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Putah Creek: Life Blood of the Region, Fall 2011 Eric Larsen
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This seminar, featuring weekly guest speakers, covers the resources of Putah Creek: which are critical and why. It also teaches about the physical processes of the flowing water, land inundation, and river channel dynamics interact with the ecological processes, the vegetation, and the wildlife. The course covers fundamental processes that sustain the critical resources; what can be done to protect, conserve and restore the vital processes; and the resources that depend on them. The speakers come from the fields of academia, management, planning, hydrology, ecology, and fine art.
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Educated in the Creek
Lecture 9: Megan Harns, of the John Muir Institute for the Environment at UC Davis, talks about her experiences with Putah Creek.
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What Is a Resource Conservation District?
Lecture 8: Katherine Holmes from the Solano County Resource Conservation District discusses resource conservation districts in regards to Putah Creek.
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Putah Creek's Aquatic Resources
Lecture 7: Ken Davis, an aquatic biologist, addresses protecting Putah Creek's aquatic resources.
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Riparian Systems and Putah Creek
Lecture 6: Erik Ringleberg, a biologist from BSK Associates and a riparian systems expert, addresses the riparian aspects of Putah Creek.
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Putah Creek Wildlife Monitoring
Lecture 5: Melanie Truan, wildlife ecologist and biomonitoring director for the UC Davis Museum Wildlife and Fish Biology, talks about the creeks wildlife.
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Stewardship by the Putah Creek Council
Lecture 4: Libby Earthman, executive director of the Putah Creek Council, talks about the public stewardship of the creek.
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