Oak Woodland Planner's Workshop Agenda
Sponsored by:
UC’s Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP)
Vets’ Memorial Building, San Luis Obispo, CA
February 8, 2007 (9:00 – 3:30)
8:30 – 9:00 Registration/MORNING REFRESHMENTS and WELCOME
Royce Larsen, UC Cooperative Extension
9:00 – 9:30 Oak Woodland Values, Threats, and the History of Management
Bill Tietje, Natural Resources Specialist, IHRMP
9:30 – 10:00 Owners, Use, and Management: California’s Oak Woodlands 1985- 2004
Lynn Huntsinger, UC Berkeley
10:00 – 10:15 BREAK
10:15 – 10:45 How California Will Change in the Next 25 Years
Bill Stewart, Forestry Extension Specialist and former Director,
Forest Resources Assessment Program, CDF
10:45 – 11:30 How We Are Protecting Oak Woodland Resources in San Luis Obispo County
John McKenzie, Senior Environmental Planner, San Luis Obispo County
Warren Frace, Community Development Director, Atascadero
11:30 – 12:15 The IHRMP’s Efforts to Assist Planners (Planner’s Guide and Matrix)
Greg Giusti, Natural Resources Advisor – IHRMP
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00 – 1:30 Protecting Resources through Conservation Easements
Pat Shea, Executive Director, Wildlife Heritage Foundation
1:30 -- 3:00 State, Regional, and Local Oak Woodland Programs: How they work and how are they working
- AB 242 – The Oak Conservation Act- How it is Working
Beverly Gingg, Oak Woodland Stewardship Program, San Luis Obispo County - Community 2050
Walt Bremer, Landscape Architecture Department, Cal Poly State University - Santa Barbara County Oak Protection Program
Lottie Martin, Oak Education Specialist - SB 1334 – Oak Woodland Conservation
Greg Giusti, IHRMP
3:00 -- 3:30 Closing: Questions/Comments/Discussion
UCCE/IHRMP/All
3:30 ADJOURN