Southern California Regional Workshop on Watershed Assessment and Adaptive Management
November 13th, 9 am to 5 pm; Center for Healthy Communities, Los Angeles CA
(Click on the presentation title to go to the "PDF" version of slide presentations. There is no PDF for McKinney's presentation, which was done without slides.)
Agenda
Morning
9-9:30 Using watershed assessment
in adaptive watershed management – Fraser Shilling (UC Davis)
9:30-10 Watershed water quality and runoff – Larry McKinney (Orange County)
10-10:30 Storm-water infiltration
– Suzanne Dallman (LASGRWC)
Break
10:45-11:15 Assessment in restoration
and management (IRWMP) – Hector Bordas (LA City)
11:15-11:45 Developing conceptual models
and environmental indicators performance measures – Fraser Shilling
(UCD)
Lunch and Conversation
Field visit to The Cornfield. Discussion of the role of restored urban spaces
in watershed processes.
Afternoon
2-2:20 Upland, riparian, and in-stream
habitat assessment – Sabrina Drill (UC Cooperative Extension) and
California Rapid Assessment Method -- wetlands
– Betty Fetscher (Southern California Coastal Water Research Program)
2:20-3 Watershed management
and General Planning – Krista Slonowski (Brown & Caldwell)
3-3:30 Implementing an integrated ambient
& compliance monitoring program for the San Gabriel River watershed
– Suzanne Dallman (LASGRWC)
Break
3:45-4:15 Effective ties
between academia and municipal government to maintain watershed management –
Susan Zaleski (Sea Grant/WALUP) and Nancy Steele (Los Angeles San Gabriel Rivers
Watershed Council)
4:15-4:45 Recent history of
multi-purpose parks advocacy in LA – Robert Garcia (City Project)