ESA is pleased to sponsor, present, and attend this year’s 42nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Santa Cruz, California, from April 29 – May 2, 2025, hosted by the Salmonid Restoration Federation. ESA is participating with the City of Santa Cruz to help guide a tour of various projects along the San Lorenzo River. Don’t miss our experts at our scheduled workshops and technical sessions, where we will share about our work leading collaborative project design and implementation, and successful tribal engagement.
ESA’s team of hydrology, biology, and restoration design specialists will be attending the conference this year and we look forward to connecting with you.
Dane Behrens, PhD, PE
Eric Ginney
Byron Amerson
Paul Bergman
Justin Gragg
Melissa Carter
Robin Hoffman
We’ll be presenting at the following events, workshops, and technical sessions:
GUIDED TOURS
San Lorenzo River Restoration, Resilience and Recovery Tour Lead by Chris Berry, City of Santa Cruz
Wednesday, April 30
ESA Staff: Melissa Carter, Justin Gragg, James Gregory
The San Lorenzo River historically had one of the most productive anadromous salmonid fisheries south of San Francisco. However, this river is very much a “working river” and has served many other beneficial uses for generations as well. Reconciling past land use, increased climatic variability, growing population and related pressures with recovery needs of Central California coast Coho and steelhead is a major challenge for local natural resource managers.
Thursday, May 1
Room to Roam: Floodplains and the Central Valley
Presenter: Byron Amerson – Wiggle, Elevate, Connect: Partitioning the Effects of Increased
Aquifer Size, Channel Realignment, and Floodplain Reconnection on Streambed Exchange in a Large-Scale Channel Restoration
Progress in Measuring and Predicting Salmonid Habitat in Bar-Built Estuaries
Session Coordinators: Dane Behrens – Insights Into Potential Future Salmonid Habitat Changes Informed by Several Decades of Monitoring at the Russian River Estuary
Friday, May 2
From Groundwater to Streamflow: Scaling Up
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Presenter: Eric Ginney – Strategies, Models, and Datasets for Salmonid Success Scott River Flood-MAR: Setting Protective Flows for Diversions to Enhance Dry-Season Baseflows
