Stakeholder Meeting Minutes: WatershedWise Magazine:

Posted
7.02.08
STATEWIDE WATERSHED
PROGRAM ANNOUNCES
SUMMARY OF INITIAL PUBLIC
OUTREACH EFFORTS
The Statewide Watershed
Program Advisory Committee
conducted a wide-ranging
public outreach campaign that
included nearly thirty public meetings throughout
the state from February through May 2008. The
Committee received over 1500 comments.

A final report summarizing the input received has
been prepared and is available on the Statewide
Watershed Program's webpage.
Posted
6.16.08
Announcement for
CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT
SOCIETY CONSERVATION
CONFERENCE
January17-19, 2009
The conference will focus on: 1) finding and
promoting solutions to the environmental
challenges confronting California’s flora 2)
integrating the best science with the most
effective public policies to meet these challenges
3) pressing forward more and better regional and
statewide landscape-level conservation
initiatives.

By addressing such topics as climate change,
rare plant biology, restoration, mitigation
strategies, vegetation ecology, environmental
policy, invasive species, conservation genetics,
regional planning, urbanization, and more, this
conference will integrate and synthesize
conservation science with policy and catalyze
California’s plant conservation in the 21st
century. See their website for details.
Posted
6.16.08
This symposium will bring together the most
critical individuals working in Asia, Latin America
and the United States to continue an
unprecedented forum of architects, planners and
environmentalists discussing the reconstruction
effort currently underway in disaster areas around
the globe. What role should sustainable
architecture and urban design play in the on-going
process of recovery, reconstruction and planning
for the future? Visit the A+D website for details.
Posted
6.04.08		 WATERSHED COUNCIL'S
SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE
PROGRAM IS THE HIGHLIGHT
OF THE MONTH

The Council was awarded
Highlight of the Month by the
California Watershed Network
for the implementation of our
Sustainable Landscape
Program. The article can be
found on the CWN website.
Posted
5.19.08		 LOS ANGELES RIVER FORUM
Solutions to Pollution Issues

On Thursday May 22nd at the
Aquarium of the Pacific in Long
Beach, there will be a public
forum designed to encourage
an informed dialogue about the
potential solution to protect
our beaches, marina and harbor affected by the Los
Angeles River. See the flyer for details.

Topics to be discussed include: current Long Beach
efforts, upstream source pollution, stormwater
management, TMDLs, trash and chemical pollut-
ants, funding and implemention, and much more.
Posted
5.01.08
 
 
LASGRWC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of
community groups, government agencies, business
and academia working cooperatively to solve
problems in the watershed.

Its mission is: to facilitate an inclusive consensus process to preserve, restore, and enhance the economic, social, and ecological health of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed through education, research, and planning.
 
 
The Council hosts quarterly watershed symposia, each with a moderated discussion by a panel of experts, followed by a discussion with the audience. Each symposium topic will be featured in a more extended discussion in the following issue of WatershedWise.


NEXT MEETING: September 2008

TOPIC: Building a Healthier San Gabriel River Watershed

LOCATION: Cal Poly Pomona
TIME: TBA

Please note: RSVP information coming soon...

July 23
MEDIA EVENT:
for the
Greater LA IRWMP
(10:30am-)



August 11
WRP Los Angeles
County Task
Force Meeting
(10:30am-12:30pm)
(Las Virgenes MWD)


August 14
Landscape Ethic
Committee Meeting
(1pm-3pm)



August 29
WRP Los Angeles
County Task
Force Meeting
(TBA)



September 10
WRP Los Angeles
County Task
Force Meeting
(TBA)



September
LASGRWC
Symposium
(TBA)



October 23
LA County Weed
Management Area
Meeting
(10am-Noon)



Jan 17-19, 2009
CNPS Conservation Conference
(Sacramento, CA)

Watershed Management Plan
 
Compliance and assessment monitoring while integrating ongoing and planned special studies in the LA River Watershed

A native plant image and information database for the greater Los Angeles area

Guidebook and 2008 Calendar
for Sustainable and Fire-Safe
Landscapes in the Wildland-
Urban Interface
   
Improving the coordination and integration of monitoring efforts for both compliance and ambient conditions in the San Gabriel River
 

Our new Invasive Plant
Monitoring and Outreach Program

Exploring the potential for increasing water supply and reducing pollution by increasing infiltration of stormwater runoff

LACDPW guidelines for restoration projects in the LA River Watershed

of the San Gabriel River & Floodplain

Building the framework for under-
standing the historical extent and
function of the San Gabriel River
wetland and riparian resources

Water and Land: Shaping the Future of the Los Angeles River Watershed (Forum Proceedings)
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