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Tour June 28, 2018 - June 29, 2018 Headwaters Tour Looks at Tree Mortality, Bark Beetle Epidemic & Visits Forest Lab Stantec HDR California Department of Water Resources Association of California Water Agencies California Forest Watershed Alliance Placer County Water Agency

Headwaters Tour 2018

Sixty percent of California’s developed water supply originates high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Our water supply is largely dependent on the health of our Sierra forests, which are suffering from ecosystem degradation, drought, wildfires and widespread tree mortality.

Headwaters tour participants on a hike in the Sierra Nevada.

We headed into the foothills and the mountains to examine water issues that happen upstream but have dramatic impacts downstream and throughout the state. 

This 2-day, 1-night tour traveled through the Sierra Nevada foothills, into the mountains and around the Lake Tahoe Basin to learn about upper watersheds and what role they play in water supply and quality. We discussed meadow restoration, forest management and tree mortality, climate change, wildfire impacts and water quality. We visited a meadow restoration site, Lake Tahoe, El Dorado National Forest, and the Truckee and American rivers.

Stops Included:

  • Lake Tahoe
  • Meadow restoration sites
  • UC Berkeley’s Blodgett Forest Research Station
  • King Fire burn site
  • American and Truckee rivers
  • Sagehen Creek Field Station
  • El Dorado National Forest
  • UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
  • Folsom Dam

Topics Included:

  • Forest management
  • California’s tree mortality epidemic
  • Climate change and carbon sequestration
  • Water quality and urban runoff
  • Meadow restoration
  • Wildfire impacts
  • Bioenergy production
  • Habitat restoration and endangered species
  • Tourism and recreation in the Sierra Nevada

Pricing Details:

Regular Price – $625 (one-person single occupancy room)

Early Bird Price – $595 if you register online by May 29.

Fee included all tour meals, transportation, materials, snacks and hotel accommodations once the tour begins. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour’s beginning and end point.

Tour Start and End Point:

The tour began on June 28 at 7:30 a.m. and ended on June 29 at 6:30 p.m. in Rancho Cordova (10 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento) at  GEI Consultants - 2868 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.

 

GEI (Tour Starting Point)
2868 Prospect Park Dr.
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.
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  • Tim Quinn
  • John Andrew
  • Tom Smith
  • Dan Segan
  • Jacques Landy
  • Heather Segale
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Tour Sponsors

Sponsors February 28, 2018

Stantec
Trailblazer Sponsor

At Stantec, our business objective is to maintain our position as a top tier global design and delivery firm. Our local strength, knowledge, and relationships, coupled with our world-class expertise, have allowed us to go anywhere to meet our clients’ needs in more creative and personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe. 

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Sponsors June 18, 2014

HDR
Tour Sponsor

While we are most well-known for delivering architecture and engineering services—for adding beauty and structure to communities through high performance buildings and smart infrastructure—we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include the firepower of archaeologists, economists, builders, analysts, artists and scientists.

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Sponsors June 18, 2014

California Department of Water Resources
Major Sponsor

California Department of Water Resources

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is responsible for managing and protecting California’s water. DWR works with other agencies to benefit the state’s people, and to protect, restore and enhance the natural and human environments.

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Sponsors March 13, 2017

Association of California Water Agencies
Networking Lunch Sponsor

The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is the largest statewide coalition of public water agencies in the country. Its 430 public agency members collectively are responsible for 90% of the water delivered to cities, farms and businesses in California.

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Sponsors March 13, 2017

California Forest Watershed Alliance

Founded in 2014, the California Forest Watershed Alliance (CAFWA) is a bipartisan, urban-rural coalition representing water interests, local governments, the conservation community, agriculture, and the forestry sector, created to promote the restoration and improvement of California’s forested watersheds.

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Sponsors June 22, 2018

Placer County Water Agency
Tour Sponsor

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) is the primary water resource agency for Placer County, California, with a broad range of responsibilities including water resource planning and management, retail and wholesale supply of drinking water and irrigation water, and production of hydroelectric energy.

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Tour June 28, 2018 - June 29, 2018 Headwaters Tour Looks at Tree Mortality, Bark Beetle Epidemic & Visits Forest Lab Stantec HDR California Department of Water Resources Association of California Water Agencies California Forest Watershed Alliance Placer County Water Agency
GEI (Tour Starting Point)
2868 Prospect Park Dr.
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.
View map
  • Tim Quinn
  • John Andrew
  • Tom Smith
  • Dan Segan
  • Jacques Landy
  • Heather Segale
Announcement May 23, 2018

Headwaters Tour Looks at Tree Mortality, Bark Beetle Epidemic & Visits Forest Lab
Join us for the June 28-29 tour that overnights at Lake Tahoe; early-bird price ends May 28

The Sierra Nevada mountains, which are key to California’s water supply through snowmelt, are dotted with nearly 130 million dead trees weakened by drought and insect infestations. 

The severe tree mortality has increased the risk of devastating wildfires, reduced the ability of forests to absorb greenhouse gases and limited the effectiveness of forests and meadows to regulate water quality and moderate downhill flow. While the 2012-2016 drought was one leading cause of tree mortality in California, the dry conditions also exacerbated tree infestations from more than a half-dozen different bark beetles.

On our Headwaters Tour, June 28-29, guests will hear from leading forest managers and entomologists about the extent of this epidemic, how it is altering forests and impacting upper watersheds, and what can be done to mitigate the damages.

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Sponsors February 28, 2018

Stantec
Trailblazer Sponsor

At Stantec, our business objective is to maintain our position as a top tier global design and delivery firm. Our local strength, knowledge, and relationships, coupled with our world-class expertise, have allowed us to go anywhere to meet our clients’ needs in more creative and personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe. 

  • Read more
Sponsors June 18, 2014

HDR
Tour Sponsor

While we are most well-known for delivering architecture and engineering services—for adding beauty and structure to communities through high performance buildings and smart infrastructure—we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include the firepower of archaeologists, economists, builders, analysts, artists and scientists.

  • Read more
California Department of Water Resources
Sponsors June 18, 2014

California Department of Water Resources
Major Sponsor

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is responsible for managing and protecting California’s water. DWR works with other agencies to benefit the state’s people, and to protect, restore and enhance the natural and human environments.

  • Read more
Sponsors August 30, 2017

Association of California Water Agencies

The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is the largest statewide coalition of public water agencies in the country. Its 430 public agency members collectively are responsible for 90% of the water delivered to cities, farms and businesses in California.

  • Read more
Sponsors March 13, 2017

California Forest Watershed Alliance

Founded in 2014, the California Forest Watershed Alliance (CAFWA) is a bipartisan, urban-rural coalition representing water interests, local governments, the conservation community, agriculture, and the forestry sector, created to promote the restoration and improvement of California’s forested watersheds.

  • Read more
Sponsors June 22, 2018

Placer County Water Agency
Tour Sponsor

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) is the primary water resource agency for Placer County, California, with a broad range of responsibilities including water resource planning and management, retail and wholesale supply of drinking water and irrigation water, and production of hydroelectric energy.

  • Read more
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