The November 2023 Restoration for All Newsletter

California Society for Ecological Restoration

November 2023

In this newsletter, you will find:

Monthly Spotlight
Its time to renew!

Salt Marsh Restoration
CNGA Speaker Series

Thank you, Sponsoring Members!

Bull Creek Restoration
Watch SERCAL 2023's inspiring keynote speakers

Here's Some Good News!

WFH Poll

Tribal Research Grant

Our Partner Organizations are the Best!

#GivingTuesday

Check Out These Job Opportunities

Monthly Spotlight

We interviewed Joanna Tang, a SERCAL affiliate of 2 years.

What are you most proud of in your restoration work?

"I am most proud of just having my hands on the land, transforming a landscape into a beautiful native community. I also love being able to do restoration work with local community members and students to empower them to steward their land. I loved working at Grassroots Ecology, bringing local school groups out for native planting days in local open spaces."

Read the full interview here!

Renew yourself: Join/Renew for 2024!

Watch your inbox!

And psst:Registration for SERCAL 2024 is happening soon!

Researchers Work to Restore California Salt Marshes Impacted by Climate Change

California salt marshes are quickly disappearing due to the impacts of climate change. Increasing sea levels and warming waters are the most relevant threats to their survival.

Researchers have come together to restore salt marshes in California, and they have already seen some success.

"Near Monterey Bay within the Elkhorn Slough Reserve, a restoration project is now underway that may show the world how to protect and make salt marshes more resilient to the rising seas."

"This marsh will survive much longer than most of the rest of the marshes in our system. We've built it up so high, at the line of the king tides and that means it will be resilient for tomorrow and be ready to face quite a bit of sea level rise,"

Salt marshes are incredibly vital to the health of an ecosystem.

"Between the land and the sea, salt marshes are the true guardians of our coastline. They offer many incredible services and benefits: they filter runoff and pollutants from water, prevent coastal erosion, stabilize the soil, shelter thousands of species and protect cities and towns from flooding during storm surges. They also provide what's known as blue carbon as they capture and sequester atmospheric carbon."

Read more about the project here!

Don't miss CNGA's GRASS Award Speaker Series!

Click here for the latest updates!

Hanford ARC | SWCA Environmental Consultants | WRA, Inc.

Dudek / Habitat Restoration Sciences | Environmental Science Associates (ESA)

H. T. Harvey and Associates | RECON Environmental

S&S Seeds / Hedgerow Farms / Pacific Coast Seed

Samara Restoration | Westervelt Ecological Services

Balance Hydrologics | Burleson Consulting, A Terracon Company

California Wildlife Conservation Board | GEI Consultants

Helix Environmental | Resource Environmental Solutions (RES)

CalERBA | Ecological Concerns | ICF

Prunuske Chatham, Inc. | Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting

AgRenewal | California Invasive Plant Council | California Native Grasslands Association

cbec eco engineering | Heritage Growers | Northwest Hydraulic Consultants (NHC)

Point Blue Conservation Science | Rocky Mt Bio Products

Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency

Watch for an email from Julie@sercal.org to join the ranks of this illustrious group in 2024!

UC Davis Environmental Policy and Management Networking & Job Fair has something for everyone!

Date: January 18, 2024

The EPM Networking and Job Fair on January 18, will gather environmental professionals and organizations to meet masters students from the Graduate Program of Environmental Policy and Management (link). Networking is open to professionals working in environmental careers. The job fair is free for organizations to sign-up. There are a limited number of spots available, reserve yours now! (link)

Bull Creek Restoration Efforts

Restoration efforts are taking place in the Bull Creek area of the Redwoods. These efforts seek to restore habitat for Salmonids, who's population has suffered from the historical logging that has taken place in the creek.

"The Bull Creek Hamilton Reach restoration project includes three main components: installing four large wood in-stream structures, constructing habitat ponds and restoring side channels, and planting over 18,000 native plants. Large wood in the stream helps maintain healthy creek flow patterns, sort and maintain gravel deposits necessary for fish spawning, and create deep pool habitat for rearing juvenile salmonids. Habitat ponds and restored channels on the floodplain create low velocity habitat for juvenile fish to use during high winter flows. Native plants contribute to an abundant, biodiverse landscape. These plants also contribute to healthy fish habitat by providing shade, cover, and food for insect prey."

