California Watershed Management Forums
May 17, 2000
Objective: To develop the outline of a robust, collaborative framework for watershed management in California and to identify achievable steps to accomplish such a framework.
9:00 a.m. Introductory Comments:
Dennis Pendleton, U.C. Davis
Maria Rea, California Resources Agency
9:15 a.m. “We All Live in a Watershed” video
David Gottleib, RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains
9:25 a.m. Federal Watershed Partnerships Update
Federal ‘Working Across Boundaries’ Forum - Julie Tupper,USFS
Unified Federal Policy on Watersheds – Laurie Fenwood, USFS
9:35 a.m. Federal Agency Panel
Moderator: Julie Tupper, USFS
· Army Corps of Engineers - Ron Ganzfried
· Bureau of Land Management - Karl Stein
· National Marine Fisheries Service - Miles Croom
· Natural Resource Conservation Service - Walt Sykes
· U.S. Forest Service - Laurie Fenwood
10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m. Questionnaire Results & Discussion
Moderator: Sari Sommarstrom, Watershed Management Council
11:15 a.m. Framework Options & Discussion
Moderator: Dennis Pendleton, UC Davis
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:00 p.m. Framework Discussion (continued)
2:15 p.m. BREAK
2:30 p.m. “12 Steps to the Recovery of California’s Watersheds”
Moderator: Laurel Ames, Sierra Nevada Alliance
4:00 p.m. Where We Go From Here
Maria Rea, Resources Agency
Sari Sommarstrom, Watershed Management Agency
4:15 p.m. Adjourn