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Climate Change and Riparian Ecosystems:

Session Chair:  Ellie Cohen, Executive Director PRBO Conservation Science

 

Talk #:  1

Climate change: A global perspective on riparian systems

Primary Author:  Jeff Price  PhD

 

 

Talk #:  2

The Delta climate change and the role of public lands: Adaptation strategies

Primary Author:  Caryl Hart                State Parks and Recreation Commission, Former Chair

 

 

Talk #:  3

Likely effects of climate change on migrating birds in mediterranean habitats

Primary Author:  Mark Reynolds      PhD, Senior Ecology, The Nature Conservancy

 

 

Talk #:  4

Climate Change and Riparian Corridors: Restoring Resiliency as an Adaptive Watershed Response

Primary Author:  Brock Dolman         Water Institute Director, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center

 

 

Talk #:  5

California Department of Water Resources: Challenges and opportunities

Primary Author:  Ted Frink Resources Restoration Director, Department of Water Resources

 

 

Talk #:  6

Dams and levees as climate change maladaptation

Primary Author:  Patrick McCully     Executive Director, International Rivers Network

 

 

Flood Control and Fisheries/Aquatic Wildlife:

Session Chair:  Josh Israel, Salmonid Restoration Federation 

 

Talk #:  1

Floodplain aquatic habitat assessment model for the lower Feather River (Yuba River Basin Project)

Primary Author:  Bill Mitchell           

 

 

Talk #:  2

Salmon, floods, and food: A decade of fisheries research on the Yolo Bypass floodplain

Primary Author:  Ted Sommer            DWR

 

 

Talk #:  3

The Sacramento River bank protection project, protecting the public and the environment

Primary Author:  Michael Dietl         

 

 

Talk #:  4

Salmon grow on trees!

Presenter: Paola Bouley and Todd Steiner      Primary Author:  Paola Bouley          

 

 

Talk #:  5

Juvenile Chinook salmon use of sandbar willows in a large-scale, simulated floodplain: Microhabitat selection and energetics

Primary Author:  Joseph Cech, Jr.    

 

 

Flood Control and Terrestrial Wildlife:

Session Chairs:  Barbara E. Kus, USGS Western Ecological Research Center and Geoff Geupel, PRBO Conservation Science

 

Talk #:  1

Design considerations for riparian brush rabbit habitat restoration

Primary Author:  Stacy Small             River Partners

 

 

Talk #:  2

Habitat relationships of breeding landbirds along the San Joaquin River

Primary Author:  Julian K. Wood      PRBO Conservation Science

 

 

Talk #:  3

Endangered species response to re-watering: Factors influencing the recovery of the Willow Flycatcher in the Mono Basin

Primary Author:  Chris McCreedy    

 

 

Talk #:  4

If you build it, who will come? Landbird response to riparian restoration at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge

Primary Author:  Karl Kraft               

 

 

Talk #:  5

Indicators, umbrellas, and endangered species: What is our monitoring goal?

Primary Author:  Christine A. Howell               PRBO Conservation Science

 

 

Talk #:  6

Response of Least Bell's Vireos to flood control channel maintenance along the San Luis Rey River, California

Primary Author:  Barbara E. Kus       USGS Western Ecological Research Center

 

 

Talk #:  7

The Santa Ana River watershed program, 2007 - Integrating habitat and migratory bird recovery with flood control

Primary Author:  Richard Zembal      Orange County Water District

 

 

Talk #:  8

The role of flood control project design in the conservation of floodplain ecosystems and wildlife: Creating ecological networks

Primary Author:  Steven E. Greco      Dept. of Environmental Design, University of California

 

 

Talk #:  9

Habitat-friendly levee rehabilitation on a Delta island, the McCormack-Williamson Tract

Primary Author:  Ramona O. Swenson             The Nature Conservancy, Cosumnes River Preserve

 

 

Talk #:  10

Water management considerations for conserving native herpetofauna in southern California

Primary Author:  Cheryl Brehme        USGS Western Ecological Research Center

 

 

Talk #:  11

Impacts of flooding on riparian songbirds:  An 11-year study of the Cosumnes River floodplain

Primary Author:  Nadav Nur              PRBO Conservation Science

 

 

Talk #:  12

Restoring riparian habitat on altered floodplains by integrating vegetation and avian monitoring

Primary Author:  Ryan D. Burnett     PRBO Conservation Science

 

 

Talk #:  13

Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) population and habitat trends

along the Sacramento River, Red Bluff to Colusa

Primary Author:  Joe Silveira              U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex

 

 

Talk #:  14

Flood timing affects nest predation rates in a breeding riparian songbird population

Primary Author:  Stacy Small             River Partners

 

 

Talk #:  15

Primary Author:  Panel Discussion  

 

 

Floodplains:

Session Chair:  Cheryl Carrothers, Wildlife Program Leader, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region

 

Talk #:  1

The Importance of floodplains to riverine ecosystems and flood management

Primary Author:  Chris Bowles          PWA, Ltd.

