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QUICK
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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Tuesday, December 4th
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Wednesday, December 5th
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Thursday, December 6th
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Edgewater Foyer
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Registration
11:30am – 3:30pm
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Registration
7:30am – 4:00pm
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Registration
7:30am – 2:00pm
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Edgewater A
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Plenary Session 1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Keynote Talk
8:30am - 9:40am
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Edgewater F
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Exhibit and Poster Viewing/Reception
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Exhibit and Poster Viewing
7:30am – 5:30pm
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Exhibit Viewing
7:30am – 4:00pm
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Edgewater C
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Concurrent Sessions
10:00am – 5:00pm
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Concurrent Sessions
8:20am – 3:20pm
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Edgewater E
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Concurrent Sessions
10:00am – 5:00pm
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Concurrent Sessions
8:20am – 3:20pm
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Suite 304
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Concurrent Sessions
10:00am – 5:00pm
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Concurrent Sessions
8:20am – 3:20pm
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Extended
Conference Schedule
Tuesday,
December 4th, 2007
11:30am – 3:30pm Registration,
Edgewater Foyer
11:30am – 5:30pm Set
up, Poster Presenters and Exhibitors, Edgewater F
1:00pm – 5:00pm Plenary
Session, Edgewater Ballroom A
Session
Chair: John Carlon,
President, River Partners.
- Stein Buer, Executive Director, Sacramento Area Flood
Control Agency.
An
urban flood management agency perspective
- Paul Henson, Assistant Manager for Ecological Services
in the California/Nevada Operations Office, California Department of Fish
and Game.
Protecting
People and Protecting Species -- Recovering Listed Species in Flood Management
Zones
- Bruce Hafenfeld, President, California Cattlemen's
Association.
Value
in partnering with private landowners in achieving mutual goals
- Lester Snow, Director, California Department of Water
Resources.
The
Department of Water Resources perspective
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Ellie Cohen, President and CEO, PRBO Conservation Science.
Riparian
habitat and flood management: innovative approaches to address a changing
climate
- John McMahon, Brigadier General, Commander, United States
Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division.
Safety,
habitat and risk: finding common ground after Hurricane Katrina
- Mike Chrisman, California
Secretary for Resources.
Advancing
riparian restoration as an element of flood control
2:30pm – 2:50pm Catered
Coffee and Snack Break, Edgewater Foyer
6:00pm – 8:00pm Catered Welcome
Reception and Poster Viewing, Edgewater F
6:00pm – 8:00pm Registration
Re-Opens, Edgewater Foyer
Wednesday,
December 5th, 2007
7:30am – 4:00pm Registration,
Edgewater Foyer
8:00am – 8:30am Coffee
and tea served in the Edgewater Foyer
8:30am – 9:40am Keynote
Talk, Edgewater Ballroom A
Session Chair: Gail Newton, Program Manager, Delta-Suisun Marsh Office,
Environmental Compliance and Ecosystem Enhancement Branch, California
Department of Water Resources.
- Robbin B. Sotir, President, Robbin B. Sotir &
Associates, Inc.
Seeking
the Balance
9:40am – 10:00am Catered
Coffee and Snack Break, Edgewater Foyer
10:00am – 5:00pm Concurrent
Sessions
12:00pm – 1:20pm Lunch,
on your own.
3:00pm – 3:20pm Catered
Coffee and Snack Break, Edgewater Foyer
5:30pm Close
of Poster Session, authors may pick up posters at Reg Desk
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
7:30am – 2:00pm Registration,
Edgewater F
7:30am – 4:00pm Exhibit
Viewing, Edgewater F
7:50am – 8:20am Coffee
and tea served in the Edgewater Foyer
8:20am – 3:20pm Concurrent
Sessions
10:00am – 10:20am Catered
Coffee and Snack Break, Edgewater Foyer
12:00pm – 1:20pm Lunch,
on your own.
