Official Press release (36K pdf file)

The Department of the Interior hosted an Lower Klamath Basin Science Conference, June 7-10, 2004, in Arcata, California, at Humboldt State University. The workshop began at 8:00 am on Monday, June 7, and concluded at noon on Thursday, June 10, 2004.

The purpose of the Conference was to initiate a dialogue between resource management and scientific communities, including tribal authorities, academia, and other stakeholders about present and future information needs and their priority in the Basin. The physical connections and ecological linkages between upper and lower basins, including the Trinity River, were key themes. Conference goals focused on anadromous fishes and instream flow needs. 

Presentations and discussions related to the workshop themes (see Agenda (121K pdf file)). The first day of the workshop was primarily devoted to hearing from selected water resource managers and stakeholders in the basin as to their science and monitoring needs. The second and third days were devoted to hearing the perspective of scientists as to what is known about certain relevant topics and what they believe needs to be known to help decisionmakers.

Attendance at the workshop was encouraged for scientific researchers, water resource managers and stakeholders in the Klamath Basin especially those involved in Lower Basin research and management.

Conference Committee Chairs:

• Walt Duffy (Humboldt State University) at (707)-826-5644; or wgd7001@humboldt.edu
  

• Irma Lagomarsino (NOAA Fisheries) at (707) 825-5160 or irma.lagomarsino@noaa.gov

• Ronnie Pierce (Klamath River Intertribal Fish and Water Commission) at (707) 839-3637 or segep@aol.com

• Lyman Thorsteinson (U.S. U.S. Geological Survey) at (206) 526-6282 x235 or lyman_thorsteinson@usgs.gov