Tours at the 44th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference
2027 Field Tours
9:00am - 5:00pm
All field tours will be from 9 am to 5 pm on April 27 and 28.
Field tours should include multiple partners, including tribes, agencies, consultancies, and non-profits. Project sites should illustrate watershed restoration techniques, management issues, and /or lessons learned. All tour transporation will depart from the Conference venue and includes a packed lunch.
Steelhead Passage Restoration in the Santa Monica Bay
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinator: Rosi Dagit, Principal Conservation Biologist, Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains
Arroyo Grande Creek Watershed Tour: From Lopez Dam to the Pacific
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinators: Sara Gault (Restoration Hydrologist) and Aleksandra Wydzga (Science Director), Creek Lands Conservation
Steelhead Strongholds: Tour of Jalama Creek on the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinator: Laura Riege, The Nature Conservancy
Santa Cruz Island and Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinator and Leaders: Tim Robinson, Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board; Alex Brodie, Rich Powell and Andrea Mills, Island Packers; Jessie Alstatt, Director, Santa Cruz Island Reserve, UCSB; and Penny Owens, SB Channelkeeper
Lower Santa Ynez River Field Tour
9:00am - 5:00pm
Field Tour Coordinator and Leaders: Tim Robinson and Scott Volan, Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board, Fisheries Division; and Mike Garello and Anna Mallonee, HDR Fisheries and Water Resources Engineers