Breakout Sessions
"Celebrating Resilient Landscapes and Adaptive Communities"
Please note that the agenda is still evolving. Below is a preview of presentations in 20+ breakout sessions.
Additional breakout sessions and details will be announced soon.
Forests and Fires
California Forest Health Update Tom Smith, CAL FIRE
Lemons into Lemonade: Wildfires as an Opportunity to Serve Our Communities Valerie Quinto, Sonoma RCD
Post-fire Bird Occupancy on a State Demonstration Forest Anastasia Stanish, CAL FIRE
Fire Recovery and Adaption: A Small District's Story Jamie L. Whiteford and Alexcia Bellinger, Ventura County RCD
Working with Nature Following Wildfire Rich Casale, NRCS
Addressing Tree Mortality in the Wildland Urban Interface Amanda Watson, Amador RCD
Developing Resilient Landscapes and Assisting Communities through Fire Safe Councils Following Wildfire Sheryl Landrum & Don Butz, Greater San Diego County RCD
Forming a countywide Fire Safe Council Lisa Lurie, RCD of Santa Cruz County
NativeTrees and Urban Spaces: Recent findings from Sacramento’s Urban Forest Zarah Wyly, Sacramento Tree Foundation
Forming California Initiative to Reduce Carbon and Limit Emissions (CIRCLE) Program Brian Robey, Inland Empire RCD
Transformative Working Lands
Business Case Studies of Regenerative Ranching Success Kevin Watt, TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation
Carbon Farming in San Diego County Chandra Richards, RCD of Greater San Diego County
ACRCD's Rangeland Resilience Project Ian Howell, Alameda RCD
Landscape Scale Collaborations Cultivating Resilient and Vibrant Regions in California Kellyx Nelson, San Mateo RCD
Rancher to Rancher, A Network for Ranchers: 4J Horse & Livestock Company on the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve – An Example from San Diego County Kent Reeved and John Austel, Rancher to Rancher (R2R)
ENGAGING, COLLABORATING, AND DESIGNING FOR REGIONAL HABITAT CONNECTIVITY: The Santa Monica-Sierra Madre Mountains Habitat Linkage Clark Stevens, Santa Monica Mountains RCD
Building Partnerships for Birds, Water and Conservation Success: Working with American Bird Rex Dufour, NCAT & Sam Earnshaw, Hedgerow Farms
Building Partnerships for Birds, Water and Conservation Success: Working with American Bird Conservancy, NRCS, and RCDs Rachel Smith, American Bird Conservancy
Water
Let’s Build a 2 Million Acre Foot Reservoir in California…Underfoot
Sara Tiffany and Rich Collins, Community Alliance of Family Farmers
Colusa-Glenn Subwatershed Program Kandi Manhart, Glenn County RCD
Sustainable Groundwater Management: Challenge to Opportunity Ann Hayden and Anna Schiller, Environmental Defense Fund
Partnerships & Programs
Advancing the Efficiency and Sustainability of Regional Conservation and Development Planning across California Dennis Grossman, CA Strategic Growth Council
Scaling up Statewide BMP Adoption and Farmland Protection via Local Collaboration
Justin Bodell, American Farmland Trust
Implementing Transformative Working Lands Solutions: a Legacy of Generations Jenny Di Stefano & Bruce Gwynne, CA Department of Conservation, Division of Land Resource Protection
Regional Conservation Investment Strategies Ron Unger, CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
Methods to Build Climate Resilient and Adaptive Communities Robert Horowitz, CalRecycle
Urban Community Adaptation
NativeTrees and Urban Spaces: Recent findings from Sacramento’s Urban Forest Zarah Wyly, Sacramento Tree Foundation
Forming California Initiative to Reduce Carbon and Limit Emissions (CIRCLE) Program Brian Robey, Inland Empire RCD
Evolution of Riverside’s Dynamic Local Food and Ag Movement Diana Ruiz, Riverside-Corona RCD
Farm Bill and Urban Agriculture Alyson Aquino & Hilary Phillips, NRCS
Partnering with an Urban Community Farm to Expand RCD & NRCS Outreach Susie Kirschner & Lucia Ceja, Inland Empire RCD
Conservation Tools
Tactics for Efficient Agriculture Outreach Targeting Small and Midsize Operations
Miguel Garcia, Coachella Valley RCD & Inland Empire RCD
Helping Communities and Resource Management using Citizen Science Erin Snyder & Erika Presley, Riverside-Corona RCD
Collecting, Managing, and Reporting Environmental Data Brandon Jones, Wildnote
Practical Tools and Guidelines to Assist Growers with Water and Nitrogen Use Sacha Lozano, Santa Cruz RCD
RCD Project Tracker: Elevating Efficiency and Storytelling for ALL Districts Brittany Jensen, Gold Ridge RCD, & Mandy Parkes, Inland Empire RCD, & Devin Best, Upper Salinas-Las Tablas RCD
Sacramento River Watershed Data Program: Providing Technical Assistance to Support Collaborative Restoration and Management Activities throughout the Sacramento River Watershed Holly Jorgensen, Sacramento River Watershed Program & Amye Osti, 34 North
RCDs - Behind the Curtain
Getting to Know Big Brother Sheryl Landrum, Greater San Diego County RCD & Keene Simmonds, LAFCO
Special Districts Website Best Practices (including new section 508) Sloane Dell'Orto, Streamline
Basics of the Brown Act Steve Anderson, BB&K Law
Recent Developments and Issues Concerning Conflicts in Government Contracting: Government Code Section 1090 Gary Schons, BB&K Law
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