CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT WATERSHEDS
A Conference on
Volunteer Stewardship
JANUARY 13 - 16, 2005
MERRITT COLLEGE
12500 Campus Drive, Oakland, California
An occasion for those who have a stake
in the health of our watersheds
and our communities to discuss obstacles and opportunities for
Volunteer Stewardship in the East Bay and beyond.
An invitation to anyone with an interest in local creeks and
watersheds. This includes Creek and Watershed Organizations,
Educators, Agency Staff, Scientists, Engineers, Developers,
Neighborhood Organizations, Elected Officials, Corporate and Business
Professionals, Design Professionals, Students, Community Organizers,
Environmentalists, Community Gardeners, Landscapers, Fire Vegetation
Managers, Naturalists,
Planners, and others curious about creek- and watershed-related issues.
Sponsors
The East Bay Watershed Center and the David R. Brower, Ronald V.
Dellums Institute for Sustainable Policy Studies at Merritt College,
and
the Watershed Project, Friends of Five Creeks, Friends of the Estuary,
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
Honorary Co-Chairs
David R. Brower, In Memoriam
Ronald V. Dellums
This is the 3rd in a series of watershed gatherings initiated by the
Joint Meeting of Bay Area Watershed Groups in 2002. This conference is
an effort to close infrastructure and network gaps within the watershed
community. The interactive format will prioritize time for
conversation
so that individuals, groups and agencies can talk to each other about
their experiences and to work towards creating solutions.
Thursday evening's program is free and OPEN
TO ALL --> POSTER
SESSION, DINNER and
KEYNOTE ADDRESS --> Thursday evening,
January 13, 2005, 5 to 8 p.m.
•Daily plenary sessions, topical
workshops, and facilitated roundtable
discussions on Organizational Development
for Creek Groups, Watershed Science, Watershed Management & Policy,
Society & Education • FREE dinner with keynote address on Thursday
evening •
daily speakers • poster session •
field trips •
Costs:
General admission,
$25. Students and volunteers, $13 to $15. Prices inclued
all daytime
sessions and field trips for all four days, and 0.5 Unit college
credit. NO REGISTRATION OR FEES REQUIRED for Thursday evening's
poster session, dinner and keynote
address (5 to 8 p.m.). Click here
for lunch information.
Help
out: We need people to help with the conference.
Currently, we need people for setup, registration/information tables,
poster coordination, note taking, as time keepers, and other
roles. Please contact the EBWC at ecomerritt@sbcglobal.net or
510-434-3840 if you'd like to be a part of making this conference
happen!
Poster Session: Click here for
poster session details
Stop Waste: Be sure to bring a cup for
coffee/tea/refreshments, and a plate or bowl and utensils if you will
be joining us for the Thursday evening dinner.
Click here for Conference Pre-Registration
Or, contact the EBWC with the following information:
*Name
*Affiliation (if any)
*Contact informaiton (address, phone number, fax, and/or e-mail)
*When you plan to attend
*If you will bring a poster for display
If you would like to include a display in the poster
session, please
contact the EBWC
at ecomerritt@sbcglobal.net or
510-434-3840.
To download and print a registration form and flyer (large file, 5.7
MB), click here
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For more information, contact the East Bay Watershed Center at
ecomerritt@sbcglobal.net
or (510) 434-3840 (http://merritt.edu/~envst/).
General Conference Schedule
Through
January 12, 2005: Pre-Conference:
Volunteer and
facilitator
briefing, materials preparation, room set up.
