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 Binks, 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
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Mid-Klamath Groundwater Study Workshop (full-day), Lars Jacobsen, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council and Rachel Shea, Michael Love & Associates
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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.
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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
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Mid Klamath Off-Channel Ponds – Snorkeling and Exploring Coho Refugia, Jacob Pounds, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council
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Low Tech Restoration on the Mid Klamath, Jimmy Peterson, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council, and Toz Soto, Karuk Tribe
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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
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
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Haypress and Stanshaw Meadows Restoration Tour, Jimmy Peterson, Mid Klamath Watershed Council, Jay Jackson, Salmon River Restoration Council
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Mid Klamath Helicopter Wood Loading Projects, Will Harling and Charles or Mitzi Wickman, Mid Klamath Watershed Council
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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