More details about River Restoration Northwest 2025

Interest in this event continues to grow, and this year’s rapid sellout reflects the incredible enthusiasm and dedication of our community. However, we understand this may have been disappointing for those unable to secure a spot.
As such, RRNW are excited to announce the release of a limited amount of additional registrations. They have expanded our capacity to meet the overwhelming demand while maintaining the quality of the symposium experience. Please note the following: Registration reopens Monday, December 30 at 10:00 AM PST. There are limited spots available. It will be first come, first-served until all tickets are sold.
Please consider logging into the registration portal before Dec 30th to make sure everything works (change passwords, do a test run, etc.

Registration login instructions are posted on the symposium webpage
Looking ahead, they are actively exploring ways to welcome even more participants in future years. (See below about the new livestream option for invited speakers.) The current venue offers unique advantages, but they also recognize its capacity limitations. Fostering meaningful dialogue and impactful collaboration remain the priority in the best ways possible.  
Thank you for your continued enthusiasm and support—they can’t wait to see many of you at this year’s event!
Symposium Info & Registration
 
There are still have spots available for all of our 2025 RRNW Symposium Short Courses.
Short Course registration reopens Monday, December 30 at 10:00 AM PST.

Join Monday, February 3rd for a series of engaging short courses that promise to enhance your skills and deepen your understanding of vital topics in river restoration.

Ecohydraulics with Rocko Brown, PhD and Joseph Merz, PhD: Introduction to the multidisciplinary field of ecohydraulics, including numerical modeling and field-based evaluations of fish community and flow structure. Full day course.

QGIS with Konrad Hafen, PhD: An introduction to QGIS, an efficient, open-source geospatial software and alternative to proprietary GIS software to meet your mapping and geospatial analytical needs. Full day course.

Indigenizing Restoration with Serina Fast Horse and Toby Query: How can we realign our projects and ourselves to form better relationships with the land and its First Peoples?  Learn how to embrace inclusivity and indigenous traditional ecological and cultural knowledge. Full day course.

Speaking of Science with Janine Castro, PhD: Perfect your public speaking and science communication skills. Join a half-day session on making your presentations interesting and effective. Half day online ahead of the symposium and half day course during the symposium.

Sediment Transport with Peter Wilcock, PhD: Develop strategies for assessing and designing desirable conditions of sediment transport in stream channels. Half day course. More seats added!

Facilitating in the Wild with Maggie Chumbley: Learn how to run a room so you get great participation, balanced voices, and progress on chronic challenges. Full day course.
Learn more about instructors, materials to be covered, and course objectives here.

And remember, you don’t have to be registered for the full symposium to sign up for a Monday short course. Feel free to join for just for the day!
Symposium Short Courses
Livestream Virtual Option for 2025 Symposium Invited Speakers
This year, they are talking with the invited speakers to offer a livestream virtual option. This would allow more participants to engage with the symposium.
The sessions will be broadcast live via Zoom at 8:30 AM PST on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and will include insightful presentations from leaders in the field. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and participate in discussions shaping the future of river restoration.
Click here to register and secure your access to these inspiring sessions!
For those unable to attend, the speakers will also be recorded and posted to the RRNW website/YouTube channel for future reference.
Register for Livestream
The 2025 Invited Speakers include the following:
Tuesday, Feb 4, 8:30 AM PST “Water: the Giver of Life” Columbia River Indigenous Voices and Connecting to Place Invited Speaker: Emily Washines Invited Panelists: Wilbur Slockish, Jr., James Holt, Sr., and Emma Johnson
Wednesday, Feb 5, 8:30 AM PST “Klamath Dam Removals” Invited Speaker: Amy Bowers Cordalis
Thursday, Feb 6, 8:30 AM PST “The LA River: Water, Environment, and People” Invited Speakers: Laurie Olin and Jessica Henson
Learn more about the 2025 Invited Speakers here.
*Please note they are in the final stages of confirming the livestream option with each of the speakers. If for any reason a speaker livestream isn’t available they will post that information to the website at the link above.