Session PowerPoint Presentations
Monday, March 7
Sustainability
- Formulating Good Climate Action Plans (CAPs)
- Establishing a Sustainable Infrastructure for Municipal Waste Reduction in California
- Water Sensitive Design with Graywater and Rainwater
- Renewable Project Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Practicum
- Effective NDs/MNDs
- Cumulative Impact Analysis and Alternatives Analysis: Lightening Rods of Controversial EIRs
- Conflicts Between Mitigation and Regulatory Requirements (and how to resolve them)
- Where CEQA Breaks Down - and How to Fix It
Water & Resource Management
- Shore Management: Adaption to Climate Change
- Wildfire Hazard Reduction in the Wildland/Urban Interface: The Melding of Fire Science, Policy Planning, Resources Protection & Management
- Recent Developments in Groundwater Management and CEQA Approaches
- Water Rights, Regulations and Reliability
Transportation & Land Use
- SAFETEA-LU and NEPA
- The Role of Visual Simulations in the Planning Process
- ARRA Deadlines and the Race to the Finish Line for California High-Speed Rail
- A Primer on Planning, Evaluating and Permitting Trails to Support Non-Vehicle Transportation
Tuesday, March 8
Sustainability
- In-Depth Look at a Climate Action Plan - Yolo County Case Study
- Exemplary Sustainable Design for Neighborhoods
- Water Sensitive Project Design for Low Impact Communities
- The Push for Renewable Energy and Its Impacts: The Two Sides of Going Green
Practicum
- Proper CEQA Baseline
- CEQA Tiering and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plans - Case Studies and Best Practices
- What Clients Seek in an Environmental Consultant
- Piecing the Puzzle Together: The Legal Landscape of Climate Change
Water Resources & Management
- Shore Management: Adaption to Coastal Hazards
- Natural Resource Permitting in Coastal California
- Role of Science in America's Port
- The Rights of Fish: The Use of Environmental Flow Standards to Protect Aquatic Resources
Transportation & Land Use
- Growing Without Vehicle Trips
- Cultural Resources for Planners and Attorneys
- Going Green: Moving People, Building Communities, and Improving Our Environment
- CEQA/NEPA Family Feud
Workshop
Wednesday, March 9
Sustainability
- Offsetting Greenhouse Gas Emissions in CEQA Documents
- Baseline Community-wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories
Practicum
Water & Resource Management
- Monterey Regional Desal Project Overview & Regulatory Perspectives
- The Evolution of Agricultural Conversion Analysis: Mechanisms of Development and Habitat Restoration Effects, Thresholds, and Viable Mitigation Options



































