for MONDAY, January 26, 2015 (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) 175 Fulweiler Avenue (the Domes), Auburn, CA 95603 Contact: SARSAS President Jack Sanchez at 530-888-0281, VP Gary Mapa will conduct meetings when Jack’s away. jlsanchez39@gmail.com Meetings are Fourth Monday of each month at 10-11 a.m. Meetings are held to one hour in length ending at 11 a.m. I. Self- introductions and sign-ins. II. SARSAS Philosophy – We believe by working together with many individuals and agencies at the same table, we can achieve the mission of SARSAS, which is to return salmon and steelhead to the entire 33 mile length of the Auburn Ravine III. Featured speaker for January 26, 2015, Bernadette Bezy, Stantec, “Midwestern Placer County Regional Pipeline Update” Bernadette is Stantec Consulting Inc’s National Technical Lead for Freshwater Science. She is also a local aquatic biologist who has been working in Auburn Ravine and local foothill streams for the past 7 years. Bernadette manages the Stantec Consulting Environmental Team located in Nevada City and Rocklin. Bernadette and the Stantec team of fisheries scientists, terrestrial biologists, archeologists, and environmental scientists worked with the City of Lincoln, Placer County, the State Water Resources Control Board, environmental regulatory agencies, and Foothill Water Network to develop a Regional Sewer Project that met project objectives and is protective of the aquatic environment. She is now working with the City of Lincoln, Placer County, and the Regulatory Agencies to facilitate environmental permit compliance. Upcoming Speakers: February 23, 2015, Pamela C. Creedon, Executive Officer, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, “Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board and Auburn Ravine” Pamela Creedon is the Executive Officer of the Central Valley Water Quality Control Board. She is a licensed Civil Engineer and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer with nearly 35 years of professional experience, including over 23 years of experience in both the public and private sector developing and implementing water quality regulatory programs. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Civil Engineering from California State University, Sacramento. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Tau Beta Pi. She serves on the American Society of Civil Engineers National Energy, Environment and Water Policy Committee and the CSU Sacramento Environmental and Water Resources Advisory Committee. She is a Vice-Chair of the Sacramento Chapter of the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (SCEWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is a member of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Estuary Institute Aquatic Science Center. The Central Valley Water Board is the largest Regional Board in the State, encompassing nearly 40% of California’s land area and includes all or part of 38 of California’s 58 counties and nearly 80% of the state’s irrigated agricultural land. In total, water from the Central Valley provides more than 50% of the State’s total water supply, provides drinking water for 25 million Californians and irrigation for millions of acres of farms in and out of the valley. As Executive Officer Pamela is responsible for the planning, organizing, directing, and administering of all activities and functions of the Central Valley Water Board which is comprised of 257 multi-disciplinary staff located in three offices within the Central Valley. March 23, 2015, Charlotte Ambrose, National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region, “The Social Science of Saving Salmon” Charlotte Ambrose is the California Programs Coordinator for NOAA Fisheries out of Sacramento, California, and has worked for NOAA over 15 years. She recently served in the capacity of Recovery Coordinator responsible for developing and implementing recovery plans for central coast coho salmon, Chinook salmon and steelhead. She is currently the statewide liaison for NOAA Fisheries on salmon and steelhead programs and initiatives of regional significance such as the State Fisheries Restoration Grant Program, State Monitoring Program, Interagency Ecological Program, Hatchery Policy, Science Center coordination and many others. She has experience in both the private and public sectors and is most widely recognized for her NOAA