Headwaters to Ocean 2003 Conference

October 23-25, 2003
Westin Hotel
333 East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, California 90802

Thursday, October 23, 2003

8:00-8:30	Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00	Welcome/Opening Remarks David Cannon, President, Everest International Consultants, Inc. Conference Co-Chair Steve Aceti, Executive Director, California Coastal Coalition Conference Co-Chair Mayor Beverly O’Neill, City of Long Beach COL Richard G. Thompson, District Engineer U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District
9:00-10:15	Plenary Session: Integrating Rivers, Wetlands, And Shorelines In An Urban Environment Master of Ceremonies: Terry Tamminen Executive Director, Environment Now “Friend of the Coast” Award Assemblymember Alan Lowenthal, 54th District Brian Baird, Ocean Program Manager, CA Resources Agency Jerry Schubel, President/CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific Reinhard Flick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:50	Session 2A: South Coast Regional Wetlands Planning (Panel) Moderator: Joan Hartmann, Outreach Director, Southern CA Wetlands Recovery Project Marilyn Thoms, Watershed Coordinator, County of Orange Doug Gibson, Executive Director, San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy Mary Loquvam, Wetlands Recovery Project Coordinator, Environment Now Greg Gauthier, Wetlands Recovery Project Coordinator, Environment Now Bob Thiel, Wetlands Recovery Project Coordinator, Environment Now Session 2B: Shoreline Change And Monitoring Moderator: Craig Leidersdorf, Coastal Frontiers Beach Width History Of North County San Diego, California Reinhard Flick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Cost Effective Shoreline Monitoring In A Small California Coastal Community Bill Humphreys, City of San Clemente Historical Changes In Shoreline Position And Shorezone Volume In The Huntington Beach Littoral Cell Peter Gadd, Coastal Frontiers Modeling the Future of Sand Beaches Douglas L. Inman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Session 2C: Water Quality On Coastal Beaches Moderator: Supervisor Tom Wilson (5th District, Orange County) Channel Islands Harbor Circulation Improvement Study Ying-Keung Poon, Everest International Consultants, Inc. The Huntington Beach Investigation: Where Do The Bacteria Come From? Jingping Xu, USGS Bacterial Source Evaluations At Baby Beach, Dana Point Harbor, California: Prelude to BMPs Andrew Lissner, Science Applications International Corporation Debris Nets In The San Gabriel River – Design And Physical Modeling Allan Charteris, Moffatt & Nichol Engineers
12:00-1:00	Lunch - Sponsored by The Southern CA Gas Company and SDGE “Friend of the Coast” Award Assemblymember Paul Koretz, 42nd District “Coastal Advocate of the Year” Award Howard Marlowe, Esq., Marlowe and Company
1:15-2:35	Session 3A: Coastal Processes Moderator: Reinhard Flick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Waves vs. Tides – Predicting Inlet Closures At Small Coastal Lagoons: An Application At Crissy Field Don Danmeier, Philip Williams & Associates Log-Spiral Littoral Shoreline Unit In Southern Monterey Bay Warren Thompson, Consultant Emerging Concepts In Sediment Transport For Southern California Rivers And Coastal Waters Jonathan Warrick, USGS The Coast Of Crystal Cove, Orange County, California Hany Elwany, Coastal Environments Session 3B: Wetlands For Treatment 1 Moderator: Karen Bane, State Coastal Conservancy Habitat Value Of Wetlands For Treatment Martha Sutula, Southern California Coastal Water Research Institute Regulatory Context Of Wetlands For Treatment David Cannon, Everest International Consultants, Inc. Interagency Policy And Guidelines Regarding Wetlands For Treatment Karen Bane, California State Coastal Conservancy Session 3C: Monitoring And Volunteer Efforts Moderator: Mike Pieper, Southern California Marine Institute Water Quality Indicators In Urban Rivers And Estuaries: A Rigorous Scientific Approach For Monitoring Projects And Assessments Conducted By Volunteers Joan Greenwood, Targhee, Inc. Construction Monitoring For Southern Steelhead On The Ventura River Cher Batchelor, David Magney Environmental Consulting If It Isn’t Broke, Why Keep Monitoring It? Developing An Adaptive Approach For Coastal Storm Drain Monitoring Programs Arthur Barnett, MEC Analytical Systems, Inc. Ormond Beach: Where The Birds Are: A Model Of Volunteer Efforts To Protect Endangered Species Alan Sanders, Western Alliance for Nature Volunteer Monitoring: The Key To TMDLs Mark Abramson, Heal the Bay
2:35-2:50	Break
2:50-4:10	Session 4A: CANCELLED Session 4B: Water Quality Assessment And Management Moderator: Supervisor Pam Slater (3rd District, San Diego County) Total Dissolved Solid Concentrations In San Diego County – A Call To Action David Keith, Anchor Environmental Diatom Communities As Indicators Of Nutrient Enrichment: A Test In A Southern California Estuary Lilian Busse, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Monitoring, Modeling, And Management Of A 400-Acre Natural Lake In Southern California Andy Komor, Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc. San Diego River/Ocean Beach Water Quality Improvement Project, Phase I Rosanna Lacarra, MEC Analytical Systems, Inc. Session 4C: Watershed-Scale Planning 1 Moderator: Kathleen Bullard, Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council/MRCA Increasing Interagency Coordination On Wetlands Restoration: The San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Restoration Program John Brosnan, San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Restoration Program The Central Coast Comprehensive Wetlands GIS Database: A Planning Tool Promoting Wetland Conservation Throughout California’s Central Coast Ross Clark, California Coastal Commission How Local Ordinances Can Be Used To Protect Watershed Resources Krista Sloniowski, US Army Corps of Engineers Calleguas Creek Watershed Wetlands Restoration Plan David Magney, David Magney Environmental Consulting
4:10-5:30	Session 5A: Water Quality And Water Conservation Moderator: Rick Harter, Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council Los Angeles River Recycled Water Optimization Study Jeff Friesen, CH2M HILL Aquascape Solutions For Stormwater Management And Treatment Bruce Phillips, Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc. Inflow, Residence and Dispersion in Mission Bay and other Coastal Waters: Defining a "Zone of Impact" for Land Runoff John Largier, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Session 5B: Watershed-Scale Planning 2 Moderator: Arthur Golding, Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council The Public Outreach Analysis Model…Good Science Is Not Enough Tom Wall, URS Corp Creating 2-D Velocity Distributions From 1-D Hydraulic Models: Applications For Impacts Analyses Ronald Rovansek, Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc. Las Virgenes Creek Master Restoration Plan David Cannon, Everest International Consultants, Inc. The Long Beach RiverLink Plan Dennis Eschen, City of Long Beach Session 5C: Wetlands For Treatment 2 Moderator: William Imus, CH2M Hill Treatment Wetlands Remove Fecal Coliform Bacteria From Low-Flow Urban Runoff In Southern California Jim Bays, CH2M Hill Retrofitting A Watershed For Water Quality: San Diego Creek Natural Treatment System Norris Brandt, Irvine Ranch Water District Horno Creek Riparian Stream And Multipurpose Basin Hasan Nouri, Rivertech, Inc. Oxnard Pilot Test For Wetland Treatment And Reuse Of Membrane Concentrate Nate Wall, CH2M Hill
6:00-7:30	Reception and Poster Session
7:30 - 9:00	CalCoast Board of Directors Dinner Meeting