Presentations

Chris Berry, Watershed Compliance Manager – City of Santa Cruz

Milestones in the Recovery of San Lorenzo River Watershed Anadromous Salmonids

Kristen Kittleson, Fisheries Resource Planner – County of Santa Cruz 

A Study of Historical Structures and Fish Passage in the San Lorenzo River

KEYNOTE: State Assemblymember Gail Pellerin

State of California Environmental Protection Policies

Justin Gragg, Geomorphologist/Hydrologist – Environmental Science Associates

Branciforte Flood Control Channel Fish Passage

Keynote – City of Santa Cruz Mayor Donna Meyers, Resiliency and Recovery 

Marilyn Underwood: Director of Environmental Health at County of Santa Cruz, Environmental Health Response to Fire and Post-fire Water Quality 

Amy East: Research Geologist at U.S. Geological Survey, Post-fire Geologic Hazards and Landscape Processes 

Jennie Munster: QA/QC Chemist at City of Santa Cruz Wastewater Lab, San Lorenzo River Lagoon Harmful Algal Bloom Dynamics 

Alexander Johanson: Watershed Stewards Program of the Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County, Riparian Conditions in the San Lorenzo Watershed 

Tiffany Wise-West: Sustainability and Climate Action Manager at City of Santa Cruz, Lower San Lorenzo River Climate Change Adaptation 

Keynote: CA State Senator Bill Monning 

Chris Coburn, Deputy Director of Operations, City of Santa Cruz Water Department - Winter Water Quality of the San Lorenzo River

Tim Hyland, Environmental Scientist, Santa Cruz District of California State Parks  - Impacts of Exotic Plant Species on the San Lorenzo River Watershed Ecosystem

David Cowman, Forestry Aide, Santa Cruz District of California State Parks - Managing Wildfire for Watershed Health and Community Safety

Mike Westphal, Ecologist, United States Bureau of Land Management  - Amphibians of the San Lorenzo River Watershed

Kristen Kittleson, Fishery Resource Planner, County of Santa Cruz - A New Look at 20+ Years of Steelhead and Habitat Data

Lisa Lurie, Executive Director, Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County - Enhancing Steelhead Habitat with Large Wood in Upper Zayante Creek

John Ricker - The San Lorenzo River Watershed Management Plan: 40 years old and still relevant 

Shawn Chartrand - An Overview of Historical and Projected Climate  

Mark Strudley, Senior Civil Engineer & Flood Control Division Manager for Santa Cruz County Department of Public Works - Flood risk decision-making in the San Lorenzo River Watershed 

Travis Beck, City of Santa Cruz Superintendent of Parks - What is the River for? A Parks and Recreation Perspective

Jodi McGraw - The Santa Cruz Sandhills: A Biodiversity Hotspot in the San Lorenzo Watershed

Richie King, Santa Cruz Puma Project - Recent Findings in San Lorenzo River Watershed Puma Research 

John Jankovitz, District Fisheries Biologist for CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife - Steelhead Fishing: Then and Now

Keynote - Assemblymember Mark Stone

Restoring the San Lorenzo River in the face of climate change, federal deregulation and competing land uses. March 17, 2018 at the Zayante Firehouse. 

Keynote - California Secretary for Natural Resources, John Laird

"State and Federal Policy Updates and Ramifications for Restoring the San Lorenzo River Watershed" 

Chris Berry, Watershed Compliance Manager, City of Santa Cruz Water Department

"A "10,000 foot", 10 Minute Overview of the San Lorenzo Watershed"

Shawn Chartrand, Principal Geomorphologist/Hydrologist, Balance Hydrologics, Inc.

"An Overview of Projecting Water Supply Availability and Instream Flows for Salmonids Using Hydrologic Records and Climate Projections within the San Lorenzo River Basin"

John Ricker, Water Resources Division Director, County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency

"Groundwater Management for Increased San Lorenzo River Flow"

Jeff Nolan, Principal Geologist, Nolan Associates 

"Karst Aquifers of Ben Lomond Mountain and Their Contribution to Surface Water Flow"

Kristen Kittleson, Fishery Resource Planner, County of Santa Cruz

"Steelhead and Coho Salmon – Living with the Flow"

Chris Coburn, Executive Director, Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County 

"Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County – Making House Calls Since 1942"

"Incidental Flows" – performed by Run-S.L.R.

Run-S.L.R. is Coastal Watershed Council Executive Director Greg Pepping, Technical Director Armand Ruby, River Scientist Alev Bilginsoy and Outreach and Development Manager Laurie Egan.

Relationship between Streamflow and Juvenile Steelhead Densities - Don Alley, Fisheries Scientist