Field Tour Coordinators: Anna Halligan, Trout Unlimited,  Eel River Watershed Improvement Group; Isaac Mikus, ERWIG; Keith Lackey, Humboldt Redwood Company; Tom Leroy, Pacific Watershed Associates; and Leah Tolley, NOAA Restoration Center
 

Tour attendees will be provided with an overview of the watershed including a description of its geology, fishery assemblages, historic land use impacts, and restoration objectives. The tour will include site visits to three off channel pond restoration features, instream large wood installations, and fish passage barriers.  Discussions will be focused on collaborative restoration efforts, restoration planning at a watershed scale, effectiveness monitoring, how to consider non-native fish, permitting, and much, much more.