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SRF Posts First Call for Abstracts for 25th
Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference March 7-10, 2007
9th Annual Coho Confab August 25-27 at
Point Reyes National Seashore registration nearly full, REGISTER
NOW
NOAA's Community-based Marine Debris Prevention
and Removal Projects RFP Posted
Napa County Resource Conservation District Hiring
a Restoration Project Manager
Sotoyome Resouce Conservation District Hiring
Executive Director
First Call
for Session and Presenter Abstracts for the 25th Annual Salmonid
Restoration Conference
March 7-10, 2007 in Santa Rosa. Session, Field Tour and Workshop
Abstracts Due on September 30
The 25th Annual Conference will be held at the Wells Fargo Arts
Center in Santa Rosa, Ca. 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.
Proposals and abstracts for sessions, field tours, and workshops
are required in order to present at this premier restoration conference.
Potential topics of interest include:
Potential Workshops:
Urban Creek Restoration
Fish-friendly Agricultural Practices in Local Vineyards
Sustainable Grazing
Ecologically Sustainable Water Management
Fish Barrier Removal
Coho Recovery Planning in Coastal Watersheds
Fish Passage
Funding
In-stream restoration and bioengineering
Fluvial Geomorphology
Russian River Management
Potential Field tours:
Collaborative Restoration on Willow Creek
Habitat Restoration on Ranchlands Tour at Pt Reyes National
Seashore
Headwaters Restoration on Calabasas Creek
Bioengineering and In-stream restoration practices
Wholistic Watershed Planning
Invasives Control
Roads and Up-slope restoration on Dutchbill Creek
Estuary Restoration Tour
Potential Sessions:
Coho Recovery Program
Water Justice and the Emerging Restoration Field
Water Diversions: Water Quantity and Quality Issues
Climate Change and Oceanic Conditions
Dam Removal
Chinook Fisheries Closures: the Economic Impacts
Salmonid and Watershed Environmental Education
FERC Relicensing
Fisheries Genetics
Stories and Songs of Salmon
Fisheries Impacts of Gravel Mining
Final deadline for session abstracts and a summary of recommended
presenters is September 30, 2006. Successful session proposals
include presentations that address salmonid and Anadromous fisheries
restoration from a fishery resource, physical watershed processes,
or broad policy perspective. Sessions should be developed with
5 to 7 speakers, with talks lasting 25 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 can be incorporated into session design. The Agenda Coordinator
will work with each Session Coordinator (SC) towards confirming
presenters by November 15 and soliciting speaker abstracts. SC’s
and speaker’s conference 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:
- Title
- A list of all the authors, their affiliation, and contact
information. Presenters must be clearly identified
- 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.
- 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
- 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. Please
put the name of the presenter or session coordinator in the document
title. 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@northcoast.com
Final deadline for presentation abstract submission will be December
18, 2006.
SRF, Trees Foundation
and Salmon Protection and Watershed Network will Host the 9th
Annual Coho Confab August 25-27, 2006 at Point Reyes National
Seashore in Marin County. The Confab is Nearly
Full, REGISTER NOW!
Salmonid Restoration Federation, Trees Foundation and Salmon Protection
and Watershed Network (SPAWN) will host the 9th annual Coho Confab
August 25-27, 2006 at the Clem Miller Education Facility at Point
Reyes National Seashore in Marin County. The Confab is a symposium
to explore watershed restoration and learn techniques to enhance
recovery of salmon and steelhead. This dynamic educational event
is sponsored by the Department of Fish and Game, Marin Community
Foundation, NOAA’s Restoration Center, and the Tomales Bay
Association.
The Confab brings together community members, landowners, activists,
scientists, and restoration ecologists for a weekend of innovative
skills-building workshops, hands-on tours of restoration projects,
community networking, and fun. Participants learn about an array
of restoration techniques such as road decommissioning, streambank
stabilization, water quality monitoring, native plant propogation,
fish identification, fish passage, and more.
Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo representatives will give an opening
prayer Friday evening and a historical account of local tribes
and their connection to salmon. Paola Bouley of SPAWN will talk
about Coho salmon empowerment and local grassroots action and
Liza Prunuske will give a 20-year retrospective on Marin County
salmon restoration efforts.
Workshops include underwater fish identification with Eric Ettlinger
who is an Aquatic Ecologist with Marin Municipal Water District.
Maureen Roche from the Mattole River will also offer her popular
workshop entitled, “Tales from a Hidden World,” where
participants will have a chance to snorkel and see coho salmon
and the micro-habitats where this remnant population thrives.
Pioneer Jim Harrington will teach macro-invertebrate sampling
as a means of determining the health of the river. Point Reyes
Bird Observatory will teach about bird response to riparian restoration
and UC Cooperative Extension and the Marin RCD will lead a sustainable
farm tour that addresses prioritizing water quality treatments.
Circuit Riders Inc. will offer a native plant propagation workshop.
SPAWN will teach fish rescue techniques and tour some of their
restoration projects. Staff from Point Reyes National Seashore
will lead a tour of Giacommini Wetlands where participants will
learn and assist with invasives removal. NOAA’s Restoration
Center, Coastal Conservancy, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission,
and FishNet 4C will offer a fish passage planning and resources
workshop and a tour of fish passage projects.
