Inverness Yacht Club. Registration opens September 1, 2023
Draft 8th State of Tomales Bay Conference 2023 Agenda
Change Around the Bay
Friday, September 29, 2023, 8:30am to 5:30 pm
Inverness Yacht Club
Registration fee of $75 includes lunch,happy hour refreshments.and supports Tomales Bay Foundation
8:30 AM Registration and Coffee
9:00 Welcome – Tom
Gaman, Chair, Tomales Bay Foundation
9:15 KEYNOTE
Speaker – capturing the big picture of change in the watershed, from climate
change to fire. Sasha Berleman, Fire Ecologist, ACR
10:05 MORNING SESSION – Climate change and impacts on marine geography
10:05 Oceans, Winds and Waves: The Big Picture of change in the shoreline. John Largier, Bodega Marine Lab
10:35 Break
10:45 Leslie Lacko, Sea-level Rise & Marin County Living Shoreline Program
11:05 SESSION Tomales Bay Foundation Research Grant recipients.
Presentations from Julie Gonzalez, Serina Moheed, Keira Monuki, David Mitchell,
Frankie Gerraty
12:15 Lunch (provided)
Richard Plant award (Gene Ptak, Michael Whitt, Axel Nelson)
1:15 SESSION – Science around the Bay
1:15 Changes in bird populations, Scott Jennings ACR
1:35 Angela Korabik Tomales Bay Algae and Kelp in a changing climate
1:55 PANEL – Presentations and Discussion – Conservation Challenges in a Changing Climate
Agriculture. Simone Albuquerque, Marin Resource Cconservation District
Aquaculture. Heidi Gregory, Tomales Bay Oyster Company
Tourism and Recreation. NPS Point Reyes National Seashore (invited)
Tomales Bay State Park Lands Management and Fire. Cyndy Shafer and Bree Hardcastle, California State Parks
3:00 Break
3:15 BREAK OUT SESSION– Five stations, with a host at each to answer questions and capture
comments and suggestions on a pad.
Station topics:
1) Managing recreational uses within the Seashore(NPS)
2) Managing recreational uses around the Bay (County)
3) Sustaining agriculture
4) Sea level rise and impacts on communities
5) Increasing biodiversity, and connectivity while reducing fire risks
4:15 Summary of the day. Supervisor Rodoni
5:00 Social Hour (Beer, wine and soft drinks provided)