy Answers: Not Ocean Desal, Not Transfers,
Not the Environmental Water Account: How Do We Return Flows
For Fish?, Conner Everts, Vice-Chair, Southern Steelhead
Coalition
The Council, 15 Years After, Where Do we Go From Here?,
Mary Anne Dickinson, Executive Director, California Urban Water
Conservation Council
From Mono Lake to a Progressive Utility, a Personal
Perspective, Martha Davis, Inland Empire Utility Agency
The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Returning
Water to Mono Lake, Ade Adajani, ADRO
Policy Challenges in Integrating Water Saved and Water
Returned, Bwan Kim, Pasadena Housing Corporation
When is it Time for Fish to Come First? Eric
Wesselman, Executive Director, Tuolumne River Preservation Trust
How Much Water Can We Really Save? Models and Challenges
for Conservation and Reclamation, Bob Wilkinson, UCSB
Rainwater Harvesting as a Means of Water Conservation,
Brock Dolman, WATER Institute
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Brock Dolman will be presenting in the water
conservation workshop and as a keynote speaker in the Plenary
session. |
Workshop
2: Fisheries and Wildlife Friendly Agriculture: A Workshop and
Tour in Sustainability
Fish and Wildlife Friendly Agriculture: A Workshop
in Sustainability
This morning workshop will cover using planned grazing in the
management of native grasslands and the implementation of sustainable
winegrape growing in California. The afternoon field trip will
visit El Chorro Ranch to see restoration work that has been done
on El Jaro Creek for the endangered steelhead. This project addresses
severe streambank erosion and sedimentation in a creek that provides
prime spawning and rearing habitat for steelhead on a working
cattle ranch. This is one of several pilot projects on private
property that provide feasible solutions to erosion and sedimentation
issues. Workshop participants will view 3 projects including;
a culvert replacement, side draw erosion treatment, and streambank
stabilization to reduce erosion and sedimentation. How sustainable
grazing practices for fisheries and wildlife are incorporated
into restoration projects will also be discussed and viewed during
the tour. This tour will also visit a local vineyard where restoration
work has occurred. This workshop will offer 5 Continuing Education
Units.
Workshop Chair: Kent Reeves, East Bay Municipal Water District
and California Native Grasslands Association
Using Planned Grazing in the Management of Native Grasslands,
Kent Reeves, California Native Grasslands Association
Implementation of Sustainable Winegrape Growing in California,
Cliff Ohmart, Ph.D., Forest Entomologist and Co-editor of the
California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Practices Self-Assessment
Workbook.
This workshop will discuss planning a livestock grazing program
which seeks to control annual invasive species while enhancing
native perennial species and the challenges of sustainable winegrowing.
In the afternoon participants will tour a sustainably managed
ranch and vineyard that have completed habitat restoration projects.
Field
Tour 1: Nicholas Canyon: Chumash Demonstration
Village & Stream Restoration
Program
Nicholas Canyon: Chumash Demonstration Village
Mati Waiya, Executive Director of Wishtoyo Foundation and Ventura
Coastkeeper, will lead a tour of Chumash restoration sites in
Nicholas Canyon in Malibu Creek. This tour will also visit restoration
projects on Carpinteria Creek.
Tour leader: Mati Waiya, Executive Director of Wishtoyo Foundation
and Ventura Coastkeeper, will lead a tour of Chumash restoration
sites in Nicholas Canyon in Malibu Creek.
Field
Tour 2: Fish Passage and Restoration Tour on the Santa Clara River
Tour Chair: Jim Kentosh, United Water, and EJ Remson, The Nature
Conservancy
Fish Passage and Restoration Tour on the Santa Clara
River
This tour will visit fish passage facilities that are used by
endangered southern steelhead and Pacific lamprey. The Nature
Conservancy will also lead a tour of the Santa Clara estuary and
TNC properties on the river to discuss conservation work on the
Santa Clara river as it relates to steelhead.
Santa Clara River Tour – Directions and Itinerary
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
9 AM Depart from Santa Barbara Veteran's Hall
Directions: From Santa Barbara, take Highway
101 east toward Ventura. In Ventura, take the Seaward Avenue exit
ramp. From the end of the ramp, turn left at the light –
you'll be on Harbor Blvd. Stay on Harbor, heading southeast. At
2 1/2 miles you'll cross a bridge over the Santa Clara River.
Just past the bridge, turn right into McGrath State Beach. You'll
be given directions at the gate house where to park.
