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CalTrans: Modeling Habitat Connectivity for Climate Adaptation Across Multiple Land Uses
Developing tools to assess habitat connectivity priorities across California will help agencies plan for infrastructure development in ways that allow wildlife to shift distributions in response to changing land use and climate. This study uses a new tool, Omniscape, to assess the contribution of all parts of the landscape to habitat connectivity across California. We integrated climate factors to model what areas are important for habitat connectivity today and in the future given changing conditions.
Please join us for the final Planning Horizons of 2018, Wednesday, December 19, at 10:00am in the Caltrans Basement Boardroom, 1120 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. If you are not Caltrans staff, please check in with the security guard. This event is AICP credit worthy, ask for more details. If you need parking, contact BOC [at] dot [dot] ca [dot] gov spaces are limited.
Our guest speakers are:
Dick Cameron, Director of Science for Land Programs, The Nature Conservancy
Carrie Schloss, Senior Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Webcast : http://ctmedia.dot.ca.gov/webcast/live/live_event.asp?stream=ph
Questions : planning [dot] horizons [at] dot [dot] ca [dot] gov
Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery ~ Growing plants and friends since 2007
On the American River Parkway at Soil Born Farms near Hagan Park
2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95667
The nursery is operated by entirely volunteers from Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS). Volunteers are always encouraged to become members of CNPS (of course!) but membership is not required to volunteer.
Join Us! No experience needed!
Wednesday Workdays 10:00 – 1:00
We pot up seedling and learn various propagating techniques plants. We treat volunteers Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches! We work year-round in the warmth of a Greenhouse in cold months or in the shade of Sycamore-like trees in the heat!
We also work in our demonstration gardens. These are small sized landscapes that show others how to effectively use native plants in their own landscape. We need the help of community volunteers to maintain them. For more information email Chris Lewis at cnpschris [at] gmail [dot] com .
Visit our webpage. Questions? Contact Chris: cnpschris [at] gmail [dot] com
The webpage link: https://sacvalleycnps.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=110
Tune in to The Climate Report radio show, every Wednesday at noon on Access Sacramento KUBU 96.5 FM, with host Dale Steele.
Music, interviews, commentary, and more.
http://www.accesssacramento.org/
Every Wednesday, learn more about Citizens’ Climate Lobby and how you can make a difference in creating the political will for legislation that will put us on the path to reduce the emissions that are changing our climate.
Calls begin at 5 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Mountain, 7 p.m. Central, and 8 p.m. Eastern time and last about 1 hour.
For those who can’t attend our weekly intro call live, we provide a pre-recorded version, available after you RSVP.
Go here to join: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/join-weekly-intro-call/
Sacramento Food Policy Council monthly meeting notice: Ongoing project collaboration, planning, organizing, and advocacy strategy for the newly established Sacramento Food Policy Council (Sac FPC). Scheduled for the third Thursday morning of every month.
Please RSVP your attendance: SacFoodPolicy [at] gmail [dot] com
Check out the op-ed on the Food Policy Council:
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article17039336.html
twitter: @sacfoodpolicy
CLIMATE CHANGE: • Science, • Impacts, • Politics and • Solutions
A Sac State Renaissance Society Seminar Course
• SCIENCE: Basic climate science (how our climate system works); climate history; the expert scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, including detection, risks and impacts.
• IMPACTS: The Big-5 Carbon Polluters: (U.S., China, EU, India, Russia); how ongoing climate change is affecting extreme & unpredictable events: e.g.- temperature, rainfall, hurricanes, wildfires, sea level rise.
• POLITICS: How politics has shaped the climate change discussion and will do so in the future.
• SOLUTIONS: The Paris Climate Agreement; why our Military is taking this VERY seriously; alternative energy sources; geo-engineering, economic and policy solutions; and how EACH OF US can make a difference… locally, and globally.
• INSTRUCTORS: This course will be taught by a team of nationally known and respected, peer published environmental scientists who have spent their careers studying the influence of humans on our local, regional and global environment, and are committed to making our planet a better place to live for future generations. Please join us for an exciting and inspiring series of educational lectures and group discussions on this HOT topic! We promise NOT to overwhelm you: Our goal is to help lay people, as well as professionals from diverse backgrounds better understand and deal with this complex topic.
• LOGISTICS: Lectures, films and group discussions will be held on Saturdays, 10:00-11:45am, Sept 8 – Dec 8, 2018 at California State University, Sacramento.
• INFO: For more information, contact Dr. Tom Suchanek (UC Davis): thsuchanek [at] ucdavis [dot] edu
A syllabus for the course can be found on Tom’s Website: https://www.tomsuchanek.net
• REGISTRATION: AFTER 8/20/18, go to: http://www.csus.edu/org/rensoc/seminars.html
Unsure about joining the course? Attend the first two lectures for free before signing up. The only cost is a $100 membership fee to the Renaissance Society, which also provides access to ALL other Renaissance classes for one year. CSUS campus parking is an additional $20.
The Sacramento Transit Riders Union meets at Organize Sacramento every week. The Sacramento Transit Riders Union is an independent, democratic, member-run union of transit riders organizing for better public transit in Sacramento County and beyond.
Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery ~ Growing plants and friends since 2007
On the American River Parkway at Soil Born Farms near Hagan Park
2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95667
The nursery is operated by entirely volunteers from Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS). Volunteers are always encouraged to become members of CNPS (of course!) but membership is not required to volunteer.
Join Us! No experience needed!
Wednesday Workdays 10:00 – 1:00
We pot up seedling and learn various propagating techniques plants. We treat volunteers Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches! We work year-round in the warmth of a Greenhouse in cold months or in the shade of Sycamore-like trees in the heat!
We also work in our demonstration gardens. These are small sized landscapes that show others how to effectively use native plants in their own landscape. We need the help of community volunteers to maintain them. For more information email Chris Lewis at cnpschris [at] gmail [dot] com .
Visit our webpage. Questions? Contact Chris: cnpschris [at] gmail [dot] com
The webpage link: https://sacvalleycnps.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=110