Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training and Point Blue Conservation Science are pleased to announce…
Climate-smart Restoration, For Restoration Practitioners on California’s Central Coast
9 - 4
September 21, 2016
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, CA 95076
Registration Fee: $30
Deadline for Registration: August 30
Workshop Goal
Increase riparian restoration practitioners’ skills and knowledge in applying tools to improve riparian restoration to account for anticipated climate change.
Overview
This workshop aims to broaden knowledge and skills around designing riparian restoration projects in the Central Coast Region, using the principles of climate-smart restoration.
Intended Audience
Restoration practitioners who are currently working with, or have immediate plans to be working with, riparian restoration are encouraged to attend. Target audiences include biological consultants, conservation lands managers, water management agencies, and private landowners/managers. Please note, this is an advanced workshop with prerequisite knowledge and experience with restoration practice and science.
Workshop Objectives
Objective 1: Increase participants knowledge of:
· Concepts and principles for guiding riparian restoration design to incorporate anticipated climate change (a.k.a. ‘Climate Smart Riparian Restoration’), such as
o Addressing questions of climate uncertainty in restoration design
o How to set forward-looking restoration goals based on current climate predictions
o The importance of building in ecological insurance in restoration design
· How funders support riparian restoration projects that incorporate anticipated climate change.
· How to incorporate Climate Smart Riparian Restoration concepts and principles into riparian restoration practices
· Tools available for designing Climate Smart Riparian Restoration projects
o Riparian restoration design database
o Climate Smart Riparian Restoration Design Checklist
o Climate Change Projections for California’s Central Coast
Objective 2: Increase participants skills in:
· Applying the principles to restoration design, including:
o Creating forward-looking goals
o Incorporating ecological redundancy and diversity
o Incorporating anticipated climate change in riparian restoration design and management
Agenda
9:00 Workshop begins
Climate-smart riparian restoration funding
Joel Gerwein, Project Manager
California Coastal Conservancy
Climate-Smart Restoration Overview
Tom Gardali, Director, Pacific Coast and Central Valley Group
Point Blue Conservation Science
Climate predictions for region and use of analogues
Dr. Sam Veloz, Climate Adaptation Group Director
Point Blue Conservation Science
Case study: Upper Pajaro River (Part 1-Planning and Context)
Sasha Gennet, Senior Scientist
The Nature Conservancy California Program
Case study: Upper Pajaro (Part 2- Implementation and Adaptation)
John Parodi, STRAW Restoration Manager
Point Blue Conservation Science
Case Study: Flood risk reduction, passive restoration, and future hydrologic variability in two Monterey Bay rivers
Donna Myers, Principal
Conservation Collaborative
12:00 Lunch, provided by Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training
Introducing the exercises - instructions, etc
Dr. Nat Seavy, Research Director
Point Blue Conservation Science
Exercise 1
Participants will work in teams to apply Climate Smart Riparian Restoration concepts in case studies from the Central Coast
Exercise 2
Participants will work in teams to apply Climate Smart Riparian Restoration concepts in case studies from the Central Coast
4:00 Workshop ends
Registration Details
Register at: http://www.elkhornsloughctp.org/training/show_train_detail.php?TRAIN_ID=ClPPSKT
5 p.m. July 5 is the deadline for both payment and registration
We do not allow 3rd party registration - please do not register anyone but yourself.
If you cancel prior to August 30, 5 p.m., we will refund any registration fees minus a $10 processing fee. We cannot refund registration fees for cancellation after this date however, please let us know if you cannot attend, so we can allow others the opportunity to register. If you pre-register and do not pay by August 30, 5 p.m., we cannot guarantee you a spot as our waiting list tends to be quite long. You cannot substitute your registration for another, even in your own organization. We reserve the right to cancel or postpone this event for any reason by September 1; in that event, we will remit full refunds.
For those interested….
Workshop participants have the potential to focus on riparian restoration projects that you are considering or that are under way. If you are interested in such an opportunity, please email a brief description of the project to Grey grey@elkhornslough.org
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