2007 Conference Workshops

Fish Passage Barrier Removal Tools
Wednesday, March 7

The array of fish barrier removal tools is constantly changing. This workshop will highlight developments in website databases, fish passage design innovations, barrier assessments, and unique implementation tools that can help you in your own projects as well as tour some local fish passage projects and share experience in tailgate discussions.


Workshop Moderators: Leah Mahan, NOAA Restoration Center and Darcy Aston, Program Director, FishNet 4C

The Passage Assessment Database, a Tool for Stream Habitat Connectivity Restoration, Martina Koller, Pacific State Marine Fisheries Commission

Innovations in Approaches to Solving Fish Passage Problems, Mike
Love, Mike Love & Associates

Design Methods for Improving Fish Passage and the Costs, Christine Jordan, Assistant Program Manager Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program, Trinity County Planning Dept.

Horse Creek Damolition—A Case Study of Successful Dam Removal Using Explosives, Matt Stoecker, Ecological Services

Private-Public Partnerships for Fish Barrier Removal: The Experience in Sonoma Creek, Lisa Micheli, Restoration Program Manager Sonoma Ecology Center

House Creek Dam Removal: A Case Study and Lessons Learned, Leah Mahan, NOAA Restoration Center

County Road Crossing Inventories: Priorities for Fish Barrier Removal, Darcy Aston, Program Director, FishNet 4C

Promoting Natural Channel Evolution: a Solution to Fish Passage Issues in Willow Creek, Sonoma County, Lauren Hammack, Geomorphologist, Prunuske Chatham, Inc.