Salmonid Restoration Federation

Symposium Agenda

2026 Spring-Run Chinook Symposium Preliminary Agenda

 
Thursday, July 23
 
8-9am - Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
9am - Opening Remarks TBA
 
9:30am - Spring Chinook Conservation Genetics Presentations & Panel Discussion
 
  • Michael Miller, PhD
  • Tasha Thompson, PhD, Wild Salmon Center
  • Spring-run Chinook (ishyâat) in the Salmon River: A Tale of Two Forks, Amy Fingerle, PhD Program, UC Berkeley
 
11:15am - Recovery Strategies for Spring-run Chinook
  • The SPRING Team: A Forum for Shared Learning on Spring Chinook Repopulation and Recovery, Shari Anderson, Lazuli Ecological Services and Craig Tucker, Suits & Signs
  • CDFW Spring Chinook Recovery Actions and Updates, Crystal Robinson, CDFW
  • Introduction to SHaRP - Salmonid Habitat Restoration Prioritization, Christopher O’Keefe and Kurt Bainbridge, CDFW
 
12:30pm - Lunch
 
1:30pm - Spring Chinook Repopulation and Restoration Efforts 
  • Elwha Dam Removal, George Pess
  • South Fork Trinity RSI Project, Joshua Smith, Watershed Research and Training Center
  • TBA
 
3:15pm - Afternoon Workshop: TBA
 
4:30pm - Closing Remarks TBA
 
6:30pm - Dinner
 

 
Friday, July 24
 
8 - 9am - Continental Breakfast and pack lunch for tours
 
Concurrent Field Tours 9am - 5pm:
 
  • Salmon River Floodplain and Fisheries Restoration Tour with Kim Deniz and Karuna Greenberg, Salmon River Restoration Council
  • High Mountain Meadows Restoration Tour with Jay Jackson, Salmon River Restoration Council, Jimmy Peterson, Mid Klamath Watershed Counci