4:00pm Conference
ends
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WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 5
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8:30
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Robbin
B. Sotir -- Keynote Talk
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9:40
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BREAK
-- Coffee and Snacks Provided in Lobby
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Room: Edgewater C
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Room: Edgewater E
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Room: Suite 304
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Climate Change and
Riparian Ecosystems
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Multiple Objectives
with Levee Setbacks, Part 1
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Riparian Mapping and
Modeling (Ann)
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Session
Chair: Jeff
Price – Nobel Laureate, Ph.D., Institute for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change,
College of Natural Sciences, California State University, Chico. Co-chair: Ellie Cohen, Executive Director, PRBO
Conservation Science
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Session
Chair:
Michael Perrone,
Division of Environmental Services, California Department of Water Resources
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Session
Chair: Ann
Chrisney, RHJV Coordinator, Riparian Habitat Joint Venture
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10:00
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Climate
change: A global perspective on riparian systems, Primary Author: Jeff
Price, PhD, Institute
for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change, College of Natural Sciences,
California State University, Chico
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The Bear River levee setback project - A case study in opportunities and challenges of setback
levees, Primary Author: Anne King
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Terrestrial
vegetation communities along the Lower Mokelumne River, Primary Author: James
S. Jones
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10:20
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The
Delta climate change and the role of public lands: Adaptation strategies,
Primary Author: Caryl Hart, State Parks and Recreation Commission,
Former Chair
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Multi-objective
floodplain management: The Bear River levee setback project, Primary Author:
Chris Bowles, PWA, Ltd.
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Sacramento
River 2007 riparian map, Primary Author: Chuck Nelson, CSU, Chico Geographical Information Center
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10:40
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Climate
change and meadow-riparian birds of the Sierra Nevada, Primary Author: Mark
Reynolds, The Nature Conservancy, CA
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Bear
River setback
levee restoration project: Designing for ecological and hydraulic objectives,
Primary Author: Helen Swagerty
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The Sacramento River ecological flows tool, Primary Author: Ryan Luster
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11:00
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Climate
change and riparian corridors: Adding resiliency to watershed function,
Primary Author: Brock Dolman, Water Institute Director, Occidental
Arts and Ecology Center
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Bear
River levee
setback project - Restoration design, Primary Author: Debra Bishop
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A
practical method to map riparian areas in California, Primary Author: Joshua
N. Collins
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11:20
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California Department of Water Resources:
Challenges and opportunities, Primary Author: Ted Frink, Resources
Restoration Director, Department of Water Resources
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Feather
and Bear River levee setback project – Balancing flood protection and river
restoration in the California Central Valley, Primary Author: Chris
Fitzer
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Floodplain
restoration on the lower Cosumnes River, Primary Author: Larry J.
Rodriguez
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11:40
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Dams
and levees as climate change maladaptation, Primary Author: Patrick
McCully, Executive Director, International Rivers Network
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Discussion
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Use of
2-dimensional hydraulic modeling in the planning of riparian restoration
within designated floodways and floodplains, Primary Author: Thomas W.
Smith PE, GE
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12:00
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LUNCH
- On Your Own
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Room: Edgewater C
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Room: Edgewater E
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Room: Suite 304
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Restoration on
Private Agricultural and Range Lands, Part 1
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Multiple Objective with
Levee Setbacks, Part 2
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Flood Control and
Fisheries/Aquatic Wildlife
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Session
Chairs: Rodd
Kelsey, Ecologist/Ornithologist, Landowner Stewardship Program
Audubon California. Thomas Moore, State Biologist, USDA-Natural
Resources Conservation Service. Vance Russell, Landowner Stewardship
Program, Audubon California.
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Session
Chair: Michael
Perrone, Division of Environmental Services, California Department of
Water Resources
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Session
Chair: Josh
Israel, Salmonid Restoration Federation.
