Central Coast Wetlands Group

Location: Moss Landing Marine Labs
Date: September 24, 2008

Opening Remarks:

• Central Coast Wetland Science by Gage Dayton

Session 1:         Setting Goals

• Setting Goals for Wetland Restoration by Kerstin Wasson
• Water Board Efforts to Protect & Improve Watersheds and Aquatic Habitat by Peter von Langen
• Elkhorn Slough Tidal Wetland Project by Bryan Largay
• Mapping California’s Central Coast Wetlands: a Foundation for Regional Wetland Restoration & Monitoring by Joel Casagrande
• Central California Lagoon Enhancement: Strategies and Indicators by Nicole Beck

Session 2:         Implementation

• Central Coast Wetland Program Implementation by Ross Clark
• Wetlands within Watersheds: Partnership Approaches to Increment Restoration by Daniel Mountjoy
• Watershed Restoration: It Takes a Village by Chris Coburn
• Habitat Restoration and Enhancement of the Mojo Cojo Slough by Gage Dayton

Session 3:         Evaluation/Monitoring

• Monitoring and Assessment by Gary Conley
• Evaluating River Restoration Success using the California Rapid Assessment Method by Cara Clark
• Measuring Change in Central Coast Watersheds by Gary Conley
• Using Amphibians to Identify & Measure Anthropogenic Impacts to Wetlands by Nina D’Amore
• Assessing the Effectiveness of Irrigated Agricultural Land Water Quality Management by Peter Meertens

In Depth Perspectives:

• Working to Protect & Restore the Morro Bay Estuary & Watershed by Dan Berman
• Regional Collaboration: A Perspective from the San Francisco Bay Area by Letitia Grenier

Closing Remarks:

• California Wetland Policy by Ross Clark