September 23, 2015 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Are you interested in how climate change might impact your work? Interested in integrating climate change into your planning and management activities? Curious to know how others are integrating climate change science into planning and projects? On September 23rd The San Diego Management & Monitoring Program and the San Diego Climate Science Alliance are hosting a symposium of Climate-Smart Conservation case studies from the coast of Southern California. Speakers from across the region will present cutting edge efforts to collaboratively support integration of climate change effects into natural resource management. 

Kristine Preston, San Diego Management and Monitoring Program will open the meeting with a an overview of Climate Change in the region followed by Amber Pairis of the San Diego Climate Science Alliance discussing the principles of Climate-Smart Conservation. These opening presentations will be followed by three local examples of how climate smart principles are being integrated in local plans and projects.

Local examples of how Climate Smart principles are being integrated into local plans and projects:

Danielle Boudreau of Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR) will discuss the Climate Understanding & Resilience in the River Valley (CURRV) project.

Kim Roeland of City of San Diego will discuss Climate-Smart Conservation in the Tecolote Canyon.

Eric Stein of Southern California Coastal Water Research Project will discuss incorporating Climate-Smart adaptive strategies into wetlands recovery in coastal Southern California.

Click here (file unavailable) for the slides from the five presentations described above.

Click here (file unavailable) for the Seal Beach Sediment Augmentation Slides.