42nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference

In 2025, Salmonid Restoration Federation produced the 42nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Santa Cruz, California. The first two days of the conference included technical workshops and field tours. Thursday began with a half-day plenary session followed by 1.5 days of technical, biological, and policy-related concurrent sessions. This conference focuses on a broad range of salmonid and watershed restoration topics of concern to restoration practitioners, watershed scientists, fisheries biologists, resource agency personnel, land-use planners, and landowners.

 

 

• The Humanity of Fisheries Restoration, Kellyx Nelson, Executive Director, San Mateo Resource Conservation District
• Restoring Balance: The Klamath Dam Removal and its Significance for Reconnecting Humanity to the Environment, Frankie Myers, Yurok tribal representative
• How Redband Trout Navigate The Challenges And Opportunities of The Upper Klamath Basin: Implications For Salmon Recovery, Jonny Armstorng, Ph.D., Oregon State University
• Water Quality and Primary Production Responses in the Klamath River During Drawdown and Dam Removal, Desiree Tullos, Ph.D., Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University
• Knowing What We Want – A Conceptual Framework For Restoring Klamath River Salmon Populations, Tommy Williams, Ph.D., NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center

 

• Fish & Fire 2025: Where There are Fish, There is Fire
• Integrated Model Development and Application to Game Changers for Salmon Recovery 
• The Passionate Fact: Telling Restoration As Story Workshop
• Remote Sensing Tools for Restoration Planning and Assessment
• Using Rapid Assessment Protocols to Gauge the Passability of Barriers to Anadromous Fish Passage
  (including Hands-On Experience at Barriers Around Santa Cruz). Workshop and field work.
• The California Estuarine Marine Protected Area (EMPA) Monitoring Program (workshop and field work)