[env-trinity] Water for Seven Generations Conference, Sierra Nevada Brewery, Chico 11/29 and 11/30

[Tom Stokely]

Env-trinity subscribers,

I strongly recommend that you go to this important conference.  It is not the typical California Water conference.  The difficult issues in California water will be discussed by a wide range of presenters.  Check out the agenda below.

See you there!

Tom Stokely
Water Policy Analyst/Media Contact
California Water Impact Network
V/FAX 530-926-9727
Cell 530-524-0315
tstokely at att.net
http://www.c-win.org


Water for Seven Generations: Will California Prepare For It?
This prestigious conference will be held on Thursday, November 29th and Friday, November 30th  at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico. 

The conference can accommodate 300 people and  is tailored to reach policy makers, activists, academics, agencies, and the interested public. The conference will provide valuable historical, scientific, legal, political, and visionary information regarding current and planned threats to the Sacramento River and the Delta's ecosystems, aquatic and terrestrial species, economies, and communities. It will also provide specific scenarios in which these vital waters can be sustained into the future.

Water for Seven Generations will review California’s short, 160-year history in which it developed massive water supplies that propelled its economy into the global top ten, but with devastating environmental consequences. Professionals and novices will have a valuable opportunity to consider what brought the state to such a precarious and unsustainable position and what credible and economically viable possibilities exist that could move our collective thinking and behavior toward a Seven Generations reality.


November 29th will cover surface water and includes panels or sections that will cover History, Watersheds of Origin, Rivers, the Central Valley and State Water Projects, Species, and       Economics. A no host bar/reception and poster session will take place after the speakers conclude.
November 30th will cover ground water and the future. Sections or panels will cover History, Law, Science, and Present Conditions. A vision for the future will close the conference.

To view the program and attend the conference, go to http://www.aqualliance.net/water-conference-2012/. Lodging arrangements may also be found at our web site.

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Barbara Vlamis
Executive Director
AquAlliance
P.O. Box 4024
Chico, CA 95927
(530) 895-9420
www.aqualliance.net

Program
DAY ONE: SURFACE WATER – Thursday, November 29, 2012

Registration & Continental Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30

History
Donald Pisani, PhD, retired from University of Oklahoma

Watershed of Origin Panel
Greg Gartrell, Contra Costa Water District
Michael Jackson, attorney
Tim O’Laughlin, attorney
John Mills, consultant

Rivers
Steve Evans, Friends of the River
Don Mooney, attorney

Lunch Keynote Speaker – John Herrick, Manager, South DeltaWater Agency

Central Valley Project/State Water Project Panel
Don Glaser, Regional Director, US Bureau of Reclamation, CVP
Felix Smith, retired US Fish and Wildlife Service
Tom Stokely, California Water Impact Network
Speaker from Department of Water Resources (awaiting confirmation)
Bill Kier, consultant

Species
Brian Ellrott, National Marine Fisheries Service
Mike Chotkowski, Field Supervisor for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Fish and
Wildlife Service
Paul Maslin, PhD, CSU, Chico Professor (emeritus)

Economics
Speaker to be announced

Poster Session, reception, hors d’oeuvres and no-host bar 5:30 – 7:00

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DAY 2: GROUND WATER AND THE FUTURE – Friday, November 30, 2012

Registration & Continental Breakfast 7:30 – 8:30

History
Sally Manning, PhD, Environmental Director, Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley
Daniel Prichet
Harry Williams, Bishop Paiute
To Be Announced

Law
Michael Jackson, Ground water law
Adam Keats, Center for Biological Diversity, Monterey

Lunch Keynote Speaker – Michelle Sneed, US Geological Survey

Science
Todd Greene, PhD, CSU, Chico
Jean Moran, PhD, CSU, East Bay
Claudia Faunt, US Geological Survey

The Future
Bill Jennings, California Sportfishing Alliance





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