Holding Space—Restoring Habitat and Making Room for Innovation
March 26 - 29, 2024
Tours at the 41st Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
![Slash ain’t trash it’s beneficial biomass! Trees and ladder fuels removed to reduce fuel loads are used to stuff gullies, prevent erosion and sequester carbon at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center. Photo: Brock Dolman/Occidental Arts & Ecology Center Person dragging a conifer trees through the forest.](https://www.calsalmon.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%202.46.59%20PM.png?itok=G6PXkdDo)
Process-Based Restoration in the Uplands — Transforming Fuels to Flows and Willows to Water to Support Healthy Forests, Forage and Fish
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinators: Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist, Occidental Arts & Ecology Center,
Field Tour Contributors: Damion Ciotti, US Fish and Wildlife Coastal Program; Kevin Swift, Swift Water Design; Loren Poncia, Stemple Creek Ranch
![Lower Colgan Creek Restoration Phase I](https://www.calsalmon.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ColganCreek.jpg?itok=MZhhfEHi)
City of Santa Rosa Urban Creek Tour
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinator: Steve Brady, City of Santa Rosa
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Dry Creek Field Tour: Partnerships in Habitat Enhancement and Monitoring for Salmonid Recovery
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinators: Justin Smith and David Cuneo, Sonoma Water
![Photo credit by Peter Van De Burgt](https://www.calsalmon.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/20230406_100803.jpg?itok=SL28xB1N)
Large-scale Restoration in a Dynamic Estuary System: A Tour of the Garcia River Estuary Habitat Enhancement Project
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinators: Peter Van De Burgt, The Nature Conservancy and Lauren Hammack, Prunuske Chatham, Inc.
![](https://www.calsalmon.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ESA_Napa%20River_OVOK%20Site%2013_201905.jpg?itok=ECdVd2Cd)
Napa River Restoration: Mid - Upper Napa River (Oakville to Oak Knoll Reach) Project
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinators: Rick Thomasser and Jeremy Sarrow, Napa County Flood Control and Water District; Jorgen Blomberg, Principal ESA; Jason White, Restoration Engineer ESA; Leslie Ferguson, Restoration Specialist, SFRWQCB; and Napa County RCD
![](https://www.calsalmon.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/lagaunitas_tour_1.png?itok=FcxX-z8q)
Takeaways Gleaned While Restoring Habitat in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed & Learning About New Projects on the Horizon
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinators: Sarah Phillips, Marin RCD and Eric Ettlinger, Marin Water District