2024 Science Symposium
Pushing river restoration boundaries toward a better future in our changing world
April 30 – May 3, 2024 / Weaverville, Ca.
Virtual registration will remain open until the end of the event. If you would like to attend in-person, but did not register, please email, Kiana Abel: jabel@usbr.gov or call 530-623-1800.
par·a·digm [ˈperəˌdīm]
A philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated.
Webster-Merriam online dictionary
For the past 24 years, Trinity River Restoration Program scientists with specialties in geomorphology, hydrology, biology, and ecology have worked to mutually impact management actions with the mission of restoring anadromous populations of Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, and Steelhead through recovery of river ecosystem function. Adaptive management has played a central role in providing context to scientific debate and implementation as data is received and disseminated. However, challenges remain regarding implementation of adaptive management, particularly in gaining consensus across Program technical staff, the Trinity Management Council, and the public. Within the Program we see examples of “applied scientific paradigms” shifting because of scientific information that we’ve either learned on the Trinity River, learned from other systems, or applied on the Trinity River. Examples span disciplines, but prominently have included changes to the amount, locations, and strategies of sediment augmentation, realized and proposed changes to flow and temperature management, and evolution of channel rehabilitation philosophies and practices.
The 2024 Science Symposium asks presenters and attendees to help answer this question: “How can we better apply findings from scientific inquiry to push boundaries and re-define paradigms of river restoration?” The Program has conducted science for more than two decades, and the recently adopted science plan provides a blueprint for science implementation in the coming years. How can guidance from the science plan leverage two decades of learning to maximize adaptive management potential for achieving programmatic objectives? We hope to gather, learn from each discipline, consider each management action, and focus the Program forward into new paradigms of restoration.
Registration
Virtual registration will remain open until the end of the event. If you would like to attend in-person, but did not register, please email, Kiana Abel: jabel@usbr.gov or call 530-623-1800.
Event Location
Agenda
Day 1 | Fish Populations
Meet the Presenters
Kurt Fausch, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
Andrew J. Paul, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor Department of Biological Sciences – University of Calgary, Canada
Bill Pinnix, Supervisory Fish Biologist – US Fish and Wildlife Service – Arcata
Chad Martel, Hoopa Valley Tribe Fisheries Department
Nicholas A. Som, Ph.D, Unit Leader, U.S. Geological Survey California Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, CalPoly-Humboldt
Nate Mantua, Ph.D., Research Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service – Southwest Fisheries Science Center
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Please use the form below to ask the presenters or panelists a question. The questions populated in the form will be compiled and sorted for the panelists to discuss at the end of each day.
Day 2 | Habitat, Flow & Temperature
Meet the Presenters
John Hayes, Ph.D., Senior Scientist Freshwater Fisheries & Ecohydraulics – Cawthron Institute, New Zealand
Eli Asarian, Aquatic Ecologist/Hydrologist, Principal Scientist – Riverbend Sciences
Derek Rupert, Fish Biologist – Bureau of Reclamation, Northern California Area Office
Don Ashton, Senior Aquatic Herpetologist/Ecologist – McBain Associates/Applied River Sciences
Todd Buxton, Ph.D., Hydrologist/Geomorphologist – Trinity River Restoration Program
Seth Naman, Fish Biologist – NOAA Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service
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Please use the form below to ask the presenters or panelists a question. The questions populated in the form will be compiled and sorted for the panelists to discuss at the end of each day.
Day 3 | Physical Channel Form
Meet the Presenters
Daniele Tonina Ph.D., P.E., Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Idaho | Co-Director, Center for Ecohydraulics Research
John Buffington, Ph.D., Research Geomorphologist, U.S. Forest Service
Todd Buxton, Ph.D., Hydrologist/Geomorphologist, Trinity River Restoration Program
David Gaeuman, Ph.D., Senior Geomorphologist, Yurok Tribe, Design and Technical Services Program
Scott McBain, Fluvial Geomorphologist, McBain & Associates/Applied River Sciences, Consultant to Hoopa Valley Tribe Fisheries Department
James Lee, M.S., Implementation Branch Chief, Trinity River Restoration Program
Conor Shea, Ph.D., P.E., Civil Engineer: Hydraulics and Geomorphology, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arcata
Ask a Question
Please use the form below to ask the presenters or panelists a question. The questions populated in the form will be compiled and sorted for the panelists to discuss at the end of each day.
Day 4 | Field Trip to Restoration Sites
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Trinity River Restoration Site Tour. Registration is closed.
Lodging
We suggest reaching out to the following lodging options in and around Weaverville. Options are limited – please book early!
Indian Creek Lodge – Douglas City, CA
Whitmore Inn – Weaverville, CA
49er Gold Country Inn – Weaverville, CA
Lewiston Hotel – Lewiston, CA
There are also several AirBnB’s/VRBO options if your agency allows… Air BnB or VRBO
Parking and Directions
Parking at the event site is free and ample due north-west of the Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center. Please find their location by clicking the button below.
For our Presenters
Have you been confirmed to present at the 2024 Trinity River Restoration Program Science Symposium? Please click below and fill out this form to submit your presentation. Presentations are due: April 23, 2024
Symposium Planning Committee
Kiana Abel, Trinity River Restoration Program jabel@usbr.gov | (530) 623-1800
James Lee, Trinity River Restoration Program jclee@usbr.gov | (530) 623-1812
Ken Lindke, California Department of Fish and Wildlife kenneth.lindke@wildlife.ca.gov | (707) 822-4230
Kyle De Juilio, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department kdejuilio@yuroktribe.nsn.us | (707) 954-5087