Lunch
12:00pm – 1:00pm




“What’s Our New Set Point?”
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Our cities continue to grow, our ecosystems
are becoming more “globalized,” and climate
change is changing all the rules. In the face
of so many dynamic factors, how do we
determine the optimal mix of restoration
and acceptable human alteration?

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AB 32
Rich Varenchik, Air Resources Board
(presentation - 2Mb)


Climate Change: Are the Goal Posts Moving?
Is Climate Change(ing) Our Community
Goals For Watersheds?
Stefan Lorenzato, California Department of
Water Resources (presentation - 2Mb)


Panel Discussion with Audience Q&A



Media Panel
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
(confirmed)


Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times (confirmed)



Audience Focus Group and Discussion
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Based on what you have heard and learned
throughout the conference, you will
have the opportunity to submit comments
(vocally or via email) on what you are looking
for in terms of a healthier watershed.



Wrap Up
4:00pm – 4:30pm
 
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    “Living on the Frontier”
10:00am – 12:00pm
California is not just the geographical frontier
of the US, but also the policy and technology
frontier. When government agencies cannot
provide the most effective resource
management, watershed groups and
grassroots organizations are filling in the
gap through education and advocacy. When
communities and businesses recognize that
we are a part of our environment and not
apart from it, they are promoting new
landscape ethics and re-envisioning our built
environment.

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Identifying the New Mainstream
Irma Muñoz, Mujeres de la Tierra
(presentation - 2Mb)


Closing the Frontier: We Are Not Apart From
the Environment; We Are a Part of It
Travis Longcore, USC Center for Sustainable
Cities (presentation - 20.6Mb)


Improving Urban Streams: Opportunities and
Approaches to Enhance and Restore
Impacted Urban Stream Systems
Ken Schwarz, Principal, Horizon Water and Environment (presentation - 9.7Mb)

Ecology of the Concrete River: Viewing Our Landscapes Within the Bounds of Our Ecology
Ellen Mackey, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; LASGRWC
(presentation - 4.5Mb)


Panel Discussion with Audience Q&A
 
2008 Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council