SRF Cabaret
The SRF banquet will feature an award ceremony, a wild Copper River salmon feast, local wines and beers, a cabaret, and the lively Latin band Sambada. http://www.myspace.com/sambada
To sign-up for an act at the cabaret, please email francine@calsalmon.org or find her at the conference.
SRF Poster Session and Recruitment Center
7-10pm, March 7, 2008
SRF Poster Session and Recruitment Center
7-10pm, March 7, 2008
If you are interested in presenting at the 2008 Salmonid Restoration Conference Poster Session, scheduled for Friday evening, March 7th, please contact Joelle Geppert at mailto:jgeppert@ca.waterboards.gov. Also,if you are interested in presenting about job and intern opportunities at the Restoration Recruitment Center, please email srf@calsalmon.org to sign-up for a 15-minute slot where you can meet with potential employees.
Host Hotel Group Blocks
The following hotels may still honor the group discount that SRF arranged.
The Holiday Inn - Express, located on 1140 S Cherokee Lane, (209) 334-6422, can provide for singles or doubles for $78 per night including weekend nights.
Comfort Inn, located on 118 N Cherokee Lane, (209) 367-4848, is offering double or single rooms for $65 a night.
To receive the discounted rates and let them know that you are attending the Salmon Restoration Federation Conference. All three of these hotels offer a complimentary breakfast and Internet access.
SRF Annual Meeting, Wednesday March 5
5:15 - 6:15 pm at Hutchins Street Square
Come join the SRF Board, staff and members to learn about SRF's 2008 programs and projects and hear about our 2007 accomplishments.
WSP & CCC Social
6:30-8:30pm, Wed March 5
Come join Watershed Steward Project Members and Alumni and the Californiaprojects and hear about our 2007 accomplishments.
EPA Posts Water Quality Grants
Environmental Protection Agency Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality
Grant.
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In this
eNewsletter you will find:
- SRF Conference Logistics
- 26th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference Final Agenda
- Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival on Tour
- SRF Annual Meeting & WSP & CCC Social
- Restoration Recruitment Center & Poster Session
- Watershed Legislative Day April 10
- EPA Grant Postings
SRF Conference Logistics
26th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference Logistics
The 26th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference is this March 5-8 at Hutchins Street Square at 125 South Hutchins Street in Lodi, CA.
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All conference activities are at this facility. Wednesday and Thursday field tours and workshops start at 9am. If you are attending a field tour, please arrive by 8:30 am to pick up your registration packet and to pack a lunch for the tour. Come prepared with hiking shoes, a water bottle, and a rain jacket.
26th Annual Conference Final Agenda
The 26th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be held March 5-8, 2008 in the northern San Joaquin Valley. The conference will feature all-day field tours of Tuolumne and Stanislaus River restoration projects, a Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Systems Tour, a Fisheries Monitoring and Management tour, and half-day workshops and tours of fish-friendly vineyards, and the Cosumnes River Preserve. Workshops will include Fins and Zins: Sustainable Agriculture and Watershed Management, Fish Passage: Managing Flows on Regulated Rivers and Streams, Floodplain Restoration, and Invasive Species.
The Plenary session will feature Dorothy Green, founder of Heal the Bay and author of Managing Water: Avoiding Crisis in California , fisheries professor Peter Moyle who will discuss the state of California salmonids and the restoration of the San Joaquin, Tina Swanson, senior scientist of the Bay Institute, will present on Bay Delta recovery issues, and Robert Lackey from the EPA will discuss the Salmon 2100 Project that factors global conditions into long-term projections about salmon recovery around the world.
Concurrent sessions will focus on the policy and biological considerations in formulating the San Joaquin Restoration Program, Recovery Planning models, Central Valley Chinook and Steelhead, and Trout, Restoring Natural Hydrographs, Bay Delta Management, Dam Removal and Salmonid Recovery, Engaging the Community in Salmonid and Watershed Education, and Monitoring and Management issues in the Central Valley.
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour
6:45-10:00pm, March 6, 2008
Salmonid Restoration Federation is proud to host the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour as part of the 26th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference. The Film Festival takes place March 6, 2008, from 6:45pm to 10:00pm, in the Performing Arts Theater in Hutchins Street Square. Films being featured this year are Rita, Tales of the San Joaquin, Oil and Water Project, and the The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies. Tickets are $12 general, $8 students and seniors. Advance tickets can be purchased at Sierra Adventure Outfitters or at the conference. SRF will offer a Mexican feast and a beer garden at the facility prior to the film festival.
7th Annual Watershed Forum
April 10 in Sacramento
CalEPA Building
1001 I Street – Byron Sher Auditorium
Sacramento, CA
This year's “Watershed Day at the Capitol” is a great opportunity to learn about the political climate regarding the future of watershed stewardship. It also provides an interactive forum for watershed practitioners to meet with elected officials and let them know that it pays to invest in community-based watershed stewardship.
Click the links below for more information: http://mcsv.net/cgi-bin/redir?MCid=AB4O3L3cBc[UNIQID]
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