The project is set to be completed this Fall!

Read more about this restoration project here

Get inspired by these amazing keynote presentations!

Find the links here!

Here's Some Good News!

Klamath River Will Run Freely Yet Again

By September of next year, several massive dams blocking the Klamath River will be taken down. Thankfully, this means the Klamath River will soon be able to run freely yet again.

"California is engaged in the world’s largest dam removal project in hopes of letting nature rebound - A national push to "rewild" looks to restore natural environments that might help mitigate the effects of climate change."

Mark Bransom, the CEO of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, states: "'As soon as the reservoir is drained, we’ll get out on the footprint there and begin some initial restoration activity,' Bransom said. “'We want to stabilize the remaining sediments using native vegetation.'”

"In the age of extreme heat, record-setting drought and catastrophic flooding linked to climate change, there’s been a national push to 'rewild,' a movement rooted in restoring nature to the state it was before human intervention, hoping this helps mitigate the effects of climate change."

Read more here!

Do you prefer to work in the office or from home? Let us know!

WFH: Yay or Nay?

Apply for the Tribal Research Grant Program Today

Apply as soon as possible to receive this grant from California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment. Read more here!

Our Partner Organizations are the Best

CNGA leads the popular Grasslands session at our conferences. Our organizations also offer a joint membership discount as well as discounted registrations to each other's events. Visit the California Native Grassland Association website for the latest updates!

Cal-IPC (the California Invasive Plant Council) is another important partner in restoring our native California landscapes. We offer discounts to each other's annual gatherings.

Cal-ERBA (the California Ecological Restoration Business Association) is a 501c6 organization that represents a growing sector of state businesses that specialize in delivery of high impact environmental outcomes.

California Association of Resource Conservation Districts is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to serving as a strong advocate, technical resource, and partner to the state's 96 RCDs so that they can be Relevant, Excellent, and Visible “go-to” hubs for conservation in their communities.

The Ecological Workforce Initiative is working to meet the workforce needs of the growing ecological restoration industry by training workers for living-wage careers that support both the economic vitality of our communities and the health of our environment.

The UC Davis Graduate Program on Environmental Policy and Management provides advanced training in applying environmental science to real-world environmental policy and management issues focusing on building quantitative skills for practice-oriented careers in environmental policy and management.

Members of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) are able to earn CERP credits towards certification through SERCAL's annual conference.

The University of Wisconsin Press offers SERCAL members discounted subscriptions to Ecological Restoration and Native Plants Journal.

Are we missing a potential partner? Let us know!

November 28 is Giving Tuesday! We would love your year-end gift to help SERCAL continue supporting The Next Generation’s participation at our conference next May at the University of Redlands.

"GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity."

Read more here!

Post a Job | Find a Job

It's easy and it's free! Find a great job or an amazing new member of your team. Here are some of the most recent jobs posted to our website:

Forestry Grant Coordinator - California, Remote. California Association of Resource Conservation Districts. Application Filing Deadline: Open until filled, however resumes will begin being reviewed after 11/30/2023.
Habitat Restoration Operations Specialist - Oakland, CA. Save The Bay. Application Filing Deadline: Open until filled, but recommend no later than 11/23/2023.
Conservation Director - Boonville, CA. Anderson Valley Land Trust. Application Filing Deadline: 11/17/2023.
UC Davis Assistant Professor of Horticulture - Davis, CA. University of California. Application Filing Deadline: 11/17/2023.
Ecology Director - Encinitas, CA. Nature Collective. Application Filing Deadline: 11/15/2023.
Supervising Program Administrator, Good Neighbor Program - San Jose, CA. Valley Water. Application Filing Deadline: 11/08/2023.
Urban Forestry Manager - Los Angeles. North East Trees, Inc. Application Filing Deadline: Open until filled (posted 10/24/2023).
Shorebird/Western Snowy Plover Biologist - Lompoc, California. Point Blue Conservation Science. Application Filing Deadline: Open until filled (posted 10/23/2023).
Financial/Administrative Coordinator - Sacramento. California Association of Resource Conservation Districts. Application Filing Deadline: Open until filled.

There's even more! Find or post a job, a volunteer opportunity, or a Request for Proposals!

Stay Healthy, Be Safe, and Take Care of Yourselves!

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