Friday Breakout Sessions
"Dynamic Partnerships, Relevant Results"
Color coded Tracks are as follows:
Track 1: Balancing our Resources, Managing our Future
Track 2: Agriculture is part of the Solution
Track 3: Strong Partnerships Bring Lasting Results
Track 4: Behind the Curtain - RCD Operations (Friday Specific)
*Please note that the agenda is subject to change.
Click here to see Thursday Breakout Sessions
8:30am-9:30am
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Track 1: Balancing our Resources, Managing our Future
Building Habitat, Protecting Pollinators
A Pollinator Partnership Between NRCS and Xerces Society
Thomas Moore, NRCS
Margaret Smither-Kopperl, NRCS Kathryn Prince, Xerces Society
What the Monarch Means for Agriculture and Conservation... Maybe Jack Rice, Ca Farm Bureau Federation
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8:30am-9:30am
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Track 2: Agriculture is part of the Solution
Incentivizing Adoption of On-Farm Conservation
Paying Landowners for Recharge
Chris Coburn, RCD of Santa Cruz County
Enhancing the Wildlife Value of Farms in the Central Valley: A Team Effort Khara Strum, Audubon
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8:30am-9:30am
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Track 3: Strong Partnerships Bring Lasting Results
Planning Tools for Successful Conservation Partnerships
Regional Conservation Strategies and Other Tools for Conservation
Shannon Lucas, CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Integrating the California State Wildlife Action Plan 2015 Update (SWAP 2015) for Collaborative Conservation.
Junko Hoshi, CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Funding for Illegal Disposal Site Cleanup on Agricultural Lands
Carla Repucci, CalRecycle
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8:30am-9:30am
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Track 4: Behind the Curtain – RCD Operations
Understanding Regulation to Achieve Compliance
How Did We Get Here? CEQA 101
Wendy Worthey, Dudek
Everything Special Districts Need to Know About Online Compliance
Sloane Dell'Orto, Streamline Web
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9:45am-10:45am
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Track 1: Balancing our Resources, Managing our Future
Managing Watersheds, Balancing our Future
Lower Mokelumne River Watershed Steering Committee
Kathy Grant, City of Lodi Public Works
Improving Water Resource Management Through Local Collaboration
Tito Cervantes, CA Dept. of Water Resources |
9:45am-10:45am
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Track 2: Agriculture is part of the Solution
Innovating to Encourage Change
The Leadership Academy: Bilingual Workshops in the San Joaquin Valley
Ana Lucia Garcia Briones, Environmental Defense Fund
Farmer Stewardship Profiles
Virginia Jameson, American Farmland Trust
Completing the Knowledge Cycle: Deriving IPM Knowledge Directly from Practitioners on Working Landscapes
Tracy Schohr, University of California Cooperative Extension
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9:45am-10:45am
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Track 3: Strong Partnerships Bring Lasting Results
Watershed Scale Partnerships to Restore Fish Habitat
Fisheries Restoration Projects in Shasta County of the Sacramento Valley
Chester Anderson, Western Shasta RCD
Restoring Scotts Creek - It Takes a Village
Chris Coburn, RCD of Santa Cruz County
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9:45am-10:45am
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Track 4: Behind the Curtain – RCD Operations
Creating Successful Partnerships
Partnership Mechanics: Assembling Great Projects
Chris Rose, Solano RCD Wendy Rash, NRCS
Partnering for Conservation Planning
Devin Best, Upper Salinas-Las Tables RCD
RCD and Agricultural Industry Groups Partner to meet Sustainability and Regulatory Goals
Leigh Sharp, Napa RCD
Michelle Novi, Napa Green and Napa Valley Vintners Association
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11:00am-12:00pm
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Track 1: Balancing our Resources, Managing our Future
Building Healthy Resources in an Urban Environment
Forging Unexpected Partnerships with a Common Goal: Restoring Degraded Land in California while Reducing Water Consumption
Malcom McVay, Land Life Company
Urban Forest Management Toolkit
Nancy Sappington, Inland Urban Forestry Council Diana Ruiz, Riverside-Corona RCD
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11:00am-12:00pm
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Track 2: Agriculture is part of the Solution
Agriculture in Education
The SLEWS Program: A model for engaging high school students in habitat restoration on agricultural lands Matt Lechmaier, Center for Land Based Learning
Classroom Aquarium Education Program Hillary Grez, CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
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11:00am-12:00pm
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Track 3: Strong Partnerships Bring Lasting Results
Voluntary Compliance: Partnering to Comply with Regulation While Achieving Results
RCDs/NRCS Partnering to Help Farmers Comply with Water Quality Regulations
Kelly Huff, Dixon RCD Wendy Rash, NRCS
California Agricultural Partnership Forum
Johnny Gonzales, CA State Water Resource Control Board
Developing Education Program to Work with Growers to Reach Compliance Larry Forero, UCCE
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11:00am-12:00pm
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Track 4: Behind the Curtain – RCD Operations
Innovative Funding Solutions/Programs
A Partnership that Works: An RCD, A Community Foundation and Private Donors
Kellyx Nelson, San Mateo RCD Sally Liu & Andy Perkins, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Development of an in-lieu fee Mitigation Program
Kelli Camara, RCD of Santa Cruz County Wendy Rash, NRCS
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2:05pm-3:05pm
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Track 1: Balancing our Resources, Managing our Future
Recovering from Fire: Coordinated Research and Practice
Post-fire studies at Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest following the 2015 Valley Fire: A case study in collaborative research
Will Olsen, CAL FIRE
Partnering for Post-Wildfire Recovery Reforestation
Victoria Brandon, Lake County RCD
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2:05pm-3:05pm
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Track 2: Agriculture is part of the Solution
Envisioning a Future for California's Farmlands
Farmland Futures Initiative: Partnering to conserve agricultural lands
Nathan Weller, California Farmlink
Supporting the Next Generation of Farmers through Innovative Financing and Technical Assistance Program
Sacha Lozano, RCD of Santa Cruz County
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2:05pm-3:05pm
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Track 3: Strong Partnerships Bring Lasting Results
Encouraging Sequestration: Creating the Tools for Healthy Soils and Carbon Farming
The Land Management and Multi-Benefit Assessment Alexandra Leumer, The Nature Conservancy Jeff Onsted, The Department of Conservation
Cow Poop, Soil Health, Climate Policy...Oh my! Jeanne Merrill, CalCAN Nancy Scolari, Marin RCD
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2:05pm-3:05pm
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Track 4: Behind the Curtain – RCD Operations
Keeping Accountable
Primer on Prevailing Wage Requirements
Kevin Wang, BB&K Law
RCD Accounting
Bob Johnson, CPA
The ABC's of Developing an Indirect Cost Rate Sheryl Landrum, RCD of Greater San Diego County
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3:20pm-4:20pm
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Track 1: Balancing our Resources, Managing our Future
Camp Sacramento Erosion Control and Habitat Improvement Project - Five Years Later
Paul Wisheropp, Dudek Mark Egbert, El Dorado County RCD
Pesticide Detection in Ditches
Debra Benton, EPA
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3:20pm-4:20pm
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Track 4: Behind the Curtain – RCD Operations
Online Tools to Encourage Productivity
RCD Member Portal – An in-depth view
Sara Schremmer, CARCD
RCD Online Project Database and Communications Tool:Increasing RCD Visibility through Project Data Collection and Reporting Brittany Jensen, Gold Ridge RCD
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