SRF Central Coast Bioengineering Field School
October 20-23, 2008 in the Santa Ynez Valley
SRF, with the support of the Department of Fish and Game, will sponsor a Bioengineering Field School on the Central Coast. Instructor Evan Engber, of Bioengineering Associates, will teach techniques to restore riparian habitat, control erosion and stabilize banks. Participants will tour projects in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties and learn how to build willow matresses and live siltation baffles.
Due to state budget freezes for agency travel, SRF has selected a more affordable location to host the field school. The dates are now October 20-23 at Camp Whittier . There are lodge accommodations with four to a room. The fees for the course are $300 which includes all instruction, materials, food and lodging. For more information, please see the registration form on the SRF website .
Additional lodging can be found in the closest town of Solvang. The Solvang Gardens boutique hotel will honor the government rate for participants. Please see their web site .
Boxed Sets of SRF Proceedings Available
SRF is selling collections of Proceedings. If you are interested in obtaining a complete set of Salmonid Restoration Conference Proceedings, please email srf@calsalmon.org .
SRF Moving to Storefront Office
SRF is moving to a beautiful storefront office in downtown Garberville on the North Coast. If you have bookcases or file cabinets to donate to SRF or if you would be interested in helping us move the last week of August, please contact us at srf@calsalmon.org
3rd Annual Spring-run Symposium Presentations Online
The 3rd Annual Spring-run Salmon Symposium was a great success. You can see some of the presentations at here .
Salmon River Spring Chinook Population Dives
August 12-14, Salmon River
Salmon River Restoration Council will host a dive training on August 12 dives on August 13-14. Please help preserve this remarkable 20 year data set. For more information, see the SRRC 2008 dives website.
NOAA Fisheries Hiring Biologist
Closing Date August 19, 2008
NOAA Fisheries Southwest Region is attempting to hire a biologist to work as a hydro-coordinator to protect and conserve anadromous fish through participation in FERC hydropower Licensing activities. The position will be located in our Sacramento Area Office. Please forward to any potentially interested persons.
Vacancy Ann.#: NMF-SWR-2008-0021
Who May Apply: Public
Pay Plan: ZP-0482-2/3
Appointment Term: Permanent
Job Status: Full-Time
Open: July 30, 2008
Close: August 19, 2008
Salary: From 39,122.00 to 90,218.00 USD per year
If you have specific questions about this position please contact Rick Wantuck, Fish Passage Bio-Engineering Supervisor, at 707-575-6063. 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 view announcements and apply online at the USAJOBS web site . To see only DOC jobs . For additional information on careers at NOAA . NOAA is an equal opportunity employer.
California River Parkways and Urban Streams Restoration Grant Program
Comments on Public Review Draft Due August 20
The Resources Agency and the California Department of Water Resources are pleased to announce the joint release of the draft guidelines and application for the California River Parkways (RP) and the Urban Streams Restoration (USRP) 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.
For an overview of Proposition 84 please click here .
To review a PDF of the Public Review Draft Gudelines click here .
For more information please check out the California River Parkways website or the Urban Streams Restoration Program site .
Hard copies are available by calling: (916) 653-2812. Comments must be received no later than 5:00pm Wednesday, August 20, 2008. Submit comments by e-mail ( riverparkways@resources.ca.gov ) or fax to: (916)653-9560. If you have any questions call River Parkways Program: 916-653-2812 or Urban Streams Restoration Program: 916-651-9626.
Technical Assistance Workshops will be held throughout the state during the month of September (specific dates and locations to be announced with solicitation notice).
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In this
eNewsletter you will find:
- SRF First Call for 2009 Conference Abstracts
- New SRF Office Grand Opening Friday, September 5
- Coho Confab September 26-28
- Butte Creek Restoration Tours Re-scheduled
- Bioengineering Field School October 20-23
- Boxed Set of SRF Proceedings Available
- SRF Moving to Storefront Office
- 2008 Spring-run Symposium Presentations Online
- Salmon River Dives August 12-14
- Proposition 84 Funding Opportunity
- NOAA Fisheries Position Open
SRF First Call for Abstracts
Tour, Session, and Coordinator Abstracts Due Sept 18
The 27th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference is scheduled for March 4-7, 2009 in Santa Cruz, California. The conference will feature workshops on topics including estuary restoration, fish passage design and implementation, levee and flood management, and balancing and watershed management, fish passage for regulated rivers, floodplain restoration, and invasive species. All day field tours will include tours of Carmel River restoration projects, the NOAA lab and broodstock program, Urban Lagoons, sediment reduction and erosion control projects, and North Coast Restoration projects. Concurrent sessions may include:
- Water Diversions
- FERC Relicensing Restoration Opportunities
- Central Coast Salmon & Steelhead
- How Climate Change and Oceanic Conditions Affect Salmonids
- Fluvial Geomorphology
- Dam Removal and Modifications for Salmonid Recovery
- Fire Ecology, Forests, and Fisheries
- Engaging the Watershed Community in Salmonid Education
- The State of California Commercial Fisheries
- Bay Delta Management
- Coho Salmon Recovery and Restoration Efforts
- Sustainable Agriculture, Water Quality and Water Usage Issues
- State of California Commercial Fisheries
- Bay Delta Management
Final deadline for session abstracts and a summary of recommended presenters is September 18, 2008. 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. To see the first call for abstracts, please visit www.calsalmon.org .
