Sea level fluctuations in the Bay Area? It happened before, but will it happen again? Join the experts to learn about how our knowledge of the history of the San Francisco Bay can inform our understanding of its future. Saturday, February 6, 2010 Agenda Campus parking map (pdf) |
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8:00-8:50 |
Registration |
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8:50-9:00 |
Introductory remarks |
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9:00-10:00 |
Deep (or not so deep) history of the San Francisco Bay |
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10:05-11:05 |
San Francisco Bay: Interfacing ocean and rivers through time |
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11:10-12:10 |
Historical wetlands of San Francisco Bay KQED's QUEST spoke with Robin about how historical ecologists are recreating San Francisco Bay wetlands that existed decades ago. Watch the video: |
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12:10-1:10 |
Break for lunch (on your own) |
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1:10-2:10 |
Does knowing the history of life in the Bay help us with its restoration? |
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2:15-3:15 |
San Francisco Bay: Learning from the past, celebrating the present, preparing for the future |
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3:20-4:00 |
Panel discussion your opportunity to ask questions of the experts! |
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About the speakers Doris Sloan has an M.S. in geology and a Ph.D. in paleontology, both from UC Berkeley. She taught for two decades in the Environmental Sciences program at UCB, and taught classes on the geology of California and the Bay Area for UC Extension. She is the author of Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region for the California Natural History Series of the University of California Press. Her current research focuses primarily on the biostratigraphy of sediments beneath San Francisco Bay and what they can tell us about the Bay's geologic history. She also has traveled widely with Cal Alumni groups to the far corners of the Earth. Jere H. Lipps is a geologist/paleontologist/marine biologist who studies a wide variety of problems in the history of life. These include the history of San Francisco Bay and the impending rise of sea level and temperatures, modern reef studies, the history of the Galapagos Islands over the past four million years, and the astrobiology of Mars and Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons. His research has taken him to all parts of the world, but not directly to the planets. He is past Director of UCMP, past President of the Paleontological Society, past Chair of the Association of North American Paleontological Societies, and past President of the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research. His work has been honored by receipt of the Antarctic Medal of the U.S., the naming of an island in Antarctica for him (Lipps Island), the Friends of Darwin Award from the National Center for Science Education, the J.A. Cushman Award for excellence in foraminiferal research, and the R.C. Moore Medal for sustained excellence in paleontology. Robin Grossinger directs the Historical Ecology Program at the San Francisco Estuary Institute. For the past 15 years, he has studied how landscapes of the Bay Area and California coast have changed since European contact. Robin and his colleagues have developed new approaches that synthesize history and science to help understand the long-term changes to our landscapes, and the often-unrecognized opportunities and challenges for contemporary streams, wetlands, and woodlands. Current areas of focus include the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Southern California coastal wetlands, Alameda Creek, east Contra Costa County, and the Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas, to be published by the University of California Press. Andrew Cohen is the author of An Introduction to the San Francisco Estuary and the creator of a web site on the Bay's exotic species (www.exoticsguide.org). His research focuses on the science and policy of biological invasions in marine and freshwater ecosystems. A long-time San Francisco Bay enthusiast, he helped draft California's laws on ballast water discharges (the strongest in the world), and has been awarded a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation and a San Francisco BayKeeper Environmental Achievement Award. Will Travis has been at BCDC, the state agency that regulates development in the Bay and along its shoreline, since 1985, first as deputy director and since 1995 as executive director. He has spent most of his career working for California state coastal management agencies and spearheaded the public acquisition of 10,000 acres of privately-owned salt ponds along the northern shoreline of San Francisco Bay so the ponds can be restored to coastal wetlands. Will has been a lecturer at universities throughout North America, and has written many articles. He has served on the boards of directors of a number of professional and civic organizations, served on the Berkeley city planning commission and was chairman of a special committee that worked with the University of California to formulate a new plan for downtown Berkeley. Will is the 2009 recipient of the Jean Auer Environmental Award. He and his wife, Jody Loeffler, are the authors of Katherine's Gift, a memoir on international adoption.
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