Salmonid Restoration Federation
2020 Vision for California’s Salmonscape
March 31 - April 3, 2020
Santa Cruz, California

Anadromous Salmonid Habitat Suitability Criteria

03 April 2020

This session will synthesize available information on spawning and rearing habitat, and an analysis of what should be considered in the design process. The focus is the design of habitat restoration and water projects for anadromous salmonids in the Central Valley of California.  The session is primarily focused on the intersection of biology and restoration strategies.

Review of Central Valley Anadromous Salmonid Habitat Suitability Criteria
Mark Gard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
 
Large Scale Floodplain Rearing Habitat Rehabilitation: Southport Levee Setback
Chris Bowles, cbec eco engineering
 
Increasing Lateral Connectivity to Benefit Juvenile Salmonids on the Lower Yuba River: The Hallwood Side Channel and Floodplain Restoration Project
April Sawyer, cbec eco engineering
 
Wanted: Project Site – A Framework for Evaluating Possible Restoration Sites
J.D. Wikert, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
 
Mapping Salmon Rearing Habitat in the Delta
Gloria Desanker, San Francisco Estuary Institute
 
Quantifying Dynamic Floodplain Habitat for Juvenile Salmon using a Hydrospatial Approach
Alison Whipple, San Francisco Estuary Institute
 
Using Aerial Redd Survey Data and a Two-dimensional Hydraulic Models to Construct a Temperature Dependent Spawning Resource Selection Function for Winter-run Chinook Salmon
Peter N. Dudley, NOAA Fisheries