Salmonid Restoration Federation
In 2026, Salmonid Restoration Federation will produce the 43rd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Redding, California. The first two days of the conference will include technical workshops and field tours. Thursday will begin 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.
 
Expected Timeline:
Call for Proposals: Closed on September 8, 2025
Call for Abstracts: Now Open - Extended to December 4
Registration Opens: December 2025
 
Proposed Workshops (Workshop descriptions will be posted soon on SRF’s website):
  • Real Wet Water for Fish: Improving Instream Flows through Water Accounting, Accountability, and Advocacy
  • Fish and Fire 2026
  • Dam Removal Project Manager Training (2 days)
  • Uses of Water: Nexus between Water Quality and Quantity
Proposed Sessions (Session descriptions will be posted soon on SRF’s  website):
  • * Exploration of Native Fishes in California Waters
  • A River Reborn: Restoration and Monitoring in the Former Footprint of Klamath Dams
  • * It Takes a Watershed: Projects, Approaches, and Strategies for Restoring Streamflow and Managing Water Supplies
  • Changing the Current: Lightning Tales from a New Generation 
  • Evaluating Process Based Restoration as a Method to Restore Ecosystem Resilience
  • Against the Current: The Critical Need for Large-Scale Floodplain Reconnection in the Central Valley
  • Democracy in the Balance: Environmental Nonprofits on the Front Lines of California Water and Salmon Policy
  • Restoring Riparian Habitats: Successes, Challenges, and Practical Guidance for Practitioners
  • Spring Chinook Reintroduction in the Klamath Basin Post Dam Removal
 
* These sessions are full and are no longer accepting abstracts

Redding Civic Auditorium
700 Auditorium Dr
Redding , CA