New SRF Office Grand Opening
Friday, September 5
Please join SRF on Friday, Sept 5 for the Grand Opening of our new storefront office. Our grand opening will feature the beautiful salmon artwork of Sandy Eastoak www.sandyeastoak.com , wine tasting of fine wines grown at vineyards that employ sustainable viticultural practices, and live music. The opening will be from 5 to 8 pm at 816 Redwood Drive in Garberville. Please call 707 923-7501 for more information.
11th Annual Coho Confab
September 26-28, 2008 on the Smith River
The 11th Annual Coho Confab will be held on the South Fork of the Smith River in the far northwestern corner of California. This dynamic event is sponsored by Salmonid Restoration Federation, Trees Foundation, Smith River Alliance, Smith River Advisory Council, and Cal Trout. Orientation presentations will focus on fire ecology and fisheries, coho salmon recovery, and the significance of the Mill Creek watershed acquisition in protecting and restoring a salmon stronghold.
This year's Confab will feature restoration tours in the Mill Creek watershed, tributaries of the South Fork, Yontucket Slough and the Smith River estuary. Randy Lew of Pacific Watershed Associates will lead a tour of road decommissioning and erosion control projects in Dominie and Rowdy Creeks. State Park geologist Rocco Fiori will discuss experimental wood loading designs to enhance stream function and salmonid habitats. A full-day tour of Mill Creek restoration projects will include presentations by Dan Burgess of Rural Human Services who will lead a tour of the native plant nursery for Mill Creek restoration, Lathrope Leonard of Redwood National and State Parks will lead a forestry tour focused on restoring late seral forests and Brian Merrill of California State Parks will discuss backcountry road management in North Coast Redwoods State Parks and rehabilitating watershed function.
Rod McLeod of the Mill Creek Monitoring Program will lead a hands-on workshop assessing juvenile coho summer abundance estimation in Mill Creek. Zack Larson, watershed coordinator of the Smith River Advisory Council, will facilitate a Smith River fish identification workshop.
Antonio Llanos of Mike Love & Associates will lead a tour of fish passage projects and will co-lead a tour of Yontocket Slough and the Smith River estuary with Zack Larson, Watershed Coordinator for the Smith River Advisory Council. Other workshops include instream fish identification, and macro-invertebrate sampling and stream health assessment. There will be an open forum entitled “Stories and Songs of Salmon” with native stories from Frank Lake and river troubadour Alice di Micele. and there will be an open forum and resource workshops. Saturday night will culminate with a wild salmon feast and a cabaret.
Advanced registration fees are $100 that includes all camping, food and lodging. After September 5, registration is $125. For more information about the Confab, please visit www.calsalmon.org or www.treesfoundation.org . The online registration form is here . To see the agenda or download a registration form to fax or mail, please click here .
Butte Creek Restoration Tours Re-scheduled
August 29 or September 26
Unfortunately, the Butte Creek tour that was planned as part of the symposium had to be rescheduled due to wildfires in the Chico area. SRF is offering two alternate dates in the hopes that everyone who was scheduled to attend can attend one of the alternate dates. If you were not enrolled you can still register for one of these tours at www.calsalmon.org .
The first tour is scheduled from noon to 4 pm on Friday, August 29 to visit the holding pools in the upper reaches of the Butte Creek watershed where you will have an opportunity to see lots of Spring-run Chinook in deep pools. This will be led by Allen Harthorn, the founder and Executive Director of Friends of Butte Creek.
The second tour would be from 10 am to 5 pm, September 26 and will feature current restoration plans as well as restoration projects completed 10 years ago, all of which have made Butte Creek the best remaining habitat for Spring-run salmon. Participants in this tour will visit PG & E facilities that were retrofitted to allow larger instream flows for salmonids, and see spawning salmon in prime stream habitat. This tour will be led by Allen Harthorn and PG&E representatives.
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