Past Forum Meetings

March 14, 2024 Forum Meeting

Topic: Plans for a Brighter Future in Contra Costa and the Delta

Moderator: Lisa Damerel, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Will Nelson, Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development

  • Blake Roberts, Delta Protection Commission

January 10, 2024 Forum Meeting

Topic: Contra Costa Water District Facilities Planning and Canal Modernization

Moderator: Lisa Damerel, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Jill Mosley, Contra Costa Water District

  • Anna Chun, Contra Costa Water District

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July 12, 2023 Forum Meeting

Topic: East Bay Regional Park District Update

Moderator: Lisa Damerel, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Sean Dougan, East Bay Regional Park District

  • Dennis Waespi, East Bay Regional Park District

  • Colin Coffey, East Bay Regional Park District

  • Mona Koh, East Bay Regional Park District

May 10, 2023 Forum Meeting

Topic: Restoration in the Marsh Creek Watershed

Moderator: Lisa Damerel, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Victoria Woolfolk, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District

  • John Cain, River Partners

  • Ken Strelo, City of Oakley

  • Sarah Puckett, American Rivers

  • Ben Weise, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District

  • Venesa Kremer, Wilton Rancheria

March 8, 2023 Forum Meeting

Topic: Working to Increase the Resilience of the North Richmond Shoreline & Lower Wildcat Creek Watershed

Moderator: Lisa Damerel, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Naama Raz-Yaseef, The Watershed Project

  • Ari Frink, FlowWest

  • Tim Mollette-Parks, Mithun

  • Jeanine Strickland, The Watershed Project

  • Juliana Gonzalez, The Watershed Project

January 11, 2023 Forum Meeting

Topic: Healthy Lands, Healthy People, and Urban Agriculture

Moderator: Lisa Damerel, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Jody London, Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development

  • Ben Weise, CCRCD

  • Derek Emmons, CCRCD

  • Marianna Zavala, CCRCD

November 9, 2022 Forum Meeting

Topic: Update on Thurgood Marshall Regional Park

Moderator: Lisa Damerel, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Devan Reiff, East Bay Regional Park District

  • Eva Rose Leavitt, East Bay Regional Park District

September 14, 2022 CCWF Meeting

Topic: Engaging Community to Protect the Pinole Creek Watershed: Assessment of Trash Impacts to Promote a Thriving Ecosystem

Moderator: Lisa Damerel, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Ann Moriarty, Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed

  • Itzel Gomez, Earth Team

July 13, 2022 CCWF Meeting

Topic: Mount Diablo . . . Past, Present, and Future

Moderator: Lisa Damerel, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Mike Brandy, Mount Diablo Interpretive Association (MDIA)

  • Wally De Young, Mount Diablo Interpretive Association (MDIA)

May 12, 2021 CCWF Meeting

Topic: Tribal Engagement

Moderator: Elissa Robinson, CCRCD

Presenters:

  • Adam French, Amah Mutsun Land Trust

  • Alexander Tavizon, California Indian Environmental Alliance (CIEA)

  • Kanyon CoyoteWoman, Kanyon Konsulting