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2010 Mattole Salmon Group Summer Dives Training July 15, Dives July 16-17 Petrolia, CA
For more info, please contact
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or call the Mattole Salmon Group office at (707) 629-3433.
Salmon River Restoration Council Dives July 20-22, Salmon River
The dive training will take place Tuesday July 20th at the Forks of Salmon Community Club and is mandatory. Dives will begin at 8am Wednesday July 21st at the Forks of Salmon Elementary School. If you are planning to attend the dives, please RSVP using the form attached below. Due to the fantastic high water we're experiencing, the Dive dates may be set back.
New SalmonAid Website Launched Check out the new SalmonAId website at salmonaid.org
for information about SalmonAID hosting Salmon Month at San Francisco's Aquarium of the Bay as well as current info about the status of salmon, commercial fisheries, and policies that affect recovery.
RSVP available here.EPA Seeks Comment On Proposed Measures To Protect Salmon From 12 Pesticides The Environment Protection Agency is seeking comments from pesticide users, registrants, and other interested parties on draft "reasonable and prudent measures and alternatives" included in a draft biological opinion received from the National Marine Fisheries Service on June 16.
The draft BiOp addresses the potential effects from 12 pesticides to Pacific salmon and steelhead listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
The 12 pesticides are: Azinphos Methyl, Bensulide, Dimethoate, Disulfoton, Ethoprop, Fenamiphos, Methidathion, Methamidophos, Methyl Parathion, Naled, Phorate, and Phosmet.
EPA is also encouraging input from state, tribal, and local governments on the draft RPMs and RPAs to determine whether the alternatives or measures can be reasonably implemented and whether there are different measures that may provide adequate protection but result in less impact to pesticide users.
Comments on the draft RPMs and RPAs must be submitted within 30 days of the date the biological opinion was included in the docket in order for EPA to consider these comments in its response to the draft Biological Opinion. Comments received by EPA on other aspects of the draft BiOp will be forwarded to the NMFS for its consideration. No extensions to this comment period will be provided because NMFS has a legal deadline to issue the final BiOp by Aug. 31.
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SRF Enewsletter
July 2010 In this eNewsletter you will find:
5th Annual Spring-run Chinook Symposium July 22-23, 2010 - Chico, CA The Spring-run Chinook symposium will feature tours of restoration efforts in multiple watersheds in the Chico area that have Spring-run Chinook populations. On Thursday July 22 we will offer tours of Upper Butte Creek Spring-run habitat, PG & E hydroelectric influences, and the Butte Creek Ecological Preserve as well as a tour of Department of Water Resources projects on the Lower Feather River, and River Partner projects at Bear River, and a third tour of restoration projects in Big Chico Creek. SRF will host a dinner and social on Thursday evening with keynote speaker Lisa Thompson from UC Davis and UC Cooperative Extension who will give a presentation on stabilizing Spring-run Chinook populations while we work towards recovery. Friday July 23 tours will include a tour of restoration efforts in Deer and Mill Creek as well as a tour of Lower Butte Creek, the Western Canal and DWR weir retrofits.
To see the final agenda or to register, please visit www.calsalmon.org
SRF has arranged a group discount of $84 at the Marriott Courtyard and the adjacent Residence Inn in Chico. To make a reservation at the discounted rate, contact the hotel directly at (530) 894-6699 ASAP and let them know that you are with the Salmonid Restoration block, www.marriott.com/ciccy
13th Annual Coho Confab August 13-15, 2010 - Westminster Woods in the Russian River Watershed SRF, Trees Foundation, and DFG will host the 13th Annual Coho Confab at Westminster Woods. Field tours include rainwater catchment and upslope erosion control at OAEC, a tour of the Russian River Broodstock Program and Dry Creek Vineyards, a bioengineering tour, a Gold Ridge RCD tour of dam removal and landowner tools, a tour of Salmon Creek projects, tour of Austin Creek headwaters to mouth, and underwater fish identification and macro-invertebrate sampling workshops. After the tours there will be an open forum focused on Coho Salmon restoration and changes to DFG’s Fisheries Restoration Grant Program. There will also be a BBQ, Cabaret, and Campfire and Concert with Joanne Rand.
The cost to attend the Confab is $125 if you register by August 1 and $150 afterwards. The cost includes shared cabins or camping as well as all meals and workshops. There are also ten one-day scholarships available for Dutch Bill Creek watershed residents. Scholarship applicants should submit a paragraph to the Gold Ridge RCD on why they would like a scholarship and how they will use the information to benefit the watershed community. Please submit to Gold Ridge RCD, attention Sierra Cantor by July 23; by email to
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or by mail to P.O. Box 1064, Occidental, CA 95465.
To register for the Confab or to view the agenda, please visit treesfoundation.org or calsalmon.org
Fish Passage Design & Engineering Field School November 16-18, 2010 - San Luis Obispo, CA With Engineers Michael Love, Ross Taylor, and Kosmo Bates Sponsored by Salmonid Restoration Federation, California Department of Fish & Game, and NOAA Fisheries. This hands-on workshop with engineers, but are also intended for hydrologists, biologists, and environmental planners, or any other staff who are involved in the design and implementation of fish passage projects. The workshop will cover the design and implementation process, including biological considerations, site surveys and geomorphic assessment, state and federal fish passage design guidance, stream simulation design, grade control techniques, retrofitting existing crossings, contracting and implementation, monitoring and adaptation. Registration will open July 7. To see the course curriculum, please visit our website.
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