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1:20
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Large-scale
connectivity and small-scale restoration, Primary Author: Jack Alderson,
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
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Agency
collaboration can resolve the environmental vs. maintenance concern, Primary
Author: Michele Ng, California Department of Water Resources,
Division of Flood Management
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Floodplain
aquatic habitat assessment model for the lower Feather River (Yuba River
Basin Project), Primary Author: Bill Mitchell
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1:40
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Restoring
stream bank and riparian function to irrigation canals and drainages in California agricultural landscapes, Primary Author: John Anderson, Hedgerow Farms
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A test
of a flood-neutral riparian revegetation design, Primary Author: Tom
Griggs
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Salmon,
floods, and food: A decade of fisheries research on the Yolo Bypass floodplain,
Primary Author: Ted Sommer, DWR
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2:00
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Riparian
restoration on Lower Putah Creek, Primary Author: Rich Marovich,
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Habitat
restoration and improved flood management through floodplain reconnection on Lower Deer Creek, California, Primary Author: G. Mat Kondolf, University of California
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The
Sacramento River bank protection project, protecting the public and the
environment, Primary Author: Michael Dietl
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2:20
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Incentives
for restoring and managing riparian areas on private lands in California agricultural landscapes, Primary Author: Thomas Moore, NRCS
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Discussion
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Grassroots Strategies to Protect and Restore Endangered
Coho Salmon Habitat in the Headwaters of the Lagunitas Watershed Presenter: Paola Bouley and
Todd Steiner
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2:40
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Floodplain
restoration on private lands through NRCS programs, Primary Author:
Jessica Groves
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Juvenile
Chinook salmon use of sandbar willows in a large-scale, simulated floodplain:
Microhabitat selection and energetics, Primary Author: Joseph Cech, Jr.
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3:00
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BREAK
-- Coffee and Snacks Provided in Lobby
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Room: Edgewater C
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Room: Edgewater E
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Room: Suite 304
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Restoration on
Private Agricultural and Range Lands, Part 2
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Floodplains, Part 1
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Regulatory Solutions
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Session
Chairs: Rodd
Kelsey, Ecologist/Ornithologist, Landowner Stewardship Program
Audubon California. Thomas Moore, State Biologist, USDA-Natural
Resources Conservation Service. Vance Russell, Landowner Stewardship
Program, Audubon California.
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Session
Chair: Cheryl
Carrothers,
Wildlife Program Leader, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region,
Ecosystem Conservation.
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Session
Chair: Wade
Eakle, Ecologist & Regulatory Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division.
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3:20
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Riparian
songbird respond to conservation actions, Primary Author: Ryan DiGaudio
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The
Importance of floodplains to riverine ecosystems and flood management,
Primary Author: Chris Bowles, PWA, Ltd.
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A
programmatic safe harbor agreement for wildlife habitat restoration in the
lower Mokelumne River watershed, Primary Author: Kent A. Reeves
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3:40
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Rangeland
restoration projects in western Yolo County, Primary Author: Scott Stone
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In-channel
vegetation management in Sonoma County, CA, Primary Author: Kenneth
Schwarz, Jones & Stokes
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Conservation
Banking-An economic tool for the private landowner-The Fish and Wildlife
Service perspective on emerging issues, Primary Author: Kenneth Sanchez
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4:00
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Upper
watershed restoration on private agricultural land: a landowner perspective,
Primary Author: Bruce Rominger
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Multiscale
controls on the distribution of blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) in California’s central valley, Primary Author: Theresa S. Talley, Dept of
Environmental Science and Policy, University of California
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Upping
the performance bar for flood control projects: Potential new regulatory
tools, Primary Author: Richard McMurtry
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4:20
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Riparian
revegetation outcomes on North Coast ranches, Primary Author: Michael
Lennox
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Effects
of long-duration flooding on a San Joaquin Valley riparian restoration site,
Primary Author: Lauren A. Singleton
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Regulation
of non-wetland riparian areas in the arid and semi-arid southwest: Section
404 of the Clean Water Act and bank stabilization, Primary Author: Matthew
Vandersande, Dr.
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4:40
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Panel
Discussion
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Flood
control, irrigation district facilities protection, and riparian restoration:
Meeting multiple objectives on the Sacramento River, Primary Author: Daniel
S. Efseaff, River Partners
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Section
404 of the clean water act and protection of riparian habitat, Primary
Author: Jae Chung, D.Env, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles
District, Regulatory Division
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5:00
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END OF DAY
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THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 6
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Room: Edgewater C
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Room: Edgewater E
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Room: Suite 304
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Restoration
Partnerships, Part 1
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Floodplains, Part 2
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Flood Control and
Terrestrial Wildlife, Part 1
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Session
Chair:
Gregg Werner,
The Nature Conservancy.