This year’s Confab will also offer artistic and technical
explorations including “Stories and Songs of Salmon”
and creating art compositions. Forums include Coho Salmon Recovery
Planning and Estuary restoration. SRF Executive Director commented
that, “this is the most diverse and high-caliber agenda
that we have ever offered at the Confab due to the collaborative
efforts of SPAWN, Trees Foundation, NOAA’s Restoration Center,
and DFG.”
The event will culminate with a wild salmon feast provided by
the Tomales Bay Association and SRF and inspiring music with environmental
troubadours Dana Lyons and the infamous Bill “have to have
a habitat” Oliver. There is limited space available for
people who are not attending the Confab but would like to participate
in the Saturday evening music and concert for $20. Please call
SRF at (707) 923-7501 to reserve a space.
To learn more about this year’s Confab, to inquire about
scholarship opportunities, or to register for the Confab, please
visit www.calsalmon.org or www.treesfoundation.org or call Trees
Foundation at (707) 923-4377
NOAA's Community-based
Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Projects RFP Posted
The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP) provides funding to catalyze
the implementation of locally driven, community- based marine
debris prevention and removal projects that will benefit coastal
habitat, waterways, and NOAA trust resources including diadromous
fish.
Projects funded through the MDP have strong on-the-ground habitat
components involving the removal of marine debris and derelict
fishing gear that will provide educational and social benefits
for people and their communities in addition to long-term ecological
habitat improvements for NOAA trust resources. The role of the
MDP is to help identify potential marine debris prevention and
removal projects, strengthen the development and implementation
of habitat restoration through the removal of marine debris within
communities, and foster awareness of the effects of marine debris
through the funding of outreach and education proposals to further
the conservation of living marine resource habitats across a wide
geographic area. Proposals selected for funding through this solicitation
will be implemented through a cooperative agreement. Funding of
up to $2,000,000 is expected to be available for Community-based
Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Project Grants in FY 2007.
The NOAA MDP anticipates that typical awards will range from $15,000
to $150,000.
The FY'07 grant competition for Community-based Marine Debris
Prevention and Removal Projects is now open, and applications
are due October 30, 2006. Typical grant awards will range from
$15,000 -$150,000, with a maximum of $250,000.
More information on this funding opportunity can be found at
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/funding_opportunities/funding.html
or on www.grants.gov by searching
the Federal Funding Opportunity number NMFS-HCPO-2007-2000731.
Napa County RCD Hiring a Restoration
Project Manager
The Napa County Resource Conservation District (RCD) has a full-time
opening, described below, which is to be filled immediately. The
position is grant-based and currently funded for a period of 12
months, with an excellent possibility of continued employment
depending on availability of funding. RCD full-time employees
receive sick leave, vacation, CalPERS retirement benefits, and
an employer-paid health insurance plan. The mission of the Napa
County RCD is to encourage and assist acceptance of individual
responsibility for watershed management, using education and partnerships
as major tools for implementation of conservation goals.
Restoration Project Manager
The preferred candidate will have a B.S. or M.S. degree from an
accredited school in environmental planning, natural resource
management or a related field, with an interest in stream restoration
and other environmental projects. He or she will have experience
in
Working with landowners and design professionals to identify
and design worthwhile projects
Preparing and working with budgets, contract documents and permits
Overseeing implementation of projects in the field
Possible project types include instream, floodplain and wetland
restoration; invasive plant management and native plant revegetation;
water resource engineering and fish barrier removal; and erosion
and road-related sediment control.
Organizational skills and the ability to work independently are
important to this position, as is the willingness to make educational
presentations to local community groups and coordinate youth and
adult volunteers for restoration projects. Relevant education
or experience in geomorphology, geographic information systems
or engineering is a plus.
Conditions of Work
Additional responsibilities include attendance at staff meetings
and providing mutual support to other District staff. All RCD
positions require the ability to work well in coordination with
others, to communicate well, and to be flexible to work on various
projects. Evening or weekend work may be required occasionally,
but daytime work hours are flexible. Strong computer skills are
essential, and a valid driver’s license is required.
Salary will be commensurate with education and experience.
To Apply
Please send cover letter and résumé to: Kathleen
Edson, District Administrator, e-mail: Kathleen@naparcd.org, Fax:
707-252-4219Napa County Resource Conservation District, 1303 Jefferson
St. Ste. 500B, Napa CA 94559-2472
Sotoyome Resouce Conservation District
Hiring Executive Director
The Sotoyome Resource Conservation District (SRCD) is seeking
a staff person to work closely with the SRCD Board of Directors
and staff to manage the day-to-day activities of the District.
The Executive Director is in charge of all agency operations.
The Sotoyome RCD is a public agency who values their staff and
their commitment to finding solutions to natural resource issues.
Background:
The Sotoyome Resource Conservation District has been in existence
since 1952. There are currently 4 fulltime employees with an annual
budget of approximately $900,000. Resource Conservation Districts
were established nationwide by an act of Congress to facilitate
resource conservation at the local level. The RCD works with the
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to provide technical
assistance to help landowners and resource users develop locally
driven solutions to address a broad range of natural resource
concerns, including watershed management and protection of water
quality. We assist landowners, managers, and residents with resource
conservation, restoration, and enhancement efforts and provide
educational support to increase awareness of how our activities
affect local watersheds. For more information on the Sotoyome
Resource Conservation District visit our website at www.sotoyomercd.org.
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Status: This is a full time, exempt, salary position following
the completion of a three (3) month probation period at an hourly
wage.
Rate of Pay: Pay will be based on qualifications and experience.
The salary range for this position is $48,000 - $58,000 annually.
