2006 Natural Resource Coordinating Conference
March 13-15, 2006 Faculty Club, UC Berkeley Campus

Agenda


Monday, March 13, Richmond Forest Products Lab, Building 478
Pre-conference Work Group or Statewide Project Meetings

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: IHRMP Unit Meeting
E-mail Doug McCreary, mccreary@nature.berkeley.edu, for details

12 Noon to 2 p.m.: Forest Communities Work Group
E-mail Sherry Cooper, slcooper@nature.berkeley.edu, for details

1:00 to 5:00 p.m.: Anadromous and Inland Fish Work Group
E-mail Lisa Thompson, lcthompson@ucdavis.edu, for details

2:00 to 5:00 p.m.: Fire Work Group
E-mail Steve Quarles, steve.quarles@nature.berkeley.edu, for details

2:30 to 4:30 p.m.: Monitoring Landscape Change Work Group
E-mail Maggi Kelly, mkelly@nature.berkeley.edu, for details

Tuesday, March 14, Faculty Club

8:15 Registration and breakfast

9:00 Opening Remarks

9:30 Forestry Panel
Dennis Baldocchi, Professor, Environmental Science, Policy & Management (ESPM), Berkeley
Yana Valachovic, Forestry Advisor, Humboldt-Del Norte Counties CE, Eureka
Max Moritz, Fire Specialist, Cooperative Extension, Berkeley

11:00 Communities Panel
Christy Getz, Specialist, ESPM, Society & Environment, Berkeley
Karl McArthur, Desert Natural Resource Advisor, San Bernardino County CE, San Bernardino
Julia Fetherston

12:30 LUNCH—served at the Faculty Club

1:30 Watershed Panel
Beth Boyer, Professor, ESPM, Watershed Processes, Berkeley
Maggi Kelly, Specialist, ESPM, Ecosystem Sciences, Berkeley
Darren Haver, Watershed Management Advisor, San Diego CE, Costa Mesa

3:00 Break

3:30 Feedback from Participants on ANR Natural Resource Programming and Administration
Bill Frost, NR Program Director
Rick Standiford, ANR Associate Vice-President

4:30-5:00 Poster session reception at Faculty Club

Wednesday, March 15, Richmond Forest Products Lab

Departing 8 a.m. from Richmond Forest Products Lab, Building 478, and returning 4 p.m.

The field tour is being organized by Sheila Barry (UC Natural Resource Advisor) and speakers will include UC and other resource professionals working on rangeland management issues in the San Francisco Bay Area. This will be a wonderful opportunity to see some spectacular woodlands and learn about ground breaking approaches to protecting these areas for biodiversity using livestock and other management tools.