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Secretary Crowfoot hosts monthly discussions with leaders and big thinkers from across California to discuss emerging natural resources issues. This open forum allows for new and different perspectives about how we best steward California’s resources.
These events are public, live-streamed on YouTube, and recorded for later viewing. Links to each of these discussions are presented below.
Upcoming Speaker Series Events
California Comebacks! Nature’s Resilience in the Golden State - April 23 | Noon - 1pm
Description: As we commemorate Earth Day in perilous times, join us for uplifting stories of nature bouncing back across California. We’ll meet visionary conservationists who are leading the charge to restore rivers, animal populations, and even ecosystems across our state. We’ll hear their stories, gain their insights, and explore what it takes to help people and nature thrive together.
Register to join: https://ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1hzIBn4sS5udbcAb0ZR0qg
Previous Speaker Series Events
Title: Protecting Our Public Lands: Showing Up for National Parks and Federal Public Lands in a Time of Need Date: April 9, 2025
Bios and Links
Protecting Our Public Lands 4.9
Women Leaders Shaping California's Conservation Future - Wednesday, March 26 | Noon - 1pm
Panelist Links on Women Leaders Shaping California's Conservation Future
What's Happening with Water in 2025 - Tuesday, March 4 | Noon - 1pm
Panelist Links on What's Happening with Water
Update on the Los Angeles Fires: Ongoing Threats and the Road to Recovery - Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Panelist Links on the Los Angeles Fires
Meeting the Moment: Taking Personal Action to Protect our Environment - Friday, February 21 | Noon - 1pm
Panelist Links on the Los Angeles Fires
Black Leaders Charting the Path in Conservation- Wednesday, February 26 | Noon - 1pm
Panelist Links on Black Leader Charting the Path in Conservation
The Race to Restore Nature: Cutting the Green Tape for California's Environment December 4 | Noon - 1pm
Panelist Links Bios Race to Restore Nature
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A Path to Tribal Stewardship: Supporting Tribal Access to Traditional Foods - Wednesday November 6, 2024 I noon to 1pm
Celebrating Traditional Foods Panelist Links and Bios
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Cali to Cali: Live from Colombia - Breaking Updates and Insights from the 2024 UN Biodiversity Summit- Tuesday, October 29. 2-24 | Noon to 1pm
SSS COP 16 Panelist Links and Bios
YouTube Video Link
Latino Leadership in Conservation: Celebrating Heritage and Environmental Stewardship- Tuesday October 8th | Noon - 1pm
Panelist Links Latino Leadership in Conservation
YouTube Video Link
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Turns 10! Tracking Progress Managing California Groundwater over the Last Decade- Wednesday September 25 | Noon - 1pm
Panelist Links Bios Sustainable Groundwater Management
YouTube Video Link
Our Progress on 30x30: Creative Conservation across California that is Leading a Global Movement - Monday September 9 | Noon - 1pm
Panelist links Bios Our Progress
YouTube Video Link
Living in a Hotter California - Protecting our Future Amidst Worsening Extreme Heat - Wednesday August 16 | Noon - 1pm
Panelist link and bios - Living in a Hotter California
State of Wildfire in California: Protecting Our Communities and Landscapes from Catastrophic Wildfire - Thursday, August 8th, 2024 | Noon - 1pm
Panelist links and bios - Disability Pride
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Secretary Speaker Series - Celebrating Disability Pride: Embracing Diversity and Achieving Inclusion in the Workplace - July 23 | Noon - 1PM
Panelist links and bios - Disability Pride
Secretary Speaker Series - Restoring the Klamath River: The Historic Dam Removal and Its Impact on Ecosystem Health - July 15 | Noon - 1PM
Panelist links and bios - Restoring the Klamath River
Secretary Speaker Series - Golden Coast Pride: Exploring LGBTQ+ Stories in California - June 6 | Noon - 1PM
Panelist links and bios - Gold Coast Pride
