Come Celebrate Garberville Arts Alive with SRF Dec 5 and See Sandy Eastoak's Salmon Paintings
Come see Sandy Eastoak's beautiful salmon paintings on Dec 5, 5:00-8:00pm, at Arts Alive in Garberville, CA at SRF's new storefront. Our new address is 818 Redwood Drive, Garberville.
This is a great opportunity to do some holiday shopping for lithographs, original paintings, and SRF's merchandise line of Ray Troll products. Sandy is donating a generous portion of painting sales to SRF so purchase some original artwork and support SRF. Please check out these paintings at www.sandyeastoak.com
Public Input Opportunity on Klamath Dams to State Water Resources Control Board
The State Water Resources Control Board is beginning the process to determine whether the water behind PacifiCorp's Klamath River dams meets the clean water demands of the federal Clean Water Act. Without a "section 401" permit PacifiCorp cannot obtain a 50-year license to continue operation of the dams, which could lead to dam removal.
The Water Board just conducted a series of public hearings but you can still submit written comments attn:
Jennifer Watts
State Water Resources Control Board
P.O. Box 2000
Sacramento, CA 95812-2000
Docket #P-208
NOAA Fish Biologist / Natural Resources Management Position
NOAA Fisheries is conducting a hiring search for a fish biologist to work out of the Santa Rosa office. The application process is open through November 10.
Announcement Number: NMF-SWR-2009-0005
Position: Fish Biologist / Natural Resource Management Specialist, ZP-482/401-II/III
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
Open: October 10, 2008
Close: November 10, 2008
If you wish to look at the vacancies you can preview copies using Internet Explorer here . Enter the vacancy number and click on "Announcement and Questions"
Applicants can also view announcements and apply online at the USAJOBS web site .
Natural Resource Projects Inventory (NRPI) Website Improved
Check out the new and improved Natural Resource Projects Inventory (NRPI) Website . NRPI users can now search through thousands of conservation, restoration, mitigation, assessment, acquisition and planning projects throughout California. Search by Watershed, County, Funding Program and more with our new Mapping Tool interface or generate even more specific searches with our Query Page. Want to keep your returned results for your own database or to include in your own report? Use our new Report Generator tool to save, print and or download in several formats.
NRPI users can continue to submit new projects online and or edit existing project descriptions and they will automatically be harvested for the CERES California Environmental Information Clearinghouse (CEIC), GeoFinder, California Digital Atlas and Google Maps. Lastly, email us your favorite scenic jpeg picture to add to our collection. Thanks to the California Resources Agency, Calfed Watershed Program and the California Coastal Conservancy for funding this effort. |
In this eNewsletter you will find:
- 27th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference Final Call for Abstracts
- River Parkway and Urban Restoration Grants Through Prop 84 Funds Due Nov 12
- Berkeley River Restoration Symposium
- SRF Displays Beautiful Salmon Art at Garberville Arts Alive, December 5
- Public Input Opportunity for Klamath Dams
- NOAA Fisheries Biologist Position Available
- Natural Resource Projects Inventory (NRPI) Website Improved
27th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference 2nd Call for Abstracts
Presenter Abstracts Due November 17
The 27th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be held March 4-7, 2009 in Santa Cruz. This year the conference will feature workshops on topics including estuary restoration, fish passage design and implementation, coho use and restoration of off channel habitat, and watershed monitoring and management. All day field tours will include tours of the lower San Lorenzo River: Balancing Habitat, Flood Control, and Public Use, Carmel River restoration projects, Southern Coho Streams and the NOAA lab and broodstock program, Coastal and Santa Clara Valley salmonid creeks, and Coho Salmon and Steelhead Enhancement projects.
Concurrent sessions include:
- Coho Salmon Recovery and Restoration Efforts
- Water Diversions & Water Wars in California
- FERC Relicensing Restoration Opportunities
- Central and South Coast Steelhead Recovery Planning
- Fluvial Geomorphology, Hydrologic and Geomorphic Response to Legacy Impacts
- Dam Removal and Modifications for Salmonid Recovery
- Fire Ecology, Forests, and Fisheries
- Restoration at the Crossroads
- Central Coast Steelhead and Coho Salmon Conservation
Presenter abstracts are due on November 17. Please see the call for abstracts at www.calsalmon.org . Please note that the following sessions are already full: Dam Removal, Water Diversions, Central and South Coast Steelhead Recovery Planning, Water Diversions, Coho Salmon Recovery and Restoration Efforts, and Central Coast Steelhead and Coho Salmon Conservation.
Proposition 84 Funds Available for River Parkways and Urban Streams Restoration
The California River Parkways and the Urban Streams Restoration Grant Program Guidelines and Application are now posted. The deadline to apply is November 12.
The Resources Agency and the California Department of Water Resources are pleased to announce the joint release of the guidelines and application for the California River Parkways (RP) and the Urban Streams Restoration (USR) grant programs. Funding for both programs is available through the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 - Proposition 84. Proposed available funding and timelines are contingent upon enactment of the 2008/09 budget and subsequent budget decisions. There is $30.9 million for River Parkways projects and $9.1 million available for Urban Streams Restoration.
The Guidelines are available for download here: Grant Program Guidelines and Application . (PDF)
Hard copies are available by calling (916) 653-2812.
The Online Application Form can be accessed here .
Berkeley River Restoration Symposium
December 6, 2008
The 6th Annual Berkeley River Restoration Symposium will be held Saturday, December 6 from 9 am to 1 pm at Wurster Hall Auditorium, UC Berkeley campus.
The symposium (free and open to the public) features: A keynote talk "The Trinity River, the Peripheral Canal, and the Future of Water in California" by Tom Stokely, Trinity County Planning Department, who draws upon his two decades of experience as an active player in restoration of the Trinity River. Graduate student research projects on topics including post-project appraisal of the Chorro Flats restoration project (San Luis Obispo County) a decade after construction, assessment of riparian vegetation establishment at the Tassajara Ck compound channel project (Alameda County), potential applications of the geomorphically active flood concept to a reach of the lower San Joaquin River, a survey of the effectiveness of instream structures, monitoring of bed mobility and bank erosion as a basis for defining setbacks on Carneros Ck (Napa County), and assessment of surface-groundwater interactions on San Gregorio Ck (San Mateo County).
A panel discussion of issues raised by student research projects featuring leading professionals in the field, including Stephanie Carlson (Dept Environmental Science, Policy, and Management UCB), HanBin Liang (WRECO Consultants), and Manny DaCosta (Alameda County Public Works).
Presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Beatrix Farrand Fund, the California Water Resources Center Archives. For updated schedule and abstracts (available soon) click here .
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