Session Coordinator: 
Carlos Garza, NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center

This session will bring together a variety of fields of expertise that are involved in efforts to reintroduce salmon and steelhead to their historic freshwater habitats. The talks will discuss the state of knowledge in reintroduction science and cover projects throughout the state (and further afield) that are utilizing a variety of techniques, including dam removal, passage facilities and trap & haul, and in various stages of completion, from successfully completed to early conceptual planning.

The Science Informing Salmonid Reintroductions
Carlos Garza, NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center and UC Santa Cruz

Dam, That Was a Wild Ride. Steelhead Passage Up, Down, and Around the Los Padres Dam in California
Haley Ohms, PhD, UC Santa Cruz/NOAA

The Return of the King: Reintroduction of Chinook Salmon to the San Joaquin River
Anthony Clemento, UC Santa Cruz/NOAA

Evaluating Early and Late Life History Release Strategies for Coho Captive Rearing Programs

Bob Coey and Libby Gilbert-Horvath, NOAA Fisheries
 

Recolonization Potential for Coho Salmon to Tributaries to the Klamath River Above Iron Gate Dam
Max Ramos, Humboldt State University

Capacity of Two High Sierra Rivers in California for Reintroduction of Anadromous Salmonids
David A. Boughton, NOAA/UC Santa Cruz

Head of Reservoir to Ocean; Innovations Connecting Restoration and Reintroductions for ESA Listed Salmonids
Stacie Smith, PhD, NOAA Fisheries