MEETING INFORMATION ARCHIVE

California Biodiversity Council
California Water: Today & Tomorrow

Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Sacramento, CA

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What is this?

The Executive Committee of the California Biodiversity Council determined that it would be greatly beneficial to archive the information presented to the Council at their regional meetings. As the Council travels around the State, local agencies representatives and private citizens go to great lengths to prepare highly educational presentations. This will be a place to collect and store that information for later reflection or for new visitors to enjoy.

Briefing Packet Materials
...background materials are prepared for the Council members in advance of each meeting.

• Planning for the Future of California Water: What's New, Department of Water Resources (pdf document; 449 kb).


• Water 2025: Preventing Crises and Conflict in the West, Bureau of Reclamation (pdf document; 854 kb).


• News Update: Recent Events Related to the Klamath Project, Bureau or Reclamation (pdf document; 112 kb).


• San Francisco Chronicle, July 6, 2003: For trees, diseases not always disastrous; Genetic diversity key to species survival (link to outside web site).
• Southern California Coordination Center Report: 2003 Fire Season Outlook, USDA Forest Service (pdf document; 249 kb).
• CALFED Bay-Delta Program Information
  • California Bay-Delta Update: July 7, 2003 (link to outside website)
  • California Bay-Delta Authority E-mail Subscriptions (link to outside website)
  • Ecosystem Restoration Program (link to outside website)

Council Announcements: Wednesday, July 30, 2003
...hand-out materials presented during the business meeting portion of the meeting

• Luree Stetson, California Resources Agency: California Watershed Strategic Plan (.pdf document; 1,087 kb).


• Dale Hoffman-Floerke, Department of Water Resources: California Water Desalination Task Force (.pdf document; 92 kb). More information on the Task Force is available here, http://www.owue.water.ca.gov/recycle/desal/desal.cfm.

California Water: Today & Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 30, 2003
...materials presented or discussed during program portion of the meeting

• Topic One: Drought Effects on Vegetation, Fire Protection, and Ecology
  • San Bernardino National Forest Management of Drought-Related Vegetation Mortality (.pdf document; 108 kb).
  • PowerPoint presented by Dave Wood: Bark Beetles – Interactions with Climate, Pathogens, Trees, and Humans (PowerPoint presentation via html page).
  • PowerPoint presented by Gene Zimmerman and Tom O'Keefe: Case Study: The Effects of Drought on Vegetation and Fire Protection in Southern California Bug-Killed Forests [document pending].
  • PowerPoint presented by Rich Minnich: Ecological Effects of Current Trends in Southern California Forests (PowerPoint presentation via html page).
• Topic Two: Balancing Water Supply and Biodiversity Considerations
  • PowerPoint presented by Kamyar Guivetchi: California Water Plan Update 2003 & Beyond (PowerPoint presentation via html page).
  
  
  • PowerPoint presented by Patrick Wright: Introduction to the State and Federal Perspectives [document pending].
  • PowerPoint presented by Gwen Buchholz & Mike Roberts: Balancing Biodiversity and Water Supply (PowerPoint presentation via html page).
• Topic Three: Continuing and Emerging Issues and Initiatives
  • PowerPoint presented by Peter Gleick: California Urban Water Conservation (PowerPoint presentation via html page).
  • PowerPoint presented by Bob Wilkinson: Global Warming and California's Biodiversity [document pending].

Updated: August 11, 2003