Session Coordinator: Lisa DeRose, McMillen

 

This session highlights how long-term monitoring and data-driven approaches are being used to evaluate watershed and river restoration outcomes across California. Through case studies spanning floodplain restoration, fish population monitoring, and instream habitat enhancement, presenters share lessons learned and insights to inform adaptive management and future restoration efforts.

 

Characterizing Ecosystem Response to Stream Crossing Removal in Redwood National and State Parks, Rylee Rawson, Masters Student, Cal Poly Humboldt

 

Evaluating Floodplain Restoration Projects Through Long Term Population Monitoring Datasets, Katherine Stonecypher, Cal Poly Humboldt

 

A Decade of Monitoring Scott River Coho Salmon, Erich Yokel, Scott River Watershed Council 

 

Data Science to Understand Watershed-Scale Restoration Outcomes: A Framework, Lucy Andrews, Ph.D., California Department of Water Resources 

 

Observations and Lessons Learned from Implementing Two Accelerated Recruitment Projects in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Daniel Nylen, Watershed Restoration Program Manager, Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County