Balancing Commerce and Nature in Yosemite Gateway Communities

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Balancing Commerce and Nature in Yosemite Gateway Communities

Yosemite Area Gateway Communities Workshop

October 18-20, 2004 

Draft Agenda

October 17, 2004

5:00 – 7:45pm Evening Social and Kick off Presentation

Mike Tollefson, Superintendent, Yosemite National Park

The Honorable George Radanovich, U.S. Congress

Jon Jarvis, Regional Director, National Park Service, Pacific West Region (invited)

Ed McMahon, Urban Land Institute 

(Note: Invitations to this evening event are being extended to all area elected and appointed officials, other community leaders, Yosemite Foundation Board members, and others, whether or not they are involved in the workshop). 

October 18, 2004

8:30 – 10:00 Session 1: Welcome and Introductions

Delia Clark, NPS Conservation Study Institute

10:00- 10:15 Break

10:15 – 11:15 Session 2: Introduction to Gateway Communities
Kristin Peppel, The Conservation Fund

Linda Dahl, National Park Service

11:15 – 12:15 Session 3: Yosemite Regional Overview

Presentation by each team of pre-workshop homework that describes their areas according to a set of instructions - 10 minutes each team

12:15 – 1:15 Lunch

1:15 – 3:15 Session 4: Mapping Your Community (Team Exercise)
Delia Clark, NPS Conservation Study Institute

3:15 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 4:45 Session 5: Developing a Socioeconomic Profile

Rebecca Carter, Sonoran Institute – Rebecca is preparing individual community economic profiles prior to the session for the communities to use.

4:45 – 5:00 Wrap Up – Evening open for informal get togethers.

October 19, 2004

8:30 – 8:45 Morning Announcements

8:45 – 10:15 Socioeconomic Profile Team Exercise (using profiles from the previous day)

Rebecca Carter, Sonoran Institute

10:15 –10:30 Break

10:30 – 12:00 Session 6: Sustainable Tourism
Ed McMahon, Urban Land Institute

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:15 Session 7: Community Visioning

Delia Clark, NPS Conservation Study Institute 

2:15 – 2:30 Break

2:30 – 3:45 Session 8: Measuring the Impacts of Growth and Development

Greg Kirkpatrick, Visalia City Council, Farmland Conservation Strategies, formerly with American Farmland Trust

3:45 – 4:45 Session 9: Building Civic Engagement

Delia Clark, NPS Conservation Study Institute

4:45 – 5:00 Wrap Up

7:00 – 9:00 Evening Session: Corridor Discussions

Cross cutting opportunities and issues

October 20: 

8:30 – 9:00 Morning Announcements

Evening Session Debrief

9:00- 10:15 Session 10: Building Long Term Partnerships

Kristin Peppel, The Conservation Fund

Linda Dahl, National Park Service

Case Study Panel Presentation

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 12:15 Session 11: Land Conservation Tools, Strategies, & Case Studies
Devere Dressler, Rancher, California Rangeland Trust Board, Eastern Sierra representative

Chuck Peck, Sierra Foothills Conservancy

12:15 – 12:30 Action Plan instructions

12:30 – 2:00 Facilitated Team Work Time on Action Plans (including boxed lunches for working lunch)

2:00 – 3:30 Action Plan Presentations

Delia Clark, NPS Conservation Study Institute

 

3:30 – 4:15 Next Steps for the Yosemite Region 

4:15 – 5:00 Wrap Up and Evaluations