Deep Roots — Celebrating 40 Years of Watershed Restoration
April 25 - 28, 2023
20+ Years of Restoration on the Trinity River: What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go From Here?
28 April 2023
1:30pm - 5:00pm
Session Coordinators:
Mike Dixon, Executive Director, Trinity River Restoration Program, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Kyle de Juilio, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department
The twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Department of Interior’s groundbreaking Record of Decision which established the multiagency Trinity River Restoration Program passed quietly and unheralded during the height of the pandemic. However, these last few years have uncovered important findings about successes and remaining challenges with restoring the physical and ecological processes of healthy a Trinity River that are anything but mundane.
This session will delve into recent findings related to juvenile salmon growth and performance, stream temperature management, and the importance of managing for a balanced sediment supply. It will also highlight novel approaches to mimic more natural hydrology in dam regulated rivers, and showcase recent evolution of on-the-ground restoration design and construction.
Mike Dixon, Executive Director, Trinity River Restoration Program, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Kyle de Juilio, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department
The twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Department of Interior’s groundbreaking Record of Decision which established the multiagency Trinity River Restoration Program passed quietly and unheralded during the height of the pandemic. However, these last few years have uncovered important findings about successes and remaining challenges with restoring the physical and ecological processes of healthy a Trinity River that are anything but mundane.
This session will delve into recent findings related to juvenile salmon growth and performance, stream temperature management, and the importance of managing for a balanced sediment supply. It will also highlight novel approaches to mimic more natural hydrology in dam regulated rivers, and showcase recent evolution of on-the-ground restoration design and construction.
Focusing Trinity River Science – A Plan for Addressing Key Uncertainties,
Darcy Pickard, Principal, Pickard Environmental
Darcy Pickard, Principal, Pickard Environmental
From Rock Piles to Riparian: Recovering Riparian Function and Vegetation on the Trinity River, CA,
John Bair, Riparian Ecologist, McBain Associates
John Bair, Riparian Ecologist, McBain Associates
Evolution of Tributary Junctions and Their Capacity for Rearing Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) on a Regulated River,
Todd Buxton, Physical Scientist, Bureau of Reclamation
Todd Buxton, Physical Scientist, Bureau of Reclamation
Assessing Salmon Rearing Habitat with Physical Capacity and Flow Durations in the Trinity River,
Emily Cooper-Hertel, Fish Biologist, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department
Emily Cooper-Hertel, Fish Biologist, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department
Quantifying the Morphologic Underpinnings of Salmonid Habitat,
David Gaeuman, Geomorphologist, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department.
David Gaeuman, Geomorphologist, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department.
Synthesizing 87 years of Scientific Inquiry into Trinity River Water Temperatures,
Seth Naman, Fish Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service
Seth Naman, Fish Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service
Opportunities for Restoring Ecosystem Function and Phenological Synchronicity Through Flow Management on the Trinity River, CA,
Ken Lindke, Fish Biologist, California Department of Fish & Wildlife
Ken Lindke, Fish Biologist, California Department of Fish & Wildlife