 

 

Talk #:  2

In-channel vegetation management in Sonoma County, CA

Primary Author:  Kenneth Schwarz   Jones & Stokes

 

 

Talk #:  3

Multiscale controls on the distribution of blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) in California’s central valley

Primary Author:  Theresa S. Talley   Dept of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California

 

 

Talk #:  4

Effects of long-duration flooding on a San Joaquin Valley riparian restoration site

Primary Author:  Lauren A. Singleton             

 

 

Talk #:  5

Flood control, irrigation district facilities protection, and riparian restoration: Meeting multiple objectives on the Sacramento River

Primary Author:  Daniel S. Efseaff     River Partners

 

 

Talk #:  6

Wildlife response to a large scale riparian restoration project at San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge

Primary Author:  Kenneth M. Griggs                USFWS, San Luis NWR Complex

 

 

Talk #:  7

Flood corridor and riparian restoration at the Big Bend project along the Tuolumne River, California.

Primary Author:  Patrick Koepele      Tuolumne River Trust

 

 

Talk #:  8

Reconnection: Habitats and floods

Presenter: Pamela Tuft and Dean Eckerson      Primary Author:  Pamela Tuft, AICP               

 

 

Talk #:  9

Primary Author:  Discussion               

 

 

Maintenance and Vegetation Management:

Session Chairs:  Howard Brown,  National Marine Fisheries Service and Lester Tong, Senior Environmental Resources Manager, South Pacific Division, USACE

 

Talk #:  1

Decker Island riparian habitat restoration

Primary Author:  David Showers      

 

 

Talk #:  2

Use of vegetated levees as flood refugia

Primary Author:  Kim Forrest             San Luis NWR Complex

 

 

Talk #:  3

A literature review of vegetation on levees

Primary Author:  Maureen K. Corcoran          

 

 

Talk #:  4

The environmental impacts of the USACE Actions for Change

Primary Author:  Boniface Bigornia 

 

 

Talk #:  5

Primary Author:  Panel Discussion  

 

 

Talk #:  6

Properties of native riparian vegetation to support flood management.

Primary Author:  Daniel Efseaff        

 

 

Talk #:  7

Potential effects on riparian habitat in the Sacramento River flood control project without implementation of a regional variance to the USACE vegetation management policy

Presenter: Noah Hume      Primary Author:  Michael Dietl            U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District

 

 

Talk #:  8

Hydraulic characteristics of California native riparian plant species under flood conditions in a large-scale flume: Sandbar Willows

Primary Author:  M.L. Kavvas           Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

 

 

Talk #:  9

Integrating fish and wildlife habitat in levee repairs

Primary Author:  E.J. Koford             

 

 

Talk #:  10

Habitat Restoration at SAFCA

Primary Author:  P. Buck   

 

 

Talk #:  11

Primary Author:  Panel Discussion  

 

 

Multiple Objectives with Levee Set-Backs:

Session Chair:  Michael Perrone, Department Water Resources

 

Talk #:  1

The Bear River levee setback project - A case study in opportunities and challenges of setback levees

Primary Author:  Anne King             

 

 

Talk #:  2

Multi-objective floodplain management: The Bear River levee setback project

Primary Author:  Chris Bowles          PWA, Ltd.

 

 

Talk #:  3

Bear River setback levee restoration project: Designing for ecological and hydraulic objectives

Primary Author:  Helen Swagerty     

 

 

Talk #:  4

Bear River levee setback project - Restoration design

Primary Author:  Debra Bishop        

 

 

Talk #:  5

Feather and Bear River levee setback project – Balancing flood protection and river restoration in the California Central Valley

Primary Author:  Chris Fitzer             

 

 

Talk #:  6

Primary Author:  Discussion               

 

 

Talk #:  7

Agency collaboration can resolve the enviromental vs maintenance concern

Primary Author:  Michele Ng             California Department of Water Resources, Division of Flood Management

 

 

Talk #:  8

A test of a flood-neutral riparian revegetation design

Primary Author:  Tom Griggs            

 

 

Talk #:  9

Habitat restoration and improved flood management through floodplain reconnection on Lower Deer Creek, California

Primary Author:  G. Mat Kondolf      University of California

 

 

