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
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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
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1:45pm-3:00pm
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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
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1:45pm-3:00pm
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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
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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
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3:15pm-4:30pm
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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
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3:15pm-4:30pm
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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
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3:15pm-4:30pm
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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
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3:15pm-4:30pm
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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 |
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