leadership on California forestry issues. April 27, 2015, Heidi Perryman, Ph.D., President and Founder, Worth a Dam, “Beaver Restoration in Urban Creeks” Dr. Perryman formed Worth A Dam to defend the beavers in her home town of Martinez CA. Along the way she became interested in helping other cities learn how and why to co-exist with beavers. Since 2008 she has organized an annual beaver festival that has inspired similar efforts in 5 states and Canada. As California faces more drought years, she believes it is more important than ever to coexist with these important ‘water savers’. In addition to the beaver festival, Worth A Dam does several community outreach and education programs a year, including field trips and class room visits. In 2010 they awarded their first scholarship in beaver management to advocates in Tahoe. In 2011 Dr. Perryman presented at the state of the beaver conference in Oregon, and the State parks conference in Yosemite. She collaborated with beaver management expert Michael Callahan of Massachusetts to help release an instructional DVD teaching how to live with beavers (featuring footage of the Martinez Beavers). Most recently she worked with a historian, archaeologist and biologist to publish groundbreaking research on the western fur trade and the original prevalence of beavers in California – a subject that has been surprisingly misunderstood for a nearly a century Beavers and their dams create wetlands, store and filter water, augment fish populations, raise the number of migratory and songbirds, and have a dramatic positive impact on wildlife. Dr. Perryman feels that working to help people understand and coexist with this single species will continue to have a dramatic trickle-down impact on the environment in general. May 18, 2015 -MEETS THIRD MONDAY OF MAY, Steve Hubbard, SARSAS Program Director, “SARSAS Movie Making” My career in the telecommunications industry included positions such as director of Engineering for Jones Intercable, with engineering and operations responsibilities for cable television networks from Hawaii to London. In 1990, I co-founded Phoenix FiberLink, which built and operated large scale fiber optic networks to provide mission critical high speed data connections to large corporations. FiberLink was the first company to develop a fiber optic SONET ring around Silicon Valley. In 1999 I co-founded Netstream, an advanced data communications company. As CEO of Netstream, I oversaw the construction and operation of the highest speed MPLS Core public network ever measured at the time. The network connected key locations on the west coast. As a photojournalist, I have focused on issues related to the West. In addition to many magazine articles, my books include Powerhouses of the Sierra Nevada and a novel about the early days of the CIA titled The Legend of Roswell. My wildlife and scenic photographs have been featured in California galleries and exhibits including the Governor’s Exhibit at the State Capitol. Video projects include a recently completed documentary about the history of hydroelectric power in the Sierra Nevada titled Power to the People. I am currently producing a documentary about wild salmon, called Dance of Life Dance of Death. As a child I lived in many places in the intermountain west and developed a lifelong appreciation for its history and Studies. My web site is www.goldcountryimages.com, and my email address is steverhubbard@gmail.com.environment. As a hard core fly fisherman, my greatest pleasure in life is to spend an afternoon on a mountain stream catching and releasing wild trout. I graduated from Chico State University with a degree from The Center for Information and Communi
cations June 22, 2015, Darryl Hayes, ISI, “Update on the Installation of Fish Screens on Pleasant Grove Canal” July 27, 2015, Mike Love, P.E., Hydraulic Engineer, Mike Love and Associates, “Planning Fish Passage on Auburn Ravine” August 24, 2015, Jeff Tooker and Rick Hitchcock, Placer Union High School District Administrators, “Migratory Fish (Anadromy) Citizen Science in PUHSD” September 28, 2015, Beaver Specialist Mary Tappel, “Beaver Management in the Age of Anadromy” October 26, 2015, Jack and Beverly Sales, “Dark Skies and Salmon” November 23, 2015, Peter Moyle, “Details of Reconciliation Ecology for Auburn Ravine Salmon” December 28, 2015 Rich Marovich invited to speak January 25, 2016 Ken Davis invited to speak