Preserving Heritage - Unveiling the Narrative of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California - May 29 | Noon - 1PM
Panelist links and bios Preserving Heritage Unveiling the Narrative AAPI
Supporting Ancestral Land Return & Tribal Environmental Leadership: Progress Towards Healing and Restoration - May 21 | Noon - 1PM
Panelist links and bios Supporting Ancestral Land Return and Tribal Environmental Leadership
YouTube Video Link
Tapping Nature-Based Climate Solutions Across California - May 2 | Noon - 1PM
Nature Based Solutions Climate Targets – Panelists Bios and Additional Links 5.2.24
A Special Conversation with Adina Merenlender - Climate Stewardship - April 19 | Noon - 1pm
Special Conversation with Adina Merenlender
Women as Agents of Change Panelist
Seizing the Wet Years - March 5, 2024 | Noon – 1pm
Seizing the Wet Years Panelist Links
Celebrating Conservation Roots with Black Environmental Leadership - February 27, 2024 | Noon – 1pm
Celebrating Conservation Roots with Black Environmental Leadership Panelist Links
Saving Salmon: State Actions Needed to Recover Salmon Populations in California - February 6, 2024 | Noon – 1pm
Outdoors for All: California’s Pathway to Providing Equitable Outdoor Access - January 18, 2024 I Noon - 1pm
Outdoors for All: California’s Pathway to Providing Equitable Outdoor Access Panelist Links
A Special Conversation with Rosanna Xia – California Against the Sea - December 11 | Noon - 1pm
A Special Conversation with Rosanna Xia – California Against the Sea Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
Live from Dubai – Breaking Updates and Insight From the UN Climate Negotiations - Monday, December 4 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM
Live from Dubai – Breaking Updates and Insight From the UN Climate Negotiations Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
Restoring Rivers in a Changing Climate: Update on Efforts to Improve Conditions in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and the Bay-Delta - November 28 | Noon – 1pm
Restoring Rivers in a Changing Climate Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
Native Voices on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and how it Informs Advocacy - November 14 | Noon – 1:00pm
Native Voices on Traditional Ecological Knowledge Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
A Special Conversation with Crossings Author Ben Goldfarb and guest, Conservationist Beth Pratt - November 9, 2023 | Noon to 1pm
A Special Conversation with Crossings Author Ben Goldfarb Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
Where the Rivers Meet: Stewarding California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - October 31, 2023 | Noon – 1pm
Where the Rivers Meet: Stewarding California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
Nurturing Heritage, Cultivating Empowerment and Conservation: Embracing Latino Roots for a Stronger Future - October 10, 2023 | Noon – 1pm
Nurturing Heritage, Cultivating Empowerment and Conservation Panelist Links
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Charging Ahead Toward a 100% Clean Energy Future - September 6, 2023 | Noon – 1pm
Charging Ahead Toward a 100% Clean Energy Future Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
Managing Megafires: Reflecting on a Decade in the New Megafire Era: Lessons Learned, Progress and a Path Forward - August 23, 2023 I Noon to 1pm
Managing Megafires Panelist Links
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Are You a Beaver Believer? Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
LGBTQ2S+ Natural Resources Leaders Unite to Discuss the Importance of Community - Wednesday, June 28, 2023 I Noon to 1pm
LGBTQ2S+ Natural Resources Leaders Unite to Discuss the Importance of Community - Panelist Links
What’s Happening with 30x30CA? The Movement to Protect and Restore Nature Across California- Wednesday, June 21, 2023
What’s Happening with 30x30CA? Panelist Links
Defending the Golden State: Safeguarding California from Invasive Species - Friday, June 2, 2023
Defending the Golden State: Safeguarding California from Invasive Species panelist links
YouTube Video Link
AAPI Leaders and the Future of Natural Resource Stewards – Thursday, May 25, 2023
