Make Every Drop of Water Count: Efficient Irrigation, Smart Controllers and Climate Appropriate Shade Trees

AGENDA

7:30am             Sign In and Breakfast

8:00 am            Welcome - Laura Gromis, Executive Director, USGBC Central California

8:10 am            Department of Water Resources Update – What’s New, What’s Up –

Julie Saare-Edmonds, DWR

8:30 am            Fine-Tuning Your Irrigation for Mitigating Water and Pesticide Runoff - Jim Borneman, Ewing Irrigation

                            Indoor presentation and Outdoor Hands-On Session

9:30 am            Break

9:45 am            Fine-Tuning (continued)

11:00 am          Key Learnings from UC Mature Landscape Study - Dave Fujino, UC Davis

11:45 noon      Lunch

12:30 pm          Smart Irrigation Controllers – How smart are they? -  Loren Oki, UC Davis

1:15 pm            Landscape Research Update - Maggie Reiter, UCCE Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings County

1:30 pm            Break

1:45 pm            Trees for Fresno and Tree City Designation - Jon Bushoven, Fresno State; Brad Greenbury, USGBC Central California

2:15 pm            Best Management Strategies for Healthy Trees - Maggie Reiter, UCCE Fresno County

3:00 pm            End