26th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference March 5-8, 2008 in Lodi, CA
Central Valley Salmon and Steelhead: Restoration in the California Heartland

Final Call for Session, Workshop, Field Tour, and Presenter Abstracts
Session, Workshop, and Field Tour Abstracts are Due

The Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference, sponsored by Salmonid Restoration Federation and the Department of Fish and Game, is the premier habitat restoration conference in the Pacific Northwest. The first two days of the conference will be filled with full-day workshops and field tours. A half-day plenary session will be followed by 1.5 days of technical, biological, and policy-related concurrent sessions. This conference focuses on a broad range of salmonid and watershed restoration topics of concern to restoration practitioners, agency scientists, and land planners and owners.

Potential Workshops:
Fins and Zins: Sustainable Agriculture & Watershed Management
Fluvial Geomorphology
Floodplain Management
Invasive species

Potential Field tours
Tuolumne River Restoration
Fisheries Monitoring and Management Programs on the Mokelumne River
Cosumnes River Preserve
Delta Water System tour: State Water Projects, South Delta Improvement Projects

Potential Sessions
Delta Species
Recovery Planning Models
San Joaquin Restoration Plan
Climate Change and Salmonids
Native Trout Restoration & Conservation
Bay Delta Management
Restoring Natural Hydrographs: Water Resource Management & Fish
Central Valley Chinook and Steelhead
Engaging the Watershed Community in Salmonid Education

Final deadline for session abstracts and a summary of recommended presenters is September 27, 2007.   Successful session proposals include presentations that address salmonid fisheries restoration from a fishery resource, physical watershed processes, or broad policy perspective. Sessions should be developed with 5 speakers, with talks lasting 30 minutes with a 5-minute question period.  SRF encourages presentations on projects that have a monitoring and assessment component and/or have been completed. Panels should be incorporated into session design.  The Agenda Coordinator will work with each Session Coordinator (SC) towards confirming presenters by November 1 and soliciting speaker abstracts.  Session, workshop, and field tour coordinators fees are waived and they receive a commemorative conference t-shirt.

Format for submitting Session and Presentation Abstracts or Posters
Session and presentation abstracts should be prepared as MS Word or WordPerfect files in 12 point, Times New Roman font, and left justified only.
Each abstracts should include:

1. Title
2.  A list of all the authors, their affiliation, and contact information. Presenters must be clearly identified
3. An abstract of 500 words of less.  Extended abstracts (up to 2 pages) will also be accepted for distribution via the proceedings, web, and/or CD.
4. An indication of what concurrent session you would like to contribute to or indicate “Poster.”  Include preference of presentation type- 2x2 slides or Powerpoint LCD projector
5. Indicate if the presenter is a student

All contributions, including Session and Presentation Abstracts, should be submitted electronically by email to srf@calsalmon.org with abstract attached as an MS Word or Wordperfect file. Receipt of your submission will be acknowledged by email and forwarded to the correct session chair. For any additional information, please contact SRF at (707) 923-7501 or at srf@calsalmon.org