A TDML Road to Watershed Restoration Workshop and Tour
May 5 and May 6
May 5, Workshop, 9 am - 4:30 pm at the Siskiyou Masonic Lodge at 629 Alder Street Mt Shasta City, CA. This Workshop focuses on implementation of TMDLs from a non-point source pollution perspective.
May 6, Field Tour, 9 am - 5 pm: Implementing the Shasta River TMDL. Meet at the Lower Lodge in Mount Shasta City Park, Mount Shasta, CA 96067.
The public can register until May 4th, by going to this website and following the instructions you'll find there.
6th Annual California Water Symposium
May, 8 2010 845am-130pm
Wurster hall Auditorium, UC Berkeley
Results from graduate student research in hydrology applied to environmental restoration and conservation in California are followed by a panel discussion in which experienced professionals comment on issues raised by the student research. Student topics include sea-level rise and the urban edge, storm water in San Francisco’s Panhandle, the Berkeley waterfront’s past and future, flood hazards, bank protection, and flow criteria in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, tidal wetlands in Mumbai, India, mercury contamination and remediation in the Cache Creek watershed, channel stability following restoration in Wildcat Creek, the Napa River gravel replenishment program, storm water management, green streets in Richmond, and a redesign of El Cerrito Creek. The symposium is free and open to the public, but please RSVP if you haven't already (to
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) to insure there will be a program, coffee, and a light lunch for you. Updated program, abstracts, and panelist bios are posted on this website.
Salmonid Telemetry Symposium
Bodega Marine Lab, BLM May 20-21
The symposium will focus on telemetry studies in the Central Valley and up the coast with speakers coming from Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. This will be a wonderful venue to learn about other researchers' studies as well as discuss future projects with a group experienced scientists.The symposiumand social are free. We will also be providing housing for as many people as possible for Wednesday and Thursday night. We hope that all of you can attend. For more info, please contact
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Short Courses on Geomorphic & Ecological processes in Stream Restoration
July - August 2010, Utah and CA
Learn the scientific basis for stream restoration activities in a collaborative, hands-on environment. Experienced restoration researchers and practitioners work with participants in the classroom and field. Instructors include Peter Wilcock, Matt Kondolf, Jack Schmidt, Phaedra Budy, Joe Wheaton, Tyler Allred, Mitch Swanson, and Scott McBain (depending on location).Click Here for more information or to register.
The Intro/Overview Course (Part 1) offered in both Utah July 12-16 and in Lake Tahoe, California August 9-13, provides a thorough understanding of stream restoration: its history, range of approaches, and objectives. Application of fluvial geomorphology and sediment transport analysis to channel assessment, understanding river behavior, restoring fluvial process as a basis for restoration, ecological assessment of stream health and habitat, riparian vegetation dynamics, post-project monitoring and appraisal. This course will provide useful tools for resource managers, practitioners, graduate students and others involved in the planning and implementation of restoration projects.
Geomorphology and Sediment Transport in Channel Design (Part 2), offered in Park City, Utah Aug 16-20, applies hydraulic and sediment transport tools, including HEC-RAS. The course is intensely hands-on, with field and computing exercises and a complete design project.
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SRF Enewsletter
May 2010
In this eNewsletter you will find:
- May 5-6, Shasta River TMDL Workshop/Tour
- Salmonid Telemetry Symposium
- Courses on Geomorphic & Ecological processes
- 6th Annual CA Water Symposium, May 8, Berkeley
- 5th Annual Spring-run Chinook Symposium, July 22-23, Chico, CA
- 13th Annual Coho Confab, August 13-15, Western Sonoma County
- SRF Fish Passage Field School, Nov 15-17
- Bioassessment Resources: May Workshops
- Applications for Community-Based Marine and Anadromous Fish Habitat Restoration Projects
5th Annual Spring-run Chinook SymposiumJuly 22-23, 2010 - Chico, CA
The Spring-run Chinook symposium will feature tours of restoration efforts in Butte Creek, Deer Creek, the Big Chico Creek Ecological Preserve and the Oroville Dam. The agenda and registration form are posted on our website.
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 discount rate, the hotel directly at (530) 894-6699 by June 28 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 Occidental Arts and Ecology Center will host the 13th Annual Coho Confab at Westminster Woods. Field tours will include water conservation, catchment, and restoration projects at OAEC, a tour of the dam removal at Camp Meeker and Gold Ridge RCD Large Woody Debris projects, a Sotoyome RCD tour of projects in Austin Creek, the Captive Broodstock program, and Dry Creek vineyards practicing fish-friendly viticultural methods, macro-invertebrate sampling, and underwater fish identification. To see the Confab agenda and reg form, click here.
Fish Passage Field School with Michael Love & Associates November 16-18, 2010 - Location TBA
This “hands on” workshop is intended to guide design engineers, hydrologist, biologist, and environmental planners through the design and implementation process. Short lectures will be supplemented with group design exercises, case studies of recently completed projects, and a day-long field trip to visit on-the-ground projects. The workshop will emphasize a multidisciplinary approach for achieving passage of fish and other aquatic species.
Community-Based Marine & Anadromous Fish Habitat Restoration Projects RFP
Deadline is: June 7, 2010 by 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
The FishAmerica Foundation announces the availability of approximately $1 million for local efforts to accomplish meaningful on-the-ground restoration of marine, estuarine and riparian habitats, including but not limited to salt marshes, mangrove forests, and freshwater habitats important to anadromous fish species (fish like salmon and striped bass that migrate to and from the sea). Approximately $200,000 of the available funding will be dedicated specifically to stream barrier removal projects furthering NOAA’s Open Rivers Initiative. Individual grant awards range between $10,000 and $75,000 per project.
The complete announcement, RFP and Application are available on our website at www.fishamerica.org. If you have any questions regarding the Application or RFP email,
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Bioassessment Resources
DFG requires everyone sampling aquatic invertebrates to get a scientific collectors permit. However, we have developed a procedure for those individuals who are conducting routine monitoring using SWAMP bioassessment protocols and producing data that would be SWAMP compatible. Starting in May you can email James Harrington
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describing your bioassessment project who will then determine if you qualify for the state-wide MOU and if so, send you a Letter of Authorized Individuals (LAI) along with a copy of the MOU. If you are conducting bioassessment projects using any other methods or collecting aquatic invertebrates and/or vertebrates for any other reason, then you must apply for the DFG scientific collectors permit through the normal process.
Jim will be conducting bioassessment field training this spring and summer with the first one being held on May 11 and 12 in the city of Novato just north of San Francisco. The next will be on May 20 and 21 in the Malibu watershed near the city of Calabasas. There may be a third training event in late June in Alpine County near the city of Markleyville. If you are interested in attending any of these trainings and want more details, please contact
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