Join the CHCPC Annual Meeting

You are invited to attend the California Habitat Conservation Planning Coalition’s Annual Meeting. This event brings together conservation professionals and practitioners, including planners, scientists, wildlife agency staff (State and Federal), Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Natural Community Conservation Plan (NCCP) permit holders, and other stakeholders.

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     When: Tuesday, June 3rd, 10am-4pm

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       Where: California Natural Resources Agency Building

                              2nd Floor Conference Room (221C), 715 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814                            

                              Click here for nearby parking and transit map

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       How: Register to attend online.

  $75 for in-person attendance (includes lunch and refreshments) - SOLD OUT

  $35 for online attendance

   *registration fees are waived for USFWS and CDFW staff

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CHCPC Annual Meeting Agenda

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9:00-10:00 Check-in and light breakfast 

 

10:00 Welcome

• Tribute to John Hopkins

• What’s going on with the CHCPC – Updates include Steering Committee, membership, volunteers, fiscal sponsor

 

10:15 California Conservation Plans and Achieving State Goals: Addressing the Housing Shortage and 30x30 Goals– A case study of Santa Clara Valley

• Gerry Haas – Program Manager, Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency

• Samantha Hauser - Executive Vice President, City Ventures

• Edmund Sullivan – Executive Officer, Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency

11:15 A Blueprint for Adaptive Management: California’s First Breeding Bird Atlas
Van Pierszalowski, Executive Director, California Bird Atlas

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11:35 Ecosystem-Scale Mitigation Solutions: Integrating Regional HCPs with In-Lieu Fee Programs

Kathryn Gaffney, Managing Director, ICF

 

12:00 LUNCH

 

1:10 – 1:35 State Wildlife Action Plan 

Virginia Guhin, State Wildlife Plan Coordinator, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

1:35 - 2:30 What’s the Buzz? Bumble Bee permitting, conservation, and research.

• An intro to Crotch's Bumble Bee, Adrienne Lee, Managing Biologist, Environmental Science Associates

• Regional HCP & Candidate Bee Overlap: Choose Your Own Adventure, Steve Mayo Program Manager, San Joaquin MSHCP

• Landscape-level variations in resource availability for bumble bees and other pollinators and the evaluation of species mixes for habitat enhancement projects that support pollinators – Dr. Neal Williams, Department of Entomology, UC Davis

 

2:30 BREAK

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2:45 Before and After the Burn

• Fire history and fuel management strategies for conserved lands in California–– Scott Eckardt,Forester/Wildfire Resilience Planner, Dudek

• Utilizing fire as a habitat management and enhancement tool - Lynn Haralson, Operations Manager, Cashe Creek Conservancy

• Five Years of Post-Fire Research in North and Central coast Range Chaparral: Lessons Learned and Future goals– Heath Bartosh, Principal Botanist, Nomad Ecology

 

3:45: Updates from Regional Conservation Plans (2-minute round-robin updates from staff of conservation plans)

 

4:00 Closing Remarks

 

4:05 END

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