10 AM Arrive at McGrath State Beach. The tour of the Santa
Clara River Estuary will be given by Elise Kelley. The tour
should take an hour.
11 AM Leave McGrath State Beach for United Water's El Rio field
office at 3561 N. Rose Avenue north of Oxnard.
Directions: Exit McGrath State Beach onto Harbor
Boulevard, turn right onto Harbor. After 1/2 mile, turn left on
Gonzalez Road, headed east. Take Gonzalez about five miles to
Rose Avenue (it's past Victoria Ave and Oxnard Blvd). Turn left
(north) on Rose Avenue. United's office is about 1½ miles
north of Highway 101, on the left. Look for the sign on the left.
Enter the complex through the gate between the trailer and the
residence. The gate will be open.
11:30 AM Presentations and Lunch:
Presentation by United Water on the Freeman Fish Passage Facilities
Presentation by The Nature Conservancy on their Restoration
Program
Presentation by Stillwater introducing the Parkway Feasibility
Study
12:30 PM Leave for the Freeman Diversion
Directions: From United's yard, turn left (north)
on Rose Avenue. Go north on Rose until it ends at Los Angeles
Avenue (highway 118), then turn left at the light onto L.A. Avenue.
After ½ mile, turn right at the gate into United Water's
entrance, just past the ponds but before the concrete plant. The
gate code is #0704. Wait inside the gate. Follow a United truck
to the Freeman diversion.
12:50 PM Tour of the Freeman Diversion
1:30 PM Leave for the Briggs Road property
Directions: From United's gate, turn right onto
Los Angeles Avenue (highway 118). After 1 1/2 miles take Highway
126 east. After 3 miles, take the Briggs Road Exit. Turn right
(south) on Briggs, followed by another quick right onto Pinkerton
Road. After ½ mile, turn left onto Mission Rock Road. Follow
Mission Rock until it ends near the river. You will be advised
where to park.
2:00 PM Tour of the Briggs Road Property by The Nature Conservancy.
Discussion of restoration opportunities by TNC
Discussion of hydrogeomorphic processes and implications for
restoration, by Stillwater
3:00 PM Leave for the Santa Paula Fish Ladder
Directions: Return to Highway 126, take the
east onramp toward Santa Paula. In Santa Paula, take the 10th
Street (Highway 150) exit from Hwy 126. Turn left on 10th Street,
going north. After 3 ½ miles, park on the right side on
the shoulder of the road. Follow the United truck. Walk carefully
along the right shoulder back to the gate to the fish ladder.
3:30 PM Tour of the Santa Paula Fish Ladder
4:00 PM Leave for Santa Barbara and the Veteran's Hall
Thursday
February 23, 2006
Workshop
3: Removing Coastal California’s Fish Passage Barriers:
From Prioritization to Implementation
Session Coordinator: Michael Love, Michael
Love & Associates Barriers blocking adult and juvenile salmonids
from accessing spawning and rearing habitat are a significant
limiting factor in the recovery of wild salmon and steelhead stocks
throughout California. Reopening these inaccessible stream reaches
to anadromous salmonids is one of the most direct and cost effective
means of improving the health of the fishery.Removing Coastal
California's Fish Passage Barriers: from Prioritization to Implementation.
This workshop will present fish passage case examples of inventory
and assessments, regional planning efforts to prioritize barrier
treatements, and design and construction.
Regional Prioritization of Fish Passage Barriers: Project
Methods and Challenges, Brian Stark, Land Conservancy
of SLO County, SLO CA
A Watershed Approach: Restoring Steelhead Passage Throughout
Carpinteria Creek Watershed, Mauricio Gomez, Community
Environmental Council, Santa Barbara CA
The FishXing Project 3: Software for Modeling Fish Passage
and Culvert Hydraulics for the Assessment and Design of Stream
Crossings, Antonio Llanos, Michael Love & Associates,
Eureka CA
State Highway Culvert Replacement for Fish Passage Improvements,
Tracy Middleton and Leslie Pierce, Department of Water Resources
Gobernador Debris Basin Modification Project,
Larry Fauset, Ph.D. Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water
Conservation District
Conceptual Design of Natural Fishway within the Alameda
Creek Flood Control Channel, Fremont, California, Roger
Leventhal, FarWest Restoration Engineering, Alameda CA
Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Improvement
in an Urban Creek: A Case Study of a Recently Completed Project
on San Pedro Creek, Pacifica, California, Syd Temple,
Questa Engineering Corporation, Point Richmond CA
Case study of two recently completed roughened rock
channels to provide fish passage, Michael Love, Michael
Love & Associates, Eureka CA
Santa Clara River Steelhead Trout: Assessment and Recovery
Opportunities, Matt Stoecker, Stoecker Ecological,
Santa Barbara CA
Steelhead Passage Improvement Projects Within the San
Ynez River Basin, from Design to Completion, Scott
Engblom, Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board
Gobernador Creek Debris Basin Modification Project for
Improving Steelhead Passage, Larry Fausett, Santa Barbara
County Flood Control District
Restoring Fish Passage in Malibu Creek: The Cross Creek
Bridge Project, Jack Tope, Santa Monica Bay Restoration
Commission
Workshop
4: Reestablishing Salmonids in Cities, The Next Generation of
Urban Stream Restoration Projects
Reestablishing Salmonids in Cities: The Next Generation
of Urban Stream Restoration
will be chaired by founder of Urban Creeks Council Ann Riley.
