International Fish Passage Conference

Advancing Restoration, Revitalization, Remediation and Reintroduction

Join your fisheries colleagues in the vibrant city of Davis, California, for an opportunity to enhance your knowledge and technical expertise in the nexus between ecology, biology, and hydraulic design. This annual conference stands as one of the premier events in the field, offering a perfect platform for networking and idea exchange among fish passage practitioners.

We are a proud River Level sponsor of this year's conference and are excited for our seasoned professionals to share their work and expertise at a variety of presentations, workshops, and poster sessions throughout the conference.

Learn more about our work as a leader in fish passage and fisheries.

Our Fish Passage Sessions

Monday, May 4

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Workshop 1: Planning, Implementing, and Adaptively Managing Aquatic Reintroductions for Long-term Success: A Pacific Salmon Case Study

• Instructor: Mike Garello

Tuesday, May 5

Session: Improving Fish Passage and Migration Within California’s Sacramento Valley Flood Bypass System

2:10-2:30 p.m. | The New Sacramento Weir: A Complex Fishway Facility Passage Integrated into a Modern Floodway Project

• Authors: Robert Chase and Kevin Fellows

2:30-2:50 a.m. | Sacramento Weir Fish Passage System: Hydraulic Modeling and Design

• Authors: Anna Mallonee and Adrian Strain

Poster Sessions 

5-7 p.m. | Shasta Reintroduction

• Author: Mike Garello

5-7 p.m. | Evaluating Fish Entrainment and Turbine Passage Risk

• Author: Erin Settevendemio

Wednesday, May 6

Session: Fish Passage Design Policy and Standards: A Cross Section from Headwaters to Estuary and Everything in Between

• Session Chair: Dave Minner

8:50-9:10 a.m. | Salmonid Stream Crossing Design Frameworks in the Pacific Northwest: Policy to Practice

• Authors: Shaun Bevan and Dave Minner

Session: Guidance and Deterrence of Native and Nonnative Fish

9:10-9:30 a.m. | A Review of Partial Depth Guidance Systems: Lessons Learned

• Authors: Shannon McCarty and Anna Mallonee

Session: Reintroducing Pacific Salmon in Historically Important Habitat: Lessons from the Trenches 

10:30-10:50 a.m. | Critical Reintroduction Tactics - Improving Cohort Collection Efficiency through Advancement of Juvenile Collection Technologies on the North Yuba River

• Author: Mike Garello

10:50-11:10 a.m. | A Stochastic Simulation Framework for Early-Stage Evaluation of Downstream Fish Passage Effectiveness

• Author: Mike Garello 

Session: Innovative Tools for Fish Passage Study and Analysis

2:10-2:30 p.m. | Coupling Three-Dimensional Near Field Hydraulics and Fish Passage Design

• Authors: Joe Dvorak and Adrian Strain

Session: Lessons Learned from Stream Crossing Replacements and Retrofits

• Session Chair: Nick Szigeti

3:40-4 p.m. | From Concept to Comeback: Lessons from 20 years of Fish Passage on Quiota Creek

• Authors: Nick Szigeti and Anna Mallonee

Friday, May 8

8 a.m.–5:30 p.m. | Field Tour 1: Fish Facilities in the Flood System

• Guide: Gabe Kopp