Assessing Restoration Outcomes
Session Coordinator: Lisa DeRose, McMillen
This session highlights how long-term monitoring and data-driven approaches are being used to evaluate watershed and river restoration outcomes across California. Through case studies spanning floodplain restoration, fish population monitoring, and instream habitat enhancement, presenters share lessons learned and insights to inform adaptive management and future restoration efforts.
Characterizing Ecosystem Response to Stream Crossing Removal in Redwood National and State Parks
Rylee Rawson, Masters Student, Cal Poly Humboldt
Rylee Rawson, Masters Student, Cal Poly Humboldt
Evaluating Floodplain Restoration Projects Through Long Term Population Monitoring Datasets
Katherine Stonecypher, Cal Poly Humboldt
A Decade of Monitoring Scott River Coho Salmon
Erich Yokel, Scott River Watershed Council
Erich Yokel, Scott River Watershed Council
Synthetic Evaluation of Riverine Restoration for Chinook Salmon Spawning and Rearing Habitat in the Central Valley
Louise Conrad, California DWR
Louise Conrad, California DWR
Data Science to Understand Watershed-Scale Restoration Outcomes: A Framework
Lucy Andrews, Ph.D., California Department of Water Resources
Lucy Andrews, Ph.D., California Department of Water Resources
Observations and Lessons Learned from Implementing Two Accelerated Recruitment Projects in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Daniel Nylen, Watershed Restoration Program Manager, Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County
Daniel Nylen, Watershed Restoration Program Manager, Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County
Accelerating Restoration – Updates and Examples to Help Get the Job Done
Eric B Peterson, Ph.D., Trinity River Restoration Program (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
Eric B Peterson, Ph.D., Trinity River Restoration Program (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)