Accordion side navigation Instream Flow Program Instream Flow Studies Studies Overview Big Sur River Butte Creek Clear Lake Watershed Deer Creek Mark West Creek Mill Creek Scott River and Shasta River South Fork Eel River Ventura River California Water Action Plan Watershed-Wide Instream Flow Criteria Instream Flow Criteria Map Instream Flow Program Documents Instream Flow Quality Assurance Program Instream Flow Program Presentations External Instream Flow Resources Instream Flow Program Presentations Comprehensive flow studies require partnership with state and federal agencies as well as universities, consultants, non-governmental organizations, and the public. The Instream Flow Program coordinates with interested parties to provide program updates and information through meetings and workshops. Presentations show current research and facilitate public engagement. Past public poster and oral presentations can be accessed below. Posters and Presentations A rapid approach for developing instream flow criteria on a watershed scale (PDF). 2020 California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup (CABW) and California Society for Freshwater Science (Cal SFS) Annual Meeting virtual poster presentation. Development of Habitat Suitability Criteria for Juvenile Salmonids in the South Fork Eel River Watershed (PDF). 2019 American Fisheries Society/The Wildlife Society Joint Conference poster presentation. Developing Watershed-Wide Instream Flow Criteria Using a Rapid Approach to Inform Water Management Decisions (PDF). 2019 CA Water Data Science Symposium and 2019 American Fisheries Society/The Wildlife Society Joint Conference poster presentation. Stream Flows for Steelhead: Methods to Identify Instream Flow Needs in the Ventura River Watershed (PDF). 2019 Salmonid Restoration Federation Annual Conference poster presentation. Quantifying Flow Criteria for Fish and Wildlife and their Habitats (PDF). 2015 North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Instream Flows Workshop presentation. Go with the flow: Standard Procedures for Instream Flow Studies (PDF). 2015 American Fisheries Society CalNEVA Annual Meeting poster presentation. Assessing Aquatic Habitat Connectivity and Low-flow Ecological Thresholds (PDF). 2014 California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup Annual Meeting presentation. Development of a Quality Assurance System for the CDFW Instream Flow Program (PDF). 2014 Bay-Delta Science Conference poster presentation. Flow studies in Sacramento River Delta Tributaries (PDF). 2013 CDFW Science Symposium poster presentation. Overview of the DFG Instream Flow Program and PRC 10000-10005 (PDF). 2012 Salmonid Restoration Conference presentation.