PROGRAM
DAY
1
Tuesday,
October 28, 2008
9:00 – 3:30
REGISTRATION (Exhibit Area)
10:00
– 10:30
WELCOME/OPENING REMARKS (Salon B)
Steve Aceti, Executive Director, California Coastal Coalition
Conference Co-Chair
Honorable Robert Foster, Mayor, City of Long Beach
10:30
– 11:45
PLENARY SESSION (Salon B)
Suja Lowenthal, Long Beach City Council Member (District 2) and California Coastal Commission Alternate
Desalination – Drought Buster or Environmental Disaster?
James Barry, Senior Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Changing the World One Breath at a Time: Humans, Climate, and Ocean Ecosystem
11:45 – 1:15
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE (Salon A)
Keynote Speaker: Jerry Schubel, President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific
Let's Talk Trash
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1:30
– 3:00
SESSION 1
Session 1B: Coastal Water Quality 1 (Salon B)
Moderator: John Izbicki, U.S. Geological Survey
An Overview of the Marin County/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory “Clean Beaches” Phylochip Project
Dr. Eric Dubinsky, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Carpinteria Salt Marsh: Large Wetland, Long Creeks, Clean Water
Monique Myers, UC Sea Grant & Cooperative Extension
DNA-Based Microbial Source Tracking Projects in the City of Santa Barbara
Jill Murray, City of Santa Barbara, Creeks Division
Mesa Creek Daylighting Project Reduces Indicator Bacteria Concentrations
Jill Murray, City of Santa Barbara, Creeks Division
Session 1C: Coastal Hazards: Erosion 1 (Salon C)
Moderator: Russ Boudreau, Moffatt & Nichol
Insights on Sediment from Seacliff Failures using Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Rapid Response in San Diego County
Michael Olson, University of California, San Diego
Response-Based Analyses of Coastal Flood and Erosion Hazards
Robert Battallio, Philip Williams & Associates
San Rafael Avenue Seawall Study
Wenkai Qin, Noble Consultants, Inc
The Long Beach Breakwater Reconfiguration Study
Russell Boudreau, Moffatt & Nichol
Session 1D: Habitat Restoration: Species Management (Salon D)
Moderator: Bob Thiel, State Coastal Conservancy
Mitigation for Silvery Legless Lizards on a Coastal Site in Oxnard
Larry Lodwick, Impact Sciences, Inc.
Effects of Altered Salinity on California Grunion Embryos during Beach Incubation
Karen Martin, Pepperdine University
Floodplain Restoration in Topanga Creek
Rosi Dagit, RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains
The Western Snowy Plover in Los Angeles County, California
Mary Loquvam, South Coast Wildlands
3:00 – 3:30
BREAK (Exhibit Area)
3:30
– 5:00
SESSION 2
Session 2B: Coastal Water Quality 2 (Salon B)
Moderator: Drew Ackerman, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
AES Huntington Beach Generating Station Surfzone Water Quality Study
Antony Jones, ENVIRON
Fecal Indicator Bacteria Sources to Urban Streams and Ocean Beaches, Santa Barbara, California
John Izbicki, U.S. Geological Survey
Development of a Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model for Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors
Ying Poon, Everest International Consultants
Water Quality Study of a Coastal Lagoon Development and Environmental Impact Assessment for the Associated Seawater Desalination Plant
Wenkai Qin, Noble Consultants, Inc
Session 2D: Historical Ecology (Salon D)
Moderator: Peter Brand, State Coastal Conservancy
Seeing the Future by Looking to the Past: Historic Ecology as a Tool for Informing Restoration Planning
Eric Stein, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Historical Mapping of Southern California Coastal Wetlands: New Tools for Coastal Restoration and Management
Robin Grossinger, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Using Historical Habitat Distributions when Planning for the Restoration of Coastal Wetlands in Southern California
Richard Ambrose, UCLA Environmental Science and Engineering Program
When Hindsight is Foresight: A Historical Context for Planning and Restoration
Jessica Hall, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission
5:30
– 7:30
RECEPTION (Salon A)
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