40th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference

In 2023, Salmonid Restoration Federation produced the 40th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Fortuna, California. The first two days of the conference included technical workshops and field tours. Thursday began with a half-day plenary session 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:

Healthy Fire, Healthy Fish: Fates Intertwined, Strategies Aligned
Flow Enhancement Workshop
The Future Is Now: How To Use Practical Remote Sensing Tools To Gain New Perspectives In River Restoration And Watershed Assessment
California Lamprey Considerations for People Restoring Streams Workshop and Field Tour

Tours:

Cooperative Restoration Partnerships in the Van Duzen River Watershed
Habitat Restoration Projects in the Lower Mattole River
Humboldt Bay Estuary Restoration Field Tour
Process-based Restoration & Effectiveness Monitoring in McGarvey Creek
Securing a Stronghold: Different Approaches for Design and Collaborative Process in Prairie Creek and Redwood Creek Restoration Projects
Changing Tides; Managing CDFW Lands for Marsh, Slough, and Dune Habitat in the Eel River Estuary
Elk River Stewardship: A Watershed-Scale Remediation and Restoration Program

Sessions:

Large-scale Fisheries Habitat Restoration in Working Landscapes
Fish Passage Design and Implementation Lessons Learned
Modeling Salmonid Habitat: Stream State, Forest Conditions, and Future Climates
Approaches to Build Trust and Engage Our Diverse Communities
Riparian Corridors, the Link Between Upland and Instream Restoration
Evolving Policies and Tools to Advance Salmon Restoration: Flows, Cannabis, and Funding Opportunities
The Eel River: A River of Opportunity with Implications Beyond Its Basin
Cal-PBR Network: Process-based Restoration in a Changing Climate
Accelerating Restoration – New Tools to Get the Job Done
Please May I Get Upstream? Reintroducing Extirpated Salmon Runs Upstream of Dams
20+ Years of Restoration on the Trinity River: What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go From Here?
Planning and Evaluation of Dam Removal, Salmon Recovery, and Habitat Restoration