35th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference

From March 29 - April 1, 2017, Salmonid Restoration Federation produced the 35th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Davis, CA. The theme of the 2017 conference was “Restoring Watersheds and Rebuilding Salmon Runs.”

The Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference has become the largest salmon restoration conference in California. The 35th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference featured over 100 presenters and five field tours to exemplary restoration projects from the Sierra Nevada to the coast, including a legislative tour at the Capitol. The Conference also featured four intensive habitat restoration workshops and nine concurrent sessions.

Field Tours

Watershed Day at the Capitol, a Legislative Tour
Stanislaus River Restoration Sites Rafting Tour
Yolo Bypass and Putah Creek Restoration Projects
Fins, Feathers, Farms and Floodplain Fecundity: Multi-Use Floodplain Projects in the Lower Sacramento Valley
American River Gravel Augmentation and Floodplain Restoration Sites

Workshops

Fish Passage from Tidewater to the Sierra
State of Beaver Restoration in California
What We’ve Learned About West Coast Floodplains: Lessons from the Landscape
Evaluating Instream Habitat Variables and Watershed Conditions to Inform and Prioritize Salmonid Recovery Actions

Concurrent Sessions

Reintroduction of Salmon into their Historic Habitats
Swirling in Sediment and Slowing Fisheries Recovery
Protecting, Connecting, and Re-imagining Floodplain Habitat: Strategies for Restoring the Benefits of Floodplains to Juvenile Salmon
Using Photogrammetric and Aerial Vehicle Technology to Support Salmonid Restoration Planning and Engineering
Central Valley Recovery Planning and Restoration
Reviving the San Joaquin River from Tributaries to the Delta
Hatchery Supplementation: Friend or Foe?
Estimating Juvenile Salmonid Survival Across Diverse Spatio-temporal Scales
Visioning Salmon Recovery — Restoring Ecological Function in the Central Valley’s Working Landscapes through Science, Collaboration, and Structured Decision Making