This workshop will highlight design and construction of habitat,
dam removal, soil bioengineering and restoring ditches to functioning
ecological systems. The tour will focus on finding solutions for
urban flood damage reduction and fish habitat protection and migration,
and fish passage barrier removal on Mission Creek.
Workshop Chair: A.L.Riley, San Francisco Regional Water Quality
Control Board
Design and Construction of Habitat in Difficult Urban
Settings in the North Bay, Prunuske Chatham, Inc.
Mission Creek from the Mountains to the Sea,
Ed Keller, Geology Department, UC Santa Barbara
Santa Rosa Creek from Concrete Flood Control Channel
to Fish Habitat, Mike Sheppard, City of Santa Rosa
Concrete Removal Weirs and Soil Bioengineering for Fish
Habitat Projects in Degraded Urban Streams: Case Studies on
Alhambra, San Pedro and Wildcat Creek, SF Bay Area,
Josh Bradt, Restoration Director, Urban Creeks Council &
Mike Vukman, Field Project Manager, Urban Creeks Council
Dam Removal for Fish Passage in Sausal Creek,
Oakland, CA, Drew Goetting, Principal of Restoration Design
Group
A Dirt and Concrete Ditch Restored to a Functioning
Ecological System for Coastal Salmonids on Codornices Creek
in Albany, Roger Leventhal, FarWest Restoration Engineering
Afternoon Urban Creek Tour
Urban Creek Tour Coordinators: Eddie Harris,
Santa Barbara Urban Creek Council, Brian Trautwein, Environmental
Defense Center, David Pritchett, Southern CA Steelhead Coalition
This tour will focus on finding solutions for urban flood damage
reduction and fish habitat protection and migration, fish migration
barrier remediation, and fish passage barrier removal. The tour
will visit Mission Creek in Santa Barbara as well as other urban
creeks. Tour leaders include Mauricio Gomez, Community Environmental
Council, and Ed Zapel, Project Consultant, Northwest Hydraulic
Consultants
Field Tour of the Ventura River
and Matilija Dam
Tour leader: Paul Jenkins, Surfrider Foundation and Matilija Coalition
Field Tour of the Ventura River and Matilija Dam
This tour will begin at the estuary and river mouth where we will
observe beach erosion and fisheries issues. Working our way upstream
we will see points of water diversion, bridges, and levees that
will require modification with the removal of Matilija Dam. Finally
we will visit the dam itself and see the extent of sedimentation
that has occurred since its construction.
Ventura River Watershed Tour - Thursday Feb 23rd
On this field tour we will visit the key areas of focus associated
with the Matilija Dam Ecosystem Restoration project. The tour
will begin at the estuary and rivermouth where we will observe
beach erosion and fisheries issues. Working our way upstream we
will see points of water diversion, bridges, and levees that will
require modification with the removal of Matilija Dam. Next we
will visit the dam itself, and see the extent of sedimentation
that has occurred since its construction. Finally we will learn
about recent urban stream studies conducted for the City of Ojai,
and implications of restoration opportunities within the San Antonio
Creek subwatershed.
9:00 Depart Santa Barbara
9:30 Meet at Main St Bridge
10:00 – 11:00 Rivermouth and Estuary walk – Surfrider
Foundation
11:20 Foster Park overview – City of Ventura
11:40 Santa Ana Bridge overview
12:00 Lunch – box lunch at Ojai Valley Preserve
1:00 Robles Diversion Dam – Casitas Water District
2:00 Matilija Dam – Ventura County Watershed Protection
District
3:30 Ojai Creeks – Magney & Associates
SRF Annual Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
Wild
and Scenic Environmental Film Festival Thursday, February 23
South Yuba River Citizens League’s Famous Wild
and Scenic Environmental Film Festival will be an exciting
part of the 24th Annual Conference. Whether it is the struggle
for environmental justice, a whitewater adventure, or an educational
documentary about dam removal, these films will expose audiences
to current water issues.