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Session
Chair: Cheryl
Carrothers, Wildlife Program Leader, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest
Region, Ecosystem Conservation.
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Session
Chairs: Geoff
Geupel, Terrestrial Ecology Division Director, PRBO Conservation
Science. Barbara E. Kus, Research Ecologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center.
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8:20
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Feasibility
studies using native seed in restoration, Primary Author: Matthew R.
Grabau
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Wildlife
response to a large scale riparian restoration project at San Joaquin River
National Wildlife Refuge, Primary Author: Kenneth M. Griggs, USFWS,
San Luis NWR Complex
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The
role of flood control project design in the conservation of floodplain
ecosystems and wildlife: Creating ecological networks, Primary Author: Steven
E. Greco, Dept. of Environmental Design, University of California
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8:40
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Evaluation
of urban stream restoration projects in the greater San Francisco Bay Area,
Primary Author: Jason Maas-Baldwin
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Flood
corridor and riparian restoration at the Big Bend project along the Tuolumne
River, California, Primary Author: Patrick Koepele, Tuolumne River
Trust
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Response
of Least Bell's Vireos to flood control channel maintenance along the San
Luis Rey River, California, Primary Author: Barbara Kus, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
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9:00
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Flood
protection and habitat enhancement by collaboration - Adobe Creek Upper Reach
5 restoration project, Primary Author: Kristen O'Kane
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Reconnection:
Habitats and floods, Presenter: Pamela Tuft and Dean Eckerson Primary
Author: Pamela Tuft, AICP
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The Santa Ana River watershed program, 2007 - Integrating habitat and migratory bird recovery
with flood control, Primary Author: Richard Zembal, Orange County Water
District
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9:20
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The 4
step approach to Himalayan Blackberry control: Biological, mechanical,
chemical and native species planting, Primary Author: Tad Alexander
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A tool
for predicting birds abundance associated with Trinity River Restoration,
Primary Author: Sherri L. Miller, Wildlife Biologist, Redwood
Sciences Laboratory
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Habitat-friendly
levee rehabilitation on a Delta island, the McCormack-Williamson Tract,
Primary Author: Ramona O. Swenson, The Nature Conservancy, Cosumnes
River Preserve
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9:40
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Professional
restoration with school children, Presenter: Emily Allen Primary
Author: John Parodi
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Discussion
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Bank
Swallow (Riparia riparia) population and habitat trends along the Sacramento River, Red Bluff to Colusa, Primary Author: Joe Silveira, U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex
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10:00
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BREAK
-- Coffee and Snacks Provided in Lobby
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Room: Edgewater C
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Room: Edgewater E
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Room: Suite 304
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Restoration
Partnerships, Part 2
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Levee Maintenance
and Vegetation Management Part 1
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Flood Control and
Terrestrial Wildlife, Part 2
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Session
Chair:
Gregg Werner,
The Nature Conservancy.
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Session
Chair: Howard Brown, NOAA Fisheries. Les Tong, Senior
Environmental Resources Manager, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Session
Chairs: Geoff
Geupel, Terrestrial Ecology Division Director, PRBO Conservation
Science. Barbara E. Kus, Research Ecologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center.
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10:20
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Financing
aquatic and riparian habitat in flood projects-Napa and Truckee River case studies, Primary Author: David G. Dickson
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Decker Island riparian habitat restoration,
Primary Author: David Showers
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Design
considerations for riparian brush rabbit habitat restoration, Primary
Author: Stacy Small, River Partners
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10:40
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Restoring
creeks in an urban area – Challenges and opportunities, Primary Author: Sheri
J. Emerson, Santa Rosa Public Works Dept.
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Use of
vegetated levees as flood refugia, Primary Author: Kim Forrest, San
Luis NWR Complex
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Water
management considerations for conserving native herpetofauna in southern California, Primary Author: Cheryl Brehme, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
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11:00
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A
community organizing strategy for integrating stream restoration and flood
control, Primary Author: Richard McMurtry
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A
literature review of vegetation on levees, Primary Author: Maureen K.
