Contact Person: Leigh T. Johnson
Address: 5555 Overland Ave., Bldg 4, San Diego CA 92123
Telephone Number/Fax Number: (voice)619-694-2852 (fax) 619-694-2849
E-mail: ltjohnson@ucdavis.edu
Web Page Address: http://seagrant.ucdavis.edu
Purpose/Interests of Organization:
Applied research & education on coastal & marine resources and environmental policy and management.
Authority for Organization if part of a governmental process (Federal, State or Local regulation).
Federal Dept of Commerce/NOAA/Sea Grant, State Resources Agency and University of California , County of San Diego Farm & Home Advisors Dept.
Please list the Top Five Watershed Issues that you would like to see resolved.
1. Reduction of discharges from upland to coastal waters
2. Development of reasonable BMPs for management of discharges from marinas and recreational boating
3. Maintenance & improvement of coastal fish and wildlife habitats.
Please list contributions that your organization could make to the Watershed program,
challenges you are facing, lessons learned, remaining questions, special accomplishments.
1. Expertise in stakeholder involvement, issue research & consensual decision making.
2. Successful non-point source pollution education program for marinas & recreational boating.
3. Making university and federal agency resources, especially NOAA available.
4. Wise use, conservation & management of coastal & marine resources in context of coastal watershed management.
Do you have display materials you would like to make available at the conference?
Yes, materials & poster on boating pollution prevention.