Asian American Pacific Islanders and the Future of Natural Resource Stewards Panelist Bios and Links
YouTube Video Link
What are Californians doing about … Weather Whiplash? - May 18, 2023
Weather Whiplash Panelist Bios and Links
YouTube Video Link
Secretary Speaker Series: Generation NOW - California’s Young Environmental Leader Drive Change - April 19, 2023
Generation Now Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
Secretary Speaker Series: Leading into the Future: Visionary Women Shaping the Future of California’s Coast - March 28, 2023
Leading into the Future -Visionary Women Shaping the Future of California’s Coast Panelist Links
YouTube Video Link
Secretary Speaker Series: Black Environmental Stewardship
Black Environmental Stewardship – Panelist Links 2.27.2023
YouTube Video Link
Secretary Speaker Series: After the Storm! A Timely Update on California’s Water Supply - February 21, 2023
After the Storms – Panelist Links 2.21.2023
YouTube Video Link
Secretary Speaker Series: A Decade of Ocean Conservation! An Update on California's Marine Protected Areas - February 14, 2023
A Decade of Ocean Conservation – Panelist Links 2.14.2023
YouTube Video Link
Secretary Speaker Series: Blowing in the Wind! The Future of Offshore Wind Power - January 23, 2023
Blow in the Wind - Panelist Links 1.23.2023
YouTube Video Link
Secretary Speaker Series: Live from Montreal! Breaking Updates from the UN Biodiversity Negotiation (COP 15) - December 12, 2022
Strengthening Tribal Partnerships in Our Nature-Based Solutions Work - November 15, 2022 |12:30 – 1:30
YouTube Video Link
Expanding the Way We Think About Climate Change: The Surprisingly Important Role of soils and plants in our Carbon & Water Cycles - July 26, 2022
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Looking Back & Moving Forward: Insights & Inspiration from Three Decades of Natural Resources Leadership – June 10, 2022
The Power of Partnerships - June 15, 2022
YouTube Video LinkGrowing Green Schoolyards - June 2nd, 2022
YouTube Video LinkSecretary Speaker Series: Hidden Heroes for the Environment - Tuesday, April 19
Secretary Speaker Series: A Special Conversation with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe - Wednesday, April 13
2022 Priorities with Secretary Crowfoot | January 18, 2022
Reporting Live from COP26 with Secretary Crowfoot – November 8, 2021
Good Fire? Managing Ecological Fire in the Age of Climate Change October 19, 2021
Protecting California Amidst Extreme Heat – August 3, 2021
Earth Day: Monday, April 19: Pacific Crest Trail to Planet
Earth Day: Tuesday, April 20 I State Conservancies 101
Earth Day: Wednesday, April 21 State Conservancies Fast Forward
Earth Day: Thursday, April 22: Day of Action!
Earth Day: Friday, April 23: The Science Exchange
March 24, 2021 Between 2 States: The Tahoe Advisory Science Council
March 12, 2021 The Science Exchange: A Culture of Change
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February 23, 2021Paradigm Shift: Strengthening Our Wildfire Resilience
February 2, 2021 - Secretary Speaker Series: 2021 Priorities with Secretary Crowfoot
December 16, 2020 - From California to Kunming: The Global Effort to Tackle the Nature Crisis
November 13, 2020 – Building Trust Between State and Tribal Governments: What Does True Co-Management Mean?
September 25, 2020 – From Wildfire to Water: Investing in Nature Based Solutions to Build Climate Resilience
September 16, 2020 Remembering Huey
August 12, 2020 Beyond Polarization: The Unlikely Story of California’s Marine Protected Areas
July 15, 2020: What We Can Learn from Our Past to Move Toward an Equitable Future
June 23, 2020: Preserving Conservation - Revitalizing Fishing and Hunting in California
May 20, 2020: In Conversation with Obi Kaufmann - Environmentalist, author, and illustrator
April 22, 2020: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
March 4, 2020: Stewarding the Sierra Nevada Amidst Climate Change
February 18, 2020: 2020 Priorities with Secretary Crowfoot
January 14, 2020: Improving Access to California’s Natural and Cultural Treasurers
November 18, 2019: Protecting California Communities in the Age of Mega-Fires
September 5, 2019: California’s Biodiversity Challenge
July 15, 2019: Reactivating Our Floodplains
