| Rangeland
Water Quality Conference
February 23 & 24, 2005
Heidrick Ag History Center, 1962 Hays Lane, Woodland CA 95776 |
GOAL Increase knowledge of
rangeland water quality issues in California, including management approaches
and strategies for implementation.
Conference Flyer (PDF)
DESIRED OUTCOMES
- Dissemination of new and critical key reference materials to participants.
- Provide web-based extension of water quality presentations.
- Enhanced understanding of issues and science related to rangeland
water quality.
Topic areas will involve a number of presenters with an opportunity
for question and answer session at the end of each topic.
Participants will receive 10 Continuing Education Units from the Society
for Range Management
For more registration information regarding the conference,
please contact Joni Rippee at 510-642-0095 or rippee@nature.berkeley.edu
TARGET AUDIENCE
Anyone addressing water quality issues on rangelands
including land owners/managers, resource management professionals, agency
personnel, researchers and educators.
AGENDA
February 23, 2005
9:00 - 10:00 Registration
Moderator: Bill Frost, University of California
Cooperative Extension
10:00 - 10:30
RANGELAND WATER QUALITY OVERVIEW
The Role of Rangeland Water Quality in a Growing State - Bill
Stewart
California Department of Forestry
10:30 - 11:00
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Rangelands & Regulations: Taking Care of Business - Glenda
Humiston
University of California, Berkeley
11:00 - 12:00
PATHOGENS
Addressing Concerns of Microbial Water Quality on California
Rangeland - Rob Atwill
University of California, Cooperative Extension, Davis Campus
Microbial pathogens excreted by
livestock and potentially transmitted to humans through water
- Rob Atwill
Waterborne pathogens in Agricultural
Watersheds - Rob Atwill
Beneficial management practices
for reducing waterborne zoonotic pathogens
attributable to animal agriculture - Rob Atwill
Environmental Loading
Rates of the Waterborne Pathogenic Protozoa Cryptosporidium parvum
in Certain Domestic and Wildlife Species in California - Rob
Atwill
Noon -1:30 Lunch
Moderator: Barbara Allen-Diaz, University
of California, Berkeley
1:30 - 2:30
SEDIMENT
Focusing Efforts to Sediment Delivery Sites - David
Lewis
University of California, Cooperative Extension, Sonoma County
- Cattle grazing has varying
impacts on stream-channel erosion in oak woodlands - Melvin R. George,
et. al. (References)
- Transparency tube
provides reliable water-quality measurements - Randy Dahlgren et.
al.
Historical Land
Use Effects on Sediment Flux Recorded in Floodplain Sediment - Gregory
Pasternack
University of California, Davis, Hydrology
2:30 - 3:30
NUTRIENTS
Spring-fed Wetlands: A Critical Transition
Zone Between Annual Grassland and Aquatic Ecosystems - Randy
Jackson
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Effects of Altered Rainfall on Carbon and
Nitrogen Cycling in Annual Grasslands - Wendy Chou
University of California, Berkeley
3:30 - 4:00 Break
TEMPERATURE
Associations Between Stream Temperature, Air Temperature, Stream Canopy,
Streamflow, and Watershed Position on Rangeland Watersheds - Ken
Tate
University of California, Davis, Dept. of Plant Sciences
- Graphical Analysis
of Monitoring Data to Evaluate Stream Temperature - Ken Tate
- Statistical Analysis
of Monitoring Data to Evaluate Stream Temperature - Ken Tate
Fish Responses to Temperature in California
Rangeland Streams - Lisa Thompson
University of California, Davis, Wildlife, Fish & Conservation
Biology
5:20 pm Adjourn
February 24
Moderator: Joseph Furnish, USDA Forest Service
8:00 - 9:00
BIOTA
Integrity of
Aquatic Life in Response to Rangeland Stream Disturbances: Dependence
on Habitat Setting
- David Herbst
UC Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab & UC Santa Barbara
It's Not Just the Water! Riparian Bird Habitat
Considerations in the Context of Watershed Quality Improvements
- Sacha Heath
Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science
Development of a Bird Integrity
Index: Using Bird Assemblages as Indicators of Riparian Condition
9:00 - 9:30
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER QUALITY
Water, Savannas & Rangelands
in California: Today and Tomorrow - Dennis Baldocchi
University of California, Berkeley
9:30 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 11:30
MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
Article of interest
Control of nitrogen export from watershed
by headwater streams - B. Peterson
Revegetation of Riparian Areas - David Lewis
University of California Cooperative Extension .
In Riparian ecosystems and buffers:
Multi-scale structure, function, and management - M. Lennox
Managing Nutrients and Pathogens with Buffer
Strips - Rob Atwill
University of California Cooperative Extension
Efficacy of Vegetated Buffer
Strips for Retaining Cryptosporidium parvum - Ken
Tate
Using nitrogen-15 to quantify vegetative
buffer effectiveness for sequestering nitrogen in runoff -
A. Bedard-Haughn
Transport of Cryptosporidium
parvum oocystes through vegetated buffer strips and estimated
filtration efficiency - Rob Atwill
Residual Dry Matter Management -
Bill Frost
University of California Cooperative Extension
California guidelines for
residual dry matter (RDM) management on coastal and foothill annual
rangelands - J.W. Bartolome
Stubble Height - David Lile
University of California Cooperative Extension
Stubble height standards for
Sierra Nevada meadows can be difficult to meet - David Lile
Stubble height as a tool for
management of riparian areas - W.P Clary
Managing Herd Movement Around Riparian Areas
- Theresa Ward
University of California Cooperative Extension
A Cross-sectional survey of California's
grazed rangeland riparian areas. - Theresa Ward
Grazing Spring-Fed Wetlands - Barbara
Allen-Diaz
University of California, Berkeley
Long-term grazing study
in spring-fed wetlands reveals management tradeoffs - Barbara
Allen-Diaz
Manipulating Cattle Distributions
- Mel George
University of California Cooperative Extension
Mechanisms that result in large
herbivore grazing distribution patterns - D.W. Bailey
Livestock Impacts Publication -
Sheila Barry
University of California Cooperative Extension
11:30 - 12:00
GETTING TO IMPLEMENTATION - Mel George
University of California, Cooperative Extension, Davis Campus
Rangeland Watershed Program Publications
- Mel George
12:20 - Adjourn
SPONSORS
University of California – Division of Agriculture
and Natural Resources
United States Forest Service – Region 5
Bureau of Land Management
Natural Resource Conservation Service
California Pacific Section, Society for Range Management
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Bill Frost – wefrost@ucdavis.edu
Jim Shackelford – jshackelford@fs.fed.us
Mel George – mrgeorge@ucdavis.edu
Ken Tate – kwtate@ucdavis.edu
Morgan Doran – mpdoran@ucdavis.edu
Barbara Allen-Diaz – ballen@nature.berkeley.edu
Lenore Thomas – Lenore_thomas@ca.blm.gov
Jon.Gustafson – jon.gustafson@ca.usda.gov
Rob Atwill – ratwill@vmtrc.ucdavis.edu
Joseph Furnish – jfurnish01@fs.fed.us
David Lewis – djllewis@ucdavis.edu
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