Land Repurposing and Watershed Health: How the Climate Bond (Proposition 4) and California Department of Conservation Programs are Working to Support Watershed Stewardship
Topic: Land Repurposing and Watershed Health: How the Climate Bond (Proposition 4) and California Department of Conservation Programs are Working to Support Watershed Stewardship
Speaker: Shanna Atherton-Bauer, Director for the Division of Land Resource Protection at the California Department of Conservation
When: Friday, November 21, 12 pm to 1 pm
Where: Virtual (via Zoom)—Link to virtual seminar to be sent upon RSVP
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Topic Overview
This presentation explores how the California Department of Conservation's programs—particularly the Multi-benefit Land Repurposing Program—contribute to advancing the state's groundwater sustainability goals. It also highlights how funding from the proposed Climate Bond (Proposition 4) would enhance and expand these efforts, supporting broader watershed stewardship and sustainable land management across California.
About the Speaker
Shanna Atherton-Bauer is the Director for the Division of Land Resource Protection at the California Department of Conservation. She oversees the state's agricultural land conservation programs as well as programs that support regional efforts to meet the state's natural and working lands goals. Shanna led the development of the state's Multi-benefit Land Repurposing Program, which is designed to support the strategic repurposing of agricultural lands likely to come out of production as a result of the state's groundwater sustainability efforts. She also helped launch the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program and has over 10 years of professional experience in the environmental planning, sustainable agriculture, and land conservation fields.