10:00-11:45 -- Poster Setup and
Continuous Registration, Main Lounge and Main Hall
|
11:45 - 12:30 -- Lunch
|
12:30 - 12:45 -- Introduction
and Welcome, Main Lounge
|
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:
12:45 - 5:30
|
Bay Area
Stream Buffers: Current Regulatory Efforts and Next Steps, Main
Lounge
|
Introduction
to Watershed Restoration, Room R-7
|
Evening Program:
5:00 - 6:30 -- Continuous
Registration and Poster Session, Main Lounge and Main Hall
|
6:30 - 8:00 -- Dinner Buffet,
Dining Hall
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7:15 - 8:00 -- Keynote Address,
William Jordan, III: An Instant
& Immeasureable Crop: Stewardship & the Building of a
Conservation Economy, Dining Hall
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8:30 - 9:00 -- Registration,
Main Lounge and Main Hall
|
9:00 - 9:15 -- Welcome, Main
Lounge
|
9:15 - 11:45 -- Plenary:
Volunteer Stewardship, Main Lounge, includes keynote addresses and
discussion listed below
|
9:15 - 9:45 -- Keynote
Address: Robin Freeman: The
Empire and the Artisan: Creeks, Community & Governance,
Main Lounge
|
9:45 - 10:15 -- Keynote
Address: Sharon Farrell: Social
& Ecological Dimensions of Community Stewardship, Main Lounge
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10:15 - 10:30 -- Break
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10:30 - 11:45 -- Facilitated
Discussion: Volunteer Motivations, Main Lounge
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12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
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Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:
12:45 - 4:15
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Volunteer
Watershed Management & Policy, Main Lounge
|
Regulatory
Policy, Land Use Planning, Room R-126/R-130
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Organizational Development for
Creek Groups (The Watershed Project), Room R-7
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4:30 - 5:30 -- Afternoon
Plenary: Collaboration & Partnerships (Facilitated Discussion),
Main Lounge
|
5:45 - 7:00 -- Poster Session
& Hors D'Oevres, Main Lounge and Main Hall
|
8:30 - 9:00 -- Registration,
Main Lounge and Main Hall
|
9:00 - 9:15 -- Welcome, Main
Lounge
|
9:15 - 11:45 -- Plenary:
Volunteer Stewardship, Main Lounge, includes keynote addresses and
discussion listed below
|
9:15 - 9:45 -- Keynote
Address: Steven B. Rauh: Well-Being
for Watersheds, Children & Communities: The Need for Social
Impact Statements in Restoring the Global Environment, Main
Lounge
|
9:45 - 10:15 -- Keynote
Address: Sharon Fuller: Cultural
Competency: Engaging Today's Environmental Leaders, Main
Lounge
|
10:15 - 10:30 -- Break
|
10:30 - 11:45 -- Facilitated
Discussion: Creating a Long Term Regional & Local Vision,
Main Lounge
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12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
|
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:
12:45 - 3:30
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Revegetation
for Watersheds, Room TBD
|
Volunteers
& Watershed Science, Room R-7
|
Watershed
Culture &
Education, Room R-130/126
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Watershed
Culture &
Education, Room TBD
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Watershed
Culture &
Education, Room TBD |
3:00 - 4:00 -- Poster Session,
Main Lounge and Main Hall
|
| 1:00 - 4:30 -- Workshop:
Shaping and Effective Watershed Council with Sari Sommarstrom, Temescal
Branch Library 5205 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland. |
10:00 - 12:00 -- Field
Trip: Breuner March, Richmond, Meeting Places TBD
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10:00 - 2:30 -- Field
Trip: Nursery Tour, Various East Bay Locations, Meeting Places TBD
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Session Details
Thursday,
January 13: Local and Regional Regulatory Policy, Citizen
Restoration
Morning Program:
10:00 - 11:30 -- Poster Setup and Continuous Registration, Main Lounge
and Main Hall. Coffee, tea, refreshments, and morning snacks
availabe. Pre-order lunch (from the campus cafeteria) at the
registration tables by 11:00.
11:45 - 12:30 -- Lunch
12:30 - 12:45 -- Introduction and Welcome by Robin Freeman, Main Lounge
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:
Bay Area Stream Buffers: Current Regulatory Efforts and Next Steps,
Main Lounge
12:15 -12:30 -- Welcome (Robin Freeman, East Bay Watershed Center; Bill
Kier, Kier Associates)
12:45 - 1:30 -- What setbacks can and cannot do - research findings.
Ken Schwarz, Jones & Stokes, with background from Jim Robins, Alnus
Ecological Consulting.
