THE MT TAMALPAIS WATERSHED SYMPOSIUM

PRESERVATION, EXTINCTION, AND CHANGE ON A LOCAL SCALE

To register, please go to: https://www.acteva.com/go/MMWD

Registration is $20 per person and includes lunch.

All proceeds to go the Mt Tamalpais Fund

8:30-9:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast: Slide show by John Wall

9:00 Welcome by Paul Helliker, MMWD General Manager

9:10 Keynote Speaker—Ellie Cohen (Pt Reyes Bird Observatory)

9:30 - 10:30 SESSION I: Preserving our Biodiversity

Todd Keeler-Wolf (CDFG): Plant Communities of Mt Tamalpais

Doreen Smith (CNPS): Rare Plants of Mt Tamalpais

Tom Parker (SFSU): Rare Ceanothus and Manzanita of Bolinas Ridge

10:45-11:45 SESSION II: Preserving our Biodiversity

Brannon Ketcham (NPS): Salmonid Trends in Redwood and Lagunitas Creek

Tom Gardali (PRBO): Land Birds of Mt. Tamalpais

Jules Evens (Avocet Research): Osprey Colony at Kent Lake

Heather Johnson (GANDA): Bats of the Watershed

12:00-12:45 Lunch

1:00-1:15 Update on MMWD Vegetation Management Plan

1: 15 - 2:00 SESSION III: Changing Landscapes

Carla Bosard (St Mary’s College): Impacts of Invasive Weeds

Natalie Gates (NPS): Impacts of Exotic Wildlife

Matteo Garbelotto (UC Berkeley): Soil Mycorrhizae and Changing Landscapes

2:15-3:15 SESSION IV: Changing Landscapes

Jon Keeley: Fire Suppression / Wildfire Risk Reduction Impacts

Scott Mensing (UNR): Paleo Record for Climate and Vegetation Change

Dave Rizzo (UC Davis): Forest Ecosystem Changes in the Face of SOD and Other Diseases

3:30-4:30 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: What does it mean to responsibly steward the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed for in the face of continued fire suppression, increased wildfire risk, climate change, and increased rates of biological invasion? Should land managers move away from the historic paradigms of preservation and restoration, instead embracing the concept of emerging “novel ecosystems”?

SPONSORED BY

THE MARIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND THE MT TAMALPAIS WATERSHED FUND

Directions

Mill Valley Community Center

180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley California

From 101 Southbound, take the East Blithedale exit to Mill Valley (right turn). Turn left at the 3rd stoplight (Camino Alto) and then your first left into our driveway.

From 101 Northbound, take the East Blithedale exit to Mill Valley. Turn left at the light going over the freeway.Turn left at the 4th stoplight (Camino Alto) and then take your first left into our driveway.

It is just beyond the 76 Gas Station