This regional conference provides participants with current fisheries science, regulatory updates, and innovative strategies for assessment, restoration, and monitoring of salmonid populations and their habitat. It is a gathering for professionals working to restore healthy salmonid populations. The conference agenda is comprised of presentations from leading scientists, policy makers, and practitioners from throughout the Western U.S. and Canada.

Salmon Sustainability Lens: Volunteer Community Knowledge Transfer (KT) Is Making a Difference for Salmon in the Wild
Dianne Ramage, Pacific Salmon Foundation

More Water for Fish: Opportunities For Tribal Participation in State Water Right Proceedings: A Case Study - The Lake Tapps Case
Jennifer Sanscainte, Short, Cressman & Burgess, PLLC

If We Build It, Will They Come? Managing Salmon Spawner Escapements for Maximum Ecological, Social, and Economic Benefits
E. Eric Knudsen, Sustainable Fisheries Foundation

Puget Sound Partnership: An Update on the Action Agenda, Salmon Recovery Efforts, and the Future of the Sound
Joseph Ryan, Salmon Recovery Director, Puget Sound Partnership

Estimating Biological Benefits and Cost-Effectiveness of Salmon Recovery Actions Across the H's (Hatcheries, Harvest, Habitat and Hydropower)
Michelle McClure & Mark Plummer, NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

NOAA Habitat Reinvestment and Recovery Act Selection Process
Jennifer Steger, NOAA Restoration Center

Lessons Learned from an Ongoing Study into Marine and Freshwater Survival of Endangered Salmon Populations
John Robb, Kintama Research Corp.

The Mumbai Slum Fallacy for Coho Salmon Habitat Characterization
Peter Johnsen, National Marine Fisheries Service

Alluvial Landscape Response to Climate Change in Glacial Rivers and the Implications to River Restoration
Tim Abbe, ENTRIX, Inc.
Paul Kennard, Mt. Rainier National Park

Development of a New Method for the Determination of Imidacloprid Residues in Juvenile Chinook Using ELISA Detection
John Frew, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Potential Effects of Climate Change on Juvenile Salmonids
Eva Enders, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Survey of Imaging Sonar Applications for Population and Habitat Assessment
Ed Belcher, SoundMetrics Corp.

Monitoring Reproductive Success of Hatchery-reared Steelhead and Spring Chinook in Northeast Oregon Supplementation Systems
Ewann Bernston, NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Tracking Recovery Progress Online: A Planning and Outreach Tool
Derek Van Marter, Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board

Designing Riffles and Pools - New Approaches
Rocko Brown, Philip Williams & Associates

Strategies for Restoring California Coho Salmon Populations
Stephen Swales, Department of Fish & Game

New Guidance for Endangered Species Act (ESA) Consultations: Stormwater Effects Analysis, Pile Driving Effects and Noise Attenuation, and Indirect Effects from Local Development
Michael Grady, NOAA Fisheries

Restoring the Health of the Skokomish River Through the Reestablishment of the Natural Flow Regime in the North Fork
Dave Herrera, Skokomish Indian Tribe

Chinook Life History Patterns and Recovery in the Skokomish Basin: The Key to Recovery

Larry Lestelle, Biostream Environmental

StreamBank: Restoration Simplified
Suzanne Greene, The Freshwater Trust

Restoring Puget Sound Spits in the Presence and Absence of Physical Geomorphic Processes and Sediment Supply: Case-Specific Applications and Technologies.
Jose Carrasquero, Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Jeff Parson, Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Making Small-Scale Community-Based Restoration Work
Brian Ferrasci-O'Malley, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Farms and Flows: Incentive Based River and Stream Restoration
Meghan Lena, Washington Rivers Conservancy

Temporal Variability and Trends in Instream Habitat: Implications for Monitoring
Robert Al-Chokhachy, USDA Forest Service

Functions Follows Form - So How Do We Restore Port Gardner?
John Houghton, Pentec Environmental/Hart Crowser, Inc.

The Beaver Solution: A Natural Water Storage and Salmon Habitat Restoration Option for Eastern Washington
Brian Walker, The Lands Council

Year Eight Revelations From a Milan Project: Measured Channel Wood Production Rates, in Small, Steep Stream Channels, Columbia River Basin
Charles Chesney, Washington Department of Natural Resources

The Ecological Trap Model Applied to Coho Salmon in the Shasta River
Carson Jeffres, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Unintended Consequences of a Large-scale Captive Breeding Program: Impacts of Hatchery Supplementation on Population Dynamics of Threatened Chinook Salmon
Eric Buhle, NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Relative Survival of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Passing Spill Bays with Deep and Shallow Flow Deflectors at Bonneville Dam
Gene Ploskey, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Salmon, Wildlife and Wine:
The Non-conventional Valuation of a Keystone Species*
Joe Merz, Cramer Fish Sciences

San Joaquin River Restoration: Managing Limited Water Supplies for Successful Restoration
Stephen Ottenmoeller, Friant Water Authority, Fresno, California

Design and Implementation of an Incremental Restoration Plan of the Upper Quinault River Valley, WA
Tim Abbe, ENTRIX, Inc.
Bill Armstrong, Quinault Department of Fisheries

3:50 PM - 4:00 PM - Second Afternoon Break - Capstone Session Begins

Effects of Climate Variation and River Regulation on Salmonid Embryo Development and Survival at the Southern Extent of their Range
Joe Merz, Cramer Fish Sciences

Effectiveness Monitoring of Habitat Restoration Projects in the Columbia River Estuary
Micah Russell, Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce

The Klamath Dams: The End of an Era
Eric Ginney, Philip Williams & Associates

$495/$435*

Intended Audience: Biologists, ecologists, planners, engineers, regulators, tribal representatives, research scientists, lawyers, elected officials, land owners, and nonprofit groups.

Materials: Each attendee will receive a binder containing session proceedings.

Credit: 2.1 continuing education units (CEUs), or 0.7 CEUs per day.

You may register online or by calling the Northwest Environmental Training Center at 206-762-1976.

Rate Per Day

$250/$195*

REGISTER ONLINE

*Reduced tuition is available for Native American tribes; government employees; nonprofits; students; and NAEP, NEBC, NWAP members.

Group discounts are also available for those registering three or more people. For more information, call us at 206-762-1976.