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Friday, April
30th -
Technical Sessions |
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| 8:00 - 8:30 am |
Registration |
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| 8:20 - 8:30 am |
Welcome Address |
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
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Keynote: Opening message |
| 8:30 - 9:15 am |
Overview of Coastal Dunes |
V.L. Holland
(Cal Poly SLO, Biological Sciences Chair) |
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Session 1 -
Coastal Dune Ecology |
| 9:15 - 10:30am |
Western Snowy Plover Nesting Preference |
Krista Fahy (Santa Barbara
Natural History Museum) |
| Soil Moisture
Requirements for La Graciosa Thistle |
Anne Huber (Cal Poly, SLO) |
| Wildlife of the
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes |
Julie Schneider (SPECI) |
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Session 2 - Dune Restoration |
| 10:45 - 12:00
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Dune Restoration
using Eco-Remediation Technologies |
Mike Curto (Cal Poly, SLO) |
| A
Decade of Restoration on a NWR |
Andrea Pickart (US Fish and
Wildlife Services) |
| Dune
Restoration in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
Lew Stringer (Golden Gate
National Recreation Area) |
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| 12:00 - 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
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Session 3 - Dune
Resource Management |
| 1:30 - 2:45 pm |
Management of Dunes in a SVRA |
Laura Gardner
(Oceano Dunes State Vehicle Rec.Area) |
| Setting Priorities for
Restoration using GIS |
Jasmine Watts (Land
Conservancy of SLO) |
| Habitat
Inventory & Ecological Database using GIS |
Wayne Vogler ((sd)²
ecology) |
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Roundtable Discussion: Invasive Species
Management |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm |
A Review of
Weed Threats & Strategies in the Dunes |
John Chestnut (consultant) |
| Mark
Skinner (Land Conservancy of SLO) |
| Greg Nowell
(All Seasons Weed Control) |
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| 4:00 - 5:30 pm |
Poster Session |
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| 5:30 - 7:00 pm |
Dunes Art Show and Wine Reception |
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Saturday, May 1st -
Public Sessions/Field Tours |
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Topic/Event |
Speakers |
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| 8:00 - 8:30 am |
Registration |
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Keynote Speaker |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 am |
Your Quest Begins Here |
Gillian Andrews (Dunes
Center) |
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Session 1 -
Natural and Cultural History of the Nipomo Dunes |
| 9:00 - 10:15am |
Geomorphology of Central
Coast Dunes |
Jeff Parsons
(Geomorphologists) |
| History
of the Chumash / Ethnobotany |
Elaine Schneider |
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Session 2 - The
Future of the Nipomo Dunes |
| 10:30 - 11:45
am |
Together We
Can: Future of your coastal resource areas |
Dunes Stewardship
Collaborative: Panel presentation |
| Future
of the Guadalupe Restoration Project |
Gonzalo Garcia (Unocal) |
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| 11:45 - 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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Field Tours |
| 1:00 - 3:00 pm |
Lupine Restoration
(ConocoPhillips) |
Mark Skinner (Land Conservancy of SLO) |
| Overview
of Guadalupe Restoration Project |
Gonzalo Garcia (Unocal) |
| Introduction
to Wildlife of the Dunes (Oso Flaco) |
Tom Neuman (Dunes Center Docent) |
| Western
Snowy Plovers (Rancho Guad. Dunes Preserve) |
Willie Richerson (Center
for Natural Lands Management) |
| Walking
Tour of Historic Guadalupe |
Stephanie Krouse (Guadalupe Historical Society) |
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Sunday Field Trips (optional) |
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Dunes Photography |
Jules
Reuter |
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Exploring the National
Wildlife Refuge |
Chris Barr |
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Exploring Point Sal |
Bill Deneen |
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Exploring Black Lake |
Bob Hill |
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