Please join us for an afternoon webinar to learn about the history and current status of our local salmon, and to meet our monitoring team. In the first hour, we will present a summary of the ongoing effort by California Sea Grant, Sonoma Water, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, and many other partners to monitor and recover endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead populations in the Russian River watershed, including an overview of the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program. You will hear from the people who are on the ground spearheading this effort for each of the four organizations present. The last half hour will be an optional Q & A session with all speakers, so please bring your questions and comments.
To learn more about this project, please visit California Sea Grant's Russian River Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program page.
Host
Sarah Nossaman, Watershed Scientist
California Sea Grant
Salmon & Steelhead Monitoring Program
Speakers
Derek Acomb, Environmental Scientist
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
Russian River Resource Assessment & Restoration
Zac Reinstein, Fish Biologist
California Sea Grant
Salmon & Steelhead Monitoring Program
Ben White, Lead Fisheries Biologist
US Army Corps of Engineers
Hatchery Component, Broodstock Program
Aaron Johnson, Environmental Specialist
Sonoma Water
Agenda
3:30 - 3:35 Introduction (Sarah)
3:35 - 3:50 Brief history of Russian River coho salmon and the Captive Broodstock Program (Ben)
3:50 - 4:05 Coho salmon monitoring and trends (Zac)
4:05 - 4:15 Implementing the Coastal Monitoring Program in the Russian River watershed (Aaron)
4:15 - 4:30 CA Department of Fish & Wildlife monitoring activities and salmon recovery actions (Derek)
4:30 - 5:00 Question & answer session