Smart Growth for Californians and Wildlife: A Call To Action

Broadcast of event held at UCSD in May

Sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and the Planning and Conservation League Foundation. Series highlights to be broadcast on UCSD-TV throughout July.

Show #1: Urban Sprawl and Wildlife

7/9

7 pm, 10 pm

    Urban Sprawl and Wildlife are the focus of Part 1 of the “Smart Growth for Californians & Wildlife Conference” sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and the Planning and Conservation League Foundation. John Kostyack and Brian Pritchett of the National Wildlife Federation, Travis Longcore of the University of Southern California, and Nico Calavita of San Diego State University discuss the effects of Urban Sprawl.

    Transportation planning is the focus of Part 2 of the conference. Carolyn Chase of the San Diego Coalition for Transportation Choices (sdctc.org), James Corless of the Surface Transportation Policy Project, Alan Hoffman of The Mission Group, and Assembly-member Juan Var-gas discuss transportation problems and why the traffic keeps rising.

Show #3: Keynotes: Smart Growth

    Keynote Addresses from Smart Growth America's Don Chen and the California EPA's Winston Hickox are featured in Part 3 of the conference.

    Making General Plans Count is the focus of Part 4. Speeches by Mike McLaug-hlin of the San Diego Association of Governments, City of San Diego Planning Director Gail Goldberg, San Diego County Director of Planning and Land Use Gary Pryor, Riverside County Supervisor Tom Mullen, Gary Patton of the California Futures Network, Endangered Habitats League's Dan Silver and James Whalen of Alliance for Habitat Conservation.

Show #5: California's Water Wars

    California's Water Wars are the focus of Part 5. Speeches by Antonio Rossman of the University of California at Berkeley, Jeff Kightlinger of the Metropolitan Water District, Suzanne Michel of San Diego State University, Maureen Stapleton of the San Diego County Water Authority, and Fred Cagle of the Southwest Interpretive Association.

7/30

    Environmental issues along the California/Mexico border are examined by Mark Spalding of UCSD and Suzanne Michel of San Diego State University in Part 6. This final program ends with a rebroadcast of the keynote address by Don Chen of Smart Growth America.