WEBINARS

A panel conversation about integrated floodplain management done "the Washington Way" with Floodplains for the Future initiative in Pierce County. A cross-sector interdisciplinary panel who are working together to unite the interests of communities, agriculture, and salmon in order to transform floodplain management in the Puyallup Watershed in Washington State. Panelists include: Bob Carey - Floodplains by Design with The Nature Conservancy Kathleen Berger - Floodplains for the Future Coordinator Mike Poteet - Pierce County Agriculture Planner Anne-Marie Marshall-Dody – Pierce County Floodplain and Watershed Services Manager Isabel Ragland - Pierce Conservation District, FFtF Adaptive Management Program Lead Helmut Schmidt- Pierce County Floodplain Services Supervisor Kristin Williamson – Salmon Restoration Biologist, South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group Chapters 0:00 Welcome from Chief Harley Chappel of Semiahmoo First Nation 12:44 Emergency Planning Secretariat and Agenda 22:04 Presentation from Bob Carey, Flooplains by Design 37:02 Kathleen Berger on Floodplains for the Future 51:52 Panel Conversation with Floodplains for the Future group

Presentations from speakers from around the world, focusing on making fish passage possible past Flood Gates and Pump Stations. Presenters included: • Ernie Victor - Fisheries Manager at Sto:lo Research and Resource Management Centre • Dave Scott - PhD candidate - University of British Columbia / Raincoast Conservation Foundation • Dr. Jon Bolland - Researcher - University of Hull International Fisheries Institute (England) • Dr. Paul Franklin - Freshwater Ecologist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (New Zealand) • Ben Griffioen - Researcher, Waginengen University (Netherlands) • Carrie Baron, Drainage Manager - City of Surrey, Canada Unfortunately does not include our welcome from Ernie Victor of Cheam First Nation. This solutions workshop series is coordinated and hosted by the Resilient Waters project of Tides Canada Shared Platform. Thanks to our funders BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund and Pacific Salmon Foundation. Find out more from our website at www.resilientwaters.ca.

Our second solutions webinar on fish passage and flood control infrastructure focuses on dikes and associated solutions. Presenters include: • Chief Harley Chappell - Semiahmoo First Nation • Sarah Nathan - Ducks Unlimited Canada, Lower Mainland BC • Jenna Friebel - Skagit Drainage and Irrigation District Consortium, Washington, USA • Danika van Proosdij - Transcoastal Adaptation, Nova Scotia • Bob Rutherford - Thaumas Environmental Consutants Ltd, Nova Scotia • Karilyn Alex - Syilx Okanagan Nation Alliance This solutions webinar series looks at solutions to fish passage and flood control from around the world to help inform our work to restore salmon habitats and prepare communities for flood risk on the Lower Fraser River. It is coordinated and hosted by the Resilient Waters project of MakeWay Shared Platform. Thanks to our funders BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund, and Pacific Salmon Foundation. If you have any questions or feedback on the workshop series please contact Dan Straker at dan@resilientwaters.ca.