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Watershed Management Council 2007 Fall Field Trip CANCELLED
 Global Warming, the Sacramento Delta, and Levees:
Wise Use as Farmed Wildlife Floodplain, or Housing At Risk?
SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
Download the registration form or register online. To register by mail, download this this PDF document, and mail this registration form with a check for the appropriate amount written to the “Watershed Management Council” :
Watershed Management Council
University of Idaho -Boise, Idaho Water Center
322 East Front Street, Suite 340
Boise, Idaho 83702
Please email michael@watershednetwork.org or call 714-932-8689 with any questions.
| 9:00 am |
Meet at Cal. Dept. of Fish & Game Refuge Headquarters, west side of Yolo Causeway. From Sacramento, take first exit after causeway, loop right around and under freeway, keep right and head east past fruit stand 0.8 miles on County Rd 32 B to CDFG, first parking lots past fields on south from I-80, park. Coffee served, board deluxe motor coach for tour. |
| 9:30 |
Bus departs for Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area, stop and Rice and Wildlife sign |
| 9:45 |
Arrive Rice area, presentation by CA Dept of Fish and Game and/or Yolo Basin Foundation staff, inspect rice fields, levees, canals, pumps, and siphon |
| 10:30 |
Depart for Sacramento Weir, north of I-80 bridge, west bank. |
| 11:00 |
Arrive at Weir, presentation by Gary Bardini, Chief of Hydrology Branch, CA Dept of Water Resources, tour and overview of flood operations, effectiveness, and function of Yolo Bypass |
| 11:45 |
Leave for levee repair site, West Sacramento |
| 12:00 |
Arrive at levee repair site, view DWR and Corps of Engineers levee repair
and re-vegetation projects, view acres of new housing adjacent to levee. |
| 12:30 pm |
Depart for Sherwood Marina lunch spot along levee road |
| 12:45 |
Arrive Sherwood Marina for lunch, presentation by Stu Townslee, Army Corps of Engineers, on reservoir re-operation due to global warming effects |
| 1:30 |
Tour of Levee and Delta Area south to Clarksburg, narrated by Prof. Jeff
Mount, UC Davis, levee failure issues and Delta land use conflicts |
| 3:00 |
Arrive at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Viewing area, unload to vehicles, tour ends |
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