Woody biomass to energy technologies are receiving a lot of publicity and there are many vendors selling equipment based on emerging technologies. This workshop will help you to understand the basics of different conversion technologies including scale, cost, raw material specification and whether they are proven or emerging technologies. This will help the audience understand the opportunities for biomass utilization. »

The Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference (formerly known as the CALFED Science Conference) is a forum for presenting technical analyses and results relevant to the Delta Science Program’s mission to provide the best possible, unbiased, scientific information for water and environmental decision-making in the Bay-Delta system. The goal of the conference is to provide new information such as study results, model simulations, and analysis and syntheses of data to the broad community of scientists, engineers, resource managers, and stakeholders working on Bay-Delta issues. »

This “hands on” workshop is intended to guide design engineers, hydrologists, biologists, and environmental planners through the design and implementation process. The workshop will emphasize a multidisciplinary approach for achieving passage of fish and other aquatic species. »

The California Watershed Network is pleased to announce that it will hold the 2011 Watershed Day in the Capital on January 26, 2011! CWN has reserved the Coastal Hearing Room at the Cal-EPA building in Sacramento and sees this as an opportunity to engage with the new Administration and Legislative representatives, initiate our 2011 efforts on the volunteerism – prevailing wage legislation that expires at the end of the year, and confab about funding issues that beguile our efforts to sustain and restore the natural resources of our great state! »