The Puyallup River Watershed Council and the Puyallup and Chambers Watersheds Salmon Recovery Lead Entity are partnering to offer a two-day symposium on environmental issues and concerns, projects, plans and studies in or relevant to the Puyallup Watershed on December 11-12, 2019.

Day 1 will provide a broad picture of issues across the watershed.  Day 2 will be focused on salmon recovery. You can register for one or both days, and there is a discount for attending both days. Registration includes a buffet lunch each day.

Both days include a series of guest speakers and presentations, and poster presentations, outreach tables, lunch, and ample time for networking. If you have dietary restrictions, please use the contact information on the right side bar of this page to inform Bonnie Valens.

Day 1 topics to include:
Whole Watershed Restoration Procedures: Integrating Watershed Condition and Native Fish Conservation into Landscape Restoration Design and Decision Support
Improving Watershed Condition Frameworks in the upper White and Green River watersheds
Pierce Countys Water Quality Work in the Puyallup Watershed
Contaminants in Seaward Migrating Juvenile Salmon from the Puyallup River: potential impacts on their early marine survival
Consciousness and Environmental Education
Upper White River Channel Migration Study
Pierce County Habitat and Flood Capacity Creation Project – Lessons Learned
Potential for Beaver Restoration in the Puyallup Watershed
Floodplains for the Future Watershed Results, 2014-18
Tapps-Wise: A Social Marketing Approach to Help Prevent Toxic Algae Blooms

Day 2 topics to include:
Welcome and speaker from the Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Organizations and Strategies for Salmon Recovery in the Puyallup/White
White River Landscape Scale Restoration
Restoring Fish Passage at Mud Mountain Dam and Buckley Diversion Dam
Electron Dam
Floodplain Restoration and Development
Projects in Commencement Bay and Monitoring Results
Salmon diets and invertebrate prey resources
Climate Change and the Nearshore  Shoreline Planning on the Tacoma Waterfront
Floodplains and restoration targets
Estuary extent and restoration potential across the Puget Sound and more

Come for one or both days to learn more about our watershed and connect with organizations and individuals working to improve the health of our watershed for salmon and people!

Website here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4433222