Training

See also: Monterey County Planning, Habitat Restoration

This workshop will train Monterey County Planners to better understand about Coastal Commission perspectives and resources for updating Local Coastal Plans and identification, delineation and protections for coastal wetlands and Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas (ESHA).  Coastal Commission planning/analysis staff will be joined by Commission biologists Jonna Engel and John Dixon as presenters at this event. 

Objectives

·       Improved understanding of Coastal Commission guidance and related resources for updating Local Coastal Plans, including ESHA issues pertinent to northern Monterey County

·       Improved understanding of identification delineation, and protection of Coastal Act protected wetlands and other ESHA, with a focus on northern Monterey County

Format

The workshop will feature indoor and outdoor presentations as well as time for discussion.  Field training will take place in the afternoon, and participants must be prepared for short walks over moderately strenuous terrain.

 Important Information

This workshop is open only to Monterey County agency staff.  For an invitation code, please contact the Director of Coastal Training, Grey Hayes at grey@elkhornslough.org or (831) 274-8700

Elkhorn Slough is subsidizing the cost of this workshop to make the event free to Monterey County employees only.  If you sign up, please show up.  Otherwise, you will be taking the space of another County employee, wasting funding, materials, etc.  Those who do not show up or notify us at least 2 weeks in advance of their absence may not be offered priority enrollment at future such events.    

You cannot ‘trade’ registration or register third parties.  Please only sign up yourself.  If there are others who you think should attend, please feel free to advertise the event to them, so they can register themselves.

For more information, please feel free to contact Virginia Guhin at:  831-274-8700 or virginia@elkhornslough.org