FT 8
CANCELLED - A Tour of Yolo County Restoration Sites
Sunday, August 10, 2014: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
J Street Entrance, Sacramento Convention Center
Organizer:
Truman P. Young, University of California, Davis
Yolo County has been at the forefront of ecological restoration in the western United States for decades. We will visit a series of restoration sites than span the diversity of this work across a variety of restoration goals and techniques, spatial scales, and social and land-use contexts. Local experts will meet us a points along the way, and your group leader will fill in the blanks during the (short) drives between sites. 1) Yolo Bypass: reconciling multiple goals in a large-scale restoration site. 2) Hedgerow Farms: links between agriculture and restoration, including native seed production and on-farm restoration opportunities. 3) Lunch in Winters: terraforming an urban floodplain. 4) Yolo Audubon and the Center for Land-based Learning: involving local landowners, communities, and students in restoration. 5) UC Davis Putah Creek Riparian Reserve: reversing type conversion in California's Central Valley and examples of local restoration research. Box lunch provided. Pick-up and drop-off at Sacramento Convention Center.
Registration Fee: $51
Equipment and Attire: Sensible shoes, hat, sunscreen.
Itinerary: 8:00 Leave Convention Center
8:30 Arrive Yolo Bypass. Reconciling alternative goals in a large-scale restoration site
9:30 Leave Yolo Bypass
10:00 Arrive Hedgerow Farms. Links between agriculture and restoration: native seed production and on-farm restoration opportunities.
11:30 Leave Hedgerow Farms
11:45 Arrive Winters. Terraforming an urban floodplain
1:00 Leave Winters
1:10 Arrive Yolo Audubon. Involving local landowners, communities, and students in restoration
2:00 Leave Yolo Audubon
2:20 Arrive Davis. Reversing type conversion in California's Central Valley. Examples of local restoration research
4:00 Leave Davis
4:30 arrive Convention Center
