Thursday 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: Critical Conservation Challenges (Thursday Specific)

*Please note that the agenda is subject to change. 

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1:45pm-3:00pm
Track 1: Balancing our Resources, Managing our Future

Restoring Watershed Health, Restoring Communities

 
Restoring the Salt River Watershed: 30 years of Community, Collaboration 
and Partnership
Jill Demers, Humboldt RCD
Doreen Hansen, Humboldt RCD
Jon Shultz, NRCS
Michael Bowen, State Coastal Conservancy
 
Streamflow Stewardship: Working with Landowners 
to Enhance Water Resources
Lisa Hulette, LandWater Consulting 
Noah Levy, LandWater Consulting
           
Solano RCD Partnership with Local Storm Water Discharge Programs
Amy King, Solano RCD
 1:45pm-3:00pm

Track 2: Agriculture is part of the Solution

Carbon Sequestration on Ag Land: Making it Happen on a Local Level
 
From Pilots to Big Bold Visions: Scaling of Carbon Farming
Anna Olsen, Cachuma RCD
Russ Chamberlain, Chamberlain Ranch
Emily Miller, Community Environmental Council
 
Carbon Farming Planning Through Local Partnerships with RCDs
Pelayo Alvarez, Carbon Cycle Institute
 
Climate Beneficial Fiber: Partnerships to Revalue Regenerative Fiber 
Production Systems
Rebecca Burgess, Fibershed
 1:45pm-3:00pm

Track 3: Strong Partnerships Bring Lasting Results

Land Trusts – Local Partners for Healthy Communities
 
Watershed Related Partnership Projects in Southern Oregon
Robert Harrington, La Piana

RCDs' role in North Bay Fire Recovery
Brittany Jensen, Gold Ridge RCD
Valerie Minton, Sonoma RCD
Leigh Sharp, Napa RCD

In Sickness and in Health: Evolution of an RCD and Land Trust Partnership
Kellyx Nelson, San Mateo RCD
Dan Olstein, Peninsula Open Space Trust
 1:45pm-3:00pm

Track 4: Critical Conservation Challenges

Sierra Forests and Fire

Partnerships forged by fire – Connecting, educating, and empowering people
to create neighborhood-wide defensible space and develop
fire adapted communities
Nicole Shaw, Tahoe RCD
 
Cross boundary watershed forest restoration collaboration
Jason Ko, US Forest Service
 
The Tree Mortality Emergency: An Impetus for an Integrated Approach 
to Forest Management
Kristen Merrill, CAL FIRE
3:15pm-4:30pm
Track 1: Balancing our Resources, Managing our Future

Creating Sustainable Ground Water
An Interactive Tool to Promote Learning and Engagement around SGMA
Christina Babbitt, Environmental Defense Fund
Ground Water Sustainability Plans – Where Do RCDs Fit In?
Steve Anderson, BB&K
John Currey, Dixon RCD
Valerie Minton, Sonoma RCD

SGMA at Ground Level - Emerging Issues for Farmers and Ranchers
Jack Rice, CA Farm Bureau Federation
 3:15pm-4:30pm

Track 2: Agriculture is part of the Solution

Carbon Sequestration on Ag Lands: Creating Programs to Incentive Change

Climate Smart Agriculture Program
Sara Tiffany, Community Alliance with Family Farmers
 
Farm Climate Risk Assessments, a Potentially Useful Lens for 
Conservation Planning
Sacha Lozano, Santa Cruz RCD
Lisa Lurie, Santa Cruz RCD
 
Carbon Sequestration and Water Conservation through a 
Covered Fallow Program
Lisa Lurie, Santa Cruz RCD
 3:15pm-4:30pm

Track 3: Strong Partnerships Bring Lasting Results

Partnering to Prove Results - Coordinating Data Collection 
through Collaboration
 
The Ascent to Peak Health: Measuring the State of a 
Mountain’s Natural Resources
Sharon Farrell, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
 
Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Effectiveness Monitoring Committee
Russell Henly, CA Natural Resources Agency
 
It Takes a Village to Measure the Changing World
Junko Hoshi, CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
 
 3:15pm-4:30pm

Track 4: Critical Conservation Challenges

Innovative Working Lands Applications
 
Economic Development and Environmental Stewardship Opportunities 
for Land Owners

Michael Maguire, Governor's Office of Planning and Research

Technology for Monitoring Grazing and Grassland Health
Christine Su, PastureMap