[env-trinity] Meeting of potential interest: SRF

Josh Allen jallen at trinitycounty.org
Fri Jan 27 13:38:37 PST 2006


24th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference
Rediscovering Urban Creeks and Creating Healthy Watersheds
Workshops and Field Tours

February 22, 2006 Workshops and Field Tours

Water Conservation Workshop will discuss how to make existing water
conservation efforts more effective and what models we can create for
the future. This workshop features leaders in the water conservation
field including Mary Ann Dickinson from the California Urban Water
Conservation Council, Martha Davis from Inland Empire Utility Agency,
Ade Adjani who will discuss the role of community-based organizations in
returning water to Mono Lake, BongHwan Kim with the Environmental
Justice Coalition for Water, Eric Wesselman from the Tuoloumne River
Preservation Trust, Bob Wilkinson from UC Santa Barbara, and Brock
Dolman from the Water Institute.

Fish and Wildlife Friendly Agriculture: A Workshop in Sustainability
 
This morning workshop will cover using planned grazing in the management
of native grasslands and the implementation of sustainable winegrape
growing in California. The afternoon field trip will visit El Chorro
Ranch to see restoration work that has been done on El Jaro Creek for
the endangered steelhead. This project addresses severe streambank
erosion and sedimentation in a creek that provides prime spawning and
rearing habitat for steelhead on a working cattle ranch.  This is one of
several pilot projects on private property that provide feasible
solutions to erosion and sedimentation issues. Workshop participants
will view 3 projects including; a culvert replacement, side draw erosion
treatment, and streambank stabilization to reduce erosion and
sedimentation. How sustainable grazing practices for fisheries and
wildlife are incorporated into restoration projects will also be
discussed and viewed during the tour. This tour will also visit a local
vineyard where restoration work has occurred.

Nicholas Canyon: Chumash Demonstration Village

Mati Waiya, Executive Director of Wishtoyo Foundation and Ventura
Coastkeeper, will lead a tour of Chumash restoration sites in Nicholas
Canyon in Malibu Creek. This tour will also visit restoration projects
on Carpinteria Creek.

Fish Passage and Restoration Tour on the Santa Clara River
This tour will visit fish passage facilities that are used by endangered
southern steelhead and Pacific lamprey. The Nature Conservancy will also
lead a tour of the Santa Clara estuary and TNC properties on the river
to discuss conservation work on the Santa Clara river as it relates to
steelhead.

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Removing Coastal California's Fish Passage Barriers: from Prioritization
to Implementation
This workshop will present fish passage case examples of inventory and
assessments, regional planning efforts to prioritize barrier
treatements, and design and construction. 

Reestablishing Salmonids in Cities: The Next Generation of Urban Stream
Restoration
will be chaired by founder of Urban Creeks Council Ann Riley. This
workshop will highlight design and construction of habitat, dam removal,
soil bioengineering and restoring ditches to functioning ecological
systems. The tour will focus on finding solutions for urban flood damage
reduction and fish habitat protection and migration, and fish passage
barrier removal on Mission Creek.

Field Tour of the Ventura River and Matilija Dam
This tour will begin at the estuary and river mouth where we will
observe beach erosion and fisheries issues. Working our way upstream we
will see points of water diversion, bridges, and levees that will
require modification with the removal of Matilija Dam. Finally we will
visit the dam itself and see the extent of sedimentation that has
occurred since its construction. 





Dana Stolzman
Salmonid Restoration Federation
Executive Director
(707) 923-7501
(707) 923-3135 fax
www.calsalmon.org
<http://www.calsalmon.org/> srf at calsalmon.org 

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