Friday, September 12, 2014

Santa Monica Mountains Watersheds Council Meeting: Save the Date, Great Events, News Announcements for Now...

Dear Santa Monica Mountains Watersheds Council Members,

A whole string of exciting events are brewing …

NEXT SANTA MONICA COUNCIL MEETING: SAVE THE DATE
Santa Monica Mountains Watersheds Council Meeting
Date: Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Time: 2:30 - 5:00
Location: King Gillette Ranch
Agenda attached.

Every speaker I contacted wanted to come in November…not September…so we're going with a full November agenda. Should be AMAZING.

Speakers at next SMMWC Meeting: 
"The Nature Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience Ventura Project” by Lily Verdone, the Nature Conservancy (45 minutes)
Desalination Plant Presentation by Diane G., West Basin Municipal Water District (30 minutes)
Evergreen Fund: Solar in the Santa Monica Mountains by Robert Metcalf (20 minutes)
The Making of a Modern Day Chief: Charlie Cooke.” Presentation + book sigining by Dr. Mary Gordon (30 minutes)


IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District restricts outdoor water use  to three days a week in response to the statewide drought.


EVENTS
Coastal Clean-Up Day
Heal the Bay and other partners across Los Angeles County are motivating … join in.
Date: September 20th
You can join current sites as an individual or you can set up a clean up site at the location of your choice.
Important: Due to a watershed perspective on trash pick up, there are many inland sites.

G2 Green Earth Film FestivalDates: October 17th -- October 19th
Location: The G2 Gallery -- Nature & Wildlife Photography Supporting Art & The Environment
1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd. | Venice, CA 90291 | 310-452-2842
All screenings and activities  are free.
Link: http://www.calendar.theg2gallery.com/2014/10/

RCDSMM Wild and Scenic Film Festival at Pepperdine University




RCDSMM Wild and Scenic Film Festival at Pepperdine University: Climate Change Night
Date: Saturday, October 25
Reception:6:30
Time: 7:00 - 10:00
Location: Pepperdine University

Slate to be announced this week -- looks gorgeous so far
Special Guests to be announced -- hold your breath

RCDSMM Wild and Scenic Film Festival at Pepperdine University: Water Night
Date: Saturday, November 8
Reception: 6:30
Time: 7:00 - 10:00
Location: Pepperdine University

Slate to be announced this week -- looks fantastic so far
Special Guests to be announced -- will be wonderful

RCDSMM Native Plants Sale
Come Go Wild with Native Plants
Landscaping? Getting rid of your lawn? Pre-orders available for YOU. Email me: malibucreekwatershed@gmail.com
Get all your holiday shopping done -- this year go wild with your friends and relatives .
Plants grown by Matilija Nursery.
Date: Saturday, December 6
Location: Topanga Ranch Motel at Pacific Coast Highway, requested, not confirmed
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.


VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: WESTERN POND TURTLE POND RESCUE
Rosi Dagit, Senior COnservation Biologist, RCDSMM is committed to preserving our current population of Western Pond Turtles in Topanga -- and their pond is drying up.  Keeping water in the system could rapidly become a life or death issue for the whole population. Volunteers are hand-carrying in eight gallon loads up a dirt path to the turtle pond. 
Email me at malibucreekwatershed@gmail.com for flyer for dates and meet up location if you love turtles -- and/or if you want to start really feeling the drought.


CLASSES
Permaculture Class
Six month long permaculture class.  See announcement at the very bottom of this email.


ANNOUNCEMENT
Selva International Wins Grant to Take Lawns Out in Los Angeles
Could be an opportunity for you to have help in conserving water at your home.
Certainly a great water conservation project. Check out announcement below this email.


GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thanks to Drew Ready, Center for Watershed Health for sharing.

CAL FIRE’s Urban and Community Forestry Program has just released our grant solicitation for projects to be funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.  Our Concept Proposals will be due November 13.  Please note the webinar scheduled for September 24 that is linked in the upper right corner of the page.  In addition, we will advertise public workshops at six locations statewide in the next few days on the same page.  We are very excited to reach disadvantaged communities with these projects that will help meet GHG reduction goals and provide numerous co-benefits. 

Any help you can provide by sending these links out to list serves, partner organizations, etc. would be most welcome. 

Here is the link to our funding page, followed  by the link to our programmatic page.  Let me know if you have questions.




SUPPORTING FUNDING GREAT  GREEN PROJECTS
LA2050  is funding 10 projects this year up to 100,000.00 each.
Five of those projects will be selected by popular vote from the internet, five from their internal selection process.
There are many green worthwhile projects.  Jump in and vote for some of the great ones…three more days until voting closes.
I did note that both TreePeople and Duvivier Architects, each long term partners of the Santa Monica Mountain Watershed Council had great p


IN THE NEWS
Antarctica: In the Category of ?

Blue Velella Wash Ashore
There is always something new under the sun….

Climate Change + the Little Hoover Commission


Walk in beauty.

Sincerely,
Melina Watts
Santa Monica Mountains Watersheds Coordinator
Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains


malibucreekwatershed@gmail.com
http://www.rcdsmm.org/santa-monica-mountains-watersheds-council

818 597 8627 x 104

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The Santa Monica Mountains Watersheds Coordinator Program is a program of  the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains and is funded by a Proposition 84 grant from the California Department of Conservation and via support from the Cities of Agoura Hills and Westlake Village, the California Department of State Parks, the California Association of Conservation Districts, Ozzie Silna, the  National Park Service,  the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains.