Agenda

Thursday, November 5

7:00-8:30 am: Registration and Breakfast at DoubleTree Hotel in Pleasanton

9 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks, Dana Stolzman, Salmonid Restoration Federation and Jeff Miller, Alameda Creek Alliance

9:05 am: Keynote Presentations

Swimming Upstream: Building Momentum for Bay Area Steelhead Restoration, Andrew Gunther, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board and CEMAR
Scrappy, Plastic and Persistent: Giving Bay Area Steelhead A Chance, Joe Merz, Cramer Fish Sciences

9:45 -10:45 am: The State of Our Steelhead with Facilitators Patrick Samuel, California Trout and Jeff Miller, Alameda Creek Alliance

Status reports on steelhead from more than a dozen key watersheds around the Bay Area and a summary of the health of Bay steelhead from the new State of the Salmonids report

10:45 -11am Break

11am - 12:30pm: If You Build It They Will Come: Recent Fish Passage Projects with Facilitator Holly Steindorf, CA Fish Passage Forum

Opening Alameda Creek to Migratory Fish, Alameda Creek Alliance
Alameda Creek Diversion Dam Project, Scott Chenue, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Sunol Valley PG&E Fish Passage Project, Claire Buchanan, California Trout
Pinole Creek Fish Passage Project, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District

12:30 - 1:30 pm: Lunch Buffet at Players Restaurant / Patio, DoubleTree Hotel

1:30 - 3:15 pm: Steelhead Monitoring Efforts

Steelhead Monitoring in Urban Waterways, Clayton Leal, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Integrating Collaboration, Fish Passage, Flow, and Monitoring for Steelhead Recovery, Joe Merz, Cramer Fish Sciences and Randall Renn, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
11-Year Summary of O. Mykiss Monitoring in San Mateo Creek, Richard Johnson, SFPUC Aquatic Biologist
From Mill and Deer Creeks to the Golden Gate: Tracking the Movement and Survival of Natural-Origin Steelhead Through California’s Central Valley, Jeremy Notch, NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Research Center

3:30-5:00 pm: Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session 1: Steelhead Recovery Planning in Ballroom
Breakout Session 2: Restoration in Practice in Triple Crown Room

6:00-8:00 pm: Reception and Poster Session at DoubleTree Hotel

Friday, November 6

7:30 - 9:00 am: Registration and breakfast at DoubleTree Hotel (not included in conference package). Full breakfast options available in Restaurant

9:00 am - 5:00 pm: Concurrent Field Tours

Alameda Creek Watershed Restoration Tour: Tour Coordinators: Jeff Miller, Alameda Creek Alliance; Scott Chenue and Randall Renn, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; Claire Buchanan, California Trout; Kelsi Oshiro and Andre Dextre, Alameda County Water District; and Ed Culver, East Bay Regional Park District
San Francisquito Creek Watershed: Tour Coordinators: Patrick Samuel and Charlie Schneider, California Trout; Alan Launer and Karla Smith, Stanford University
South Bay Creeks: Tour Coordinator: Clayton Leal, Santa Clara Valley Water District

Saturday, November 7

6:00-8:30 am: DoubleTree Player’s restaurant open for full breakfast (not included in conference package)

8am: Check-in and Continental Breakfast

9 am: Welcome for General Public and Takeaways of Steelhead Summit, Jeff Miller, Alameda Creek Alliance

Keynote Talks with Bay Area Authors and Conservationists:

9:30 to 10:30 am: Why Bay Area Steelhead Matter – Keynote Talks and Book Signings with author and illustrator Obi Kaufmann and Jeff Miller author of Irreverent Guide to Bay Area Wildlife

10:30 am: Field Tour staging

11am - 3pm – Saturday Field Tours

Alameda Creek Watershed Restoration Tour: Tour Coordinators: Jeff Miller, Alameda Creek Alliance; Claire Buchanan, California Trout; and Ed Culver, East Bay Regional Park District
Pinole Creek Tour: Tour Coordinator: Bert Mulchaey, East Bay Municipal Utility District
Lagunitas Creek Salmon Habitat Enhancement - Restoring Wood and Gravel to a Dammed Coastal Stream: Tour Coordinators: Jonathan Koehler, Marin Water; and Sarah Phillips, Marin Resource Conservation District