Northwest Fisheries Science Center Home | Research | Divisions | FE | Watershed Program Working with Beaver to Restore Salmon Habitat Michael Pollock, Chris Jordan, Nick Bouwes, Joseph Wheaton, Carol Volk, Nicholas Weber, Jason Hall, and Josh Goldsmith Study Overview A threatened population of steelhead in Bridge Creek, Oregon is limited by degraded stream conditions (Pollock et al. 2012). By reconnecting portions of this incised channel with its former floodplain, we hoped to improve habitat conditions for steelhead. Restoring connections between a channelized stream and its floodplain can increase habitat complexity in both the stream and its associated riparian zone (Pollock et al. 2007). However, conventional stream restoration techniques can be disruptive and quite costly. Large volumes of fill must be moved and graded with heavy equipment, exposing large areas of bare ground that require extensive re–vegetation effort (Pollock et al. 2012). After it was breached by high flows, beaver abandoned this dam (foreground). They rebuilt it within 1 year of reinforcement. An additional dam built on a post line is shown upstream. In 2009, we began a study to restore channelized streams by encouraging a local beaver population to build longer–lived dams (Pollock et al. 2012). Bridge Creek is a 710–km² watershed draining northwesterly into the lower John Day River. At present, its beaver population is small, with growth impeded by short–lived dams. Bridge Creek beaver dams are often short lived because they are built within an incised trench (Pollock et al. 2012). This means that when annual flooding occurs, pressure from heavy flows is concentrated on the dam rather than dissipated across the floodplain. Consequently, most beaver dams breach and fail within their first season. We predicted that stable beaver colonies would gradually aggrade the incised reaches of Bridge Creek enough to raise the alluvial water table and reconnect the stream to its former floodplain. Therefore, encouraging long–lived beaver dams would be a cost– effective method to produce measurable improvement in riparian and stream habitats, and subsequently in abundance of native steelhead. Our objective is to help beaver build dams that will last long enough to lead to the establishment of stable colonies. If this can be accomplished, the beaver dams should promote enough aggradation to reverse channel incision. Such a reversal would yield a number of ecosystem improvements for steelhead and other species. Methods Beaver dams help a stream to progress from an incised trench (a) to an aggraded channel (e–f) by creating a positive feedback loop that changes physical processes and vegetation to improve habitat for themselves and other species. Natural beaver dams are expected to be transient features on the landscape, expanding and contracting, coming and going as ponds fill with sediment and dams become less functional for beaver. Even abandoned beaver dams reduce erosion and help retain sediment, increasing the diversity and complexity of stream habitats. Our design was to saturate four distinct reaches of Bridge Creek with beaver dam support structures. This would allow the existing population to pick and choose from several structures in different locations, any of which could be built upon and maintained as their own dams. We first identified four pairs of geomorphically similar reaches within the Bridge Creek drainage. Then, for each pair of reaches, we assigned one as a control to be left unrestored and the second as a treatment reach for restoration. We identified two additional reaches as positive controls within the watershed to monitor steelhead populations. Finally, we selected Murderers Creek, an additional tributary to the John Day River, as a control watershed to compare steelhead populations outside of the study drainage area. By monitoring these streams, we are testing the hypothesis that longer–lived dams will allow the Bridge Creek beaver population to establish stable, multi–dam complexes to support a healthy and persistent colony. Aggradation will then take place in slack–water ponds created by these dams, promoting reconnection with the floodplain. Post line provides a site where beaver can build a stable dam but creates little or no geomorphic change if not used by beaver. Our simple, low–cost treatment was to install wooden fence posts at 0.5–1 m intervals across the channel (which is now terraced) and its potential floodplain surface. Fence posts were untreated Lodgepole pine and were 2 m long by 7–10 cm in diameter. Fence posts were stripped of bark, and one end was sharpened using a chainsaw. Each post was set with a hydraulic post driver to a height equivalent to the crest elevation of an active beaver dam. At depths of 1 m or less, the post tops were set close to the level of adjacent terraces. At greater depths, posts were set within 1 m of the channel bed and were cut down if necessary. Five variant installations were used Post line with weave allows water to flow through instead of overtopping the structure. Chewed stems perpendicular to the structure (center) show beaver have started to colonize here. We reinforced this active beaver dam, which was used along with four others to form a new colony. All four eventually backfilled with sediment, making them unsuitable for beaver but improving floodplain connectivity and habitat complexity. Beaver built new dams on additional post lines nearby. 