Talk #:  10

Primary Author:  Discussion               

 

 

Regulatory Solutions:

Session Chair:  Wade Eakle, Ecologist & Regulatory Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Talk #:  1

A Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement for Wildlife Habitat Restoration in the Lower Mokelumne River Watershed, Central California

Primary Author:  Kent A. Reeves      East Bay Municipal Utility District, Fisheries and Wildlife Division, Yolo County Department of Parks & Natural Resources

 

 

Talk #:  2

Conservation Banking-An economic tool for the private landowner-The Fish and Wildlife Service perspective on emerging issues

Primary Author:  Kenneth Sanchez  

 

 

Talk #:  3

Upping the performance bar for flood control projects: Potential new regulatory tools

Primary Author:  Richard McMurtry               

 

 

Talk #:  4

Regulation of non-wetland riparian areas in the arid and semi-arid southwest: Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and bank stabilization

Primary Author:  Matthew Vandersande, Dr. 

 

 

Talk #:  5

Section 404 of the clean water act and protection of riparian habitat

Primary Author:  Jae Chung               D.Env, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Regulatory Division

 

 

Restoration Partnerships:

Session Chair:  Greg Werner, Project Director, The Nature Conservancy Northern Central Valley Office - Sacramento River

 

Talk #:  1

Feasibility studies using native seed in restoration

Primary Author:  Matthew R. Grabau              

 

 

Talk #:  2

Evaluation of urban stream restoration projects in the greater San Francisco Bay Area

Primary Author:  Jason Maas-Baldwin            

 

 

Talk #:  3

Flood protection and habitat enhancement by collaboration - Adobe Creek Upper Reach 5 restoration project

Primary Author:  Kristen O'Kane      

 

 

Talk #:  4

The 4 step approach to Himalayan Blackberry control: Biological, mechanical, chemical and native species planting

Primary Author:  Tad Alexander       

 

 

Talk #:  5

Professional restoration with school children:

Presenter: Emily Allen      Primary Author:  John Parodi               

 

 

Talk #:  6

Financing aquatic and riparian habitat in flood projects-Napa and Truckee River case studies

Primary Author:  David G. Dickson  

 

 

Talk #:  7

Restoring creeks in an urban area – Challenges and opportunities

Primary Author:  Sheri J. Emerson     Santa Rosa Public Works Dept.

 

 

Talk #:  8

A community organizing strategy for integrating stream restoration and flood control

Primary Author:  Richard McMurtry               

 

 

Talk #:  10

Primary Author:  Discussion               

 

 

Riparian Mapping and Modeling:

Session Chair:  Ann Chrisney, RHJV Coordinator

 

Talk #:  1

Terrestrial vegetation communities along the Lower Mokelumne River

Primary Author:  James S. Jones      

 

 

Talk #:  2

Sacramento River 2007 riparian map

Primary Author:  Chuck Nelson         CSU, Chico Geographical Information Center

 

 

Talk #:  3

The Sacramento River ecological flows tool

Primary Author:  Ryan Luster           

 

 

Talk #:  4

A practical method to map riparian areas in California

Primary Author:  Joshua N. Collins  

 

 

Talk #:  5

Floodplain restoration on the lower Cosumnes River

Primary Author:  Larry J. Rodriguez 

 

 

Talk #:  6

Use of 2-dimensional hydraulic modeling in the planning of riparian restoration within designated floodways and floodplains

Primary Author:  Thomas W. Smith PE, GE    

 

 

Riparian Restoration on Agricultural and Rangelands:

Session Chairs:  Tom Moore, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Rodd Kelsey, Audobon –CA and Vance Russell, Audobon - CA

 

Talk #:  1

Large-scale connectivity and small-scale restoration

Primary Author:  Jack Alderson        USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

 

 

Talk #:  2

Restoring stream bank and riparian function to irrigation canals and drainages in California agricultural landscapes

Primary Author:  John Anderson      Hedgerow Farms

 

 

Talk #:  3

Riparian restoration on Lower Putah Creek

Primary Author:  Rich Marovich      

 

 

Talk #:  4

Incentives for restoring and managing riparian areas on private lands in California agricultural landscapes

Primary Author:  Thomas Moore      NRCS

 

 

Talk #:  5

Floodplain restoration on private lands through NRCS programs

Primary Author:  Jessica Groves      

 

 

Talk #:  6

Riparian songbird respond to conservation actions on

Primary Author:  Ryan DiGaudio      

 

 

Talk #:  7

Rangeland restoration projects in western Yolo County

Primary Author:  Scott Stone            

 

 

Talk #:  8

Upper watershed restoration on private agricultural land: a landowner perspective

