Oak Woodland Planner's Workshop Agenda (Draft)
Sponsored by UC’s Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP) Redding, California
August 9, 2007 (9:30 – 3:30)
9:00 – 9:30 Registration, Coffee, Fruit and Donuts
9:30 – 9:35 Introduction and Welcome
Larry Forero, UCCE Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
9:35 – 10:00 Oak Woodland Values, Threats and the History of Management
Doug McCreary, Natural Resources Specialist, IHRM
10:00 – 10:30 How California Will Change in the Next 25 Years
Bill Stewart, UC Center for Forestry
10:30 – 11:00 Implementing State Laws Promoting Oak Woodland Conservation – What it Means for County Planners
Bill Walker, Shasta County Planning Department
11:00– 11:30 Mitigating and Offsetting Development Impacts on Oak Woodlands at the Tree, Grove and Landscape Scale
Richard Harris, Forestry Specialist, UC Berkeley
11:30 – 12:00 Protecting Resources through Conservation Easements
Pat Shea, Executive Director, Wildlife Heritage Foundation
12:00 – 12:45 LUNCH
12:45 – 1:15 AB 242 – The Oak Woodland Conservation Act and SB 1334- How are they Working?
Marilyn Cundiff, Wildlife Conservation Board
1:15 – 1:45 Preparing a Spatially Designed Conservation Plan
Adina Merenlender, Natural Resources Specialist, IHRMP
1:45 – 2:30 The IHRMP’s Efforts to Assist Planners (Planner’s Guide and Matrix)
Greg Giusti, Natural Resources Advisor – IHRMP
2:30 – 3:15 Roundtable Discussion of SB 1334 Planners
3:15 – 3:30 Concluding Remarks
3:30 Adjourn