[env-trinity] More on Water for Seven Generations: Will California Squander or Protect It?

[Tom Stokely]

This is a great conference.  Advance registration ends November 4.  Save yourself $20 and register early! Tom Stokely Salmon and Water Policy AnalystPacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations and Institute for Fisheries Resources530-524-0315 tstokely at att.net 
Water Colleagues, AquAlliance's second quadrennial water conference is fast approaching. The Program is almost done, so check it out athttp://www.aqualliance.net/water-conference-2016/program-2016/

There are so many valuable topics and quality speakers that have never been in one event in the NorthState before. All of the speakers relate to what we are doing to protect the Sacramento River, its tributaries, and the surrounding communities and orchards from massive water transfers and groundwater extraction. I really hope you are able to attend and encourage others to also join us. A flier and registration form are attached.

Some highlights include:

Day 1, November 17th
* The Sites Reservoir panel will provide the public with multiple voices and views instead of it all being slanted in one direction or the other. 
* There are a number of great fish and wildlife presentations in the morning such as:
    “How (not) to prevent extinction of winter run Chinook salmon”
    “The Giant Garter snake: A Tale of Persistence in an Uncertain Waterscape”
    “Status and Ecology of the southern Distinct Population Segment of the North American Green Sturgeon.* “San Francisco Bay: The freshwater-starved estuary” This will help clarify the reason water must flow down the river and through the estuary as reported in the Bay Institute's new report - that it isn't "wasting to the sea."

Day 2, November 18th
* Attorney Roger Moore covering climate change in the Feather River Watershed and how it plays into the FERC re-licensing lawsuit that he is involved with with Butte County. This also is a cautionary tale for any county that seeks to host a reservoir.
* Geologist Kit Custis is another new face who will discuss the interaction of streams and groundwater, groundwater conditions like you have never heard it before, and how it all relates to implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
* Attorney Adam Keats will discuss “Lessons from Paso Robles: Why all groundwater sustainability agencies will not be equal, and how to keep the public in control of these public agencies”
* The Owens Valley will be covered again with four diverse speakers: Harry Williams, Big Pine Paiute Tribe; Mark Lacey, cattleman; Sally Manning, botanist; Daniel Prichett, botanist.

The main conference page is http://www.aqualliance.net/water-conference-2016/
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Barbara Vlamis
Executive Director
AquAlliance
P.O. Box 4024
Chico, CA 95927
(530) 895-9420
www.aqualliance.net

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