 Klamath TMDL Hearing September 9-10, Grenada, CA Klamath TMDL Hearing, September 9 & 10th -- Input Critical for Setting FERC Standards for Dam Operations/Removal: California’s North Coast Region Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB) will meet on September 10 starting at 0900 HRS at the Grenada Community Berean Church, 512 6th Street in Grenada, CA 96038 (7 miles south Yreka, CA). On the agenda is consideration of proposed new Klamath River TMDL (“total maximum daily loading” under the federal Clean Water Act) water quality standards, including a workshop on the Regional Board’s current proposals. The TMDL is critical for establishing fish friendly flows for the river and to assure that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopts strong standards for the relicensing of PacifiCorp’s hydro dams on the Klamath River that are impeding fish passage and impairing water quality in what historically was the third largest salmon producing system in the lower 48. Salmon fishermen – commercial, recreational and Tribal – are all encouraged to attend this meeting. For more information, go to the Water Board's Northcoast page. Youth Fishing Event September 12, Lake Oroville The Department of Water Resources, in partnership with the Department of Fish and Game and others sponsor a "Catch a Special Thrill." The event gives disabled and disadvantaged young people a day of outdoor adventures where they get to learn about boating safety, natural resources and how to catch a fish. To learn more about the event go here. California Coastal Cleanup Day September 19 Statewide The California Coastal Commission hosts the 25th Annual Clean Up Day in which more than 70,000 volunteers work together to collect over 1.6 million pounds of trash and recyclables from beaches, lakes and waterways. To volunteer at an event in your area please visit the Coastal Commission web site. Updated California Riparian Restoration Handbook The updated California Riparian Restoration Handbook is available online here. The RHJV (Riparian Habitat Joint Venture) partners identified a need for guidelines for planning and implementing riparian restoration projects on the ground. In 2007 the RHJV convened a group of restoration experts for a workshop to produce a handbook of restoration strategies, standards and guidelines – the birth of this handbook. The goal is to provide practitioners, regulators, land managers, planners, and funders with basic strategies and criteria to consider when planning and implementing riparian conservation projects. Klamath River Suffers Another Summer of Toxic Algae Blooms This year’s annual bloom of Klamath River toxic blue-green algae has spread beyond the Iron Gate and Copco Reservoirs to contaminate a significant stretch of the Lower Klamath River. A 90 mile section of the Oregon-California waterway has tested positive for harmful levels of the toxin microcystin, which is produced by blue-green algae found behind the Klamath River’s two lowermost dams. |
SRF eNewsletter September 2009
In this eNewsletter you will find:
SRF & Cal-Neva AFS First Call for Abstracts for Joint Salmonid Restoration Conference
Session Coordinator Abstracts are due September 18 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 first two days of the conference will be filled with symposia, full-day workshops 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 and watershed restoration topics of concern to restoration practitioners, watershed scientists, fisheries bioliogists, resource agency personnel, land-use planners, and landowners. This year the conference will feature symposia on bionengineering techniques and status of new conservation approaches to California fishes, workshops on topics including floodplain restoration, water conservation and agricultural planning, water quality and TMDLs, and stormwater pollution runoff. All day field tours will include tours of Clear Creek restoration, Lower Battle Creek restoration projects, the Upper Trinity River, Shasta River, the Sacramento River and a Redding tour that will highlight projects in Silver Creek, Salt Creek, and Gravel Augmentation. Concurrent sessions include:
Please click here to see the first call for abstracts or call (707) 923-7501. SRF Central Coast Bioengineering Field School
September 15-18, Arroyo Grande Salmonid Restoration Federation will host a Central Coast Bioengineering Field School September 15-18, 2009 in Arroyo Grande. The course will include classroom instruction with John McCullah of Salix Applied Earthcare (www.salixaec.com who will teach techniques to restore riparian habitat, control erosion and stabilize banks. Participants will tour projects in San Luis Obispo and learn how to implement different bioengineering techniques. This is the last time in the near future that SRF will be able to offer this intensive course so please spread the word so restorationists can benefit from this great opportunity. To learn more about the instructor, please check out this great reality-based erosion control website: www.watchyourdirt.com/. Please visit the SRF website for more information. SRF Road Maintenance & Erosion Control Field School
October 13-16 2009, Garcia River The Salmonid Restoration Federation, CA Department of Fish & Game and Pacific Watershed Associates will offer a field school to learn techniques to address culvert and road drainage practices as well as erosion control techniques. This field school will be held at Oz Farm on the Garcia River. All meals and lodging are included in the course fees. The curriculum includes conducting road sediment assessments (problem identification and prescription development); implementing fish-friendly road upgrading practices (stream crossing upgrades and improved road drainage practices to protect water quality); proper road decommissioning practices; road inspection, and maintenance practices; erosion control and erosion prevention practices, and spoils management. Throughout the course we will emphasize the concepts of making our road systems as “hydrologically invisible” and as resilient to storm events as possible. We will also focus on educating participants about how best to address the root causes of observed erosion problems, through both maintenance and repair practices at each potential work site. Please visit the SRF website to see the field school registration form or call (707) 923-7501. |