2025 November eNewsletter

In this eNewsletter you will find:
 

Penultimate Call for 2026 SRF Presentation Abstracts
Presenter Abstracts Due November 18, 2025
 

The 43rd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be held in Redding, California from April 28 - May 1, 2025. Please visit our website to see the Penultimate Call for Presentation Abstracts.

Please note that the agenda evolves and the Penultimate Call for Abstracts may include additional concurrent sessions. Session and workshop descriptions are posted and the field tour descriptions will be online shortly. Early abstract submission helps SRF determine which sessions and workshops will be in the final agenda.

SRF’s Call for Abstracts is highly competitive and not all abstracts can be accepted. Presentations that have not been given before at our conference will have priority.

To submit an abstract, please review our submission guidelines. Please fill out this form, then email your abstract to abstracts@calsalmon.org. Receipt of your submission will be acknowledged by email and forwarded to the correct session chair.

43rd Annual SRF Conference Hotel Group Blocks, FAQs, and more
 

SRF will be hosting the conference workshops at the Sheraton Redding Hotel meeting rooms and the main Conference will be at the Redding Civic Auditorium. Conference registration will likely open in early December but you should reserve your hotel rooms now. Hotel rooms often sell out before the conference registration does so please make your plans early. Additional hotel blocks will be added as they become available. For more information on lodging, registration pricing, scholarship opportunities, etc. please see the 2026 Conference FAQs.

Featured Workshop: Dam Removal Project Manager Training
 

This 2-day workshop focuses on preparing individuals to work through the challenges of developing and managing a successful dam removal project. The goal is to build the knowledge, skills, and confidence of potential project managers to allow them to lead both straightforward and more complex projects that often involve engaging with active project opponents; working through unpredictable regulatory processes; significant fundraising; and coordinating a team of diverse project partners, property owners, engineers, and contractors. Topics include river science, the basics of dam removal design and construction, project identification and scoping, and managing stakeholder engagement. 

Registration for 2026 Conference Workshops and Tours will open in December 2025.

2026 Poster Session Registration Open
 

The Poster Session will be 7-10 pm on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at Redding Civic Auditorium, the main Conference venue. This annual event is open to all registered conference attendees and is a great venue to network with your peers.

If you would like to present during the Poster Session, click here to preregister. Poster registration will be open until April 7, 2026. Please email poster@calsalmon.org with any questions.

Support SRF
 

You can support SRF by donating, becoming a member, or purchasing SRF merchandise.
 

Sponsor the 43rd SRF Conference

Please consider sponsoring the 43rd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference. Co-sponsors are recognized in all conference materials, receive complimentary conference passes, and help keep the conference affordable for practitioners. See the co-sponsor appeal letter for information about various support levels.

Baduwa’t Estuary Volunteer Day with CalTrout
Nov 15, 9am - 12pm
 

Plant and learn about the land with CalTrout and the Rou Dalaguur Food Sovereignty Lab from Cal Poly Humboldt. This stewardship day is at the Baduwa’t Estuary Restoration Project site where, in partnership with McKinleyville Community Services District, former wastewater percolation ponds were transformed into off-channel salmon rearing habitat. Learn more & RSVP.

Money for the Movement: Grant Writing Fundamentals
Nov 7, 12 - 1:30 pm, Zoom
 

Join Rose Foundation for the final session of a series of four free online grant writing training sessions on Friday, November 7 from 12 - 1:30 pm. Learn how to make your grant narratives stand out, avoid common pitfalls, and build relationships that lead to funding. The final session is called Reality Grantmaking: Funders Tell All / Apoyo Financiero En Vivo: Los Financiadores lo Dicen Todo. Learn more & RSVP.

2026 Climate Resilient Farmer Training Program
Apply by Nov 15
 

The North Coast Growers’ Association (NCGA), in collaboration with the Del Norte & Tribal Lands (DNATL) Community Food Council, are accepting applications for the next cohort of a comprehensive, no-cost 15-month farmer training program designed to equip a new generation of farmers and food sovereignty leaders with skills in climate-adaptive production and business management. Click here to learn more and apply.

Funding Opportunity: Coastal Accelerator Cohort Application
Due Nov 21 at 5pm
 

The goal of this program is to build coastal climate resilience and meet coastal 30x30 goals in the Pacific region of the United States. Funding will prioritize mid-stage nature-based solutions, such as coastal restoration or protection projects, that have already begun scoping, planning, and feasibility analysis. The aim is to assist in moving those projects through planning to implementation as members of a Coastal Accelerator Cohort. Learn more about eligibility and the application process here.

Restoration Job Board
 

SRF hosts a Job Board on our website to post current positions related to California's fisheries and  watershed restoration field.  Please email info@calsalmon.org to post a job on our webpage.