Confab Agenda

2025 Coho Confab Preliminary Agenda

Thursday, August 7

4 - 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

Achvuun (Coho in Karuk) with Ken Brink, Karuk Tribe Council Member

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 Jacobsen, Mid Klamath Watershed Council and Rachel Shea, Michael Love & Associates
Red Cap Creek Floodplain Restoration Project at Schnable Diggings, Leroy Cyr, Six Rivers National Forest; Jimmy Peterson, Mid Klamath Watershed Council, Six Rivers National Forest; and Jay Stallman, Stillwater Sciences.
McKinney Fire Instream and Upslope Restoration Field Tour, Charles Wickman, Mid Klamath Watershed Council; Toz Soto, Karuk Tribe; and Nicholas Caselli and Julia Petreshen, Yurok Tribe

5:30 pm — 6:30 pm: Open Forum: Fish and Fire Roundtable Discussion

6:30 pm — Dinner

Saturday, August 9

8:00 - 9:00am — Breakfast and Sandwich Bar

9:00 - 10am — Opening Circle

10am - 4:30pm — 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 and Deja Malone-Persha, Salmon River Restoration Council; Rachel Shea, Michael Love & Associates

5 pm — Guided Klamath kayak tour from Sandy Bar to Orleans. Beginner friendly, inflatable kayaks and life jackets provided. Please bring your own kayak and join us if you want! Space is limited.
7 pm — Dinner

Sunday, August 10

8:30 - 9:30am — Pack Up, Breakfast, and Sandwich Bar

9:30 - 10am — Closing Circle

10am - 5pm — Concurrent Tours

Haypress and Stanshaw Meadows Restoration Tour, Jimmy Peterson, Mid Klamath Watershed Council, and Jay Jackson, Salmon River Restoration Council
Mid Klamath Helicopter Wood Loading Projects, Will Harling and Charles or Mitzi Wickman, Mid Klamath Watershed Council
Klamath Dam Removal and Reservoir Footprint Tour, Alison O’Dowd, Cal Poly, Michael Belchik, Senior Water Policy Analyst, Yurok Tribe; Josh Chenoweth, Senior Riparian Ecologist, Yurok Tribe; and Ren Brownell, RES