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. Register Online Now!

Session 1 - 8:30 A.M. - 10 A.M., (Alki Room)

Saving Puget Sound by 2020: The path forward
David Dicks, Puget Sound Partnership

Restoring Puget Sound: What will it take?
John Lombard, Steward and Associates

Session 6 - 8:30 A.M. - 10 A.M., (Alki Room)

Three emerging roles for genetics in Pacific salmon recovery: Harvest management, habitat restoration, and hatchery/wild interactions
Paul Moran, National Marine Fisheries Service

Estuary and marine migration and habitat use of Puget Sound salmon and trout
Fred Goetz, US Army Corps of Engineers

Session 11 - 8:30 A.M. - 10 A.M., (Alki Room)

An introduction to Washington State Department of Wildlife's stream habitat restoration guidelines (SHRG)
Patrick Klavas, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Design considerations for successful habitat restoration projects
Chris Brummer, Jose Carrasquero, Ian Mostrenko, Herrera Environmental Consultants

Intro to Aquatic Toxicology: Understanding impacts of organic chemicals and metals on salmonid populations (short course)

Ruth Harper, Western Washington University

Taylor Creek stream relocation and wetland restoration project (field trip) and Raging River floodplain restoration project: First year response to levee removal

Dan Eastman & John Bethel, King County

Design considerations for successful habitat restoration projects (field trip)

Chris Brummer, Jose Carrasquero, Ian Mostrenko, Herrera Environmental Consultants

Restoration of salt marsh and riparian habitat at Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA (field trip)

Sherrie Duncan & Colin Wagoner, Ridolfi, Inc., Jen Steger, NOAA, and John O'Loughlin, City of Tacoma

Session 2 - 10:15 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, (Alki Room)

The West Coast in 2100: An alternative futures perspective on salmon recovery
Robert Lackey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & Oregon State University

Sustaining living systems: Reconnecting ecology and economy
James R. Karr, University of Washington

Session 7 - 10:15 A.M. - 11:45 A.M., (Alki Room)

Toxic runoff to salmon habitats: major findings from the NOAA Coastal Storms Program
Nat Scholz, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries

Effects of environmental contaminant exposure on salmonid fertility and overall spawning success
Irvin Schultz, Battelle PNNL - Marine Sciences Lab

Session 12 - 10:15 A.M. - 11:45 A.M., (Alki Room)

Washington's HCP for Private Forests: Is the Adaptive Managment Program Working?
Peter Goldman and Chris Mendoza, Washington Forest Law Center

Integration of cost-benefit analysis and risk assessment into habitat restoration
Tim Abbe, ENTRIX, Inc.

Session 3A - 1:15 P.M. - 2:30 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Alki Room)

Recovering Salmonid Ecosystems - 4-H Integration
Heather Bartlett , WDFW

How are salmon survival and recovery faring in the courts?
Patti Goldman, Earth Justice

Session 8A - 1:00 P.M. - 2:15 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Alki Room)

The influence of biological and physical factors on pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) recolonization in the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
George Pess, Northwest Fisheries Science Center - NOAA Fisheries

Chum and Pink salmon in the Green River: An unquantified success and the problems that success spawns
Hal Michael, Fish Biologist

Recolonization of the Cedar River by Pacific Salmon: reconnecting a fragmented river landscape
Peter Kiffney, Northwest Fisheries Science Center - NOAA Fisheries

Session 13A - 1:00 P.M. - 2:15 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Alki Room)

Restoring the beaches of Puget Sound: Two promising practical applications in Everett, WA -
Jon Houghton, Pentec Environmental/Hart Crowser, Inc.

Predator fish monitoring at installed large wood structures–Sammamish River Habitat Enhancement Projects
Jim Shannon, David Evans and Associates

Session 3B - 1:15 P.M. - 2:30 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Olympic Room)

Application of the Shiraz salmon population dynamics model in support of conservation planning in the Interior Columbia River Basin
Jon Honea, NOAA Fisheries

Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) spawning habitat rehabilitation in a regulated California stream
Joseph E. Merz, Cramer Fish Sciences

Session 8B - 1:00 P.M. - 2:15 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Olympic Room)

Using the All-H Analyzer (AHA) Model to advance H-integration in the Snohomish Basin
Janne Kaje, King County Water & Land Resources Division

Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program in the Upper Columbia Basin
Pamela Nelle, Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board

Session 13B - 1:00 P.M. - 2:15 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Olympic Room)

Yakima Side Channels Project - Protection and restoration of side-channel habitat for fish
Kelly Larimer, Yakama Nation/Yakima Klickitat Fisheries Project

Wanapum Dam Advanced Hydro Turbine Upgrade Project: Passage survival and condition of yearling Chinook salmon through an existing and advanced hydro turbine at Wanapum Dam, Mid-Columbia River, USA
Thomas J Dresser Jr, Public Utility District No 2 of Grant County

Session 4A - 2:45 P.M. - 4:00 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Alki Room)

Southern resident killer whales and salmon: A status update
Lynne Barre, NOAA Fisheries

ESA Section 7 consultations: How to streamline the process and produce better environmental outcomes
Michael Grady, NOAA

Session 9A - 2:30 P.M. - 3:45 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Alki Room)

Life history diversity in Pacific Salmon: causes, consequences, and conservation
Correigh Greene, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries

Use of stream habitat surveys to predict rearing capacity for juvenile Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to estimate potential gains prior to restoration activities and evaluate the effects of changes in stream flow
Ian Courter, Cramer Fish Sciences

Session 14A - 2:30 P.M. - 3:45 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Alki Room)

Restoration of freshwater marsh and riparian habitat at Turning Basin No. 3 on the Duwamish River
Colin Wagoner, Ridolfi, Inc.

Restoration of salt marsh and riparian habitat at the Olympic View Triangle Site on Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA
Sherrie Duncan, Ridolfi, Inc.

Session 4B - 2:45 P.M. - 4:00 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Olympic Room)

Evidence for the existence of a native population of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and subsequent introgression with introduced populations in the Lake Washington watershed
Ingrid Spies, NOAA Fisheries

Timber harvest influences the ecological roles of salmon in southeast Alaska streams
Scott Tiegs, University of Notre Dame

Session 9B - 2:30 P.M. - 3:45 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Olympic Room)

Use of fine-scale continuous acoustic tracking to evaluate behavior and habitat use of Chinook salmon smolts in the Lake Washington system
Mark Celedonia, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board reach-scale effectiveness monitoring program
Chris James, Tetra Tech EC Inc.

Session 14B - 2:30 P.M. - 3:45 P.M., (Concurrent Session - Olympic Room)

Identifying and prioritizing tributaries for conservation in the Hoh River Basin, WA
James Starr, Wild Salmon Center

Cooperative and market-based instream flow restoration
Amanda Cronin, Washington Water Trust

Refreshment Break - Capnote Session Begins (Alki Room)

Session 5 - 4:15 P.M. - 5:00 P.M., (Alki Room)

Climate change, salmon interactions, and implications for salmon recovery
Gregory T. Ruggerone, Natural Resources Consultants, Inc.

Session 10 - 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M., (Alki Room)

Salmon, wildlife and wine: The non-conventional valuation of a keystone species
Joseph E. Merz, Cramer Fish Sciences

Session 15 - 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M., (Alki Room)

Ecological and evolutionary effects of climate change on Snake River Chinook and Columbia River sockeye salmon
Lisa Crozier, NOAA Fisheries