11th Annual Coho Confab: Dates Changed
September 26-28 on the Smith River
SRF, Trees Foundation, Smith River Advisory Council, and the Smith River Alliance will host the 11th Annual Coho Confab featuring tours of Mill Creek restoration projects, erosion control and fish passage projects, underwater fish identification, macro-invertebrate sampling, networking, great music and food. Fee $100-125, includes all food and lodging. Limited scholarships and work trade positions are available.
For more info, please call (707) 923-7501 or visit the SRF web site.
Online Fish Habitat Guide
A guide for planners about conserving fish habitat in the developed landscape has been published online. It's an ANR publication by CE advisor Susie Kocher (El Dorado County), Lisa Thompson (UC Davis Cooperative Extension), and CE Specialist Richard Harris (UC Berkeley).
The guide offers several tips on storm water management, sections on maintenance of channels, fish passage, and water quality, and information about costs savings from avoiding stream impacts (vs. having to do restoration later). Please check out the website.
2nd Annual Northern Regional Land Trust Conference
June 12-13, Fortuna River Lodge Conference Center
Topics include how to build a membership program for fundraising; land owner outreach; carbon credits program; revised planned giving presentation; overview of the land trust accreditation program; & update of the vision to create a Northern Regional Land Trust Council. There will be plenty of time for networking & getting to know land and water conservation professionals in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Trinity and Siskiyou Counties.
For more info, contact rcrowley@hughes.net.
SRF Central Coast Bioengineering Field School
October, 2008
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 learn how to build willow matresses and live siltation baffles.
Fore more information visit the SRF website.
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In this eNewsletter you will find:
- 3rd Annual Spring-run Chinook Symposium
- SalmonAid Festival in Oakland, CA
- CALFED Science Fellowship Announcement
- 11th Annual Coho Confab
- Online Fish Habitat Guide
- 2nd Annual Northern Regional Land Trust Conference
- SRF Central Coast Bioengineering Field School
3rd Annual Spring-run Chinook Symposium
July 10-12, Nevada City, CA
The Salmonid Restoration Federation's 3rd Annual Spring-run Chinook Symposium will be held in Nevada City on July 10 followed by field tours on the Yuba River and Butte Creek on July 11 & 12. Symposium speakers include UC Davis Fisheries Professor Peter Moyle who will address Ecological Perspectives on Spring-run Chinook salmon. Session topics will highlight status of populations and specific recovery opportunities for Central Valley Rivers, and recovery challenges including FERC relicensing, climate change, and resurrecting the Klamath run. Afternoon panels will representatives from DFG, NOAA Fisheries, SYRCL, State Water Board and Conservation Groups will discuss recovery through habitat expansion, water supply, and water quality improvements. Field tours will include a Yuba River float, site visits to the Bear-River Feather Set-back Project by way of the Lower Yuba, a Restoration thru Relicensing Driving Tour, Snorkeling Investigations of the South Yuba River, and a Butte Creek tour of Spring-run Fish Populations. Symposium and field tour costs are $105-135 depending on advanced registration which closes on June 15. Click here to see the registration form.
SalmonAid Festival
May 31 - June 1, Jack London Square, Oakland CA
The SalmonAid Festival will celebrate wild salmon and steelhead with a free, family-friendly, music festival in Oakland's famed Jack London Square on May 31 and June 1, 2008. Organized by the largest ever coalition of West Coast salmon advocates (including commercial, recreational and tribal fishermen, conservation organizations, chefs, restaurants, scientists, and many others), SalmonAid will raise awareness of the plight of west coast salmon populations, the rivers and streams they spawn in, and the many coastal and inland communities that rely on salmon for their livelihoods and survival. The festival will feature educational booths, activities and foods highlighting the natural history of salmon, as well as the history, culture and traditions of salmon towns and the peoples connected through our west coast salmon heritage - from Morro Bay, California to Bellingham, Washington, and inland to Idaho and Nevada. Check out the SalmonAid web site.
CALFED Science Fellowship Announcement Due June 6
The CALFED Science Program has up to 12 Science Fellowships for graduate and postdoctoral students. Fellowships must focus on one or more of the following topics for the California Bay-Delta system:
1. Trends and Patterns of Habitats, Populations and System Response to a Changing Environment
2. Aquatic Invasive (Exotic) Species
3. Water Supply, Water Quality
4. Developing Indicators and Performance Measures
Deadline: June 6, 2008 (5 p.m.)
Awards are available in the amount of $45,000 per year for postdoctoral researchers, plus eligible expenses up to $30,000; or $25,000 per year for graduate fellows, plus eligible expenses up to $19,500. Fellowships will begin September 2008.
For more details, click here.
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