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                       Thursday, June 10, 2010 

8:00             Registration and Continental Breakfast 

8:30             Welcome and Introduction                    
Overview of Day One                    

Robert J. Uram, Esq., Program Co-Chair                    
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, San Francisco                    

Michael N. Josselyn, PhD, PWS, Program Co-Chair                    
WRA, San Rafael 

8:45             Permitting                    
Current Regulatory Issues and Challenges; Habitat Conservation Planning: Where Does the Corps Plug In? Alternative Procedures for Processing Permits                    
Michael S. Jewell, Regulatory Branch Chief                    
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District                    

9:30             Morning Break 

9:45             Practicable Alternatives                    
Criteria and Identification                    
Robert J. Uram, Esq., Program Co-Chair 

10:30           Habitat Conservation Plans and Section 404 Integration of Actions                    
Perspectives from Contra Costa County and the South Sacramento HCP; the Army Corps of Engineers; and the  Environmental, Engineering and Regulated Communities                    

John Kopchik, Executive Director                    
East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy, Martinez                    

David Zippin, PhD, Principal and Habitat Conservation Planning Practice Leader                    
ICF International,San Francisco                    

John Hopkins, PhD, President                    
Institute for Ecological Health, Davis                    

Bob Shattuck, Director of Community Planning                    
Lennar Communities, Roseville                    

Kathleen A. Dadey, PhD, Chief, California Delta Branch                    
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District                    

12:15           Lunch Break 

1:30             Solar Plants, Alternative Energy and Wetlands                    
Issues for a Greener World                    
Jennifer Hernandez, Esq.                    
Holland & Knight, San Francisco

2:15 9:45             Mitigation Success or Failure                    
What Is the Scorecard?                    

John Callaway, PhD, Professor, Department of Environmental Science                    
University of San Francisco                    

Shin-Roei Lee, Supervising Engineer                    
Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region, Oakland   

Michael N. Josselyn, PhD, PWS, Program Co-Chair                    

 3:30             Afternoon Break 

3:45             State Wetland Policy Changes
Proposed Definitions and Regulations                    

Joshua Basofin, Esq., California Representative                    
Defenders of Wildlife, Sacramento                    

Bill Orme, Senior Environmental Scientist
Chief, 401 Certification and Wetlands Unit                    
Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento                    

Paul "Skip" Spaulding, III, Esq.                    
Farella Braun + Martel, San Francisco 

5:00             Adjourn                         

Friday, June 11, 2010 

8:00             Continental Breakfast 

8:30             Welcome Back                    
Overview of Day Two                    

Michael N. Josselyn, PhD, PWS, Program Co-Chair                    
Robert J. Uram, Esq., Program Co-Chair 

8:45             Levee Repairs                    
What Is Being Done; How Environmental Concerns Are Being Addressed                    
Lea Adams, PE, Senior Engineer, Hydraulic Design Section                    
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District                    

9:30             Morning Break

9:45    Mitigation Banking 
New Policies and What You Need to Know                    

Craig Denisoff, MPA, Vice President                    
Westervelt Ecological Services, Sacramento                    

Thomas Cavanaugh, Biologist                   
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division, San Francisco                    

Jason Brush, Wetlands Office Manager                    
U.S. EPA Region 9, San Francisco 

11:00           Bay Delta Conservation Plan                    
What Is It? What Are the Legal Implications?                    

Karla Nemeth, Agency Liaison to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan                    
California Natural Resources Agency, Sacramento                    

Marc J. Ebbin, Esq.                    
Ebbin Moser & Skaggs, San Francisco 

12:15           Lunch Break 

1:30             Ethics                    
Issues for the Environmental Practitioner                    
Stefanie D. Hedlund, Esq.                    
Best Best & Krieger, Sacramento 

2:30             Afternoon Break 

2:45             NEPA and Section 404                    
Effective Management of Wetlands Issues Within the Process                    
Robert D. Thornton, Esq.                    
Nossaman, Irvine 

3:30           Vernal Pools                    
Two Perspectives on the History and Future of Mitigation                    

Sarah Egan, Biologist                    
ECORP Consulting, Rocklin                    

Carol W. Witham, Coordinator                    
VernalPools.org, Sacramento    

4:45             Q&A Panel                    
Members of the Faculty 

5:00             Evaluations and Adjourn

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