Room to Roam: Floodplains and the Central Valley

42nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference

Wiggle, Elevate, Connect: Partitioning the Effects of Increased Aquifer Size, Channel Realignment, and Floodplain Reconnection on Streambed Exchange in a Large Scale Channel Restoration, Byron Amerson, MS, Environmental Science Associates

Challenges and Lessons Learned Designing Floodplain Rearing Habitat on Central Valley Rivers, Paul Frank, P.E., CED, FlowWest

Restored Seasonally Inundated Habitat Supports Juvenile Salmonid Rearing and Growth in California Central Valley Rivers, Kirsten Sellheim, M.S., Cramer Fish Sciences

Effects of Predator Density on Predation Rates of Juvenile Salmon in Managed Agricultural Floodplains, Peter Aronson, University of California, Davis Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology

Bringing the Floodplain to Life: Big Notch and Multi-Scale Restoration Efforts in the Yolo Bypass, Dennis Finger and Brandy Smith, California Department of Water Resources

Butte Creek Floodplain Reconnection and Channel Restoration, Allen Harthorn, MS, Friends of Butte Creek

Multiple Years of Genetic Monitoring of Central Valley Juvenile Chinook Yields Valuable New Insights into Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Adult Reproductive Success, Jeff Rodzen, PhD, California Department of Fish and Wildlife