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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Posted by
Traci "Bear" Thiele <tracibear@wildcalifornia.org>
<srf@northcoast.com> </FONT>
<P>Salmonid Restoration Federation
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href="http://www.calsalmon.org/conference/2004/index.htm">http://www.calsalmon.org/conference/2004/index.htm</A></B>
<BR>Phone: (707) 223-1770, Fax: (707) 923-4210
<P><B>22nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference</B> <BR>& 14th
International Salmon Habitat Enhancement Workshop <BR>March 17-20, Davis,
California
<P>The Salmonid Restoration Federation will hold our 22nd Annual Salmonid
Restoration Conference in Davis, CA from Wednesday, March 17 through Saturday,
March 20, 2004. This year’s conference is entitled, “Collaborative
Watershed Efforts for Salmonid Recovery,” and the conference will be held in
conjunction with the 14th International Salmonid Habitat Enhancement Workshop.
<P>The first two days of the conference include full-day workshops on the
following topics: fish-friendly agricultural practices, effectiveness and
validation monitoring of restoration projects, urban creek restoration, advanced
GIS analysis for watershed management, increasing your watershed and fish
restoration organization’s capacity, and instream flow requirements for
salmonids.
<P>Field tours include tours of Putah Creek restoration efforts; Cache Creek
basin and the Yolo bypass: steelhead restoration, fish passage, and flood
control; Village Homes and Davis, CA: suburban watershed planning; and Mokelumne
and American River restoration programs.
<P>On Thursday evening, the theatre troupe Human Nature will perform their new
musical comedy, “What’s Funny about Global Climate Change?” This play is the
brainchild of Mattole restorationist David Simpson and was spawned by David’s
concerns about the effects of global climate change on salmonids. This event
will be co-sponsored by the Sacramento-based organization Friends of the River.
<P>The plenary session will cover Global, Pacific Northwest, California and
Regional salmonid issues. Scientist Robert Lackey from U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency will address global fisheries issues in his talk, “The Four
Nations of the Salmon World.” Dune Lankard, a Eyak-Athabascan native from Alaska
will share his story of leaving a life of commercial fishing to devote himself
to the recovery of wild salmon habitat in Prince William Sound after the
devastating Exxon Valdez oil spill. Diana Jacobs, Deputy Director of California
Department of Fish and Game will discuss the CALFED restoration program
particularly in the Sacramento River Basin. Lastly, Mark Dubois, co-founder of
the International Rivers Network, will discuss the role of advocacy in
preserving rivers and fisheries habitat on a local and global level.
<P>Technical and policy concurrent sessions will include presentations on
conservation hatchery practices and research, opportunities for restoration
through the FERC relicensing process, nutrient additions and water quality in
California streams, in-channel and off-channel salmonid habitat enhancement
projects, lessons learned from the protection of neighboring watersheds: Putah
Creek and Cache Creek, salmon in a global context: climate change, ocean
conditions, and the salmon of the Pacific Rim; non-native and invasive
species: controlling threats to salmonid habitats, and the human habitat:
fostering lasting change through restoration education and outreach.
<P>Please visit the SRF web site at www.calsalmon.org to see the conference
agenda, a registration form, a preview of the Proceedings, and information about
the keynote speakers, scholarship and co-sponsorship opportunities, and
conference logistics. </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>