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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'>24th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference<br>
Rediscovering Urban Creeks and Creating Healthy Watersheds<br>
Workshops and Field <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tours</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>February 22, 2006
Workshops and Field Tours<br>
<br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Water Conservation Workshop </span></i></b>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.<br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Fish and Wildlife
Friendly Agriculture: A Workshop in Sustainability<br>
</span></i> <br>
</b>This morning workshop will cover using planned grazing in the management of
native grasslands and the implementation of sustainable winegrape growing in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>. 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.<br>
<br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Nicholas</span></b></st1:PlaceName><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Canyon</st1:PlaceName>: <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chumash</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Demonstration</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
<br>
</span></b>Mati Waiya, Executive Director of Wishtoyo Foundation and Ventura
Coastkeeper, will lead a tour of Chumash restoration sites in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Nicholas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Canyon</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
in Malibu Creek. This tour will also visit restoration projects on Carpinteria
Creek.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Fish Passage and Restoration Tour on the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Santa Clara</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
</span></b>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 <st1:City w:st="on">Santa Clara</st1:City> estuary and
TNC properties on the river to discuss conservation work on the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Santa Clara</st1:place></st1:City> river as it
relates to steelhead.<br>
<br>
<b><font color=blue><span style='color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Thursday,
February 23, 2006<br>
<br>
</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Removing Coastal <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>'s Fish
Passage Barriers: from Prioritization to Implementation<br>
</span></i></b>This workshop will present fish passage case examples of
inventory and assessments, regional planning efforts to prioritize barrier
treatements, and design and construction. <br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Reestablishing Salmonids
in Cities: The Next Generation of Urban Stream Restoration<br>
</span></i></b>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.<br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Field Tour of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ventura</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and Matilija Dam<br>
</span></i></b>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. <br>
<br>
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<p></X-SIGSEP><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dana
Stolzman<br>
Salmonid Restoration Federation<br>
Executive Director<br>
(707) 923-7501<br>
(707) 923-3135 fax<br>
<a href="http://www.calsalmon.org/" eudora=autourl>www.calsalmon.org<br>
</a><a href="mailto:srf@calsalmon.org">srf@calsalmon.org</a></span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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