Primary Author:  Bruce Rominger    

 

 

Talk #:  9

Riparian revegetation outcomes on North Coast ranches

Primary Author:  Michael Lennox    

 

 

Talk #:  10

Primary Author:  Panel Discussion  

 

 

Talk #:  11

Slough restoration in agricultural areas in the central valley of California

Primary Author:  Chris Rose              Audubon California Landowner Stewardship Program

 

 

Talk #:  12

Landowner incentive program riparian habitats: Perspectives from post-restoration management

Primary Author:  Marc Kenyon        

 

 

Talk #:  13

20 years of riparian restoration on the South Fork Kern River and the importance of private landowner cooperation

Primary Author:  Reed Tollefson       Audubon California’s Kern River Preserve

 

 

Talk #:  14

Integrating riparian habitat restoration and conservation on private lands in the Upper Klamath River Basin

Primary Author:  Heather L. Ray      

 

 

Talk #:  15

Building partnerships for restoration in a working landscape:  The Lower Mokelumne River Watershed Stewardship Program, Central California

Primary Author:  Kent A. Reeves     

 

 

Talk #:  16

Primary Author:  Panel Discussion  

 

 

 

Poster Presentations:

 

Talk #:  1

Linking flood control and riparian restoration in the Santa Clara Valley

Primary Author:  Charles Battaglia    Biologist, EDAW Inc.

 

 

Talk #:  2

Managed wetland areas in the Sacramento Valley

Primary Author:  Dona Calder           

 

 

Talk #:  3

The restoration of Gover Ranch: Balancing the needs of humans and wildlife

Primary Author:  Christiana Conser 

 

 

Talk #:  4

Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge– Restoring and managing riparian and floodplain habitats for natural resources conservation and wildlife-oriented public use

Primary Author:  Kevin Foerster       U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex

 

 

Talk #:  5

Conservation objectives for riparian birds in the Central Valley

Primary Author:  Geoffrey R. Geupel                PRBO Conservation Science

 

 

Talk #:  6

The effects of host plant quality, soil composition and associated vegetation on colonization rates by the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle

Primary Author:  Meghan Gilbart      Department of Biological Sciences, California State University

 

 

Talk #:  7

Survey and habitat use of the Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo at Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge

Primary Author:  Jessica Hammond  Program in Biological Sciences, California State University

 

 

Talk #:  8

Effect of grass competition and overstory cover on restoring understory riparian forest plants along the Sacramento River

Primary Author:  Prairie Johnston     Department of Biological sciences, California State University Chico

 

 

Talk #:  9

Steelhead trout crossing Interstate 5

Primary Author:  Wendy Katagi       

 

 

Talk #:  10

Revegetation at Sacramento River and American River bank protection projects: Are mitigation revegetation designs self-sustaining?

Primary Author:  Megan Keever       Stillwater Sciences

 

 

Talk #:  11

Observations and future research on Great Valley riparian meadow habitat

Primary Author:  Colleen Martin      

 

 

Talk #:  12

Assessing recovery of understory plants at riparian restoration sites along the Sacramento River

Primary Author:  Charles D. McClain               Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Chico

 

 

Talk #:  13

Linking riparian vegetation dynamics with physical processes, a key step in developing restoration and management strategies for a semi-arid river and its floodplain

Primary Author:  Bruce Orr Stillwater Sciences

 

 

Talk #:  14

Setback levees and wildlife habitat: First-year observations on large-scale riparian restoration

Primary Author:  Nick Pacini             

 

 

Talk #:  15

Integrated regional water management planning

Primary Author:  Patrick J. Parsons  

 

 

Talk #:  16

Customizing conservation plans for the local level

Primary Author:  Melissa Pitkin        

 

 

Talk #:  17

Wildlife habitats of the lower Mokelumne River watershed, San Joaquin County, California, USA

Primary Author:  Kent A. Reeves     

 

 

Talk #:  18

Goethe East compensation project

Primary Author:  Jane Rinck/Liz Holland        

 

 

Talk #:  19

La Barranca – A case study in integrated restoration design

Primary Author:  Michael Rogner    

 

 

Talk #:  20

Riparian restoration and bird monitoring: What are the tools and how can they be improved?

Primary Author:  Nathaniel E. Seavy                PRBO Conservation Science

 

 

Talk #:  21

Status, Trends and Conservation of the Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) along the Sacramento River from Red Bluff to Colusa

Primary Author:  Joe Silveira              U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex

 

 

Talk #:  22

Evaluating methods to determine riparian buffer widths

Primary Author:  Barbara Washburn                OEHHA