Join Peregrine Audubon for Working Forests and Wild Salmon, a program celebrating 25 years of restoration partnerships that support both healthy watersheds and salmon recovery on productive timberland. Presenters Anna Halligan and John Andersen will share stories from the field, lessons learned from collaborative restoration work, and the connections between salmon recovery and forest stewardship. The Tuesday evening talk will be followed by a Saturday guided field tour highlighting restoration sites and seasonal bird and fish habitat.

Anna Halligan directs Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project and has over 20 years of restoration experience in coastal California watersheds. The North Coast Coho Project is a unique public-private partnership that leverages professional skills and expertise with public and private funding to implement on-the-ground restoration that promotes healthy forests and rivers and benefit protected salmon populations.

John Andersen is the Director of Forest Policy for Mendocino and Humboldt Redwood Companies and a Registered Professional Forester. Mendocino and Humboldt Redwood Companies own 440,000 acres of redwood and Douglas fir forest managed with a high level of environmental stewardship. John has been sustainably managing redwood and Douglas fir forests for over 30 years from Santa Cruz County to Humboldt County. He currently chairs the California Forest Carbon Coalition and the California Biomass Energy Alliance. He has a BS degree in Forestry and Natural Resources from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.