Greetings!
Registration is now open for the upcoming Columbia Gorge Fisheries and Watershed Science Symposium scheduled for Tuesday, 4/21/26 at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles, Oregon.
Please use the link below to register.
You will find a list of the presentation titles and speakers on that page. Click on the "Register Now" link in the upper right corner of the page to enter your information.
Conference seating is on a first come, first served basis, so please don't delay! Hope you can join us, and please feel free to share this with colleagues we may have missed on our distribution list.
Any questions or issues with registration, please contact me or Jeanette Burkhardt (contact info below). We will be sending a final agenda with times closer to the date of the event.
Thank you! Looking forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely,
Bill Sharp, Jeanette Burkhardt and the Yakama Nation SciSymposium Team
bill_sharp@yakama.com (509) 945-3167
Here's what's scheduled for the event.
Opening Comments
Bill Sharp, Yakama Nation Fisheries
Invocation
Davis Yellowash Washines , Yakama Nation Tribal Leader
Beaver-related Restoration and Freshwater Climate Resilience through Tribal Stewardship
Jesse Burgher, Cowlitz Tribe
Eastside 20-year Forest Health Strategic Plan & the Science Behind It
Andrew Spaeth, Washington Department of Natural Resources
From Prioritization to Implementation: How Columbia Land Trust is Managing its Frequent-fire Forests in the South Mt. Adams Region
Adam Lieberg, Columbia Land Trust
Data Centers in the Northwest: Implications for Tribal Resources and Recommendations for the Governor's Data Center Working Group
Kate Valdez, Yakama Nation
Case Studies from Columbia River
Lauren Goldberg, Columbia Riverkeeper
Avian Predation in the Columbia River Basin: Overview and Lessons Learned After Several Decades of Management
James Lawonn, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Hydrologic Outlook for 2026
Scott Ladd, Yakama Nation
Lunch - 1 hour (lunch provided)
Klickitat River Juvenile Salmonid Outmigration Monitoring 2017-2025
Kory Kuhn, Yakama Nation
Klickitat M&E -Adult Salmonid Monitoring & Trends at Lyle Adult Trap
Ryan Gerstenberger, Yakama Nation
Introgression Among Major Phylogeographic Lineages Alters Phenology and Fitness of Klickitat River Spring-run Chinook Salmon
Zak Robinson, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Describing Aquatic Biodiversity in Washington using environmental DNA metabarcoding
Marie Winkowski, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Bullfrog Removal and its Impacts on Local Gorge Wildlife
Jack Fogarty, Mt. Adams Resource Stewards
Hood River Habitat Program Restoration Updates and Lessons from Leveraging Partnerships
Matt Steinwurtzel, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Honor. Protect. Restore. Building Resiliency in Uncertain Times
David Lindley, Yakama Nation Southern Territories Habitat Project
White Salmon River Watershed Health Updates
Tova Tillinghast and James Osmolenski, Underwood Conservative District
Click here to access a Library of Presentations and Abstracts from previous year's conferences, searchable by year and topic. Presentations over the past years have spanned a broad range of topics relevant to the fisheries and aquatic resources--from research to implementation-- in tributary watersheds to and in the mainstem Mid-Columbia including: policy, planning and management; geologic hazards and climate change; Pacific lamprey research; water availability; dam removals; education and outreach; fish predation studies; hatchery reform and fish facility improvements; genetic research; fish passage and tributary habitat restoration work, and more. Topics represent the work of a broad spectrum of agencies and organizations.
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