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Sec. Lester Snow Hosts Meeting Regarding the Future of Natural Resources Management

On Oct. 6, 2010, Secretary for Natural Resources Lester Snow hosted a meeting regarding the future of resource management in California. The goal of the meeting was to discuss and examine concepts, policies and strategies that would lead to better integration of resource management practices among local, state and federal agencies, NGOs, and stakeholders. Below are links to the summit presentations and the white paper and action plan issued on Dec. 10, 2010.

Future of Natural Resources Management White Paper and Action Plan

Watershed Management Chronology Presentation

Carmel River Watershed Presentation

Upper Feather River Watershed Presentation

Central Coast Watershed Presentation

Sonoma County and North Coast Presentation

Los Angeles County Presentation

San Joaquin River Presentation

The ideas discussed during the summit and through these presentations represent a base from which California's total resource management policy may be evaluated and developed. This page will be updated as this process moves forward.