2025 Knowledge Exchange Workshop
Rewetting Our Waterways: Floodplain Restoration In An Occupied Landscape
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2025 Knowledge Exchange Workshop
Rewetting Our Waterways: Floodplain Restoration In An Occupied Landscape
November 18th, 2025 9am – 3:30pm
DFO, PSF and Washington’s GSRO were pleased to bring together experts to present the latest science, tools and guidance for solutions for fish passage and flood control.
This virtual workshop brought together experts to present the latest science and guidance for solutions for floodplain restoration. Through informational talks and case studies, speakers presented on different floodplains and floodgates, examples from Oregon and California and learning from previous flood events on the Fraser River. There was a panel discussion where workshop participants raised questions and discuss this important topic. Thank you to all who joined us!
Introduction and Welcome
Laura Weatherly, Jason Hwang and Greer Maier (Moderators)
Introduction and Welcome
Brian Cluer, Resilient Rivers and NOAA-Fisheries
Let’s undrain some land: History, theory and practice of floodplain connectivity in the Anthropocene
Brian Cluer, Resilient Rivers and NOAA-Fisheries
Let’s undrain some land: History, theory and practice of floodplain connectivity in the Anthropocene
Jacob Katz, California
Puddle power: restoration beyond the thin blue line
Jacob Katz, California Trout
Puddle power: restoration beyond the thin blue line
Allen Childs, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Evolution of fish habitat and floodplain restoration in the Grande Ronde Basin, Oregon
Allen Childs, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Evolution of fish habitat and floodplain restoration in the Grande Ronde Basin, Oregon
Natasha Lukey, Okanagan Nation Alliance
Putting back the river: restoring floodplains in the Syilx Territory
Natasha Lukey, Okanagan Nation Alliance
Putting back the river: restoring floodplains in the Syilx Territory
Morning Panel Discussion
Morning Panel Discussion
Allan Warren, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Floodplains by Design: Collaborative resilience in Washington State
Allan Warren, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Floodplains by Design: Collaborative resilience in Washington State
Jessica Hamill, Snohomish County
Snohomish FbD Case Study – Community Floodplain Solutions
Jessica Hamill, Snohomish County
Snohomish FbD Case Study – Community Floodplain Solutions
Tamsin Lyle, Ebbwater Consulting
Fighting nature on the Fraser River – Learning lessons from the past for a brighter future
Tamsin Lyle, Ebbwater Consulting
Fighting nature on the Fraser River – Learning lessons from the past for a brighter future
Morning Panel Discussion
Afternoon Panel Discussion
Knowledge Exchange Workshop materials
Power Point Presentations (PDF)
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- Brian Cluer, Resilient Rivers and NOAA-Fisheries
Let’s undrain some land: History, theory and practice of floodplain connectivity in the Anthropocene. - Jacob Katz, California Trout
Puddle power: restoration beyond the thin blue line - Allen Childs, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Evolution of fish habitat and floodplain restoration in the Grande Ronde Basin, Oregon - Natasha Lukey, Okanagan Nation Alliance
Putting back the river: restoring floodplains in the Syilx Territory - Allan Warren, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Floodplains by Design: Collaborative resilience in Washington State - Jessica Hamill, Snohomish County
Snohomish FbD Case Study – Community Floodplain Solutions - Tamsin Lyle, Ebbwater Consulting
Fighting nature on the Fraser River – Learning lessons from the past for a brighter future
- Brian Cluer, Resilient Rivers and NOAA-Fisheries