SRF July, 2007 Enewsletter

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Salmon River Dives and Spring-run Chinook Symposium
Nordheimer Campground, Salmon River, California July 24-27, 2007
Salmonid Restoration Federation is proud to join with the Salmon River Restoration Council in offering the 2nd Annual Spring-run Chinook Symposium in concert with the Salmon River Spring Chinook Dives. Please join us on the beautiful Salmon River July 24-27 for training and dives, workshops, field tours and presentations on challenges and tools specific to Spring-run Chinook restoration in California, including fish identification, snorkel surveys, fish habitat improvement and fish passage barrier removal projects. Renowned fisheries biologist, Peter Moyle, will offer a presentation on Spring-run Chinook recovery efforts. Stay Saturday July 28 for the Jammin’ for the Salmon benefit concert.

IRWM Implementation Grants Due 8/1/07
The State Water Resources Control Board will be accepting applications online for the RFP/Solicitation IRWM Implementation Grant, Round 2, Step 1 from 6/21/2007 8:00:00 AM through 8/1/2007 11:59:59 PM.

If you are interested, please visit the FAAST web site here to obtain a user account and submit your application. If you have already created a user account to access FAAST for a previous funding cycle, and will be submitting an application on behalf of the same organization, you may use your existing user account to log-in to FAAST.

For detailed information on a particular RFP/Solicitation or funding program, please visitthe Division of Financial Assistance website herel. Please note that not all programs listed on the Division's website currently use FAAST as their method of application submittal.

If you have any questions regarding how to use FAAST, please call 1-866-434-1083 Monday through Friday from 8:00AM to 5:00PM.

Restoration Job Announcements 
Solano County RCD is hiring a Watershed Restoration & Education Specialist to oversee and implement all aspects of two creek restoration projects.  This work includes completing bank stabilization and planting designs to improve water quality, reduce weed populations and improve habitat for native wildlife species. This position will also be responsible for contracting and overseeing installation crews and assisting in related field work. Click here to learn more.

Sotoyome RCD is currently hiring for a Technical Specialist position. This position will be responsible for coordinating monitoring activities and will assist in the implementation of voluntary projects on private property to impriove water quality. For more information about this opportunity please see the Sotoyome RCD web site here or call (707) 569-1448.

Klamath Riverkeeper is hiring an Outreach and Development Director.  This position will beresponsible for managing the outreach, membership and fundraising programs for KlamathRiverkeeper. For more information please see the Klamath Riverkeeper web site here or call 530 627-3280. 

AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project is now accepting applications for 44 member positionsthroughout northern California. Click here or call (707)725-8601

Napa County Resource Conservation District is seeking an energetic, creative, and organized individual to join our conservation team as an Education Coordinator. The position is open until filled. Please check out the SRF Job Board.

In this eNewsletter you will find:

  • 26th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference March 5-8, 2008 in Lodi, California
  • Salmonid Restoration Confernce First Call for Abstracts 
  • 10th Annual Coho Confab, August 17-19 in Petrolia, CA
  • Central Coast Field Schools: August 14-16, 2007  in Arroyo Grande, CA and October 23-25, 2007 in Santa Barbara, CA
  • Fish Passage Short Courses: November 7-9, 2007 in Santa Cruz, CA  and November 13-15, 2007 in Sonoma County
  • Spring-run Chinook Symposium and Salmon River Dives, July 24-27, 2007 
  • IRWM Implementation Grants Due 8/1/07
  • Restoration Job Announcements 
26th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference 
March 5-8, 2008 in Lodi, CA
The 26th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be held March 5-8, 2008 in the northern San Joaquin Valley. The conference will feature field tours with potential destinations including Toulumne River restoration projects, Delta Water Systems, East Bay MUD Fisheries Monitoring and Management and a tour of the Mokelumne River. Workshops will include Fins and Zins: Sustainable Agriculture and Watershed Management, Fluvial Geomorphology, Floodplain Management and Tidal Marsh Restoration, Restoring Natural Hydrographs, and Invasive Species removal. Concurrent sessions will focus on the Delta Smelt, Coho Salmon Recovery efforts, the San Joaquin Restoration Plan, Native Trout restoration, Central Valley Chinook and Steelhead, Recovery Planning models, Climate Change, and Natural Flow Regime and Delta Management. To see the call for abstracts, please see below or visitwww.calsalmon.org.

SRF 2008 Conference First Call for Abstracts
Session, Workshop, and Field Tour Abstracts are Due on September 18
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:
Water Quality waiver program
Sustainable Agriculture & Watershed Management
Fluvial Geomorphology
Floodplain Management
Restoring Natural Hydrographs
Invasive species

Potential Field tours:
Toulumne River Restoration
Fisheries Monitoring and Management Programs
Fins and Zins- Fish-friendly Vineyard Practices
Cosumnes River Preserve
Delta Water System tour: State Water Projects, South Delta Improvement Projects, and the Mokelumne River 

Potential Sessions:
Delta Smelt
Coho Recovery Planning
San Joaquin Restoration Plan
Climate Change and Salmonids
Native Trout Restoration & Conservation
Recovery Planning Models
Bay Delta Management
Water Resource Management & Fish
Central Valley Chinook and Steelhead

For more info and to see how abstracts should be formatted, please visit http://www.calsalmon.org/conference/2008/Abstracts2008.htm.
For any additional information, please contact SRF at (707) 923-7501 or at srf@calsalmon.org.

2007 Central Coast Field Schools
August 14-16 in Arroyo Grande, CA and October 23-25 in Santa Barbara, CA
SRF and Central Coast Salmon Enhancement will offer two courses this season addressing culvert and road drainage practices to protect and benefit steelhead and water quality in the Central Coast region with Pacific Watershed Associates. These courses will include several sessions in the field and will focus on proper ditch relief and stream crossing culvert installation as well as installation of critical rolling dips or measures to eliminate stream diversions. Classroom and field methods will highlight appropriate culvert sizing for peak stream flows, sediment and woody debris in transport. The classes will include approaches for addressing potential road fill and landing failures, as well as spoil disposal techniques and illustrate a variety of road bed and ditch drainage approaches. Participants will learn how to properly excavate a stream crossing fill to minimize post excavation erosion and sediment delivery to streams, and how to reduce roadbed width on excessively wide segments of road. For more info, please visit www.calsalmon.org or call CCSE at (805) 473-8221.
2007 Fish Passage Short Courses
November 7-9 in Santa Cruz, CA and November 13-15 in Sonoma County
SRF, DFG, and FishNet 4C will offer two intensive workshops for engineers, hydrologists, biologists, and environmental planners, and other staff who are involved in the design and implementation of fish passage projects. Each workshop will cover the design and implementation process, including biological considerations, site surveys and geomorphic assessment, state and federal fish passage design guidance, stream simulation design, grade control techniques, retrofitting existing crossings, contracting and implementation, monitoring and adaptation. Instructors include Mike Love, Ross Taylor, and Ken Kozmo Bates. In addition, DFG staff will provide instruction on the DFG/NOAA design standards, and local county staff will be available to present case studies. The workshops include two days in the classroom, comprised of presentations, group exercises and local case studies and a third day will feature field visits to local projects, and a specialized half-day workshop targeted specifically for engineers to explore in more detail the calculations used to develop successful designs.
For more info, stay tuned to www.calsalmon.org and subscribe to our monthly enewsletter on the SRF home page.