 Russian River Tour to Highlight Importance of Restoration October 8, Healdsburg, CA On Thursday, 8 October, local and regional elected representatives, landowners, and natural resource managers will be joined by a coalition of fisheries experts, conservationists, and commercial fishermen for a tour of salmon restoration efforts in the Russian River watershed. Participants will go behind the scenes of restoration and management on the lower Russian River, and diverse stakeholders — from viticulturists to salmon advocates to water managers — will have a chance to talk about the issues that they care about most. This tour will depart from the small conference room at 401 Grove Street, Healdsburg CA. For more information, please contact Cori Hach by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Bay-Delta Monitoring Questions and Tools for the 21st Century October 14-15, 2009 Location: CALFED Bay-Delta Program, Delta Room, 650 Capitol Mall, 5th Floor, Sacramento. Click Here for more information. Native Grasslands Workshops Fish Passage Workshop in Sacramento November 13, 2009 This workshop will introduce participants to the field of fish passage, a subsidiary of the broader stream restoration community drawing on a diverse array of traditional disciplines such as civil engineering, hydrology, geomorphology, biology, and ecology. The workshop will provide participants a working framework to approach fish passage projects, with a practical emphasis on lowhead (less than 10 meters) barriers at road crossings. We will cover several aspects of fish passage in this course, ranging from barrier assessment to design to construction. For more info about NW Environmental Training opportunities, please visit http://nwetc.org/training.htm Klamath Dams Agreement Reached An agreement was reached among all parties involved in a decade-long negotiation to remove four dams on the Klamath River and restore the river basin. The Klamath Hydropower Settlement Agreement (KHSA) was released to the public and is currently being reviewed by parties involved in the talks. The KHSA follows the January 2008 release of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA), which established a recommended course of action for restoring the Klamath River Basin. If it goes through as outlined in the KHSA, this dam removal effort would be the largest of its kind and one of the most ambitious river restoration projects ever undertaken in the United States. This is a crucial step in a long process to restore what has historically been one of the largest producers of salmon and steelhead on the West Coast. CalTrout's SOS: California's Native Fish Crisis report assessed the status of all 32 native California trout, steelhead and salmon. The trends were disturbing. Without major changes, California will lose 65% of these species. The removal of four dams on the Klamath River is just the kind of ambitious, large-scale restoration project needed to reverse the declining trend in our iconic cold water fish. For more information about the Klamath Hydropower Settlement Agreement (KHSA) and the accompanying Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA), which was released to the public in January 2008, please go to http://www.edsheets.com. Salmon River Restoration Council Job Opening SRRC is seeking an individual who has experience and qualifications for coordinating the Salmon River Restoration Council’s Watershed Education program. Individual must be able to work well with local elementary school teachers and children. Applicant should be self-motivated, have good communication skills and be well organized. Applicant will be responsible for writing grants and seeking funding for the program, as well as producing reports and outreach materials. Basic computer skills will be necessary. A Bachelor's degree is preferred so that the coordinator can obtain a substitute teaching credential. 5-10 hours a week in the local schools and Salmon River community. Pay rate: $16 per hour. Position open until filled. For a complete job description click here |
SRF eNewsletter October 2009
In this eNewsletter you will find:
SRF & Cal-Neva AFS Second Call for Abstracts for Joint Salmonid Restoration Conference
Session Coordinator Abstracts are due October 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 Roads 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. SRF Posting RFP for Website Development and a Project Coordinator
SRF is accepting proposals to develop and implement an updated web site for the Salmonid Restoration Federation. The selected consultant shall design and produce web pages for the Internet site, provide optional design documentation and training to assist select SRF staff in maintaining and updating information on the pages and implement the site with its host as well as redesign our online conference registration and merchandise ordering system. SRF is also seeking a Project Coordinator who can help coordinate conference planning. Must be proficient in Excel, Word and Microsoft Office Suite. Knowledge of Quick Books and Access database is a strong plus. The coordinator is also responsible for producing our monthly enewsletter, soliciting donations, grant writing, volunteer coordination, and conference logistical planning. This staff person must work out of the SRF office in Garberville at least two days a week and three days in the months prior to our annual conference. These job descriptions are posted on our website, please visit www.calsalmon.org to view. Northern California Conservation Planning Partners' Seventh Annual Habitat Conservation Planning - From Tahoe to the Bay Workshop
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 9 am to 4:00 pm Ulatis Community Center, 1000 Ulatis Dr, Vacaville
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