Saturday, May 1


9:00 am - 5:00 pm — Workshop 1 (Day One)
"Wilderness First-Aid and Stream Rescue for River Professionals”

Sunday, May 2


8:00 am - 5:00 pm — Interagency Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordinating Council Meeting (a working meeting for Council members)

9:00 am - 5:00 pm — Workshop 1 (Day Two)
“Wilderness First-Aid and Stream Rescue for River Professionals”

Monday, May 3


8:00 am - 6:30 pm — Symposium Registration

8:00 am - 12:00 pm — Workshop 2 (Part 1)
“Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Workshop on New Integrated Licensing Process”

9:00 am - 12:00 pm — Workshop 3
“Writing Grants: Money That Can Fill in the Gaps”

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm — Lunch on your own

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm — Workshop 2 (Part 2)
“Ecologically Sustainable Water Management: A Framework for Developing Water Management Solutions with Application to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Licensing Practices”

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm — Workshop 4
“Visitor Capacity and the WROS (Water Recreation Opportunity Spectrum)”

5:00 pm — Silent Auction opens

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm — RMS Officer Rendezvous
(an informal “get to know each other” gathering for all River Management Society National Officers, Chapter Officers and Advisors)


      

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm — Dinner on your own

8:00 pm - The Da’Owaga (Lake of the Sky) All Nations Drum
Da’Owaga All Nations Drum is a group of women and men from many different cultures, Indian and non-Indian, dedicated to preserving and creating traditional as well as contemporary Native American music.


WORKSHOPS


Workshop 1 (Day One and Day Two)
Saturday, May 1 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm) and
Sunday, May 2 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)

“Wilderness First-Aid and Stream Rescue for River
Professionals” Presented by: Julie Munger, Owner, Sierra Rescue

As river professionals, we often find ourselves hiking or gathering data in streams and rivers far from medical care. Julie Munger has spent the last 25 years in river canyons and offers this specialized program based on her own experience, as well as her training as a Wilderness EMT and instructor trainer for Rescue 3 International. This two-day clinic focuses on developing basic wilderness first-aid and river rescue skills needed in these environments. The course will emphasize hands-on skills, as well as developing a way to think through mishaps. In addition to creating an understanding of how and why accidents occur, the course will also teach prevention. All lectures will be immediately followed by hands-on sessions to integrate the knowledge into practical skills.

Topics covered will be:

  • What is wilderness first-aid
  • What to do and how to think when things go wrong
  • Basic life support
  • Gathering information and documentation
  • Wounds and wound care
  • Musculoskeletal injuries
  • Hypothermia
  • Heat illnesses
  • Lightning
  • Near drowning
  • Allergies and toxins
  • What to carry and how to make use of what’s in your pocket
  • River hazards
  • River safety
  • Self-rescue
  • Water safety and swim drills
  • Uses of throwbags
  • Entrapment rescues
  • Simulations and drills


Location: The Resort at Squaw Creek (Saturday); in the field on a nearby stream (Sunday).
Cost: $125.00 (Saturday and Sunday), $65.00 (Saturday - emphasis on first-aid), $65.00 (Sunday - emphasis on water safety), $25.00 optional materials fee.
Registration: Enrollment deadline is April 15, 2004. If the minimum of l0 participants is met, registration will be accepted until April 31, 2004, with a $25.00 late fee.

Note: On Saturday there will be a break for lunch on your own. However, participants will need to bring their own lunch for the field portion of the course on Sunday.

Workshop 2 (Part 1)
Monday, May 3 (8:00 am - 12:00 pm)

“Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Workshop on New Integrated Licensing Process”
Sponsored by: Commission Outreach and Education Program Staff

Come learn about the Commission’s Integrated Licensing Process (ILP), how you can effectively participate in this new licensing process, and what will be expected of you during the process. Commission staff will provide an overview of the major process steps in the ILP and changes in the Traditional and Alternative Licensing Processes, compare principal differences between the ILP and the Traditional and Alternative Licensing Processes, and discuss anticipated benefits of the ILP. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions of staff intimately involved in the rulemaking proceeding and conducting the Commission’s outreach and education program. This is a must-attend workshop for anyone likely to be involved in future hydroelectric licensing proceedings.


