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DESCRIPTION:Free public events with Brock Dolman, pioneering leader in watershed 
 restoration\n\nBasins of Relations with Brock Dolman, Friday, Jan. 10th, 
 8pm, Kresge Town Hall. Free admission. Dolman presents the vision of 
 healthy watersheds as fundamental to human existence.\n\nDo you know where 
 your water comes from? What about what watershed you live in? Or what can 
 you do to protect and preserve your watershed? \n\nOn January 10th-12th, 
 local Santa Cruz organizations will team up with watershed restoration 
 expert Brock Dolman, founder of the Watershed Advocacy, Training, Education 
 & Research (WATER) Institute, for a series of events open to the public to 
 learn what our community needs to do to care for the watershed.\n\nBasins 
 of Relations with Brock Dolman, Friday, Jan. 10th, 8pm, Kresge Town Hall. 
 Free admission. Dolman presents the vision of healthy watersheds as 
 fundamental to human existence\n\nThe Story of the San Lorenzo River, 
 Saturday, Jan 11th, 10-11:30am, Calvary Episcopal Church. Free\n•	Randall 
 Brown, local historian, and Fred McPherson, an organizer of the 1970's 
 citizen group, Save the San Lorenzo, present a history of human impact on 
 the river and citizen action to restore it. \n•	John Ricker, County Water 
 Resources Director, presents on the current state of the watershed and what 
 needs to be done\n•	Taking Action: Responses from Brock Dolman, and 
 locals involved in watershed restoration.\n\nSan Lorenzo River Walk with 
 Don Alley, Fisheries Biologist, Sat, Jan 11th, noon to 1pm. Meet at the 
 River St. and the pedestrian bridge, downtown Santa Cruz.\n\nPermaculture 
 Approach to Watershed Restoration, Sunday, Jan 12, 9:30-5:30pm; info & 
 registration at http://kresge.ucsc.edu/commonground/\n\nCosponsoring 
 organizations: Common Ground Center at UCSC; Coastal Watershed Council; 
 Desal Alternatives; Ecology Action; Resource Conservation District; 
 Regenerative Design Institute; WATER Institute.\n\nBackground\n\nThe City 
 of Santa Cruz is under pressure from state and federal fisheries agencies 
 due to the steep decline in populations of native coho and steelhead 
 salmonids in the San Lorenzo river and streams on the North Coast. Our 
 water agencies’ diversion of water from streams is a major factor that 
 impacts fish population. Another major factor is high loads of sediment 
 pouring into streams from disturbed soils: roads, logging and other 
 development. The river's tributaries are federally listed as impaired due 
 to high levels of sediment and pathogens. \n\nCitizen action in the early 
 70's resulted in a County watershed management plan adopted in 1979. An 
 update to the Plan in 2001 noted that "stream sedimentation has not 
 improved substantially since adoption of the 1979 Plan." However, a recent 
 study indicates a hopeful reduction in sediment runoff into the river 
 system. As yet, there has been no revival of salmonid 
 populations.\n\nCurrently there is a renewal of citizen action to care for 
 the San Lorenzo and area streams, including the Coastal Watershed 
 Council’s prioritization of river restoration.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/01/18748628.php
SUMMARY:Restore the Watershed! with Brock Dolman
LOCATION:Kresge Town Hall, Kresge College, UC Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/01/18748628.php
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