Monday, Aug. 16, 10 a.m.
Session: T1 & T2 -- Restoring the Bay and Delta
Session title: "Bay Delta Program: The Most Comprehensive Ecosystem"
Summary: The California-Federal Bay-Delta Program is a 5-year-old cooperative
effort by state and federal agencies to develop a long-term, comprehensive plan
that will restore ecological health and improve water management for the San
Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta. Technical Session One
will be devoted to political issues related to the program. It will include Tom
Graff of the Environmental Defense Fund discussing the trade offs that must be
made between water users and the environmental communities to restore ecological
balance to the Bay and Delta. Brenda Jahns Southwick of the California Farm
Bureau Federation will discuss concerns that the program provide some regulatory
relief to farmers, assure a reliable water supply and protect the economic
viability of California agriculture. During Session Two, speakers will address
scientific and technical issues related to restoring, monitoring and managing
the Bay-Delta ecosystem.
Session: T11 -- Eradicating Invading Species
Paper: "Eradication Criteria: Insights from Medfly Programs in California"
Summary: Jim Carey, a UC Davis insect demographer and Mediterranean fruit fly
expert, will discuss the differences between eradicating and controlling
invading exotic pests. The economic advantage of eradication over control is
the essential difference between the two approaches, says Carey. Using
California's medfly eradication program as an example, Carey will outline six
preconditions for launching an eradication campaign and will talk about the
related biological and political problems.
Session: T15 -- Environmental Costs of Highways
Paper: "The Ecosystem Impacts of Highway Corridors"
Summary: Bonnie Harper-Lore of the Federal Highway Administration in
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Contact: Patricia Bailey
pjbailey@ucdavis.edu
530-752-9843
University of California - Davis
27-Jul-1999