We’re thrilled to be joining the 42nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF) Conference in beautiful Santa Cruz from April 29 to May 2! FlowWest team members will be presenting alongside partners and collaborators to share tools, insights, and strategies that support salmon recovery and sustainable water management in California.
📅 Tuesday, April 29 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Workshop: Integrated Model Development and Application to Game Changers for Salmon Recovery
🗣️ Talk Title: Reorienting to Recovery in the Central Valley: Adapting Decision Support Models to Advance Values-Informed, Landscape-Scale, and Equitable Decision-Making
👩🔬 Presented by: Liz Stebbins (FlowWest) & Alison Collins (The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California)
Liz will discuss how FlowWest’s adaptive modeling efforts are helping decision-makers center equity, values, and landscape-level coordination in the path toward salmon recovery in the Central Valley.
📅 Friday, May 2 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Session: Central Valley Spring-run Monitoring, Modeling, and Reintroduction
🗣️ Talk Title: The Road to Data-Driven Water Management: Re-Envisioning the Data Lifecycle to Support a Spring-Run Juvenile Production Estimate
👩💻 Presented by: Ashley Vizek (FlowWest) & Brett Harvey (California Department of Water Resources)
Ashley will explore how improving the entire data lifecycle—collection, management, and application—can lead to more effective, transparent, and recovery-focused water management decisions for spring-run Chinook.
Stay tuned—we may have more team members presenting, including Michael and Paul! Hope to see you there and connect around the incredible science and stewardship driving the future of salmonids in California.
