Conservation and restoration efforts of the Middle Sacramento River have been ongoing for 25 years! To celebrate accomplishments and share lessons learned, The Nature Conservancy and the USFWS Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge hosted a two-day science conference (June 3-4, 2013).
The following posters are available to download.
The following is a list of conference presentations, many of which can be downloaded as pdf slideshows.
| Introduction |
| Stacy Cepello (DWR) | Welcoming Remarks |
| Wildlife Response to Restoration |
| Vasilissa Derugin (SFSU), Gretchen Lebuhn (SFSU), Joe Silveira (USFWS), Greg Golet (TNC), and Edward Connor (SFSU) | Response of large mammalian predators to riparian corridor restoration in the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge |
| Michelle Gilbert, Nathaniel Seavy, Thomas Gardali and Catherine Hickey (PRBO Conservation Science for all) | Regional monitoring of restoration outcomes on the Sacramento: The Central Valley floodplain forest bird survey |
| Nathaniel Seavy (PRBO), Renee Cormier (PRBO), Jessica Hammond (UCSC), Joe Silveira (USFWS) and Greg Golet (TNC) | Effects of vegetation structure and grazing on wintering bird communities of the Sacramento River floodplains |
| Scott Gregory (North State Resources) | Small mammal use of grazed and un-grazed restored native grassland and shrub habitats along the Sacramento River |
| Birds and River Process |
| Steven Greco (UC Davis) | Modeling Yellow-billed Cuckoo habitat change from 1952 and 1987 on the Sacramento River (RM155-234) |
| Mark Dettling and Nathaniel Seavy (PRBO for both) | Yellow-billed Cuckoos along the Sacramento River: No evidence for population responses to riparian forest restoration |
| Eric Larsen (UCD) and Frank Poulsen (ESSA Technologies) | Possible links between Bank Swallow habitat, population decline and meander migration rates, and the potential implication for management |
| Ron Melcer Jr. and Adam Henderson (CDWR for both) | Bank Swallow response to rock revetment removal on the Sacramento River |
| Sturgeon and Salmon |
| Robert Chase (USBR) and Alicia Seeholtz (CDWR) | Site fidelity and emigration of adult green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) in the middle Sacramento River |
| Bill Poytress (USFWS), Richard Corwin (USBR--retired) and Michael Thomas (UCD) | North American green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) impact mitigation measures in the upper Sacramento River, California |
| James Earley, Matthew Brown and C. Michael Schraml (USFWS for all) | What moves you? Clear Creek juvenile salmon 24-hour passage timing studies 2012-2013 |
| Diane Coulon and Colin Purdy (CDFW for both) | Timing and composition of juvenile salmonid emigration in the Sacramento River near Moulton Weir and near Tisdale Weir |
| Bill Poytress (USFWS) | 2012 Juvenile Winter Chinook Outmigration: Is This Year Any Difference? |
| Programs and Projects |
| Michael Bradbury (CDWR) and Kelley Barker (CDFW) | Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) Conservation Strategy for the Sacramento River watershed, California |
| Helen Swagerty, Thomas Grigggs and Michael Rogner (River Partners for all) | Riparian Sanctuary: Using multiple science disciplines to design grass roots solution for agricultural and environmental interests |
| Marc Hoshovsky (CDWR) | Central Valley Flood System Conservation Strategy |
| Aric Lester and Adam Henderson (CDWR) | Applying Sacramento River Conservation Area concepts and our understanding of natural river process in the feasibility study for the Kopta Slough project |
| Horticultural Restoration |
| Thomas Griggs, Jessica Hammond (River Partners for both) | Long-term monitoring and ecological performance of horticultural riparian restoration along the Sacramento River |
| Karen Holl (UCSC), Jessica Hammond (UCSC), Prarie Moore (Natural Resources Management Corp.), Charles McClain (HT Harvey and Assoc.) and David Wood (CSUC) | Long-term restoration of riparian understory species over large spatial scales |
| Michael Rogner and Thomas Grigggs (River Partners for both) | Tipping the balance: Using natives to combat weeds and promote ecological resilience of riparian restoration |
| Adrian Frediani (TNC) and Joe Silveira (USFWS) | Wildflower restoration at the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge |
| Climate/River Process |
| Thomas Gardali, Nathaniel Seavy, John Parodi, Leia Giambastiani and Stephanie Nelson (PRBO for all) | Climate-smart ecological restoration: framework and lessons learned from a coastal California stream |
| Virginia Matzek (Santa Clara University) | Carbon pools and carbon credits along a restoration chronosequence |
| Thomas Griggs (River Partners) and Stephan Lorenzato (Riparian Habitat Joint Venture and CDWR) | Riparian vegetation structure and flood management |
| John Stella (State University of New York), Jess Riddle (State University of New York), and John Battles (UCB) | Coevolving floodplain and riparian forest dynamics on the middle Sacramento River, California |
| Using Ecological Indicators to Assess Progress Inform Conservation Strategies |
| Greg Golet (TNC) and 20 others | Successes, failures and suggested future directions for ecosystem restoration of the middle Sacramento River, California |
| Ryan A. Luster (TNC) and Clint Alexander (ESSA Technologies) | The Ecological Flows Tool: Using ecological indicators to support resource management decisions |
| Holly Jorgensen (Sacramento River Watershed Program) and Stephen McCord (McCord Environmental, Inc.) | A Regional monitoring program for the Sacramento River watershed: Objectives, benefits and challenges |
| Joeseph Silveira and Kelly Moroney (USFWS for both) | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan: Implementing Objectives for the wildlife and habitat goal |