Discover Hetch Hetchy
by David Vassar
An epic and historic battle of conservation exists in one of the
nation’s most spectacular parks, Yosemite. Hetch Hetchy
was once an area described as a twin Yosemite Valley. But Hetch
Hetchy is buried beneath 300 feet of water, dammed by San Francisco
in 1923 for use as a reservoir. Now an opportunity exists to bring
the valley back to life and meet the water needs of the Bay Area.
(United States, 2005, 18:56 min)
Tales of the San Joaquin
by Christopher Beaver
The San Joaquin River has been called the hardest working river
in America and also the most abused. Follow filmmaker Christopher
Beaver down the 350 miles from the source near Yosemite National
Park, to the point where its waters flow into San Francisco Bay.
Once the birthplace of hundreds of thousands of salmon, the river
now runs completely dry year round. Yet, dedicated people surround
this river and are working to bringing it back to life. (United
States, 2005, 27 min) www.cbfilms.net
Coastal Clash
by Elizabeth Pepin and Christa Resing
“Let’s go to the beach” has always been an entitlement
of California living, with 80 percent of Californians living within
30 miles of the water’s edge. But as urbanization continues
to encroach on the 1,100-mile-long coast, our shoreline has come
under siege. Development is swallowing up miles of coastline;
access to beaches is being cut off ; and seawalls may be causing
beaches to disappear. A battle is raging around the fundamental
question: Whose coast is it anyway? (United States, 2004, 60 min)
Bigger Than Rodeo
by Tripp Jennings and Karl Moser
Combining equally the burliest waterfalls ever seen on video and
the biggest aerial freestyle ever shot, Bigger Than Rodeo is an
instant jaw dropper. Follow the crew and top paddlers in their
search for the sickest whitewater imaginable. They find something
more meaningful and truly bigger then they imagine-Ed Lucero’s
105-foor record-breaking waterfall. (United States, 2005, 44 min.)
Friday,
February 24, 2006
Plenary
Session 8:30am to noon
Plenary Moderator: Ann Riley, Founder Urban Creek Council
Opening Prayer with Chumash Ceremonial Leader
Mati Waiya, Executive Director of Ventura Coastkeeper and the
Wishtoyo Foundation
WaterSpread Restoration: Mitigating Cerebral Imperviousness,
Brock Dolman, WATER Institute
California Ocean Protection Council: Why Should you
Care? Pedro Nava, State Assembly member, 35th district
Salmonid Conservation and the Legislative Process,
Julia McIver, Principal Consultant to the State Senate Committee
on Natural Resources and Water.
Steelhead in Southern California: Restoration and Recovery
Near the End of the Range, Lisa Thompson, UC Cooperative
Extension
King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon,
David Montgomery, Geomorphologist, University of Washington,
Author of King of Fish
Friday
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 1-5pm
The Local
Perspective: Science, Structure, Streams and Steelhead in Santa
Barbara County
Session Coordinator: Helena Wiley, Santa Barbara County Water
Agency
Tri-Counties FISH Team: Inventories, Education, BMPs,
and Permit Streamlining, Robert Almy, Santa Barbara
County Water Agency
Lower Santa Ynez Fish Management Plan: Science Applied
and Engineering Solutions, Kate Rees, Cachuma Conservation
and Release Board
Santa Barbara County Fish Passage Project Development
Program, Rory Lang, Santa Barbara County Water Agency
City of Santa Barbara Watershed Management: Bringing
Science and the Public Together to Evaluate Opportunities to
Improve Water Quality and Restore Urban Watersheds,
Jill Zachary, City of Santa Barbara Creeks Restoration/Water
Quality Division
City of Santa Barbara Restoration Projects: Multi-objective
Projects in an Urban Environment, George Johnson, City
of Santa Barbara Creeks Restoration/Water Quality Division
Carpinteria Creek Watershed Plan: Grassroots, Agencies,
and Success, Mauricio Gomez, Community Environmental
Council
Watershed Planning and Steelhead Habitat Restoration
in the Rincon Creek Watershed, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties,
Michelle Gibbs, Santa Barbara County Water
Exploring Options for Institutionalizing Watershed Management
within County Government: A Case Study from the County of Santa
Barbara, Darcy Aston, Project Director for FishNet
4C, formerly of the Santa Barbara County Water Agency
Linkages
between Physical and Ecosystem Processes in Salmonid Restoration
Session Chairs: Edward Keller and Lee Harrison, Department of
Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
Rehabilitating Physical and Biological Process Linkages
in a Regulated, Dredged, River-floodplain: Lower Merced River,
California. Peter Downs, Senior Fluvial Geomorphologist,
Stillwater Sciences Benefits of Multiple Restoration
Projects at the System Scale, Matt Kondolf, Associate
Professor, UC Berkeley
Will Deconstructing Dams “Restore” Rivers?
