Tentative Meeting Agenda – September 8^th, 2003, 9:30 – 3:30

Location: NCEAS, 735 State Street, Santa Barbara, 805-892-2500

Participants: Carr, Davis, Dunne, Gaines, Gold, Michael Mantell (Resources Law Group), Melack, Palumbi, Raimondi, Reichman, Senyck, Thompson, Warner

9:30 Welcome, Introductions, Announcements

10:00 Project Background

Packard Conservation Initiatives: California Coastal and Marine Initiative (CCMI), Packard Science and Conservation Program (Michael Mantell, Barry Gold)

Goals of the Working Group and of the meeting (Frank Davis)

Terrestrial and Watershed Conservation Planning: Approaches, Lessons Learned (Discussion led by Frank Davis, Tom Dunne, John Thompson)

Marine Conservation Planning : Approaches, Lessons learned (Discussion led by Steve Gaines, Steve Palumbi, Pete Raimondi)

Coupling of terrestrial and nearshore marine systems: possible directions for more integrated planning (Discussion led by John Melack, Bob Warner, Mark Carr)

12 – 1 Working Lunch

12:30 Coastal conservation and ecosystem management activities on the California Central Coast (Discussion led by Pete Raimondi, Steve Gaines, Mark Carr)

Current policies and possible new policy directions (Discussion led by Michael Mantell and Steve Gaines)

2:00 Next steps

Working Group Composition

Possible synthesis papers: roles and responsibilities

Dates for next meetings