1. Post line 2. Post line with wicker weave 3. Starter dam constructed of a post line with wicker weave and sealed with clay 4. Reinforcement of an existing active dam with a post line 5. Reinforcement of an abandoned dam using a post line with wicker weave Active beaver dams were stabilized with post lines, as were any abandoned dams with significant structure remaining. Post lines with no other reinforcement were placed in sites where conditions were suitable for a dam, but there was minimal risk if no aggradation occurred. These structures would have no geomorphic function unless adopted by beaver as building sites. Therefore, a post line with wicker weave was the most frequently used type of structure and could be installed with only the criterion that aggradation would increase channel inundation of the adjacent terraces. Starter dams were used least frequently and were chosen based on these more stringent criteria: • Incision of the surrounding bank was no more than 1–1.5 m so that additional dams would have a reasonable chance of stability • Backwater from the pond would provide access to soft banks above the dam that would make suitable lodges • Adequate food and building supplies were available (wood and riparian vegetation) • There was no existing beaver colony within 300 m Research Products and Future Work Stream incision is a widespread problem that results in substantial degradation of both aquatic and riparian habitats. Mechanical restoration of incised streams is expensive. Although incised streams may return to an aggraded condition naturally over time, this process can take centuries. Our study provides evidence that some incised streams can begin to aggrade more quickly through the use of flow obstructions that reduce stream power, allowing sediment to accumulate on the streambed and floodplain while also reducing bank erosion. Beaver and vegetation are essential to this accelerated recovery. Our most successful structure for beaver dam assistance has been the post line with wicker weave. Beaver readily adopt them, but even when not used by beavers in the short–term, these structures invoke the following geomorphic responses: Survival of steelhead in Bridge Creek treatment stream before and after installation of beaver support structures in 2009. To date, steelhead survival has increased both in absolute terms and relative to survival in Murderers Creek, the control stream. Analysis by Mary Connor. • Increase in stream sinuosity • Increase in number of ponds, scour pools, and bar–forced pools • Flow is directed away from eroding cut banks • Progression from a s
ingle dam to a dam complex is encouraged through provision of stable sites for future dam construction We are assisting a small, extant beaver population to restore geomorphic, hydrologic, and ecological function in the Bridge Creek drainage. By helping beaver create stable colonies, which will aggrade the incised reaches of Bridge Creek, we are achieving measurable improvement to riparian and stream habitats. These improvements should translate to increased abundance of steelhead. Initial monitoring of steelhead density and survival has been encouraging. We will continue monitoring to assess the geomorphic and biological changes occurring at individual structures and reaches. Continued monitoring will allow a full assessment of restoration effects from beaver dam support structures and will guide us in modifying our structure design as needed to continue these improvements. Acknowledgements Funding for this project was provided by the Bonneville Power Administration (Project 2003-017) and by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Bridge Creek is an Intensively Monitored Watershed under the Northwest Fisheries Science Center’s Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program. Special thanks to the Princeville Office staff of the Bureau of Land Management, who helped us to carry out the experiment on lands under jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior. References Beechie, T. J., M. M. Pollock, and S. Baker. 2007. Channel incision, evolution, and potential recovery in the Walla Walla and Tucannon river basins, northwestern USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 33:784–800. Pollock, M. M., T. J. Beechie, and C. E. Jordan. 2007. Geomorphic changes upstream of beaver dams in Bridge Creek, an incised stream channel in the interior Columbia River basin, eastern, Oregon. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32:1174–1185. Pollock, M. M., M. Heim, and D. Werner. 2003. Hydrologic and geomorphic effects of beaver dams and their influence on fishes. Pp. 213–233 in S. V. Gregory, K. Boyer, and A. Gurnell (eds.). The ecology and management of wood in world rivers. American Fisheries Society Symposium 37. Bethesda, MD. Pollock, M. M., G. R. Pess, T. J. Beechie, and D. R. Montgomery. 2004. The importance of beaver ponds to coho salmon production in the Stillaguamish River basin, Washington, USA. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:749–760. Pollock, M. M., J. M. Wheaton, N. Bouwes, C. Volk, N. Weber, and C. E. Jordan. 2012. Working with beaver to restore salmon habitat in the Bridge Creek intensively monitored watershed: Design rationale and hypotheses. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS–NWFSC–120. Northwest Fisheries Science Center 2725 Montlake Boulevard East Seattle, WA 98112 (206) 860-3200 nwfsc.info@noaa.gov http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/fe/wpg/beaver-assist-stld.cfm

