Salmonid Restoration Federation

Confab Agenda

2025 Coho Confab Preliminary Agenda

 
Thursday, August 7
 
3-6pm — Registration and Camp Set-Up,  at Sandy Bar Ranch, 797 Ishi-Pishi Rd, Orleans , CA 95556
6:30pm — Confab Welcome Dinner
7:30pm — Sandy Bar Ranch Welcome with SRF
7:35 pm — Orientation Presentations
  • Restoring Habitat Diversity in the Middle Klamath — Let the Fish Tell Us What They Need, Toz Soto, Fisheries Program Manager, Karuk Tribe
  • Working with Natural Disturbances to Restore Instream and Upslope Habitats in the Western Klamath Mountains, Will Harling, Restoration Director, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council

Friday, August 8
 
8:00 - 9:00am — Breakfast and Sandwich Bar
9:00 - 10am — Opening Circle
10am - 5pm — Concurrent Tours
  • Mid-Klamath Groundwater Study Workshop (full-day), Lars Jacobson, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council
  • Red Cap Creek Floodplain Restoration Project at Schnable Diggings, Leroy Cyr, Six Rivers National Forest; and Jimmy Peterson, Mid Klamath Watershed Council, Six Rivers National Forest
  • McKinney Fire Instream and Upslope Restoration Field Tour, Charles Wickman, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council; Beau Quinter, Karuk Fisheries; and Nicholas Caselli and Julia Petreshen, Yurok Tribe
6:30pm — Dinner
7:30pm — TBA

Saturday, August 9
 
8:00 - 9:00am — Breakfast and Sandwich Bar
9:00 - 10am — Opening Circle
10am - 5pm — Concurrent Tours
  • Mid Klamath Off-Channel Ponds – Snorkeling and Exploring Coho Refugia, Jacob Pounds, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council
  • Low Tech Restoration on the Mid Klamath, Jimmy Peterson, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council, and Toz Soto, Karuk Tribe 
  • Salmon River Floodplain Enhancement and Revegetation, Karuna Greenberg, Salmon River Restoration Council, TBD

Sunday, August 10
 
8:30 - 9:30am — Pack Up, Breakfast, and Sandwich Bar
9:30 - 10am — Closing Circle
10am - 2pm — Concurrent Tours
  • Haypress and Stanshaw Meadows Restoration Tour, Leroy Cyr, Six Rivers National Forest, and Jimmy Peterson, Mid Klamath Watershed Council, Six Rivers National Forest
  • Mid Klamath Helicopter Wood Loading Projects, Will Harling, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council
  • Klamath Dam Removal and Reservoir Footprint Tour, Alison O’Dowd, Cal Poly, and Michael Belchik, Senior Water Policy Analyst, Yurok Tribe