1:30 - 2:15 -- Buffers and the law: Ellison Folk, Shute, Mihaly, &
Weinberger
2:15 - 3:30 -- The Portland, Oregon experience: Two steps forward and
one back? Jim Labbe, Portland Audubon
3:30 - 3:45 -- break
3:45 - 4:30 -- Rocky roads to buffer regulation: Leslie Estes, City of
Oakland Environmental Services; Craig Breon, Santa Clara Valley
Audubon; Austin McInerny, Center for Collaborative Policy
4:30 - 5 :00
-- Next steps: Roger Leventhal, Far West Engineering; Emmanuel Ursu,
Planning Director, City of Orinda; Mike Houlihan, Santa Clara Valley
landowner; Juliana Rebagliati, Principal Planner, City of Santa Cruz.
5:00 - 5:30 -- Facilitated discussion of panel and roundtable.
Moderator: Mary Selkirk, Center for Collaborative Policy
Introduction to Watershed Restoration, Room R-7
12:45 - 2:45 -- Introduction to Watershed Assessment & Watershed
Walk (informational)
3:00 - 3:45 -- Designing a Watershed Plan, Shannah Anderson, The
Watershed Project (informational and discussion)
4:00 - 5:00 -- History of Creek Restoration and Volunteer Activism in
the Bay Area, Josh Bradt, Urban Creeks Council (informational)
Evening Program:
5:00 - 6:30 -- Continuous Registration and Poster Session, Main Hall
and Main Lounge
6:30 - 8:00 -- Dinner Buffet, Dining Hall
7:15 - 8:00 -- Keynote Address: William Jordan, III: An Instant and Immeasureable Crop:
Stewardship & the Building of a Conservation Economy
Friday, January
14: Building Collaboration Within the
Watershed Community
Morning Program:
8:30 - 9:00 -- Poster Setup and Registration, Main Lounge
and Main Hall. Coffee, tea, refreshments, and morning snacks
availabe. Pre-order lunch (from the campus cafeteria) at the
registration tables by 11:00.
9:00 - 9:15 -- Welcome, Julie Quiroz-Martinez, Main Lounge
9:15 - 11:45 -- Plenary: Volunteer Stewardship, Main
Lounge. Includes the keynote addresses and discussion described
below.
9:15 - 9:45 -- Keynote Address: Robin Freeman: The Empire and the Artisan: Creeks,
Community & Governance, Main Lounge
9:45 - 10:15 -- Keynote Address: Sharon Farrell: Social & Ecological Dimensions of
Community Stewardship, Main Lounge
10:30 - 11:45 -- Facilitated Discussion: Volunteer Motivations,
Main Lounge
11:45 - 12:30 -- Lunch
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:
Volunteer Watershed Management & Policy, Main Lounge
12:45 - 2:45 -- After the Restoration: Maintaining Projects
(informational and discussion)
3:00 - 4:15 -- Volunteer Participation: Citizen Groups &
Labor (discussion)
Regulatory Policy, Land Use Planning, Room
R-126/R-130
12:45 - 2:00 -- Local and Regional Regulatory Policy, Elizabeth
Morrison, RWQCB
(informational)
2:15 - 4:15 -- Land Use Planning: Solutions (informational and
discussion)
Organizational Development for Creek Groups (The Watershed
Project), Room R-7
12:45 - 2:00 -- Case Studies of 3 Successful Creek Groups
(informational)
2:15 - 3:15 -- How to Start & Maintain a Creek Group (informational)
3:30 - 4:15 -- Creating a Funding & Strategic Plan (informational)
Afternoon Plenary:
4:30 - 5:30 -- Facilitated Discussion: Collaboration and
Partnership (discussion), Main Lounge
5:45 - 7:00 -- Poster Session and Hors D'Oeuvres, Main Lounge and Main
Hall
Saturday,
January 15: Growing to Scale: Building a
Broader Watershed Community
Morning Program:
8:30 - 9:00 -- Poster Setup and Registration, Main Lounge
and Main Hall. Coffee, tea, refreshments, and morning snacks
availabe. Pre-order lunch (from the campus cafeteria) at the
registration tables by 11:00.
9:00 - 9:15 -- Welcome, Julie Quiroz-Martinez, Main Lounge
9:15 - 11:45 -- Plenary: Building a Broader Watershed Community,
Main Lounge. Includes the keynote addresses and discussion
described below.
