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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Heather Reese [mailto:heather@calsalmon.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 25, 2011 3:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> heather@calsalmon.org<br><b>Subject:</b> 29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference is fast approaching!!! Please spread the word!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I am writing on behalf of Salmonid Restoration Federation to inform you that the 29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be held March 23-26, 2011 in San Luis Obispo, CA.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> This is the premier salmon and steelhead restoration conference on th eWest Coast and features exciting all-day habitat restoration tours, educational workshops, a Plenary session with prominent fisheries scientists, legislators, and conservation advocates as well as nine concurrent sessions focusing on biological, physical, and environmental issues that affect salmon recovery.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> Attached (and pasted below) is a 70-word blurb that we welcome you to post in your newsletters or online event calendars. I have also pasted in a longer full page article that includes more detailed information about the Conference.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>SRF welcomes your participation at the conference and invites you to share this information with your co-workers, constituents and clients, or in any online calendar or newsletter. <br><br>Please let us know if you would like to receive any newsletters, which include the conference agenda and registration packet, or posters. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> You can see the full agenda of the conference at <a href="http://www.calsalmon.org/pdf/SRF_ConfAgenda_120210_web.pdf">http://www.calsalmon.org/pdf/SRF_ConfAgenda_120210_web.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> or view a description of the workshops and field tours at:<br> <a href="http://www.calsalmon.org/index.php/registration/wednesday-workshops-a-tours.html">http://www.calsalmon.org/index.php/registration/wednesday-workshops-a-tours.html</a><br>and<br><a href="http://www.calsalmon.org/index.php/registration/thursday-workshops-and-tours.html">http://www.calsalmon.org/index.php/registration/thursday-workshops-and-tours.html</a><br><br>______________________________________________________________________________________<br><br><b>29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference March 23-26, 2011 in San Luis Obispo, CA<br><br></b>Salmonid Restoration Federation proudly presents the 29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference,March 23-26, 2011 in lovely San Luis Obispo, CA. This year's conference includes two full days of workshops and field tours on fisheries restoration topics, a plenary session featuring prominent keynote speakers and concurrent sessions focusing on environmental, biological, and policy issues that affect salmonid recovery. For more detailed information, please see <a href="http://www.calsalmon.org/">www.calsalmon.org</a> or contact SRF at 707 923-7501. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>_______________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:22.0pt'><b>29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference March 23-26, 2011 in San Luis Obispo, CA</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><b> </b>Salmonid Restoration Federation will host the 29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference March 23-26, 2011 in San Luis Obispo, California. The theme of the conference this year is “<i>Restoring Salmonids - Holding the Line on Species Decline</i>.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:#333333'> The Plenary Session will feature Michael Pollock from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center of NOAA Fisheries, Thomas Williams from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center of NOAA Fisheries, Congresswoman Lois Capps, and Paul Jenkin from Surfrider Foundation and the Matilija Coalition. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:#333333'> This year the conference will feature workshops on topics including Fish Passage Design & Implementation, Stormwater Pollution Runoff & Water Quality, Invasive Species Management for Salmonids, and Sustainable Water Conservation. Field Tours will include tours of the Morro Bay Watershed from Headwaters to Mouth; a San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande Creek Tour; a Sustainable Vineyards and Agricultural Practices Tour; an Instream Structures Tour, and a tour that focuses on reducing sediment delivery and & road-related erosion control.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:#333333'> Concurrent sessions include: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#0E191A'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#0E191A'> </span><span style='color:#0E191A'>On-the-Ground Salmonid Restoration: Obstacles and Opportunities</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#0E191A'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#0E191A'> </span><span style='color:#0E191A'>Barrier Identification, Design Criteria, Implementation, and Project Monitoring to Recover Steelhead</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#0E191A'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#0E191A'> </span><span style='color:#0E191A'>Coho Salmon Recovery Efforts</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#0E191A'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#0E191A'> </span><span style='color:#0E191A'>Enhancing Instream Flows: Springs, Seeps, and Groundwater Recharge for Salmonids</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#0E191A'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#0E191A'> </span><span style='color:#0E191A'>Salmonid Strongholds: The Key to our Future</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#0E191A'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#0E191A'> </span><span style='color:#0E191A'>Climate Change and Salmonids</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#0E191A'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#0E191A'> </span><span style='color:#0E191A'>Population Status and Trend Monitoring</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#0E191A'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#0E191A'> </span><span style='color:#0E191A'>The Future for California Chinook Salmon – Fisheries, Restoration, Recovery</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#0E191A'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#0E191A'> </span><span style='color:#0E191A'>The Role of Lagoons and Estuaries for Steelhead and Salmon</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:#333333'> Other conference events will include a film social and dinner on Thursday evening which will show the STRAW documentary <a href="http://www.asimplequestion.org/">http://www.asimplequestion.org/</a>, short film clips by Thomas Dunklin <a href="http://www.thomasbdunklin.com/">http://www.thomasbdunklin.com/</a> and Damolition footage by Matt Stoecker. SRF will host a poster session and reception on Friday night, and a cabaret and banquet with a Wild Copper River salmon dinner and fantastic Latin dance band Sambada <a href="http://www.sambada.com/">http://www.sambada.com/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:#333333'> For more information about the conference, please visit <a href="http://www.calsalmon.org/undefined/"><span style='color:#6F1010'>www.calsalmon.org</span></a>.</span><span style='color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Heather Reese<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Project Coordinator<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Salmonid Restoration Federation<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(707) 923-7501<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://www.calsalmon.org">www.calsalmon.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:heather@calsalmon.org">heather@calsalmon.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>