2026 June eNewsletter

In this eNewsletter you will find:

2026 Spring-Run Chinook Symposium – Registration Now Open
July 23 - 24, Forks of Salmon
 

SRF and the Salmon River Restoration Council are pleased to announce the 2026 Spring-Run Chinook Symposium which will be held this summer on the beautiful Salmon River. The symposium will take place in Forks of Salmon on July 23 and 24 immediately following the planned Annual Cooperative Salmon River Spring Chinook & Summer Steelhead Dive. It will feature both presentations and field tours, offering opportunities to learn more about spring Chinook research and recovery efforts in the Klamath Basin, and view restoration projects in a spring Chinook stronghold. Learn more and register here.

28th Coho Confab Registration – Now Open
August 7 - 10, 2025, Orleans, CA
 

SRF with the support of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fisheries Restoration Grant Program will host the 28th Annual Coho Confab in Caspar at the Jug Handle Creek Farm and Nature Center. This Confab will feature exciting projects on the Mendocino Coast, Navarro River, South Fork Eel and more. Field tour sites will include new large wood projects, water storage, off-channel ponds, riparian restoration, fish passage, and more! 

The preliminary agenda is posted and registration is now open. Early bird rates are $250 and will increase to $300 on August 1. Participation is limited so please reserve your spot early.

2026 Margie Caisley Coho Confab Scholarship
 

Originally started in honor of Margie Caisley by a generous donor, SRF is continuing this scholarship for a fourth year. Margie was beloved by the restoration community and her many colleagues. This scholarship will provide an aspiring engineer and or restoration practitioner a full fee waiver to the upcoming Coho Confab. Please fill out this brief request form by Tuesday, July 28.

There are also work-trade opportunities still available. Please email lindsay@calsalmon.org for information.

2026 Grant Development Training for CA Tribes Pre-registration Open
 

Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF) is offering a six-month grant development training program for California tribal members and staff. Seasoned instructors include Tim Hoone, Community Development Director for the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation; and Lyn Craig, a grants consultant and former grant writer for the Nez Perce Tribe.  This course is being offered as part of the California North Coast Tribal Capacity and Climate Resilience Project  funded by the NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.  
 

Please complete this interest form by June 30, 2026. 
 

SRF will be in contact with those who complete the interest form to participate in a zoom orientation, offered both in July and August. Since this course requires a commitment to 2-hour sessions twice per month over a six-month period, and is limited to 35 people, we want to make sure that all program participants are fully committed to the training to get the most out of this unique opportunity. In early July, we will send out an in-depth training survey so the instructors can tailor the course based on expressed interest.

Video Recordings from the 2026 Conference are available on SRF’s Vimeo Account courtesy of Alive Broadcasts.  Recordings include the 2026 Plenary Session; Fish & Fire 2026: Bringing Restoration into Fire, and Fire into Restoration; Evaluating Process Based Restoration as a Method to Restore Ecosystem Resilience; and A River Reborn: Restoration and Monitoring in the Former Footprint of Klamath Dams. Links to PDF presentations can be found here and additional presentations will be posted as they become available.

2026 Steelhead Summit - Save the Date
East Bay, November 5 - 7, 2026
 

SRF, Center for Biological Diversity, and Alameda Creek Alliance will produce our first-ever Steelhead Summit in the Bay Area. Participants will have a chance to see urban projects that address fish passage barrier removal and learn about steelhead recovery efforts throughout the Bay and Central Coast. More information is coming soon.

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