The Geomorphic Response of Rivers to Dam Removal, Gordon
Grant, Professor, Departments of Geosciences, Forest Engineering
& Forest Science, Oregon State University
Changes in Lowland Floodplain Sedimentation Processes:
Predisturbance to Post-rehabilitation, Cosumnes River, CA,
Joan Florsheim, Associate Research Geologist, UC Davis
Physical Modeling Experiments to Guide River Restoration
Projects: Implications for Restoring Dam-Impacted Rivers,
Aleksandra Wydzga, PhD Student, Dept. of Earth Science, UCSB
Geospatial Geomorphology: Remote Sensing and Geostatistical
Methods for Characterizing River Channel Morphology and Instream
Habitat, Carl Legleiter, PhD Student, Department of
Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
Geologic Controls on Pool Formation and Low-Flow Habitat:
Santa Barbara, CA, Garret Bean, MS Student, Department
of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
Pool Evolution and Response to Sediment Pulses in Mountain
Streams, Lee Harrison, PhD Student, Department of Earth
Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
Finding
Water Justice in Your Watershed: Creating Healthy Watersheds and
Healthy People
Session Coordinator: Amy Vanderwarker, Environmental Justice Coalition
for Water
Toxic Contamination in Fish: Environmental Justice
Issues in Fish Consumption, Laura Hunter, Clean Bay
Campaign Director, Environmental Health Coalition
Incorporating Latinos into Marine Watershed Programs,
Cristy Cassel, Outreach Specialist, Multicultural Education
for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans, MERITO
Traditional Maidu Watershed Management Practices, Lorena
Gorbit, Maidu Cultural and Development Group
Preserving Open Space and Watersheds for All in Richmond,
CA, Whitney Dotson and Mohenia McKneeley, President
and Secretary of Parchester Village Neighborhood Council
Environmental Justice and Watershed Issues in the Tijuana
Estuary, Oscar Romo, Coastal Training Program Coordinator,
Tijuana Estuary
Ensuring Community Participation in Watershed Restoration,
Miguel Luna, Tujunga Watershed Coordinator
Watersheds Shut Off: the Winnemem Wintu’s Fight
Against CA Water Policy, Gary Mulcahy, Winnemem Wintu
tribal member
Poster Session & Reception
7-10pm
Saturday,
February 25
Saturday
Morning Concurrent Sessions 8:30-noon Dam Removals Large and
Small:
Removing Relics, Preserving Values
Session Chair: Marcin Whitman, Hydraulic Engineer, Department
of Fish and Game
Matilija Dam Ecosystem Restoration Project,
Paul Jenkin, Matilija Coalition
Small Dam Removal for Southern Steelhead Trout: Solstice
Creek, Gary Busteed, Park Biologist, National Park
Service
Hydropower Relicensing in California, Laura
Norlander, California Hydropower Reform Coalition
Rindge Dam Removal: A Review of Regional Ecologic and
Economic Benefits and Options for Removal, Jim Edmondson,
Cal Trout
Hetch Hetchy Restoration Proposal, John Andrew,
Chief of Special Planning Projects, Department of Water Resources
Operation of the Klamath River Hydroelectric Project
and Impacts on Water Quality and Fisheries, Patrick
Higgins, KRIS Project
Building
Community Support for Steelhead Recovery
Session Chair: Bob Thiel, Wetlands Recovery Project
The ABC’s of Starting a Salmonid
Education Program, Carlyle Holmes, River Teachers Program
Director, South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL)
Agua Pura Pescadores: Exploring Salmon and Steelhead
in California Communities, Michael Marzolla, 4-H Youth
Development and Master Gardener Advisor, University of California
Cooperative Extension
Questing for Understanding -Environmental Education
through GPS/GIS Technology and Treasure Hunting, Connie
O’Henley, Coast Salmon Enhancement
The First State of the Los Angeles River Report, Towards
a Swimmable, Fishable, Boatable River, Shelly Backlar,
Executive Director, Friends of the Los Angeles River
Fishing for a Hook: Pitching Your Message to the News
Media, Cathy Murillo, News Director for KCSB
Salmon and Steelhead Video: A Time of Recovery,
