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Driftless Area Stream Restoration Symposium - Day 2

Connect with and learn from the scientists and conservationists working in this region's incredible rivers
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Driftless Symposium Presenters 

2024 Day 2 Lineup on March 12 

  

9:00 Opening Remarks
Sara Strassman - TU Driftless Area Restoration Effort 

  

9:10 Towards a better understanding of Brook and Brown Trout Distributions in the Driftless Area
Jason Freund – University of Wisconsin – La Crosse  

 

9:35 Gorman Creek Habitat Improvement and the Natural Channel Design Process
Matt KempingerWabasha SWCD
Kevin Zytkovicz – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 

 

 

10:00 An Oral History of Fishing and Stream Restoration in Buffalo County Wisconsin
Tim Salway – Waumandee Rod and Gun Club
Todd Mau – Retired NRCS Conservationist
Peter Jonas – TU Driftless Area Restoration Effort 

 
10:45 Temperature Rise Forms: Trout streams and restoration in a changing climate 
Ben SellersUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison 

 
11:10 Flowing Forward: MNTU’s Recent Progress in the Improvement and Enhancement of Riparian Corridors and Coldwater Streams
in the Driftless Area of Southeastern
Minnesota
Jennifer Biederman PhD – Minnesota TU

 
 

11:35 Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) Swimming Performance Declines on Embedded Gravel
Avery Lettenberger – UW-La Crosse 

 

12:00 Closing Remarks & Upcoming Events: Sara Strassman


There's something incredibly special about the waters of the Driftless region, and it isn't just the density or quality of trout finning in the currents or the streamside grasses waving in the breeze.
 
What truly makes the Driftless special is the army of scientists, restoration specialist and nonprofit and agency partners working to study, care for and recover these fabled streams.
 
Join Trout Unlimited's Driftless Area Restoration Effort (TU DARE) staff and volunteers for an important two day virtual symposium on March 11 & 12 featuring some of the most powerful and important voices in the partnership we have built to conduct this work.
 
Each day will feature a range of experts speaking for approximately 20 minutes each on their area of focus and taking your questions. You can attend the full line-up, or use the link provided when you register to drop-in on one or several talks throughout both days.

More details on speakers and the schedule will be listed once it has been finalized.

To register for Day 1 of the symposium, click here
*Note: All sessions will run concurrently on the same Zoom link and are Central time.
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After you purchase tickets you'll get instructions and a link to attend the event online.