Tuesday, July 26 at Chico Masonic Lodge Main Room
8-9am Registration
9am Orientation Presentations
The Evolutionary Basis of Premature Migration in Pacific Salmon Provides Insights into Conservation and Restoration, Michael Miller, Ph.D., UC Davis
Closing the Loop: Floodplains and Full Life History Management of Spring-run Chinook, Jacob Katz, Ph.D., Cal Trout
10am-noon Monitoring and Status of Spring-run Chinook Reports
Mill, Deer, and Antelope Creeks Monitoring Status Reports, Matt Johnson, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Movement and Survival Rates of Wild Chinook Salmon Smolts from Mill Creek to the San Francisco Bay 2013 – 2015, Jeremy Notch, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Movement and Survival Rates of Butte Creek Spring-run Chinook Salmon Smolts from the Sutter Bypass to the San Francisco Bay, Flora Cordonleani, Ph.D., Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Clear Creek and Battle Creek Spring-run Restoration Actions and Population Status, Matt Brown, Clear Creek and Battle Creek Program, Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Spring-run Chinook Population Trends on the Upper Klamath, Trinity, and Salmon River, Mike Belchik, Senior Scientist, Yurok Tribe
Panel Discussion facilitated by Mike Berry, Department of Water Resources
Noon-1pm Lunch
1-2:45pm Enhancing Instream Flows for Spring-run Chinook Presentations and Panel Discussions:
Evaluating Passage Conditions and Instream Flows for Salmonids in Lower Deer and Mill Creeks, Diane Haas, Instream Flow Program, California Department of Fish & Wildlife
Management of Storage and Instream Flow for Holding Spring-run Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Butte Creek, Butte County, CA, Catalina Reyes, Pacific Gas & Electric
Managing Water for Instream Flow Enhancement, Matt Clifford, California Water Project, Trout Unlimited
Mill Creek Instream Flow Tools, Gregg Werner, The Nature Conservancy
3-5pm Translating Research & Studies Into Implementation and Recovery Actions Presentations and Panel Discussions
Segregation and Selective Passage: an Effective but Underutilized Approach for Advancing the Recovery of Central Valley Spring Chinook, Brad Cavallo, President, Senior Scientist, Cramer Fish Sciences
"A Call For Action” — Implementing Restoration Projects for Spring Run Chinook in the Klamath River Basin, David J. Bandrowski, Yurok Tribe
Restoration in the Sacramento Valley—Tipping the Scale toward Recovery, Eric M. Ginney, Environmental Science Associates
Wednesday, July 27 Concurrent Field Tours
Upper Butte Creek Hydroelectric and Spring Run Holding Habitat Tour, Catalina Reyes, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Allen Harthorn, Friends of Butte Creek
Salmon and Steelhead Passage in Lower Deer, Mill, and Antelope Creeks, Jay Stallman, Stillwater Sciences, and Gregg Werner, The Nature Conservancy
Thursday, July 28 Concurrent Field Tours
Clear Creek Spring Chinook Restoration Tour, Matt Brown, Clear Creek and Battle Creek Program, Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Instream Flow Evaluation of Upstream Spring-run Chinook Salmon Passage through Lower Butte Creek, Bill Cowan, State Water Planning, Instream Flow Program, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Tracy McReynolds and Clint Garman, CDFW