2000 Annual Western
Division AFS Meeting
Telluride Convention Center
Telluride, Colorado
July 16-20, 2000
This session will address problems associated with barriers and fish passage. Over the past 100 years many diversion dams of various sizes have been constructed throughout the western United States. These structures have created on going passage problems for both anadromous and resident native species. This session gathers speakers from throughout the U.S. to discuss new approaches being used to facilitate fish passage such as a roughened channel fishway, a notched crest fishway, and new passage software for culvert design. Issues associated with dam removal will also be discussed.
| 2:00 – 2:20 pm |
Fish Passage on the Lower Truckee River; Brent Mefford |
| 2:20 – 2:40 pm | Adult & Juvenile Fish Passage in the Yakima River; Scott Nicolai |
| 2:40 – 3:00 pm | Facilitating Fish Passage at Ultra-low Head Dams: An Alternative to Removal; Mufeed Odeh |
| 3:00 – 3:20 pm | Idaho Headwaters and Back---What's the Dam Difference?; Patrick Marcuson |
| 3:20 – 3:40 pm | Break |
| 3:40 – 4:00 pm | Rivers Reborn: Restoring Rivers and Removing Dams in California; Steve Evans |
| 4:00 – 4:20 pm | Dam Removal and Restoration Opportunities at The Nature Conservancy's Juniper Hills Preserve, Oregon; Michelle Girts (new presenter) |
| 4:20 – 4:40 pm | FishXing: Fish Passage Software for Culvert Design and Assessment; Susan Firor |
| 4:40 – 5:10 pm | Restoring Rivers through Dam Removal and Non-traditional Passage Alternatives; Laura Wildman (title updated) |