Techniques on implanting and tracking. Current plans for monitoring Pacific Offshore Shelf Tracking Project (POST) and results of recovered data.

Learn how to recognize problems (parasites etc). Bring photos of your problems to discuss treatment and suggestions.

Hands-on collection techniques for invertebrate sampling, sorting and identification.

A serious session with cutting edge, up-to-date information on fish culture techniques. Please bring questions!

A dynamic dialogue/discussion on the sustainable nature of our personal and organizational activities.

Traditional tool to investigate flow and habitat relationships; new methods that look at the design of restored streams and rivers that include limitations and pitfalls of modeling.

Panel discussion detailing biology, protection of the animals and their habitat; challenges that beaver activity cause; structures/devices used to control dams, and overall watershed management.

Restoration activities in the Chilliwack, Squamish systems, their successes and difficulties.

Blue water diving, volcanic rock formations, giant barnacles and more from Queen Charlotte Islands.

The social and economic implications of the changes in northern Lakelse Lake due to aquatic infestations.

Keeping your project alive! Ideas, tips and creative solutions.

An innovative approach; annual stock assessment program; development and delivery of numerous restoration projects.

An industry with a growing presence in the province; discussion of its potential impacts on streams and fish and related regulatory concerns.

Orientation studies show a number of mechanisms animals use; cues such as magnetic fields, sun, stars, and odour.

Techniques for daylighting streams and fish friendly culverts.

Methods to deal with summer drought; evapo-transpiration cycles and the need for water retention systems.

How to participate effectively and defensively in monitoring salmon stock status and trends; linking DFO scientific needs for data with the Streamkeepers methodology.

Discussion on streamside protection, watershed management and sustainability practices.

Roles and responsibilities of the Fisheries Act, 'River Watch' and what the volunteer community needs to know.

A wild approach to fi sh production that is more ecologically benign; a success in Alaska, struggling for acceptance in BC

The latest research on eelgrass mapping monitoring and techniques in Georgia Basin.

Advice on getting charitable status, donations, receipts. Keep your group organized, rotated and energized - from field tested, proven successes.

How to assess an environmental risk/impact, then collect relevant information (photos, samples) and make reports that count.

Learning how to identify plants and their various parts. Learn the amazing ways plants protect themselves and interact between other plants and animals.

Role of Agricultural Land Reserve as a tool for stewardship initiatives; innovative model to assist farmers; showcase of breakthroughs in the Pemberton Valley and the role of stewardship in the agricultural community.

Discussion on development procedures that minimally impact on the environment and are socially responsible.

Short presentations include background, delivery and benefits as well as comments on RAR weaknesses.

How to take grassroot volunteers into a successful organization; latest stewardship sustainability initiatives in the Fraser River basin.

How community groups can collect information that help stewardship and habitat management practices.

Innovative technology that provides best possible egg survival; strategies and techniques; equipment demonstration.

A case study that explores what worked, what hasn’t and why.

Overview on steelhead, significance and difference from Rainbow trout; discussion on existing projects in Squamish Watershed, plus their implications for the Georgia Basin Recovery Plan.

Description of embryo development beginning with spawning and ending with fry emergence or ponding time.

An overview of DFO partnerships in stock assessment data collection, available tools and support. Data was collected from a number of sources and the implications of the fi ndings will be discussed.

DFO guidelines that increase the overall benefit of carcass placement. How organic matter maintains the productivity of salmon spawning streams and lakes. Protocols for the addition of nutrients to stream ecosystems.

How can environmental educators, particularly stream stewards, get invited into schools PAC meetings and even corporate boardrooms? How to combine watershed science, stories, painting and public displays.

How to take sterile organ samples, process, package and send to the lab. Includes summary of results from Upper Skeena Baseline Fish Health Monitoring Program.

Explore community water issues and engage in the question “Where does your water come from and where does your wastewater go?”

Working in watersheds that are home to lots of people leads directly to a greater awareness of our place in the ecosystem and how our actions affect the world around us.

History, successes and current programs of Georgia Straight Alliance with focus on programs that use and could use more volunteers: ToxicSmart, Straitkeepers, and Best Practices.

Guidelines for managing the special challenge of spawning protocol in your small project. An overview of DFO guidelines that minimize the potential for loss of genetic variation.

Importance of maintaining indigenous plants in our communities. Healing properties and methods of growing and harvesting herbal medicine. Classroom and field trip.

Movies and diagrams of spawning in relationship to habitat including interactions between males and females during courtship.

From the success of the Campbell R., how it was done, how to do it; beyond the politically correct concepts.

Development, implementation and implications for the watershed. Discussion of their restoration and fish enumeration activities.

A holistic approach from concept to upload with an emphasis on colour/contrast and optimizing images using sensible layout

Seasonal behaviour, biology and population ecology. Includes artifacts and interpretation.

Bowen has great hiking, sea kayaking, beachcombing, and picnicking. Numerous fine B&Bs, restaurants and artisan shops located near Snug Cove Ferry terminal. Enjoy a relaxing retreat following the Workshop! Note interest on Registration Form.

Site tour with staff; an overview of operations.

Opportunity to explore some steelhead and salmon restoration sites.

Walk the interpretive trails, learn the geological history of the area and salmon restoration sites.

Come take a visually stunning journey to the world’s wildest and most remote rivers.