The Sixth California Oak Symposium Agenda: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities

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October 9

October 10

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 - 9:30 Opening Remarks and Welcome

Greg Sarris, the Chair of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
Joanne Campbell, Elder and Tribal Council Member, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

9:30- 10:00 Introduction to Sonoma County—Andrea Mackenzie, General Manager, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District

10:00 - 10:30 The Secret Behind Acorns and Oaks (oak ecology)—Walt Koenig, Adjunct Professor, Hastings Natural History Reservation, UC Berkeley

10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 11:15 Stockponds and Other Stories:  California Oak Woodland Landowners—Lynn Huntsinger, Professor, UC Berkeley, ESPM

11:15 - 11:45 Oaks in Urban Landscapes: Challenges, Trends, and Opportunities—Larry Costello, Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, San Mateo-San Francisco Counties

Noon - 1 p.m. Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 Concurrent Session 1 (6 presentations of 20 minutes each and panel discussion)

Session 1A, Stewardship and Land Management—Bill Tietje, Moderator

Session 1B, Tree Health, Panel 1—Tedmund Swiecki, Phytosphere Research, Moderator

3:00 - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 5:00 Concurrent Session 2 (4 presentations of 20 minutes each and panel discussion)

Session 2A, Rangeland Watersheds—Barbara Allen-Diaz, Moderator

Session 2B, Below Ground Processes—Mary Firestone , Moderator

3:30 - 5:30 Session 2C, California Indian Interactions With Woodlands, Panel 2—Beverly Ortiz, Moderator

6:00 - 9:00 Hosted Poster Session: Poster Abstracts

October 11

7 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00 Concurrent Session 3 (4 presentations of 20 minutes each and panel discussion)

Session 3A, Planning, Conservation and Policy—Richard Harris, Moderator

Session 3B, SOD I— David Rizzo, Moderator

Session 3C, Land Management, Panel 3—John Herrick and Steve Barnhart, Moderators

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:30 Concurrent Session 4 (6 presentations of 20 minutes each and panel discussion)

Session 4A, SOD II— Susan Frankel , Moderator

Session 4B, Community Ecology— Kathryn Purcell, Moderator

Session 4C, Planning, Panel 4—Greg Giusti, Moderator

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 Concurrent Session 5 (6 presentations of 20 minutes each and panel discussion)

Session 5A, Restoration and Regeneration—Rich Reiner, Moderator

Session 5B, Birds—Tom Scott, Moderator

Session 5C, Conservation, Panel 5—Bill Craven, Moderator

3:30 - 4:00 Break

4:00 - 5:30 Concurrent Session 6 (4-5 presentations of 20 minutes each and panel discussion)

Session 6A, Oak Ecology—Claudia Tyler, Moderator

Session 6B, Disturbance—Mark Reynolds, Moderator

Session 6C, Restoration, Panel 6—Doug McCreary, Moderator

October 12

7:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 - 10:30 Concurrent Session 7 (6 presentations of 20 minutes each and panel discussion)

Session 7A, Monitoring and Inventory—Maggi Kelly , Moderator

Session 7B, Policy, Panel 7—Janet Cobb , Moderator

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - Noon Plenary Closing Session

Jim Branham,  Executive Director of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy
William Craven, Senator Sheila Kuehl's Office