film by Marla Morrissey and discussion with David Pritchett,
Southern California Steelhead Coalition
Southern
California Steelhead Distribution and Habitat Needs: What Do We
Know So Far? Session
Session Chair: Lisa Thompson, UC Davis
Steelhead Recovery, Mark Capelli,
NOAA Fisheries
Salmonid Exchange: Building bridges between the Atlantic and
Pacific, Melissa Laser, Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission
and Antioch New England Graduate School
Steelhead/Rainbow Trout Distribution in Coastal Streams South
of San Francisco, California, Gordon Becker, Center
for Ecosystem Management and Restoration
Sediment Dynamics and Southern Steelhead Habitat (Oncorhynchus
mykiss) in the Matilija Creek Watershed, Southern California,
Toby Minear, University of California, Berkeley, California
Assessment of Underwater Video Surveillance and Snorkeling
as Means of Locating Steelhead Trout and their Habitat Preferences
in the Carmel Lagoon, Margarita Watts, San Jose State
University
Upper Salinas River Watershed Rainbow Trout/Steelhead:
Seasonal Habitat Use and Distribution Study, Lisa Thompson
and Royce Larsen, UC Cooperative Extension, UC Davis
Estimating Historic Steelhead Distribution in the Santa
Monica Bay Region, Rosi Dagit, Santa Monica Mountains
RCD and Sabrina Drill, UC Cooperative Extension
Saturday
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 1-5pm What is Good? How to Evaluate
Habitat for Southern Steelhead
Session Chair: Sabrina Drill, UC Cooperative Extension
Populations and Habitats of O. mykiss
on the Santa Clara River, Ventura County, Elise Kelly,
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Monica Mountains Steelhead Habitat Assessment,
Michelle Bates, TetraTech, Inc., and Jim Edmonson, CalTrout
Habitat Evaluation Procedures for Steelhead for Army
Corps Studies in Matilija Creek and Malibu Creek, Sabrina
Drill, UC Cooperative Extension
Evaluating Steelhead Habitat in Topanga Creek,
Rosi Dagit and Kevin Reagan, Resource Conservation District
of the Santa Monica Mountains
2004 vs. 2005, Changes in steelhead pool habitat from
a dry to wet year along the Lower Santa Ynez River,
Scott Volan Cachuma Conservation Release Board
Where Do We Need to Go to Evaluate Southern Steelhead
Habitat? Group Discussion Moderated
by Sabrina Drill, UCCE and John O’Brien, California Department
of Fish and Game
Project
Monitoring for Watershed Management
Session Chair: Mike Lennox, UC Cooperative Extension
Cooperatively Monitoring Instream Effectiveness
in the Gualala Watershed, Kathleen Morgan, Gualala
Watershed Council
Comparative Performance of AUC, Carcasses Recapture
and Redd Count Methods in Estimating Coho Salmon Escapement,
Walt Duffy, Humboldt State University
Quantifying Outcomes at Revegetation Project Sites on
Coastal Ranches, Michael Lennox, UC Cooperative Extension
Chinook Salmon Monitoring in the Napa River,
Joanthan Koehler, Napa County Resource Conservation District
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of CDFG-funded Road
Decommissioning Projects in Northern and North Central California,
Tom Leroy, Pacific Watershed Associates
Methods and Madness: Observations of Revegetation Monitoring
Pitfalls, Brian B. Stark, Executive Director, Land
Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County
Chinook Salmon Monitoring in The Napa River,
Jonathan Koehler, Napa County Resource Conservation District
(Napa RCD)
Floodplain
and Sediment Management
Floodplain Management in The Lower Mokelumne
River, Kent Reeves East Bay Municipal Utility District
Implications of Dam Removal on Floodplain and Watershed
Management, Paul Jenkin, Matilija Coalition
Unique Issues and Problems with Conducting Watershed
Sediment Assessments and Implementation Control Projects in
Mixed Ownership Salmonid Watersheds, John Green, Pacific
Watershed Associates
Reconnecting Floodplains: Some Experiences and Prospects
in California, Matt Kondolf, UC Berkeley
Cabaret
& Banquet
6:00 pm Wild Salmon Banquet
7:00 Awards & Cabaret
8:30 pm Dance
The Salmon Brothers strike again!
