Conservation Planning for California's Oak Woodlands

Thursday, December 2, 8:00-4:30pm
Riverside Marriott, Riverside, CA

AUDIENCE
OBJECTIVES
AGENDA
REGISTRATION
SPONSORED BY
HOTEL INFO

AUDIENCE

Professional planners, natural resource managers, developers, landowners.

Downloadable Conservation Workshop Flier (PDF) available here.

OBJECTIVES

This one day workshop is designed to present current approaches and tools to develop effective planning strategies for hardwood rangeland habitat. California’s hardwood rangelands are undergoing tremendous pressures from land use changes. Effective planning is an important element in the maintenance of sustainable habitats. The material presented at this workshop is designed to form the basis for an update to the UC publication, “A Planners Guidelines for Hardwood Rangelands.”

Continuing Education Credits (applied for):

  • Society for Range Management - 6
  • International Society for Arboriculture - 3
  • Society for American Foresters - 5.5

AGENDA

8:00-9:00 - Registration

Morning Session: Managing Woodland Ecosystems in Human Landscapes

9:00 - Issues and threats facing planners and oak woodlands - Doug McCreary, Director, UC Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program

9:20 - Urbanization and threats to Oak WoodlandsShawn Saving, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

9:45 - Overview of Oak Conservation Planning Options for Cities and CountiesGreg Giusti, UC Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program

10:10 - Break

10:30 - Woodland Ecosystems Processes and Wildlife Considerations in Human Landscapes - Thomas Scott, UC Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program

10:55 - Woodland Ecosystem Health – Insect and Disease Considerations Tim Paine, UC Riverside

11:20 - Fire in Southern California Woodlands – Ecological and Planning Considerations - Max Moritz, UC Berkeley, Cooperative Extension.

11:45 - Erosion and Water Quality Considerations - Royce Larsen, UC Integrated Hardwood Range Managment Program (IHRMP)

12:10 - Lunch

Afternoon Session: Implementing Woodland Conservation Strategies

1:20 - Woodlands as Working Landscapes - Sheila Barry, UC Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP)

1:45 - The Oak Woodland Conservation Act – Opportunities - Doug McCreary, Director, UC Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program

2:10 - Developing Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plans - TBA

2:35 - Break

2:55 - Economic viability of oak woodland open space - Rick Standiford, UC Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program

3:20 - Case Studies: Southern California Oak Woodland Conservation Planning -
Tom Persons, The Tree People
Tom Oberbauer, San Diego Co.

4:10 - Wrap-up, Questions – Sabrina Drill, UCCE

4:30 Adjourn

SPONSORED BY

University of California Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
College of Natural Resources, Berkeley Campus

HOTEL INFORMATION

Riverside Marriott
3400 Market Street
Tel 951-784-8000 or 800-228-9290
Fax: 951-369-7127


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