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SARSAS General Meeting Agenda for MONDAY, January 26, 2015

(OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

175 Fulweiler Avenue (the Domes), Auburn, CA 95603
Contact: SARSAS President Jack Sanchez at 530-888-0281, VP Gary Mapa will conduct meetings when Jack’s away.
jlsanchez39@gmail.com
Meetings are Fourth Monday of each month at 10-11 a.m. Meetings are held to one hour in length ending at 11 a.m.
I. Self- introductions and sign-ins.
II. SARSAS Philosophy – We believe by working together with many individuals and agencies at the same table, we can achieve the mission of SARSAS, which is to return salmon and steelhead to the entire 33 mile length of the Auburn Ravine

III. Featured speaker for January 26, 2015, Bernadette Bezy, Stantec, “Midwestern Placer County Regional Pipeline Update”

Bernadette is Stantec Consulting Inc’s National Technical Lead for Freshwater Science. She is also a local aquatic biologist who has been working in Auburn Ravine and local foothill streams for the past 7 years. Bernadette manages the Stantec Consulting Environmental Team located in Nevada City and Rocklin. Bernadette and the Stantec team of fisheries scientists, terrestrial biologists, archeologists, and environmental scientists worked with the City of Lincoln, Placer County, the State Water Resources Control Board, environmental regulatory agencies, and Foothill Water Network to develop a Regional Sewer Project that met project objectives and is protective of the aquatic environment. She is now working with the City of Lincoln, Placer County, and the Regulatory Agencies to facilitate environmental permit compliance.

Upcoming Speakers:

February 26, 2015, Pamela C. Creedon, Executive Officer, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, “Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board and Auburn Ravine”
Pamela Creedon is the Executive Officer of the Central Valley Water Quality Control Board. She is a licensed Civil Engineer and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer with nearly 35 years of professional experience, including over 23 years of experience in both the public and private sector developing and implementing water quality regulatory programs. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Civil Engineering from California State University, Sacramento. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Tau Beta Pi. She serves on the American Society of Civil Engineers National Energy, Environment and Water Policy Committee and the CSU Sacramento Environmental and Water Resources Advisory Committee. She is a Vice-Chair of the Sacramento Chapter of the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (SCEWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is a member of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Estuary Institute Aquatic Science Center.
The Central Valley Water Board is the largest Regional Board in the State, encompassing nearly 40% of California’s land area and includes all or part of 38 of California’s 58 counties and nearly 80% of the state’s irrigated agricultural land. In total, water from the Central Valley provides more than 50% of the State’s total water supply, provides drinking water for 25 million Californians and irrigation for millions of acres of farms in and out of the valley. As Executive Officer Pamela is responsible for the planning, organizing, directing, and administering of all activities and functions of the Central Valley Water Board which is comprised of 257 multi-disciplinary staff located in three offices within the Central Valley.

March 23, 2015, Charlotte Ambrose, National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region, “The Social Science of Saving Salmon”
Charlotte Ambrose is the California Programs Coordinator for NOAA Fisheries out of Sacramento, California, and has worked for NOAA over 15 years. She recently served in the capacity of Recovery Coordinator responsible for developing and implementing recovery plans for central coast coho salmon, Chinook salmon and steelhead. She is currently the statewide liaison for NOAA Fisheries on salmon and steelhead programs and initiatives of regional significance such as the State Fisheries Restoration Grant Program, State Monitoring Program, Interagency Ecological Program, Hatchery Policy, Science Center coordination and many others. She has experience in both the private and public sectors and is most widely recognized for her NOAA leadership on California forestry issues.
April 27, 2015, Heidi Perryman, Ph.D., President and Founder, Worth a Dam, “Beaver Restoration in Urban Creeks”
Dr. Perryman formed Worth A Dam to defend the beavers in her home town of Martinez CA. Along the way she became interested in helping other cities learn how and why to co-exist with beavers. Since 2008 she has organized an annual beaver festival that has inspired similar efforts in 5 states and Canada. As California faces more drought years, she believes it is more important than ever to coexist with these important ‘water savers’.
In addition to the beaver festival, Worth A Dam does several community outreach and education programs a year, including field trips and class room visits. In 2010 they awarded their first scholarship in beaver management to advocates in Tahoe. In 2011 Dr. Perryman presented at the state of the beaver conference in Oregon, and the State parks conference in Yosemite. She collaborated with beaver management expert Michael Callahan of Massachusetts to help release an instructional DVD teaching how to live with beavers (featuring footage of the Martinez Beavers). Most recently she worked with a historian, archaeologist and biologist to publish groundbreaking research on the western fur trade and the original prevalence of beavers in California – a subject that has been surprisingly misunderstood for a nearly a century
Beavers and their dams create wetlands, store and filter water, augment fish populations, raise the number of migratory and songbirds, and have a dramatic positive impact on wildlife. Dr. Perryman feels that working to help people understand and coexist with this single species will continue to have a dramatic trickle-down impact on the environment in general.

