April 29 - May 2, 2025
Sessions at the 42nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Klamath Dam Removal - Lessons Learned as a River is Reborn
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Session Coordinators: Bob Pagliuco, Marine Habitat Resource Specialist, NOAA Fisheries Restoration Center; and Mike Belchik Sr. Water Policy Analyst, Yurok Tribe
Salmon and Climate Change: Advancing a Climate-resilient Recovery Approach for Pacific Salmon
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Session Coordinators: Shaara Ansley, Long Live the Kings, and Sherri Norris, California Indian Environmental Alliance (CIEA)
Room to Roam: Floodplains and the Central Valley
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Room to Roam: Floodplains and the Central Valley
Urban Rivers and Creeks
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Reconnecting Communities to the San Lorenzo River: Equity, Education, and Stewardship
Session Coordinator: Sam Adelson, Coastal Watershed Council, Santa Cruz, CA
Friday, May 2, 2025
Landscape-Scale Process Based Restoration for Forests, Floodplains and Fish
9:00am - 12:15pm
Session Coordinators: Carrie Monohan, Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians; Ben Cook, Trout Unlimited; and Karen Pope, Pacific Southwest Research Station USDA
Needle in a Haystack – Innovative Approaches to Monitoring of Rare Salmonids
9:00am - 12:15pm
Session Coordinator: Matt Peterson, FISHBIO
Spring-run Monitoring, Modeling, and Coordinated Data Management: Building Tools to Guide and Track Recovery
9:00am - 12:15pm
Session Coordinator: Brett Harvey and Pete Nelson, California Department of Water Resources
From Groundwater to Streamflow: Scaling Up Strategies, Models, and Datasets for Salmonid Success
9:00am - 5:00pm
Session Coordinators: David Dralle, US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, and Monty Schmitt, The Nature Conservancy
Science Meets Policy
9:00am - 12:15pm
Session Coordinators: Kam Bezdek and Analise Rivero, California Trout
Dams Out: The Next Rivers Poised for Reconnection in CA
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Session Coordinator: Charlie Schneider, Cal Trout, Lost Coast Project Manager
Using Drones for Fisheries Management and Restoration
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Session Coordinator: Eric Ettlinger, Marin Water
The Role of Meadows in Water-Fire-Fish Processes Across the Landscape
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Session Coordinator: Emily Cooper-Hertel, Klamath Meadows Partnership and Jay Stallman, Senior Geomorphologist, Stillwater Sciences
Progress in Measuring and Predicting Salmonid Habitat in Bar-Built Estuaries
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Session Coordinator: Dane Behrens, PhD, PE, Environmental Science Associates