Vernal Pool Forum
January 29, 2009

Background & Invitation (13 kb)

Presentations

Welcome and Overview (303 kb)
State Water Resources Control Board’s Wetland and Riparian Policy Update (928 kb)
Bill Orme, State Water Resources Control Board
Status of Vernal Pool Complexes in California (1.19 MB)
Dr. Bob Holland
Classification, Ecology, and Listed Taxa of Vernal Pool Plants (1.59 MB)
Dr. Michael Barbour, University of California, Davis
Invasives Panel Presentation
- Non-native Aquatic Vertebrates within California's Vernal Pool Grasslands (15.1 MB)
  Pete Balfour, ECORP Consulting
- A Floristic Analysis of Exotic Plant Species in Vernal Pools (895 kb)
  Dr. Rob Preston, ICF Jones & Stokes
Construction and Restoration Panel Presentation
- Restoration, Creation or Preservation? (1.96 MB)
  Ken Sanchez, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Northern California Vernal Pool Construction: Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow (2.48 MB)
  Matt Gause, Westervelt Ecological Services
- Vernal Pool Restoration/Creation (4.29 MB)
  Sarah Egan, ECORP Consulting
- Vernal Pool Mitigation: Thoughts for the Future (389 kb)
  Carol Witham, VernalPools.org
Adaptive Land Management in Vernal Pool Grasslands (1.16 MB)
Dr. Jaymee Marty, The Nature Conservancy
Monitoring Panel Presentation
- California Rapid Assessment Method for Wetlands and Riparian Areas (CRAM) (1.49 MB)
  Dr. Josh Collins, San Francisco Estuary Institute
- A Conceptual Approach to Vernal Pool Monitoring under CWA Section 404 Permits (194 kb)
  Paul Jones, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency