California Society for Ecological Restoration September 2024 |
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In this newsletter, you will find: Expand Your Network: Join a Mentorship Family! Mission Creek Restoration Renew Yourself: Join SERCAL Thank you, Sponsoring Members! CAL-IPC Photo Contest Now Open! Tide's End Restoration UC Davis EPM RFP Undergrad Mentorship Program Senate Passes CA Water Infrastructure Bill Here's Some Good News! Santa Ana River Native Fish Survey Our Partner Organizations are the Best! Check Out All the Resources on our Website! |
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It's time to register for SERCAL's 2024/2025 Mentorship Program
This is a year-long program that pairs mid- and late-career restoration practitioners with early-career and Next Generation mentees. We will help you connect with folks in your area and in your field of interest.
If you have been involved in the program in the past but have not yet been assigned a mentorship family in 2024, please re-submit an interest form for our 2024/2025 cohort (the program resets after each annual conference).
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Mission Creek Restoration |
The city of Santa Barbara has announced the beginning of the Mission Creek restoration project at Oak Park. This comes some time after previous construction projects created the need for restoration in the 1,800 section of the creek.
"Creek restoration is a vital part of the Creeks Division's mission to enhance creek health and improve water quality within the City of Santa Barbara," said Interim Creeks Division Manager Melissa Hetrick. "This project aims to improve wildlife habitat, water quality, creek and park aesthetics, and flood control."
"According to the City of Santa Barbara, a key part of the project includes the removal of invasive non-native plants and revegetation using native plants and trees."
Read more here!
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Thank you, 2024 Sponsoring Members!
With your support of SERCAL, you are facilitating the growth and sustainability of a collaborative, knowledge-based, forward-thinking industry that is leading the effort to create and sustain a robust California native landscape for wildlife, plants, and people. We greatly appreciate the support and camaraderie of the following organizations and invite your organization to join in this important effort!
Valley Oak Sponsors
Arroyo Willow Sponsors
Sustaining Business Members Sustaining Individual Members Scott Dreher | Lisa Paterson | Emily Zefferman Our Cadre of Torchbearers for the Next Generation And the continued and generous support of Victor Schaff and the Schaff Family Foundation |
CAL-IPC Photo Contest Now Open! |
Support CAL-IPC by submitting photos of before and after restoration results, weed workers in action, invaded landscapes, and any other restoration-related photos that can be used for their website, brochures, campaigns, and reports. Your help is much appreciated!
July 15 - Sept. 15: Submit photos online.
Sept. 16 – Oct. 24: Vote!
Oct. 25: Winners announced at the 2024 Cal-IPC Symposium.
Submit photos here!
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The Tide's End Multibenefit Restoration Project is proposed to take place in Yolo County, California - just southwest of the city of Sacramento at the northern end of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. This project primarily aims to improve flood management and agricultural sustainability in the region.
"The proposed Project is a multibenefit project that contributes to flood management and ecosystem goals outlined in the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP) and Conservation Strategy, as well as sustainable agriculture for the region. The proposed Project design will incorporate sustainable, wildlife-friendly agriculture (e.g., wild rice production) that is also compatible with floodway operations. "
"Other areas in the proposed Project site will be maintained in other land cover types that are also compatible with seasonal flood flows like managed marsh and seasonal wetlands. The proposed Project would also improve drainage and irrigation, thereby facilitating the proposed land uses and providing broader benefits to the region."
Read more here!
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UC Davis Environmental Policy and Management RFP |
The UC Davis Environmental Policy and Management program is seeking to create partnerships to collaborate on finding solutions to environmental management or policy analysis projects for the 2025 Policy Clinic. They are now accepting applications.
The Policy Clinic is a 20 week capstone course that includes seven teams of between 4-6 students who will work with an organization on a project surrounding environmental management or policy analysis. The Clinic begins in January and ends in June.
For more information, visit the links below:
Apply
Learn more
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Undergrad Mentorship Program - Marine Sciences |
The Pathways to Research Training Program has provided funding to faculty so that they may provide mentorship to underrepresented students in ocean and coastal science.
"Many of the funded programs focused on one key strategy: mentorship, often accomplished by pairing undergraduate students with graduate mentors. One program, at San Diego State University, found success by creating research teams consisting of a community college student, a fourth-year undergraduate and a graduate student mentor. After participating weekly in collaborative research and online trainings for three months, the younger students reported a higher sense of belonging in the sciences."
Read more here!
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Senate Passes CA Water Infrastructure Bill |
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The senate has passed California water infrastructure and ecosystem restoration priorities.
US Senator Alex Padilla has stated that he "secured several top water infrastructure priorities for California through the unanimous Senate passage of the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024. The legislation includes provisions Padilla fought for to address the Tijuana River transboundary sewage crisis, to invest in salmon recovery and habitat restoration around the Sacramento River Basin, and to provide the Army Corps of Civil Engineers with enhanced drought and flood control authorities."
“California communities are bearing the brunt of climate catastrophes, from toxic sewage jeopardizing public health, to the plummeting Chinook salmon populations threatening fishery livelihoods, to devastating atmospheric river storms coming on the heels of extreme drought,” said Senator Padilla. “The provisions I secured in this bill will bolster California’s water infrastructure resilience in the face of increasingly extreme weather. I look forward to working with my House and Senate colleagues to make sure these critical California priorities become law.”
Read more here!
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California has adopted new targets to preserve and restore coastal habitats. A proposed bond aims to fund new commitments for eelgrass and wetlands. These targets aim to improve climate conditions as well.
“On April 22, the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) adopted new carbon pollution reduction targets for the state’s forests, wetlands, grasslands, rangelands, deserts, urban green spaces, and agricultural lands—known collectively as “natural and working lands.” These targets will help the state reduce greenhouse gas emissions while bolstering the ability of nature and people to adapt to a changing climate.”
“Although the most effective way to limit carbon pollution is by reducing fossil fuel emissions, improving management of natural and working lands can play an important role as well. When healthy, these lands can sequester carbon and limit future greenhouse gas emissions.”
“CNRA’s new targets comprise three specific commitments on more than 233,000 acres of coastal and freshwater wetlands, eelgrass beds, and mountain meadow wetlands (water-logged areas found in high elevations such as the Sierra Nevada mountains)”
Read more here !
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Santa Ana River Native Fish Survey |
It's that time of year again! The Santa Ana Native River Fish survey is up.
"The Santa Ana River in the Los Angeles region of California demonstrates common habitat degradation symptoms that are characteristic of the urban stream syndrome. These impacts have altered the Santa Ana River community structure, with few species as impacted as the native Santa Ana sucker (sucker; Pantosteus santaanae). 2. Consequently, a recovery plan developed for sucker identified the need for a population viability analysis (PVA) to assess sucker extirpation risk."
To read more from this publication on the Santa Ana River Survey, click here
To view the dataset, click here
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Our Partner Organizations are the Best California Native Grasslands Association (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.
California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) is another important partner in restoring our native California landscapes. We offer discounts to each other's annual gatherings.
California Ecological Restoration Business Association (CalERBA) 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 (CARCD) 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.
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 who to contact! |
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:
- SEA - Stewardship Education Action Internship - Royal Oaks, CA. Elkhorn Slough Foundation. Application Filing Deadline: 09/06/2024.
- Conservation Technician (seasonal) - Laguna Beach, CA / Orange County. Laguna Canyon Foundation. Application Filing Deadline: 09/14/2024.
- Wetland Delineator / Permitting Specialist - Throughout California. SummitWest Environmental. Application Filing Deadline: 09/30/2024.
- Senior Wildlife Biologist / Senior Botanist - Throughout California. SummitWest Environmental. Application Filing Deadline: 09/30/2024.
- Staff Wildlife Biologist / Staff Botanist - Throughout California. SummitWest Environmental. Application Filing Deadline: 09/30/2024.
- Wildlife Biologist / Botanist - Throughout California. SummitWest Environmental. Application Filing Deadline: 09/30/2024.
- Botany Intern - Throughout California. SummitWest Environmental. Application Filing Deadline: 09/30/2024.
Go to our RESOURCES menu to find or post a JOB, VOLUNTEER events, and even MORE OPPORTUNITIES! |
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