Whatcom Salmon Recovery

2003 Salmon Summit: Summit to Shore

November 13, 2003
8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Best Western Lakeway Inn, 714 Lakeway, Bellingham, WA

Join us on a virtual journey as we migrate from Summit to Shore looking at the past, present and future of salmon habitat efforts in the Nooksack basin. The conference will explore the forks of the river, the mainstem and its tributaries, and the estuary and nearshore habitats. The Salmon Summit is sponsored by the Nooksack Recovery Team.

Agenda

8:15 - 9:00 a.m.
Check-in

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Welcome
Keynote Speaker: Dr. James R. Karr, University of Washington, "Sustaining Living Rivers: On Beyond Salmon"

10:30 a.m. - noon
Concurrent Sessions: Historic Conditions, What We Know About Floodplains and Reconnecting Floodplains, Nearshore Ecology - How Things Have Been

Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions: Current Assessments and Recent Developments, Riparian Restoration Current Practices, Current Assessments

3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions: Restoration and Recovery in the Forks, Comprehensive Irrigation District Management Program, Future Directions - How Things Could Be

For more details on the Concurrent Sessions, please see the registration form (PDF format).

Registration

Registration fee before October 31, 2003: $35
Registration fee after October 31, 2003: $40
Student fee: $20

Download the registration form here (PDF format).

The registration fee includes lunch. Please send your registration form and check (payable to the NRT) to:

Salmon Summit 2003
c/o NSEA
2445 E. Bakerview Rd.
Bellingham, WA 98226

Questions? Please contact Anne at (360) 715-0283.

Displays

The Nooksack Recovery Team (NRT) encourages your business, organization, or agency to bring displays, exhibits and posters to Salmon Summit 2003. The more interactive your display, the better! Displays are to be set up in the Terrace Room and hallway at 7:30 a.m.

Non-NRT member/for-profit business: $100

Non-NRT member/non-profit organization: $50

NRT member: FREE

Proceedings

Check back in early December for an electronic version of the proceedings.

Larson's Log Jam

Canyon Creek Fish Passage
The lower 4.5 miles of Canyon Creek [link to Canyon Creek Watershed of the Month], a major tributary to the North Fork Nooksack, are important spawning habitat for North Fork early chinook, which are listed as threatened with extinction under the federal Endangered Species Act. (At river mile 4.5, there is a natural waterfall that prevents further migration upstream.) The creek is also considered a priority area for a second threatened species, bull trout.

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