May 18, 2015 -MEETS THIRD MONDAY OF MAY, Steve Hubbard, SARSAS Program Director, “SARSAS Movie Making”
My career in the telecommunications industry included positions such as director of Engineering for Jones Intercable, with engineering and operations responsibilities for cable television networks from Hawaii to London. In 1990, I co-founded Phoenix FiberLink, which built and operated large scale fiber optic networks to provide mission critical high speed data connections to large corporations. FiberLink was the first company to develop a fiber optic SONET ring around Silicon Valley.
In 1999 I co-founded Netstream, an advanced data communications company. As CEO of Netstream, I oversaw the construction and operation of the highest speed MPLS Core public network ever measured at the time. The network connected key locations on the west coast.
As a photojournalist, I have focused on issues related to the West. In addition to many magazine articles, my books include Powerhouses of the Sierra Nevada and a novel about the early days of the CIA titled The Legend of Roswell. My wildlife and scenic photographs have been featured in California galleries and exhibits including the Governor’s Exhibit at the State Capitol.
Video projects include a recently completed documentary about the history of hydroelectric power in the Sierra Nevada titled Power to the People. I am currently producing a documentary about wild salmon, called Dance of Life Dance of Death.
As a child I lived in many places in the intermountain west and developed a lifelong appreciation for its history and Studies. My web site is www.goldcountryimages.com, and my email address is steverhubbard@gmail.com.environment. As a hard core fly fisherman, my greatest pleasure in life is to spend an afternoon on a mountain stream catching and releasing wild trout.
I graduated from Chico State University with a degree from The Center for Information and Communications
June 22, 2015, Darryl Hayes, ISI, “Update on the Installation of Fish Screens on Pleasant Grove Canal”
July 27, 2015, Mike Love, P.E., Hydraulic Engineer, Mike Love and Associates, “Planning Fish Passage on Auburn Ravine”
August 24, 2015, Jeff Tooker and Rick Hitchcock, Placer Union High School District Administrators, “Migratory Fish (Anadromy) Citizen Science in PUHSD”
September 28, 2015, Beaver Specialist Mary Tappel, “Beaver Management in the Age of Anadromy”
October 26, 2015, Jack and Beverly Sales, “Dark Skies and Salmon”
November 23, 2015, Peter Moyle, “Details of Reconciliation Ecology for Auburn Ravine Salmon”
December 28, 2015 Rich Marovich invited to speak

January 23, 2016 Ken Davis invited to speak

Nevada Irrigation District’s (NID’s) Big Plans for New Parker Dam on Bear River with $160 million Price Tag While Dams on Auburn Ravine, Hemphill and Gold Hill, Go Unimproved Blocking Salmon and Damaging Their Spawning
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Future Water SupplyNID leaders on Aug. 13 signed application documents for theappropriation of water that would fill a new reservoir on the Bear River.

SARSAS General Meeting Agenda for MONDAY, December 22, 2014

(OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

175 Fulweiler Avenue (the Domes), Auburn, CA 95603
Contact: SARSAS President Jack Sanchez at 530-888-0281, VP Gary Mapa will conduct meetings in Jack’s absence.
jlsanchez39@gmail.com

Meetings are Fourth Monday of each month at 10-11 a.m. Meetings are held to one hour in length ending at 11 a.m.