Corcoran
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Endangered
species response to re-watering: Factors influencing the recovery of the
Willow Flycatcher in the Mono Basin, Primary Author: Chris McCreedy
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11:20
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Riparian
corridor conservation and enhancement: Integrated planning for multiple
benefits, Primary Author: Karen Gaffney, CEO, West Coast Watershed
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The
environmental impacts of the USACE Actions for Change, Primary Author: Boniface
Bigornia
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Flood
timing affects nest predation rates in a breeding riparian songbird
population, Primary Author: Stacy Small, River Partners
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11:40
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Discussion
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Panel
Discussion
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Impacts
of flooding on riparian songbirds: An 11-year study of the Cosumnes River floodplain, Primary Author: Nadav Nur, PRBO Conservation Science
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12:00
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LUNCH
-- On Your Own
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Room: Edgewater C
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Room: Edgewater E
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Room: Suite 304
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Restoration
on Private Agricultural and Range Lands, Part 3
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Levee
Maintenance and Vegetation Management Part 2 [Lester and Howard]
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Flood
Control and Terrestrial Wildlife, Part 3 (Barbara and Geoff)
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Session
Chairs: Rodd
Kelsey, Ecologist/Ornithologist, Landowner Stewardship Program
Audubon California. Thomas Moore, State Biologist, USDA-Natural
Resources Conservation Service. Vance Russell, Landowner Stewardship
Program, Audubon California.
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Session
Chair: Howard Brown, NOAA Fisheries. Les Tong, Senior
Environmental Resources Manager, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Session
Chairs: Geoff
Geupel, Terrestrial Ecology Division Director, PRBO Conservation
Science. Barbara E. Kus, Research Ecologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center.
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1:20
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Slough
restoration in agricultural areas in the central valley of California, Primary Author: Chris Rose, Audubon California Landowner Stewardship
Program
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Properties
of native riparian vegetation to support flood management, Primary Author: Daniel
Efseaff
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If you
build it, who will come? Landbird response to riparian restoration at the San
Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, Primary Author: Karl Kraft
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1:40
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Landowner
incentive program riparian habitats: Perspectives from post-restoration
management, Primary Author: Marc Kenyon.
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Potential
effects on riparian habitat in the Sacramento River flood control project
without implementation of a regional variance to the USACE vegetation
management policy, Presenter: Noah Hume Primary Author: Michael
Dietl, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District
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Habitat
relationships of breeding landbirds along the San Joaquin River, Primary Author: Julian K. Wood, PRBO Conservation Science
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2:00
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20
years of riparian restoration on the South Fork Kern River and the importance
of private landowner cooperation, Primary Author: Reed Tollefson,
Audubon California’s Kern River Preserve
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Hydraulic
characteristics of California native riparian plant species under flood
conditions in a large-scale flume: Sandbar Willows, Primary Author: M.L.
Kavvas, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
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Restoring
riparian habitat on altered floodplains by integrating vegetation and avian
monitoring, Primary Author: Ryan Burnett, PRBO Conservation Science
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2:20
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Integrating
riparian habitat restoration and conservation on private lands in the Upper Klamath River Basin, Primary Author: Heather L. Ray
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Restoring
and enhancing habitat value, while protecting lives and property, Primary Author: EJ Koford,
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Indicators,
umbrellas, and endangered species: What is our monitoring goal? Primary
Author: Christine A. Howell, PRBO Conservation Science
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2:40
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Building
partnerships for restoration in a working landscape: The Lower Mokelumne
River Watershed Stewardship Program, Central California, Primary Author: Kent
A. Reeves
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River
edge enhancement – A key element of comprehensive floodplain management,
Primary Author: Peter Buck
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Panel
Discussion
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3:00
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Panel
Discussion
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Panel
Discussion
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3:20
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Coffee
and Networking -- in the lobby
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4:00
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END
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