Morro Bay Community Center
1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay
Friday, May 14, 2010
Registration opens 12 pm 12:45 Welcome - Morro Bay Mayor Janice Peters & Michael Multari, Estuary Program Interim Director Ocean Resources - Collaborative Efforts in Regional Fisheries 1 pm California Ocean Policy: Leading the Way Towards Sustainable Fisheries and a Healthy Ocean Kaitlin Gaffney, Program Director, Pacific Ecosystem Protection, Ocean Conservancy 1:20 pm Why Collaborate? The Value of and Need for Collaborative Efforts in Fisheries Management Dr. Dean Wendt, Cal Poly Center for Marine Science, San Luis Obispo Science and Ecosystem Alliance 1:35 Case Study 1: California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program:
Fishermen, Scientists and Managers Working to Improve Fisheries Management Dr. Dean Wendt, Cal Poly Center for Marine Science, San Luis Obispo Science and Ecosystem Alliance 1:55 pm Case Study 2: The Central Coast Groundfish Project
- Fishermen, Communities and Conservationists Changing the Way They Do Business Panel with Michael Bell, Central Coast Marine Project Director, The Nature Conservancy, California Program Rick Algert, Harbor Director, Morro Bay Harbor Department Christopher Kubiak, Liaison Officer Central California Joint Cable Fisheries Liaison Committee 2:15 pm Panel Presentation and Discussion Facilitator: Melissa Locke, Marine Policy Communications Manager, San Luis Obispo Science & Ecosystem Alliance, Cal Poly Center for Coastal Marine Sciences
Estuarine Resources 3 pmEmerging Contaminants - Nonylphenol research in Morro Bay gobies Sarah Johnson, San Luis Obispo Science and Ecosystem Alliance (SLOSEA) Graduate Student Fellow, Cal Poly 3:30 From Larvae to Lunkers: Exploring the Fish Fauna of Morro Bay Jay Carroll, Senior Biologist, Tenera Environmental Invasive Species 4 pm Invasive Marine Species in Morro Bay Lisa Needles, PhD graduate student UCSB 4:30 pm Pikeminnow Control in Chorro Valley Freddy Otte, San Luis Obispo City Biologist & consultant/owner Hydro Terra
Poster Session and Mixer to follow
Detailed descriptions of presentations to be posted soon. Times subject to change.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Registration opens 8:30 am 9 am Welcome - Supervisor Bruce Gibson Update of the Health of Morro Bay - Ann Kitajima and Jon Hall, MBNEP Staff 9:45Responding to Climate Change Dr. Adrienne Greve, Cal Poly
Trash Talk
10:15 am Demystifying the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Marine Debris and Nonpoint Source Pollution Shari Sullivan, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Morro Bay National Estuary Program 10:30 am An Insiders Look at Recycling and Trash in SLO Co.
Mike Di Milo, San Luis Obispo Integrated Waste Management Authority
11:30 The Foodshed - Local Sustainable Food Production 11:30 am Bloom Microgreens; Specialty Farming and Sustainability
Kara Wood, Owner/Grower of Bloom Microgreens 11:45 am Farm to Table - Closing the loop from producer to consumer
Robert Root, chef and founder of Pallet to Palate 12:00 pm Oyster Farming in Morro Bay
George Trevelyan, Owner of Grassy Bar Oyster Company 12:15 pm Questions and Answers
1:30 pm Field Trips
All field trips require preregistration and will fill. Please call the Estuary Program offices at 772-3834 to register or be placed on waiting lists. Field trips depart from the Morro Bay Community Center unless otherwise noted.
Tour of Chorro Flats Wetland Restoration Project Linda Chipping, Director, Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District Tour a successful wetland restoration project, completed in 1997. See pre-restoration photographs, learn about riparian restoration efforts including problems encountered and lessons learned over time.
Camp San Luis Obispo: A Tour of Conservation Efforts by CA Army National Guard Kenneth Spencer, Chris Long & Pete Waldburger This tour begins at Camp SLO headquarters. En route to the Chorro Creek headwaters and La Primera Mine, learn about ongoing sustainability efforts at training areas and future training requirements on site, tour riparian fencing projects, rock check dams, oak mitigation efforts and noxious weed control while enjoying a discussion of Camp SLO’s watershed management approach and partnering efforts with CA Department of Fish and Game, the Estuary Program and the CA Conservation Corps. Participants will be driven in Conservation Corps van. Valid photo ID is required to enter the site.
Freshwater Invertebrates and Creek Habitat Annie Gillespie, MBNEP Monitoring Projects Manager Bugs tell the story of water quality in creeks like nothing else. Get into creeks to see how scientists collect dragonflies and other creek dwellers and learn why they are so important.
Hands-on Experience with Marine Science Researchers Cal Poly Center for Coastal Marine Sciences
Join researchers from Cal Poly's Center for Coastal Marine Sciences at their research dock to examine the life that resides underwater in Morro Bay and see first hand the data gathering stations. A Remote Operated Vehicle will allow you to see underwater without getting wet!
Estuary 101 - An On-Water Tour Rouvaishyana, State Parks Museum Manager Enjoy a naturalist-led tour on the Dos Osos through the Morro Bay Estuary. This is a great field trip for families
(children must be accompanied by a guardian). Be prepared for wind.
Estuary Ecology from Black Hill Michael Multari, MBNEP Interim Director Join Michael on the short, but steep, hike up Black Hill for panoramic views of the estuary and watershed. Learn about the ecology of the region as well as restoration and protection efforts both completed and underway.
Times and details subject to change through April 30, 2010. Please check back for additional information to be posted soon.
