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Watershed Partnership Seminar 2001 Highlights

The Watershed Partnership Seminar (affectionately referred to as "boot camp" by the participants) was held at the Red Lion Sacramento Inn in Sacramento last September and was the first Seminar held outside one of a U.S. Office of Personnel Management campus. Thirty-seven graduates gathered on the last evening to celebrate their accomplishments and receive their diplomas. The Seminar seems to have accomplished its intended purpose, which was to assist in developing stronger partnerships with the CALFED Watershed Program to help meet its objective to restore the health of the Bay-Delta system.

During the Seminar, the students were divided into five work groups. Each group developed a watershed management plan for the Cache Creek watershed. They attended an all day field tour of the watershed, including a meeting in Clear Lake with Bob Lossius, of the Lake County Public Works Department. The groups each did an exemplary job of completing their management plans for this complex watershed within two weeks.

The participants learned about team building, collaborative partnership skills, watershed science, and facilitation. In addition to the Watershed Program Work Group co-chairs, Martha Davis and Robert Meacher, the students met with Patrick Wright, Executive Director of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, and Dr. Sam Luoma, Lead Scientist for the CALFED Program. Co-chair Meacher delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony.

This Seminar was the highest rated Seminar of all the classes since their inception at the Eastern Management Development Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1993. The participants were chosen from a group of nominations received by the CALFED Watershed Program, and represented a wide variety of interests and geographic areas within California. Each student received a scholarship recommended by the Watershed Work Group that paid for their tuition, room and board for the two-week course.

Please take a moment to view the following examples of watershed management plans developed by two of the Seminar's work groups:

Cache Creek Watershed Stewardship Plan [120kb]
Cache Creek Watershed Management Plan [2.1mb]


	Watershed Partnership Seminar 2001 Highlights The Watershed Partnership Seminar (affectionately referred to as "boot camp" by the participants) was held at the Red Lion Sacramento Inn in Sacramento last September and was the first Seminar held outside one of a U.S. Office of Personnel Management campus. Thirty-seven graduates gathered on the last evening to celebrate their accomplishments and receive their diplomas. The Seminar seems to have accomplished its intended purpose, which was to assist in developing stronger partnerships with the CALFED Watershed Program to help meet its objective to restore the health of the Bay-Delta system. During the Seminar, the students were divided into five work groups. Each group developed a watershed management plan for the Cache Creek watershed. They attended an all day field tour of the watershed, including a meeting in Clear Lake with Bob Lossius, of the Lake County Public Works Department. The groups each did an exemplary job of completing their management plans for this complex watershed within two weeks. The participants learned about team building, collaborative partnership skills, watershed science, and facilitation. In addition to the Watershed Program Work Group co-chairs, Martha Davis and Robert Meacher, the students met with Patrick Wright, Executive Director of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, and Dr. Sam Luoma, Lead Scientist for the CALFED Program. Co-chair Meacher delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony. This Seminar was the highest rated Seminar of all the classes since their inception at the Eastern Management Development Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1993. The participants were chosen from a group of nominations received by the CALFED Watershed Program, and represented a wide variety of interests and geographic areas within California. Each student received a scholarship recommended by the Watershed Work Group that paid for their tuition, room and board for the two-week course. Please take a moment to view the following examples of watershed management plans developed by two of the Seminar's work groups: Cache Creek Watershed Stewardship Plan [120kb] Cache Creek Watershed Management Plan [2.1mb]	BDPAC Subcommittee Funding Resources Legislation Contact Information Related Links Home