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Plan to attend the first Joint Strategic Initiative Conference

The 2015 UC ANR Joint Strategic Initiative Conference will be held October 5-7 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1230 J Street, in Sacramento.

Who should attend: Academics affiliated with ANR – UCCE Advisors, UCCE Specialists, AES Faculty, Program Directors and Academic Coordinators.

Submit a poster abstract to participate in a poster session. To be given priority consideration, please submit poster abstracts by June 1. For details, see http://ucanr.edu/sites/2015jointsiconference/Call_for_Posters.

At the conference, you'll have the opportunity to

• Meet the new Vice President (to be invited) at the Monday evening reception.
• Participate in planning sessions for the Strategic Initiatives.
• Learn about successful research projects.
• Take advantage of free training sessions.
• Request space for your Program Team or Workgroups to meet.
• Network at the Stakeholders' Reception on Tuesday evening.

The conference is being coordinated through the five UC ANR Strategic Initiatives:

• Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases (EIPD)
• Healthy Families and Communities (HFC)
• Sustainable Food Systems (SFS)
• Sustainable Natural Ecosystems (SNE)
• Water Quality, Quantity and Security (Water)

For more information, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/2015jointsiconference or contact conference co-chairs  Doug Parker, (510) 987-0036, and David Doll, (209) 385-7403. For logistics, contact UC ANR Program Support Unit, Sherry Cooper, (530) 750-1256, or Saundra Wais, (530) 750-1260.

 

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Harper to lead Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative

I am pleased to announce that John Harper has agreed to lead the Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative for a two–year appointment. As the SNE initiative leader, John will serve on Program Council.

John has been a UC Cooperative Extension advisor specializing in livestock and natural resources for 23 years in Mendocino and Lake counties. His research covers sheep and goat production, range cattle production, rangeland, watershed, water quality and computer applications. As an advisor, he has worked with fellow UCCE advisors, specialists and Agricultural Experiment Station scientists on several research and education projects. He served as UCCE director for Mendocino County for 13 years, and also oversaw UCCE in Lake County for four of those years.

John has been an integral part of local, statewide and regional projects addressing critical natural resources issues. These efforts have provided him with a good understanding of the breadth of ANR. He has demonstrated a good vision for expanding involvement in the initiative as well as revisiting the initiative's strategic plan.

He succeeds James Bartolome, professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, who retired.

For more information about the SNE strategic initiative, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/StrategicInitiatives/Sustainable_Natural_Ecosystems.

Bill Frost
Associate Vice President

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ANR seeks leader for Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative

ANR is seeking a leader for the Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative. In this role, the individual will provide leadership for the initiative including:

• working with the initiative panel members in revisiting and revising the Sustainable Natural Ecosystems (SNE) Initiative’s strategic plan
• shepherding the ANR Competitive Grants process
• planning and conducting Strategic Initiative Conferences
• identifying and initiating SNE projects such as development of policy briefs, special projects, etc.

All of these efforts are done in concert with the other strategic initiative leaders and with support from ANR units such as Program Planning and Evaluation and the Program Support Unit.

In addition to these efforts, the strategic initiative leader participates as a member of ANR’s Program Council. Program Council advises the ANR Vice President on Divisionwide planning and delivery of programs and develops recommendations for the allocation of Division resources. Program Council is also the forum for discussion and development of recommendations on a wide array of policy and procedures as requested by the Vice President. Important efforts in the coming year are completion of the ANR Competitive Grants review and the prioritization of new CE positions. In both processes, Program Council makes the final recommendations to the Vice President.

The initiative leader is provided a travel budget sufficient for the leader and the panel members and an administrative stipend. For more information about the SNE strategic initiative, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/StrategicInitiatives/Sustainable_Natural_Ecosystems. If you are interested in providing leadership in this role, please send a short statement of your interest and qualifications to Joan Warren at jtwarren@ucanr.edu by Dec. 18.    

 

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Register for October program team meetings

Registration is now open for the program team meetings being held Oct. 9 and 10 at International House at UC Berkeley.

The Forest & Rangeland Systems and Meat Production & Food Safety program teams plan to meet. There will be discussions about programs and positions in natural resources and animal sciences.

Speakers will include

• Daniel Mountjoy, director of restoration on private lands, Sustainable Conservation
• Kelli McCune, project manager, Sustainable Conservation
• Mark Nechodom, conservation director, California Department of Conservation

At the October gathering, ANR members who are associated with the Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative will be invited to provide input for articles planned for the special issue of California Agriculture that will focus on sustainable natural ecosystems.

To meet during this October meeting, chairs of workgroups affiliated with these program teams should complete a short survey to request space.

To register or for more information, go to http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Oct_9-10_Meeting.

 

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Reminder: Register for Strategic Initiative conferences

People who plan on attending the Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative Conference and the Sustainable Food Systems Strategic Initiative Conference should register and reserve lodging soon. Lodging discounts will expire at the end of August.

For the Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative Conference, register at http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=6952. “Managing, Valuing and Monitoring Ecosystem Services from Working Landscapes” will be held Sept. 20-22 at the Radisson Hotel in Sacramento.

Future directions of the Sustainable Natural Ecosystem Strategic Initiative -- including development of funding, hiring and programmatic priorities -- will be influenced by conference participants.

For more information about the SNE conference or to read the initiative’s working draft plan, visit http://ucanr.org/sites/SNE/Conference_Background. Discounted lodging rates at the Radisson expire Aug. 29.

For the Sustainable Food Systems Strategic Initiative Conference, register at http://ucanr.org/sites/SFS/Registration_47. “Strengthening Our Connections: People, Issues and Policy,” will be held Oct. 11-13 at Freeborn Hall at UC Davis.

Karen Ross, secretary of California Department of Food and Agriculture, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker.

ANR members from throughout the state will participate in panel discussions on a variety of topics, including the role of California in the global food system, water, local and regional food systems, public policy, climate change, food safety, controversial issues and using social media for outreach. For SFS conference agenda details or to read the initiative’s working draft plan, visit http://ucanr.org/sites/SFS.

To obtain the best rates, be sure to reserve lodging at the Hallmark Inn by Aug. 31.

Time will be reserved at both conferences for affiliated Program Teams and workgroups to meet.

 

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