2024 Knowledge Exchange Workshop
Restoring Watershed Resilience
November 14th, 2024 ~ 9:00am – 3:30pm PST
As climate change and land-use practices alter the disturbance regime of river corridors, there is growing awareness of the need to increase watershed resilience as part of Pacific salmon recovery efforts. This virtual workshop will bring together experts in watershed science to discuss habitat restoration approaches to increasing watershed resilience. Strategies for increasing the absorbing capacity of the watershed, restoring connectivity, project planning and implementation, and bridging project-scale actions to a watershed-scale response will all be discussed through practical case study examples and the most current science. Morning and afternoon panel discussions will invite participants to raise questions and discuss this important topic. We hope you will join us!
Workshop Agenda
Restoring Watershed Resilience
Virtual Knowledge Exchange Workshop Agenda
November 14, 2024 ~ 9:00am – 3:30pm PST
| 9:00-9:10 | Moderators – Laura Weatherly (DFO) and Jason Hwang (PSF)
Introduction and Welcome |
| 9:10-9:40 | Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University
The Biophysical Template for River Corridor Resilience |
| 9:50-10:10 | Pete Bisson, US Forest Service (Ret.)
Salmon Resilience Depends on Maintaining Diversity |
| 10:20-10:35 | Break |
| 10:35-10:55 | Kris Fischer, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Rewetting the Sponge: Using the Umatilla Tribe’s River Vision to restore resilience in the Tucannon sub-basin |
| 11:05-11:25 | Nick Lapointe, Canadian Wildlife Federation
Watershed connectivity planning and restoration outcomes |
| 11:35-12:15 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:15-13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00-13:25 | Mara Zimmerman, Coast Salmon Partnership & Foundation
An Index of Climate Resilience to Guide Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration on Washington’s Coast |
| 13:35-14:00 | Rachel Benbrook, Washington Dept of Natural Resources
Watershed Restoration and Resilience in the Context of Natural Resource Management: WA DNR’s Watershed Resilience Program |
| 14:10-14:40 | Devin Halcrow, Skeetchestn Natural Resources Corp.
Brenley Yuan, Fisheries & Oceans Canada Tsecmenúl̓ecwem-kt: The Deadman Recovery & Resiliency Initiative |
| 14:50-15:30 | Panel Discussion |