[env-trinity] FW: 29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference is fast approaching!!! Please spread the word!

[Byron Leydecker]

From: Heather Reese [mailto:heather at calsalmon.org] 
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 3:09 PM
To: heather at calsalmon.org
Subject: 29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference is fast approaching!!!
Please spread the word!

 

Hello, 

I am writing on behalf of Salmonid Restoration Federation to inform you that
the 29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be held March 23-26,
2011 in San Luis Obispo, CA.

 This is the premier salmon and steelhead restoration conference on th eWest
Coast and features exciting all-day habitat restoration tours, educational
workshops, a Plenary session with prominent fisheries scientists,
legislators, and conservation advocates as well as nine concurrent sessions
focusing on biological, physical, and environmental issues that affect
salmon recovery.

 Attached (and pasted below) is a 70-word blurb that we welcome you to post
in your newsletters or online event calendars. I have also pasted in a
longer full page article that includes more detailed information about the
Conference.

SRF welcomes your participation at the conference and invites you to share
this information with your co-workers, constituents and clients, or in any
online calendar or newsletter. 

Please let us know if you would like to receive any newsletters, which
include the conference agenda and registration packet, or posters. 

 You can see the full agenda of the conference at
http://www.calsalmon.org/pdf/SRF_ConfAgenda_120210_web.pdf

 or view a description of the workshops and field tours at:
 
http://www.calsalmon.org/index.php/registration/wednesday-workshops-a-tours.
html
and
http://www.calsalmon.org/index.php/registration/thursday-workshops-and-tours
.html

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29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference March 23-26, 2011 in San Luis
Obispo, CA

Salmonid Restoration Federation proudly presents the 29th Annual Salmonid
Restoration Conference,March 23-26, 2011 in lovely San Luis Obispo, CA. This
year's  conference includes two full days of workshops and field tours on
fisheries restoration topics, a plenary session featuring prominent keynote
speakers and concurrent sessions focusing on environmental, biological, and
policy issues that affect salmonid recovery. For more detailed information,
please see www.calsalmon.org <http://www.calsalmon.org/>  or contact SRF at
707 923-7501. 

____________________________________________________________________________
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29th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference March 23-26, 2011 in San Luis
Obispo, CA

 Salmonid Restoration Federation will host the 29th Annual Salmonid
Restoration Conference March 23-26, 2011 in San Luis Obispo, California. The
theme of the conference this year is "Restoring Salmonids - Holding the Line
on Species Decline." 

 The Plenary Session will feature Michael Pollock from the Northwest
Fisheries Science Center of NOAA Fisheries, Thomas Williams from the
Southwest Fisheries Science Center of NOAA Fisheries, Congresswoman Lois
Capps, and Paul Jenkin from Surfrider Foundation and the Matilija Coalition.


 This year the conference will feature workshops on topics including Fish
Passage Design & Implementation, Stormwater Pollution Runoff & Water
Quality, Invasive Species Management for Salmonids, and Sustainable Water
Conservation. Field Tours will include tours of the Morro Bay Watershed from
Headwaters to Mouth; a San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande Creek Tour; a
Sustainable Vineyards and Agricultural Practices Tour; an Instream
Structures Tour, and a tour that focuses on reducing sediment delivery and
& road-related erosion control.

 Concurrent sessions include: 

.         On-the-Ground Salmonid Restoration: Obstacles and Opportunities

.         Barrier Identification, Design Criteria, Implementation, and
Project Monitoring to Recover Steelhead

.         Coho Salmon Recovery Efforts

.         Enhancing Instream Flows: Springs, Seeps, and Groundwater Recharge
for Salmonids

.         Salmonid Strongholds: The Key to our Future

.         Climate Change and Salmonids

.         Population Status and Trend Monitoring

.         The Future for California Chinook Salmon - Fisheries, Restoration,
Recovery

.         The Role of Lagoons and Estuaries for Steelhead and Salmon

 Other conference events will include a film social and dinner on Thursday
evening which will show the STRAW documentary
http://www.asimplequestion.org/,  short film clips by Thomas Dunklin
http://www.thomasbdunklin.com/ and Damolition footage by Matt Stoecker. SRF
will host a poster session and reception on Friday night, and a cabaret and
banquet with a Wild Copper River salmon dinner and fantastic Latin dance
band Sambada http://www.sambada.com/

 For more information about the conference, please visit
<http://www.calsalmon.org/undefined/> www.calsalmon.org.

-- 
Heather Reese
Project Coordinator
Salmonid Restoration Federation
(707) 923-7501
www.calsalmon.org
heather at calsalmon.org
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