I. Self- introductions and sign-ins.
II. SARSAS Philosophy – We believe by working together with many individuals and agencies at the same table, we can achieve the mission of SARSAS, which is to return salmon and steelhead to the entire 33 mile length of the Auburn Ravine

III. Featured speaker for December 22, 2014, Peter B Moyle, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California at Davis, “Reconciliation Ecology: the Putah Creek Ecosystem”

Peter Moyle has been working on the ecology California’s freshwater and estuarine fishes since 1969, culminating in his 2002 book, Inland Fishes of California (UC Press). He has co-authored numerous papers on the ecology, status and trends of California’s diverse and endemic fishes, including salmon and trout. Present research focuses on climate change and on developing strategies for ecological reconciliation. He is a co-author of a book published by the Public Policy Institute of California, Managing California’s Water: from Conflict to Reconciliation. He also is lead author of the just-published Suisun Marsh: ecological history and possible futures (UC Press), which reflects his 40 years of study of fish and water issues in the San Francisco Estuary. International experience includes studies of fishes in the Botswana, Sri Lanka, and Spain. He is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Wildlife Fish and Conservation Biology and associate director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis.

Upcoming Speakers:
January 26, 2015, Bernadette Bezy, Stantec, “Midwestern Regional Pipeline Update”
Bernadette is Stantec Consulting Inc’s National Technical Lead for Freshwater Science. She is also a local aquatic biologist who has been working in Auburn Ravine and local foothill streams for the past 7 years. Bernadette manages the Stantec Consulting Environmental Team located in Nevada City and Rocklin. Bernadette and the Stantec team of fisheries scientists, terrestrial biologists, archeologists, and environmental scientists worked with the City of Lincoln, Placer County, the State Water Resources Control Board, environmental regulatory agencies, and Foothill Water Network to develop a Regional Sewer Project that met project objectives and is protective of the aquatic environment. She is now working with the City of Lincoln, Placer County, and the Regulatory Agencies to facilitate environmental permit compliance.

February 26, 2015, Pamela C. Creedon, Executive Officer, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, “Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board and Auburn Ravine”
Pamela Creedon is the Executive Officer of the Central Valley Water Quality Control Board. She is a licensed Civil Engineer and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer with nearly 35 years of professional experience, including over 23 years of experience in both the public and private sector developing and implementing water quality regulatory programs. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Civil Engineering from California State University, Sacramento. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Tau Beta Pi. She serves on the American Society of Civil Engineers National Energy, Environment and Water Policy Committee and the CSU Sacramento Environmental and Water Resources Advisory Committee. She is a Vice-Chair of the Sacramento Chapter of the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (SCEWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is a member of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Estuary Institute Aquatic Science Center.

The Central Valley Water Board is the largest Regional Board in the State, encompassing nearly 40% of California’s land area and includes all or part of 38 of California’s 58 counties and nearly 80% of the state’s irrigated agricultural land. In total, water from the Central Valley provides more than 50% of the State’s total water supply, provides drinking water for 25 million Californians and irrigation for millions of acres of farms in and out of the valley. As Executive Officer Pamela is responsible for the planning, organizing, directing, and administering of all activities and functions of the Central Valley Water Board which is comprised of 257 multi-disciplinary staff located in three offices within the Central Valley.

March 23, 2015, Charlotte Ambrose, National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region, “The Social Science of Saving Salmon”
Charlotte Ambrose is the California Programs Coordinator for NOAA Fisheries out of Sacramento, California, and has worked for NOAA over 15 years. She recently served in the capacity of Recovery Coordinator responsible for developing and implementing recovery plans for central coast coho salmon, Chinook salmon and steelhead. She is currently the statewide liaison for NOAA Fisheries on salmon and steelhead programs and initiatives of regional significance such as the State Fisheries Restoration Grant Program, State Monitoring Program, Interagency Ecological Program, Hatchery Policy, Science Center coordination and many others. She has experience in both the private and public sectors and is most widely recognized for her NOAA leadership on California forestry issues.

