2026 Spring-Run Chinook Symposium
Thursday, July 23, 2026 to Friday, July 24, 2026
Salmon River Restoration Council (SRRC) and Salmonid Restoration Federation, with the support of California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Catena Foundation, and Humboldt Area Foundation, co-hosted the Spring-Run Chinook Symposium on July 23 - 24, 2026. The symposium took place in Forks of Salmon in conjunction with the Annual Cooperative Salmon River Spring Chinook & Summer Steelhead Dive. It featured both presentations and field tours, offering opportunities to learn more about Spring Chinook research and recovery efforts in the Klamath Basin, and view restoration projects in a Spring Chinook stronghold.
Presentations (PDF versions):
- Klamath Spring Salmon: ITEK Has Been Telling Us which Salmon is Fatter Since Time Immemorial, Brook Thompson, Interim Executive Director, Save California Salmon, and PhD Candidate, UC Santa Cruz
- What Spring Chinook Need Most: An Evolutionary Reason to Exist, Tasha Thompson, PhD, Wild Salmon Center
- Spring-run Chinook (ishyâat) in the Salmon River: A Tale of Two Forks, Amy Fingerle, PhD Program, UC Berkeley
- Genetic Analysis Reveals Climate Exposure and Conservation Opportunities for a Vulnerable Life History in Steelhead, Michael Miller, PhD, Geneticist Consultant
- SPRING Team: A Spring Chinook Recovery and Reintroduction Technical Guidance Group in the Klamath Basin, Shari Anderson, Lazuli Ecological Services and Craig Tucker, Suits & Signs
- Introduction to SHaRP, Christopher O’Keefe and Kurt Bainbridge, CDFW
- Ecosystem Response to the Removal of Two Large Dams in the Pacific Northwest, George Pess, PhD, George Pess Consulting
- Remote Site Incubators in the South Fork Trinity, Joshua Smith and Allison Cofield, Watershed Research and Training Center; and Emmanuel Cyr, Yurok Tribe
- Upper Klamath Basin Spring Chinook Reintroduction, Michael Belchik, Yurok Tribe
- Connecting Instream and Upslope Restoration in the Western Klamath Mountains, Will Harling, Restoration Director, Mid Klamath Watershed Council
Forks of Salmon
, CA
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