Program
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Below is a quick outline of the program for Reclaiming the Sierra 2017: Headwater Resiliency, May 8-10, 2017 at California State University, Sacramento. To check out the full conference program, click here.
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- Day 1: Monday, May 8 at CSU Sacramento
- Day 2: Tuesday, May 9 at CSU Sacramento
- Tour: Wednesday, May 10 up the Sacramento River (from Old Town)
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Day 1: Monday, May 8
| 8:00 am | Registration Opens Exhibitor Set Up |
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| 9:00 - 10:15 am | Opening Plenaries Welcoming Remarks: Elizabeth "Izzy" Martin, CEO, The Sierra Fund Keynote Speaker: Lawrie Mott "A New Look at the Cadillac Desert" |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 am | BREAK | |
| 10:30 - noon | Opening Plenaries Adrienne Alvord, Union of Concerned Scientists & Board Member, The Sierra Fund Dr. David Bunn, Director, CA Department of Conservation Thomas O'Neill, The Habitat Institute Dr. Mathias Kondolf, UC Berkeley Trina Cunningham, Maidu Summit Consortium and Conservancy |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | LUNCH PROVIDED Poster Session |
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| 1:00 - 2:55 pm | Breakout Session: Mine Remediation This session on mine remediation and restoring resiliency will address the unique issues associated with mine-impacted landscapes with a focus on low-impact methods for remediation and effectiveness evaluation. | Breakout Session: Challenges to California's Water Infrastructure This panel will discuss the state's water infrastructure from dams to ditches, infrastructure impacts on fish passage and water supply, and the challenges to restoring resiliency to the system in the face of climate change. |
| 2:55 - 3:10 pm | BREAK | |
| 3:10 - 5:00 pm | Breakout Session: Meadow Restoration This session on meadow resiliency will identify key components of desired meadow conditions and explore methods for quantifying the benefits of meadow restoration on species diversity, hydrologic function, water quality, and carbon sequestration. | Breakout Session: Surface Mining and Reclamation Act Implementation This panel will discuss the development of regulations and programs as a result of the legislation passed in 2016, identify opportunities for public input around SMARA enforcement issues, and discuss the impact of the new regulations on communities and the mining industry. |
| 5:00 - 6:00 pm | EVENING RECEPTION 5:00-6:00 pm Poster Session & Networking Hour with Sacramento State Jazz Quartet |
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| 6:00 - 7:00 pm | EVENING RECEPTION 6:00-7:00 pm Reclaiming the Sierra Tonight Show Gideon Kracov, Chair, State Mining and Geology Board John Laird, Secretary, CA Natural Resources Agency MC: Elizabeth "Izzy" Martin, CEO, The Sierra Fund |
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Day 2: Tuesday, May 9
| 8:00 am | REGISTRATION OPEN Exhibit Hall Open |
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| 9:00 - 10:15 am | Opening Plenaries Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Carrie Monohan, Science Director, The Sierra Fund Keynote Speaker: Jordan Fisher Smith "A Fatal Bear Attack, a Lawsuit, and the Philosophy of Ecological Restoration in the Sierra Nevada" |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 am | BREAK | |
| 10:30 - noon | Opening Plenaries John Hillenbrand, US Environmental Protection Agency Jim Branham, Executive Director, Sierra Nevada Conservancy Dr. Craig Tucker, Karuk Tribe Dr. Fraser Shilling, UC Davis |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | LUNCH PROVIDED | |
| 1:00 - 2:55 pm | Breakout Session: Regional Models for Prioritization This session on regional models will explore the use of visual, spatial, and predictive models to inform watershed and landscape scale project prioritization and adaptive management decision-making processes. | Breakout Session: Ethical Gold This panel will discuss how to create an environmentally sound and ethical certification process, including identification of techniques and a chain of custody, to bring gold that is produced as a result of restoration activities to the market as a specialized product. |
| 2:55 - 3:10 pm | BREAK | |
| 3:10 - 5:00 pm | Breakout Session: Forest Resiliency This session on forest resiliency will highlight the implications of fire suppression and logging practices on terrestrial and aquatic forest ecosystems and provide insight into policy changes and on-the-ground techniques that can be used to restore forest health in the Sierra Nevada. | Breakout Session: Reservoir Mercury Discharge This panel will address pending Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) regulations under development by the State Water Resources Control Board to control mercury sources to reservoirs, reduce mercury methylation in reservoirs, and reduce bioaccumulation of methylmercury through in-reservoir fisheries management. |
| 5:00 - 5:15 pm | BREAK | |
| 5:15 - 5:30 pm | Closing Remarks Shelly Covert, Nevada City Rancheria, California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project Elizabeth "Izzy" Martin, CEO, The Sierra Fund |
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Tour: Wednesday, May 10
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