Stream Restoration Success II - 5/4/11

Novato City Hall, Novato

901 Sherman Ave., Novato
8:45 am - 3:30 pm

The practice, science, and art of stream stewardship and restoration have evolved over the last 30 plus years.  Local and state researchers and practitioners have identified additional opportunities and challenges for successful stream restoration projects and watershed management.  This includes the use of monitoring to learn from past efforts and improve future projects.  As a follow-up to the first Stream Restoration Success short course in 2006, the presenters shared their experiences and lessons learned through the evolution of conservation practices.  Presenters also compared short and long-term outcomes at restored sites for habitat use, restoration genetics, water quality, invasive species and other ecosystem services.

Speakers and Presentations:

• Paul Sheffer (NRCS) & Liza Prunuske (PCI)
  30 Years of Evolving Conservation Practices
• Charlette Epifanio (NRCS) & Nancy Scolari (Marin RCD)
  50 Years of Partnerships & Implementations
• Kenneth Tate (UC Davis)
  Maintaining and Restoring Riparian Areas In Grazed Ecosystems
• Kate Sullivan (Humboldt Redwood Co.)
  Road Restoration Effectiveness and Interactions with Soil Types
• Gregory Andrew (MMWD)
  Fish Response to Restoration in Walker & Lagunitas Creeks
• Nathaniel Seavy & Thomas Gardali (PRBO Conservation Science)
  Improving the Feedback Loop: a riparian restoration bird report card for landowners in Marin
• Chris Friedel (National Park Service)
  Redwood Creek Restoration at Muir Beach: multiple objectives for landscape scale restoration
• Leslie Ferguson (San Francisco Bay RWQCB)
  Funding AND Monitoring---Cobbling it Together
• Michael Lennox (UC Cooperative Extension)
  Riparian Zone Monitoring Plan
• Daniel Gluesenkamp (Audubon Canyon Ranch)
  Success Forever? Building strategies and systems for tending over the long-term
• Thomas Gardali & Nathaniel Seavy (PRBO Conservation Science)
  Doing Restoration in a Climate Change Context: examples for riparian systems