30th Annual SRF Conference April 4-7, 2012 in Davis, CA

The 30th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference is April 4-7 in Davis, CA. The conference agenda and online registration are available online.

This year the conference will feature workshops on topics including Fish Passage and Protection, Analytical Measures to Determine Instream Flow Needs for Salmonids, Restoring Floodplain Processes to Increase Salmonid Populations, Integrated Population Monitoring in California, and Community Partnerships to Promote Restoration. Field Tours will include Yolo Bypass Tour: Managing a Seasonal Floodplain and Tidal Marshland for Native Fish Habitat and Passage, Cosumnes River and McCormack Williamson Floodplain Tour, Restoring a Natural Hydrograph: Policy and Restoration on Putah Creek, and Suisun Marsh Fish Habitat Restoration & UC Davis: From Habitat Needs to Restoration.

Concurrent sessions include:

• Genetic Effects of Hatcheries on Chinook Salmon Population Dynamics in the Central Valley
• The Downstream End: the Role of Coastal Lagoons and Ocean Conditions on Salmonid Restoration
• Restoring the San Joaquin: A Future for Chinook Salmon
• Frontiers in River Restoration and Geomorphology
• The Role of Artificial Propagation in Recovering Salmon Populations
• Utilizing Existing Fish Tagging Data to Guide Restoration Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation
• Dam Removal to Benefit Salmonid Recovery
• Floodplain Processes and Restoration: Research and Application
• Managing the Bay Delta for Water and Fish
• Steelhead Restoration and Recovery

Keynote speakers include Jim Lichatowich, author of Salmon Without Rivers, and new DFG Director, Chuck Bonham. Invited speakers include California Secretary of Resources, John Laird, and NOAA Fisheries Federal Administrator, Jane Lubchencho. Other conference events will include the SRF Annual Membership Meeting and Social, a poster session and reception on Friday night, and a cabaret and banquet with a Wild Copper River salmon dinner and live music.

For more information about the conference, please visitwww.calsalmon.org. If you are interested in co-sponsoring the Conference this year please email srf@calsalmon.org.

This item originally appeared in the Feb. 2012 SRF e-Newsletter.