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Tentative Agenda

2026 Spring-Run Chinook Symposium Preliminary Agenda
 
Thursday, July 23
 
8-9am - Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
9am - Opening Remarks
 
9:30am - Spring Chinook Conservation Genetics Presentations & Panel Discussion
 
  • 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 the North Umpqua River, Michael Miller, PhD, Wild Salmon Center
 
11:15am - Recovery Strategies for Spring-run Chinook
 
  • The SPRING Team: A Forum for Shared Learning on Spring Chinook Repopulation and Recovery, Shari Anderson, Lazuli Ecological Services and Craig Tucker, Suits & Signs
  • CDFW Spring Chinook Recovery Actions and Updates, Crystal Robinson, CDFW
  • Introduction to SHaRP - Salmonid Habitat Restoration Prioritization, Christopher O’Keefe and Kurt Bainbridge, CDFW
 
12:30pm - Lunch
 
1:30pm - Spring Chinook Repopulation and Restoration Efforts 
 
  • Ecosystem Response to the Removal of the Elwha River Dams, George Pess, PhD, George Pess Consulting, LLC
  • Remote Site Incubators in the South Fork Trinity, Joshua Smith and Allison Cofield, Watershed Research and Training Center
  • Structure and Habitat Diversity - Floodplain Restoration on the Salmon River, Karuna Greenberg, Salmon River Restoration Council
 
3:15pm - Firelighter Roundtable with local experts:
  • Will Harling, Mid-Klamath Watershed Council
  • Josh Smith, Watershed Research and Training Center
  • Karuk Tribe, Firelighter, TBA
  • Bona Fries, Fire, Fuels and Forestry Program Manager, Salmon River Restoration Council
 
4:30pm - Closing Remarks 
 
6:00pm - Dinner
 
 
Friday, July 24
 
8 - 9am - Continental Breakfast and pack lunch for tours
 
Concurrent Field Tours 9am - 5pm:
 
  • Salmon River Floodplain and Fisheries Restoration Tour with Kim Deniz and Karuna Greenberg, Salmon River Restoration Council
  • High Mountain Meadows Restoration Tour with Jay Jackson, Salmon River Restoration Council, Jimmy Peterson, Mid Klamath Watershed Council
  • Salmon River Snorkel and Float with Sam Stroich, Salmon River Restoration Council