 SRF's New Website Hosts 2010 Conference Information SRF will be posting additional conference information regularly. Please visit our website www.calsalmon.org Exhibitor Space If you are interested in having exhibitor space at the joint conference, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it AFS Job Fair March 12, 2010 If you are interested in presenting at the AFS Job Fair please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it SRF Work Trade Available for Conference Work trade positions are a great way to learn about conference organizing and a tremendous support to SRF. Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you are interested in arranging a work trade position at the conference. Group Discounted Rates Arranged at Redding Hotels The Red Lion is offering rooms for $84/ single room occupancy and $94 for doubles with continental breakfast. For booking information call or (800) 733-5466. To book the group rate, please call (800) Red-Lion by February 20 and let them know you are attending the SRF & AFS Conference. Both the Oxford Suites and the Holiday Inn are offering doubles at $84 if you book by February 20. The group block code for both hotels is FISH. The Oxford Suites is offering double and single rooms for $84 state with a full breakfast and complimentary drinks during happy hour. a complimentary breakfast. To book the group rate, please call (530) 221-0100. The Holiday Inn to book the group rate, please call (530) 221-7500. Rediscovering Rangelands Conference January 7-8, 2010 in Sacramento The California Rangeland Conservation Coalition will host its fifth annual summit, Rediscovering Rangelands, on Jan. 7-8, 2010 at California State University, Sacramento. In addition to featuring presentations from rangeland advocates, researchers and ranchers, the Summit will also include a second day for a field trip to allow participants to get a first-hand view of the benefits of managed grazing. The event is open to the public with an interest in working landscapes and natural resources. Registration, sponsorship and trade show booth information will be available soon. For more info, please visit carangeland.org 5C DIRT Road Erosion Inventory Workshop Tuesday, January 19th 2010 For more information and to RSVP: Call Sandra Pérez at 530.623.3967 x112 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please RSVP by January 5th as space is limited. For more information on the DIRT program please visit the 5C website (under Projects): www.5counties.org An agenda will be posted at the 5C website in early December. This workshop is made possible by the Dept of Fish and Game, Fisheries Restoration Grant Program funding. Event sponsors are: the 5C Program (a division of the Northwest CA RC&D Council) and Natural Resources Conservation Service. Mattole Salmon Group Hiring Fish Biologist Mattole Salmon Group is hiring a part-time Fisheries Biologist. Resumes are due Dec 25, 2009, with an expected start date of January 18, 2010. For more info, visit www.mattolesalmon.org River Network Conference May 21-24 2010, Utah River Network invites you to join us and 500 of your closest friends at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort (45 minutes from the Salt Lake City International Airport) in the Wasatch mountains from May 21-24, 2010. Put it on your calendar! For more info, please visit www.rivernetwork.org |
SRF Enewsletter December 2009
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2010 Joint SRF & AFS Conference
March 10-13, 2010 Redding, CA In 2010 the Salmonid Restoration Federation and the California-Nevada American Fisheries Society chapter will co-host the 28th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference and the 44th Annual Cal-Neva AFS Conference in Redding, California. We are truly excited about this new collaborative effort. The theme of the conference is Fisheries Restoration and Science in a Changing Climate. The first two days of the conference will be filled with symposia, full-day workshops continuing education classes, 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 will focus on a broad range of salmonid, fisheries, and watershed restoration topics of concern to restoration practitioners, and the scientific fisheries community. This year the conference will feature workshops on topics including Water Quality and TMDLs, Floodplain Restoration, a Fisheries Engineering and Stream Restoration Symposium and continuing education classes on presentation skills, acoustic tag training, and River 2 D technology. Concurrent sessions include: the State of California Salmonids, Anadromous Salmonid Monitoring, Stream Channel Restoration, Central Valley Salmonid Recovery Planning, Marine and Estuarine Fisheries Research: Conservation and Management, Status, Ecology and Management of Inland Fishes and Anadromous/Migratory Fishes, Water Diversions and Fish Impediments, FERC Relicensing and Restoration Opportunities, Planning, Documenting, and Evaluating Fish Restoration Activities, Instream Flow for Salmonids, and a contributed papers session. Field Tours will visit restoration projects in Clear Creek, Battle Creek, the Upper Trinity River, the Shasta River, the Upper Sacramento River, and a Redding tour including Sulphur Creek, Salt Creek, and gravel augmentation projects. The Plenary session will feature David Montgomery author of King of Fish: the Thousand Year Run of Salmon and Dirt: the Erosion of Civilization, Larry Brown from the US Geological Survey who will discuss climate change and native fishes in the San Francisco Estuary and watershed, and Dan Bottom from the National Marine Fisheries Service will discuss Estuarine and Ocean Ecology. SRF and AFS are blending are collaborating to create a dynamic conference agenda that addresses pressing issues that affect salmonid recovery and fisheries throughout the Pacific Northwest. We are also combining some of the unique features of each of our conferences. AFS will host a social at Turtle Bay, a job fair as part of the joint poster session, and a Saturday morning 5K Spawning Run. SRF will feature our annual meeting followed by the Redding premiere of Rivers of Renewal, a poster session and reception, and out annual banquet, awards ceremony, and cabaret. For more information about the conference or to see the exciting agenda, please visit www.calsalmon.org Fisheries Engineering and Stream Restoration Symposium
At Joint Conference is Still Accepting Abstracts
SRF Invites Participation in the 2009 Conference Poster Session March 12, 2010 If you are interested in presenting at the 2010 Salmonid Restoration Conference Poster Session, scheduled for Friday evening, March 12th, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . If you would like to submit a poster abstract for the Proceedings, please email your abstract to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by December 15. SRF Call for Awards Nominations for 2010 Conference Nomination Deadline: February 4, 2010 SRF Presents Awards for Outstanding Achievements in the Salmonid Restoration Field. If you would like to nominate someone for the Restorationist of the Year award, the Lifetime Achievement award or the Golden Pipe award, please submit 200 words describing the accomplishments of the nominee by January 10, 2010 to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |