2012 Conference – Climate Change: How Can We Be Ready?

2012 North Bay Watershed Association Conference
Climate Change: How Can We Be Ready?

April 13, 2012

 

Sheraton Petaluma
Petaluma, California

 

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Science: What Will Be The Impacts On Water Supply,
Sanitation, Habitat And Flooding?

• Rebecca Smyth, NOAA Coastal Services Center
  Climate: Are you poised for change?
• David Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
  Preparing for Climate Change: An Assessment Perspective
• Lisa Micheli, Ph.D., Pepperwood Foundation
  Climate Vulnerability of North Bay Watersheds
• Patrick Barnard, Ph.D., USGS Watershed Management
  How do we assess the physical and ecological effects of
  climate change on the San Francisco Bay margin?

Sea Level Rise: How Can We Adapt?

• Sam Schuchat, California State Coastal Conservancy
  California’s Actions on Sea-Level Rise
• Will Travis, One Bay Area
  Sea Level Rise: How Can We Adapt?
  Bay Area Policies and Programs
• Samuel Veloz, Ph.D., PRBO Conservation Science
  Can we improve coastal adaptation planning by using models
  of tidal marsh accretion in response to sea level rise?
• Jeremy Lowe, ESA PWA
  How can we adapt Bay shorelines to accommodate rising sea levels?

Flood Management And Watershed Health: How Can We Improve Both?

• Jim McGrath, RWQCB
  Looking towards the future and changing the way we manage our streams
• Ellie Cohen, PRBO Conservation Science
  Creeks, Critters and Climate: Watershed Restoration for a Secure Future
• Meredith Williams, Ph.D., SFEI
  Napa River: Resilience through Complexity
• Mike Thompson, SCWA
  Water, Environmental, and Community Resources

afternoon keynote SPEAKER: Jared Huffman