April 27, 2015, Heidi Perryman, Ph.D., President and Founder, Worth a Dam, “Beaver Restoration in Urban Creeks”
Dr. Perryman formed Worth A Dam to defend the beavers in her home town of Martinez CA. Along the way she became interested in helping other cities learn how and why to co-exist with beavers. Since 2008 she has organized an annual beaver festival that has inspired similar efforts in 5 states and Canada. As California faces more drought years, she believes it is more important than ever to coexist with these important ‘water savers’.
In addition to the beaver festival, Worth A Dam does several community outreach and education programs a year, including field trips and class room visits. In 2010 they awarded their first scholarship in beaver management to advocates in Tahoe. In 2011 Dr. Perryman presented at the state of the beaver conference in Oregon, and the State parks conference in Yosemite. She collaborated with beaver management expert Michael Callahan of Massachusetts to help release an instructional DVD teaching how to live with beavers (featuring footage of the Martinez Beavers). Most recently she worked with a historian, archaeologist and biologist to publish groundbreaking research on the western fur trade and the original prevalence of beavers in California – a subject that has been surprisingly misunderstood for a nearly a century
Beavers and their dams create wetlands, store and filter water, augment fish populations, raise the number of migratory and songbirds, and have a dramatic positive impact on wildlife. Dr. Perryman feels that working to help people understand and coexist with this single species will continue to have a dramatic trickle-down impact on the environment in general.

May 18, 2015 -MEETS THIRD MONDAY OF MAY, Steve Hubbard, SARSAS Program Director, “SARSAS Movie Making”
My career in the telecommunications industry included positions such as director of Engineering for Jones Intercable, with engineering and operations responsibilities for cable television networks from Hawaii to London. In 1990, I co-founded Phoenix FiberLink, which built and operated large scale fiber optic networks to provide mission critical high speed data connections to large corporations. FiberLink was the first company to develop a fiber optic SONET ring around Silicon Valley.
In 1999 I co-founded Netstream, an advanced data communications company. As CEO of Netstream, I oversaw the construction and operation of the highest speed MPLS Core public network ever measured at the time. The network connected key locations on the west coast.
As a photojournalist, I have focused on issues related to the West. In addition to many magazine articles, my books include Powerhouses of the Sierra Nevada and a novel about the early days of the CIA titled The Legend of Roswell. My wildlife and scenic photographs have been featured in California galleries and exhibits including the Governor’s Exhibit at the State Capitol.
Video projects include a recently completed documentary about the history of hydroelectric power in the Sierra Nevada titled Power to the People. I am currently producing a documentary about wild salmon, called Dance of Life Dance of Death.
As a child I lived in many places in the intermountain west and developed a lifelong appreciation for its history and Studies. My web site is www.goldcountryimages.com, and my email address is steverhubbard@gmail.com.environment. As a hard core fly fisherman, my greatest pleasure in life is to spend an afternoon on a mountain stream catching and releasing wild trout.
I graduated from Chico State University with a degree from The Center for Information and Communications

June 22, 2015, Darryl Hayes, ISI, “Update on the Installation of Fish Screens on Pleasant Grove Canal”

July 27, 2015, Mike Love, P.E., Hydraulic Engineer, Mike Love and Associates, “Planning Fish Passage on Auburn Ravine”

August 24, 2015, Jeff Tooker and Rick Hitchcock, Placer Union High School District Administrators, “Migratory Fish (Anadromy) Citizen Science in PUHSD”

September 25, 2015, Beaver Specialist Mary Tappel, “Beaver Management in the Age of Anadromy”

October 26, 2015, Jack and Beverly Sales, “Dark Skies and Salmon”

Please send a tax deductible donation to Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead (SARSAS, INc.) to help us protect salmon in the Auburn Ravine at this troubled and trying time.

You will receive a letter indicating SARSAS is a 501C3 with the EIN 80-0291680,insuring your donation is tax deductible.

Please send your donation to SARSAS, P.O. Box 4269, Auburn, CA95604 by 12 31 14 to insure a deduction on 2014 taxes

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