41st Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference

Salmonid Restoration Federation produced the 41st Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Santa Rosa, California on March 26 - 29, 2024. The first two days of the conference included technical workshops and field tours. Thursday began with a half-day plenary session and was followed by 1.5 days of technical, biological, and policy-related concurrent sessions. The conference focused on a broad range of salmonid and watershed restoration topics of concern to restoration practitioners, watershed scientists, fisheries biologists, resource agency personnel, and land-use planners.

Workshops:

Forwarding the Fish & Fire Conversation: Where Do We Go From Here?
The Role of Conservation Hatcheries in Salmon Recovery
Nature-like Fishways: Modern Perspectives and Techniques
Community Outreach, Collaboration Tools, and Tribal Engagement Workshop
Realizing a Vision of Multi-benefit Restoration in the Laguna de Santa Rosa/Mark West Creek Watershed

Tours

City of Santa Rosa Urban Creek Tour
Process-Based Restoration in the Uplands — Transforming Fuels to Flows and Willows to Water to Support Healthy Forests, Forage and Fish
Large-scale Restoration in a Dynamic Estuary System: A Tour of the Garcia River Estuary Habitat Enhancement Project
Takeaways Gleaned While Restoring Habitat in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed & Learning About New Projects on the Horizon
Dry Creek Field Tour: Partnerships in Habitat Enhancement and Monitoring for Salmonid Recovery
Napa River Restoration: Mid - Upper Napa River (Oakville to Oak Knoll Reach) Project

Concurrent Sessions:

Aquatic Ecology, Disturbance, and Floodplains.
Beaver and Process-Based Restoration: Opportunities and Obstacles
Fish Passage and Other Intriguing Talks
Lightning Tales: Sharing Stories of Inspiration and Hope
Eel River Dam Removal: Opportunities and Considerations
Did this thing come with instructions? Exploring Engineering Overkill in Restoration
From Groundwater to Streamflow: Exploring the Science, Projects and Policies to Manage Groundwater Resources to Support Streamflows for Salmon and Public Trust Resources
Klamath Dam Removal - Meeting the Moment and Planning for the Future
Accelerating Restoration – Updates and Examples to Help Get the Job Done
Assessing the Patient(s): Status, Trend, and Validation Monitoring to Understand the State of Salmon Populations and Recovery Efforts in Coastal California
Thiamine Deficiency in California Salmon and Steelhead
Oops! I didn't mean to do that. Restoration Endeavors With Unintended Outcomes