Tuesday, October 25 – Join us on Zoom from 7-8:30 PM – Register Here
Learn about some of the ways in which local community members are working to restore waterways and wildlife habitat throughout the Walnut Creek Watershed. Several community-led organizations and volunteer groups have made significant progress in environmental restoration in this area over the past few years. We’ll explore some of these efforts, some Countywide efforts, and ways you can get involved. This program is presented by Lisa Damerel, Watershed Conservation Manager, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District and moderated by Nadine Hammer.
Speaker: Lisa Damerel, Watershed Conservation Manager, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
Through her work with the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District (CCRCD), Lisa helps to cultivate sustainable relationships between people, plants, and wildlife. She has worked on a range of projects to conserve Contra Costa County’s watersheds and biodiversity including native plant establishment, pollinator habitat establishment, invasive plant removal, and creek restoration. She serves as Watershed Conservation Manager for the Walnut Creek Watershed, she facilitates the Contra Costa Watershed Forum, and she leads the CCRCD’s Monarch Conservation Program. Lisa is from Los Angeles and has a BA with Honors in English from the University of California at Berkeley. She earned a Professional Sequence in Editing certificate from UC Berkeley Extension and worked in publishing for 10 years, primarily editing educational materials including science textbooks and curricula. Her passion for nature led her back to school to study horticulture at Diablo Valley College where she earned a Nursery Technician certificate. She joined the CCRCD’s staff in January 2019.
Moderator: Nadine Hammer, Climate Reality Bay Area Chapter
Nadine is a member of the Climate Reality Chapter (trained in 2020 by Al Gore), and in addition, part of the Contra Costa Climate Action Squad. She is co-leading Organizer of Sustainability Week Walnut Creek. She works in Product Development in Biotech, and earned her Master’s Degree in Social Science and economics from the University of Mannheim in Germany.