9:15 - 9:45 -- Keynote Address: Steven B. Rauh: Well-Being for Watersheds, Children &
Communities: The Need for Social Impact Statements in Restoring
the Global Environment, Main Lounge
9:45 - 10:15 -- Keynote Address: Sharon Fuller: Cultural Competency: Engaging
Today's Environmental Leaders, Main Lounge
10:30 - 11:45 -- Facilitated Discussion: Creating a Long-Term
Regional and Local Vision, Main Lounge
11:45 - 12:30 -- Lunch
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:
Revegetation for Watersheds, Room TBD
12:45 - 2:00 -- Vegetation Management for Habitat & Fire
(discussion)
2:15 - 4:15 -- Native Plant Nurseries Roundtable (discussion)
Volunteers & Watershed Science, Room R-7
12:45 - 2:00 -- Monitoring Protocol Goals and Possibilities, Steve
Cochrane and others (informational and discussion).
2:15 - 3:30 -- Sharing and Linking Information Storage Systems (was
Collaborative Databases and Volunteer Efforts)
(facilitated discussion). We invite all groups working toward
information/data storage systems to participate in this discussion
addressing goals, hurdles, and potential partnerships. If you
have a project you would like to include, please contact us at
510-434-3840, or ecomerritt@sbcglobal.net.
Culture and Watershed Education, Room R-130/126
12:45 - 2:00 -- Setting Priorities for Watershed Education (discussion)
2:15 - 3:30 -- Environmental Justice (discussion)
Culture and Watershed Education, Room TBD
12:45 - 2:00 -- The Bay & Beyond: Urban, Rural &
International Partnerships (discussion)
2:15 - 3:30 -- Open Session (discussion)
Culture and Watershed Education, Room TBD
12:45 - 2:00 -- The Spirit of Place, A Geography of Hope (informational
and discussion)
2:15 - 3:30 -- History of Ecological Restoration (discussion)
Afternoon Poster Session:
3:00 - 4:00 -- Poster Session, Main Lounge and Main Hall
Sunday,
January 16: Workshop and Field Trips
Workshop:
1:00 - 4:30 -- Workshop: Shaping an Effective Watershed Council,
Sari Sommarstrom, PhD, Watershed Management Council. Click here for additional information
(Word doc).
Location: Temescal Branch Library 5205 Telegraph Ave., Oakland
(near Telegraph Ave. and 51st St. at the Claremont Ave intersection; 10
blocks North of the MacArthur BART station). The entrance is in
the rear of the building.
Field Trips:
10:00 - 12:00 -- Breuner Marsh, Richmond
10:00 - 2:30 -- Nursery Tour, Various East Bay Locations
Speakers
William Jordan III
Founding Editor, Journal of Ecological Restoration; Co-founder of the
Society for Ecological Restoration International
Sharon Farrell
Natural Resources Project Manager at the Golden Gate National Parks
Conservancy.
"I spent a decade as an ecologist and a natural resources planner
coordinating community-based stewardship and natural resources programs
in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. During that time, I
worked with the park and community to create the Presidio Park
Stewardship Program, which grew to be the largest natural resource
volunteer program in the National Park Service within 5 years. I
have a graduate degree in park management, with an emphasis on
community-based stewardship and ecological restoration. I am the
former ED [Executive Director] of the Watershed Project, where I
focused on providing capacity building support to watershed groups and
delivering watershed-based environmental education programs in the Bay
Area."
Sharon Fuller
Founding Director Ma'at Youth Academy, a project of the Earth Island
Institute
Steven B. Rauh
Former Editor of the Sierra Club Yodler; former Assistant to David R.
Brower, Earth Island Institute; Co-director, ISPS (David R. Brower,
Ronald V.
Dellums Institute for Sustainable Policy Studies at Merritt College)
Robin Mark Freeman
Chair, Merritt College Environmental Studies Program; Director, East
Bay Watershed Center; Co-director, ISPS
For more
information, contact the East
Bay Watershed
Center at
ecomerritt@sbcglobal.net
or (510) 434-3840. Schedule last updated January 7, 2005.