California Technical Assistance Activities
| Description and Agency | Provider(s) | Date |
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technical review of proposed restoration alternatives in Prairie Creek, California Redwood National Park |
Wilzbach | January 2016 |
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technical review of existing habitat conditions and restoration actions to recover salmon populations in Elk River, California California Coastal Conservancy |
Wilzbach | October 2015 |
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reviewed Oregon Department of Environmental Quality protocols for aquatic macroinvertebrate=based assessment of water quality imapirment. Plum Creek Timber Company |
Wilzbach | October 2013 |
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Served on steering committee and participated in two workshops to develop a state fish monitoring program in California. California Dept of Fish and Game, NMFS |
Duffy | May 2004 |
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Served as member of two NOAA technical recovery teams for ESA listed species, 1) coho salmon in the southern Oregon/northern California ESU and 2) coho salmon in the Oregon Coast ESU. National Marine Fisheries Service |
Duffy | July 2004 |
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Served as member of the California state coho salmon recovery team. California Dept of Fish and Game |
Duffy | September 2003 |
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Served as Structured Decision Making facilitator for a project to restore the Sutter Bypass in California's Central Valley for anadromous fish passage California Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Henderson | April 2021 |
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Participated in a multi-day workshop to improve salmonid monitoring methods as part of the California Coastal Monitoring Program California Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Henderson | May 2021 |
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Organized an hosted workshop to develop ideas to combine salmonid monitoring data from multiple sites to improve demographic parameter estimates. California Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Henderson | July 2021 |
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Member, California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead California Dept of Fish and Game |
Duffy | May 2006 |
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Conducted statistical analysis of habitat data collected as part of a Before-After-Control-Impact study to assess impact of large woody debris additions on salmonid population dynamics California Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Henderson | March 2021 |
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Chair of citizens advisory committee for California coastal watershed and fishery restoration grants. California Dept of Fish and Game |
Duffy | November 1999 |
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At the request of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Native Fish Conservation Coordinator, I reviewed and provided feedback on their electrofishing minimum qualifications and standards document. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
Som | March 2024 |
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Applied data logging tags to salmon in northern California ocean waters, and evaluated location of recovered tagged fish in estuaries and rivers with respect to environmental parameters |
Wilzbach | February 2001 |
| Role - Description | Provider | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member, Search Committee for University staff - Search committee for Fish Hatchery Manager | Wilzbach | March 2017 | August 2017 |
| Member, Search Committee for University staff - Search committee for Administrative Support Coordinator for College Dean | Wilzbach | July 2017 | Present |
| Member, Institutional Care and Use Committee - To monitor and oversee vertebrate animal use in teaching and research and to help ensure that vertebrates are treated humanely in accordance with state and federal law and policy. We are charged with reviewing and approving all protocols for the use of live animals in teaching or research at Humboldt State University. | Wilzbach | August 2013 | Present |
| Member, Graduate Advisory Council | Wilzbach | September 2004 | Present |
| Member, Fisheries Department Curriculum Committee - Reviewed and revised department curriculum. | Duffy | September 2007 | April 2008 |
| Member, College of Natural Resources and Sciences, Graduate Education Committee - Participate in revision of college graduate education requirements | Duffy | September 2004 | May 2005 |
| Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| USGS CRU DEIJ committee | Henderson | August 2021 | Present |
| Member, Watershed Ecology Team | Wilzbach | January 2000 | Present |
| Member, Watershed Ecology Team | Duffy | January 2000 | Present |
| Member, Steering Committee, Klamath River Fish Health | Wilzbach | July 2006 | Present |
| Member, Redwood Creek Pulse Group | Wilzbach | June 2003 | Present |
| Member, Redwood Creek Pulse Group | Duffy | June 2003 | October 2003 |
| Member, NOAA Technical Recovery Team for Coho Salmon, Southern Oregon-Northern California | Duffy | July 2004 | July 2008 |
| Member, Klamath Science Committee, U.S. Geological Survey | Duffy | July 2005 | Present |
| Member, California Citizens Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead | Duffy | May 2004 | Present |
| Member, CA Dept. of Fish & Game, Recovery Team for Coho Salmon | Duffy | September 2002 | Present |
| Chair, California Dept. of Fish and Game, Watershed Restoration Grants Peer Review Committee | Duffy | November 1999 | Present |
| California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout | Wilzbach | January 2013 | Present |
| Advisor, Watershed Stewards Program | Duffy | August 2004 | June 2007 |
| Outreach Activity | Provider(s) | Date |
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| authored an article describing research of the California Coop Unit on use of eDNA to monitor the endangered Tidewater Goby. The article has appeared in the Feb. edition of the Wildlife Management Institute's Outdoor News Bulletin, on the online forum of The Wildlife Society, and on the USGS.gov homepage as a top story. | Wilzbach | February 2016 |
| Review of CDFG/HSU salmonid curriculum project for elementary schoolchildren. | Duffy | May 2005 |
| Presentation on the importance of light and nutrients to salmonid growth, Smith River Advisory Council | Wilzbach | August 2002 |
| Presentation on salmon biology, Jacoby Creek Elementary School | Wilzbach | September 2002 |
| Presentation on salmon biology, Jacoby Creek Elementary School | Wilzbach | October 2006 |
| One hour interview to discuss Klamath River and dam removal on public radio. | Duffy | June 2008 |
| Jacoby Creek Elementary School salmon presentation | Wilzbach | October 2006 |
| Half hour interview on public radio regarding status of salmon and their biology | Duffy | October 2001 |
| Guided Arcata High School students in sampling fish on Jolly Giant Creek for an AP Biology class project. | Duffy | April 2006 |
| Described Cooperative Unit research activity and threats to salmon. | Duffy | January 2001 |
| County Science Fair judge | Wilzbach | March 2003 |
| Contributed to newspaper article covering role of Cooperative Unit in graduate education and student research. | Duffy | October 2000 |
| Authored editorial on dam removal | Duffy | May 2008 |