39th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference

In 2022, Salmonid Restoration Federation produced the 39th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Santa Cruz, 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. This conference focused on a broad range of salmonid and watershed restoration topics of concern to restoration practitioners, watershed scientists, fisheries biologists, resource agency personnel, land-use planners, and landowners.

Plenary Session

Salmon Fishing, More than a Sport: How Salmon are Vital to Native American Culture, Health, and Prosperity, Brook Thompson, Native Scholar

Adapting to Increasing Drought Intensity: Recommendations for Reform in Policies and Practice, Jeffrey Mount, Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California

Answering the Question Most of Us are Afraid to Ask in Southern Salmon Restoration: Why Bother?, Sean A. Hayes, PhD, NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Protecting and Restoring California's Ocean Ecosystems, Margaret Spring, Chief Conservation and Science Officer, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Field Tours

Los Padres Fish Passage Projects
Rancho Cañada Restoration Project
Salmonid Recovery in the San Lorenzo River
It Takes a Watershed: Fisheries Recovery in the Butano / Pescadero Watershed
18 Years of Managing Mountain Bikes, Sediment, and Legacy Logging to Improve Salmonid Habitat
Scott Creek Field Tour: Ground Zero for Central California Coast Coho Salmon Recovery

Workshops

California Environmental Flows Framework (half-day workshop)
Fish Passage Workshop and Corralitos tour
Restoration Approaches to Instream Large Wood Augmentation
Low-Tech Process-based Restoration with Beaver and Wood: Jump-Starting Structurally Starved Streams Workshop

Concurrent Sessions

Artificial Intelligence and eDNA: Emerging Technologies in Salmonid Monitoring
Seascape Ecology: Growth, Survival, and Foraging in the California Current
Approaches for Management and Restoration of Coastal Central Lagoons
Lightning Tales Where Wisdom Sails
Managing Non-native Predatory Fish in California’s Salmon Bearing Streams
Hydrologic Management for the Anthropocene
Mountain Meadows: Restoring Functions in Headwater Catchments under Changing Climate and Wildfire Regimes
Creating Opportunities for Community Involvement to Address Common Urban Streams Management Issues
Opportunities for Collaboration: Tools and Initiatives for Increasing Our Collective Impact
Considering Life-History Variation in Salmonid Restoration
Drought Response: Identifying the Science, Policies and Projects Needed to Protect Fisheries and Water Resources in a Drying Climate
Beyond Physical Habitat: The Importance of Prey Availability and Productivity in Recovering Imperiled Salmonid Populations
Climate, Habitat, and Genetic Factors Influencing Salmonid Success