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