Spring-run Chinook Salmon Symposium
July 10-12 in Nevada City, CA

Sponsored by the Salmonid Restoration Federation and the South Yuba River Citizens League

The Salmonid Restoration Federation's 3rd Annual Spring-run Chinook Symposium will be held in Nevada City on July 10 followed by field tours on the Yuba River and Butte Creek on July 11 & 12.

Symposium presentations on Thursday, July 10 include Ecological Perspectives on Spring-run Chinook salmon. Session topics will highlight status of populations and specific recovery opportunities for Central Valley Rivers, and recovery challenges including FERC relicensing, climate change, and resurrecting the Klamath run. Afternoon panels will representatives from DFG, NOAA Fisheries, SYRCL, State Water Board and Conservation Groups will discuss recovery through habitat expansion, water supply, and water quality improvements.

Field tours on Friday, July 11 and Saturday, July 12 will include a Yuba River float, site visits to the Bear-River Feather Set-back Project by way of the Lower Yuba, a Restoration thru Relicensing Driving Tour, Snorkeling Investigations of the South Yuba River, and a Butte Creek tour of Spring-run Fish Populations.

Cost: Symposium and field tour costs are between $105-135 depending on advanced registration which closes on June 15. For scholarship opportunities or work trade in exchange for registration fees please contact the South Yuba River Citizens League at 530-265-5961 or Heather Reese, Project Coordinator at 707-923-7501.

For more information and registration questions contact:
Heather Reese, Project Coordinator
Salmonid Restoration Federation
707-923-7501
heather AT calsalmon.org
http://www.calsalmon.org/