Location: The Resort at Squaw Creek
Cost: $50.00

Workshop 2 (Part 2)
Monday, May 3 (1:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

“Ecologically Sustainable Water Management: A Framework for Developing Water Management Solutions with Application to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Licensing Practices”
Sponsored by: The Nature Conservancy and American Rivers

The hydropower licensing process includes opportunities to influence release patterns from lakes and reservoirs and into adjoining rivers and streams across the United States. This workshop presents a framework for implementing ecologically sustainable water management wherein human needs for water, including energy generation, are met while storing and diverting water in a way that can sustain or restore the health of freshwater ecosystems. The “Ecologically Sustainable Water Management” (ESWM) framework is a multi-step approach developed by staff at The Nature Conservancy for evaluating opportunities to meet both human and ecosystem needs, reaching sustainable solutions, and implementing adaptive water management plans. This framework is highly flexible and appropriate for a wide range of regulatory contexts, including the Commission’s new Integrated Licensing Process. Staff from The Nature Conservancy and American Rivers will explain the six-step ESWM framework, briefly explore its application in a Commission setting, and engage the audience in a discussion about opportunities for broader application. Interactive project reviews and small group exercises will be used as primary methods to deliver this content.


Location: The Resort at Squaw Creek
Cost: $50.00

Workshop 3
Monday, May 3 (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)

“Writing Grants: Money That Can Fill in the Gaps”
Presented by: Lorna Dobrovolny, Resource Ecologist, California State Parks, and Janet Cohen, Executive Director, South Yuba River Citizens League

Have you ever gotten an idea for a project that would be terrific…if you only had the funding? With ever-shrinking budgets and increasing mandates, grants are a source of funding not to be overlooked. In this workshop, we will present an overview of the grant writing process. Some groups are very successful in winning grants while others are bypassed again and again. Not winning a grant often has nothing to do with the validity of your programs or ideas. Rather, money goes to someone else because you have not been trained in the intricacies of the application process. A well-written proposal, carefully researched funding sources, and an organization’s readiness to seek grant funding are the keys to obtaining a grant. This workshop offers participants the tools for assessing the conditions necessary for success, a realistic organizational approach for going after grants, and the practical skills necessary for developing a winning proposal.

You will learn:

  • The vital connection between developing organizational strength and developing effective proposals
  • The critical elements in persuasive proposal.
  • How to move from program planning into marketing proposals
  • Strategies for approaching funding sources appropriately

This workshop will look at how to successfully write a grant from an agency perspective, as well as from a non-government agency perspective. Hands-on exercises will be presented to improve understanding of the “real world perspective” of grant writing. Both organizations have successfully written over $2 million dollars in CalFed grants for the Yuba Watershed Council. Join us for an interesting workshop that will assist you in becoming a successful grant applicant.


Location: The Resort at Squaw Creek
Cost: $45.00

Workshop 4
Monday, May 3 (1:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

“Visitor Capacity and the WROS (Water Recreation Opportunity
Spectrum)”
Presented by: Dr. Glenn E. Haas, Professor, Colorado State University
The Bureau of Reclamation and the Federal Recreation Lakes Commission have developed the Water Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (WROS) system. It is a tool to help a manager inventory, plan, and manage the recreation opportunities on large water resources. Modeled after the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS), the WROS provides more detailed guidance for lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, estuaries, bays, rivers, tidal basins, coastal zones, and marine protected areas. The WROS represents a spectrum of six classifications of water recreation opportunities: Urban, Suburban, Rural Developed, Rural Natural, and Semi Primitive.

The WROS enables a manager to inventory and map water resources based upon the current available recreation opportunities. The inventory protocol uses an expert-opinion approach and set of 15 physical, managerial, and social decision criteria. Once the current recreation opportunity situation is mapped, the system describes how to use this information in planning and/or to use its management guidelines and standards for daily management decisions.

The benefits of the WROS are many:

  • Help conserve recreation diversity
  • Integrate recreation into agency planning processes
  • Inventory existing recreational opportunities
  • Help communities understand and sustain a tourism niche
  • Visually map proposed planning alternatives
  • Increase visitor awareness of recreation choices
  • Assess consequences of proposed alternatives
  • Link visitor demand with the supply of available opportunities
  • Plan and manage a regional system of water recreation
  • Decide type and location of visitor management activities
  • Prioritize, design, and locate facilities
  • Assist in developing visitor capacities
  • Protect natural and cultural resources
  • Justify budget and personnel needs
  • Help legally justify planning and management decisions
  • Improve interagency communication, consistency, and coordination
  • Assure high-quality recreation experiences and benefits

This working session will provide a thorough overview into the WROS, allow a demonstration of the inventory protocol, and provide participants with adequate materials to implement the WROS on their water resources.


Location: The Resort at Squaw Creek
Cost: $55.00
Registration: Enrollment deadline is March 31, 2004.

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