Day 1: March 1, 2004

Laurie Briden (DFG), The Suisun Marsh; current conditions, general operations, atlas, and adjacent land use trends.

Robin Grossinger (SFEI), What does the history of Suisun Marsh tell us about its future management?

Pete Chadwick (DFG, emeritus), Policy history

Victor Pacheco (DWR), Current status

Zach Hymanson (CBDA), Conceptual models

Frank Wernette (DFG), Facilitated discussion

Frances Malamud-Roam (UCB), A 2500-year paleosalinity record from Rush Ranch in Suisun marsh in the San Francisco Bay estuary

Jon Burau (USGS), Transport in Suisun Marsh - Why do we care and what do we know?

Chris Enright (DWR), Long-term trends and variability of Suisun Bay and Marsh salinity

Dave Schoellhamer (USGS), Lessons from studies in similar systems

Steve Culberson (DWR), Suisun Marsh geomorphologic process, ecosystem function, and contemporary management practices

Roger Fujii, Brian Bergamaschi, Jacob Fleck, Steve Deverel, and Karen Burow (USGS), Dissolved organic carbon in the Delta: loads and quality from agricultural operations and wetlands

Mike Dettinger (USGS), Climate change and runoff; predictions for the next century

Chris Enright and Steve Culberson (DWR), Presentation of conceptual models

Day 2: March 2, 2004

Anke Mueller-Solger (DWR), The base of the aquatic food web in Suisun Marsh

Robert Schroeter (UCD), Aquatic invertebrates of Suisun Marsh sloughs

Peter Moyle (UCD), Fishes of Suisun Marsh

Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore (UCB), Otters: the charismatic predator of Suisun Marsh

Frank Wernette (DFG), Sub-section introduction

Todd Keeler-Wolf (DFG), Vegetative composition of Suisun Marsh and some of it's rare plants

Josh Ackerman (UCD), Wintering and breeding waterfowl of Suisun Marsh

Mark Petrie (DU), Waterfowl food habits and current role of Suisun Marsh in the Pacific Flyway

Jules Evens (ARA), Rails and large wading birds of Suisun Marsh

Nadav Nur Diego Sustaita (CSUN), Suisun Marsh mammals; emphasizing the salt marshharvest mouse

Group presentation, Food Webs, limiting factors, and ecosystem structures: conceptual models for Suisun Marsh

Steven Chappell (SRCD), Managed wetlands seasonal operation and habitat management goals. Constraints and opportunities in wetland management.

Victor Pacheco (DWR), Suisun Marsh water management infrastructure

Stuart Siegel (WWR), Conceptual model, goals, and site factors for tidal marsh restoration in Suisun Marsh

Chris Enright (DWR), Regional effects of tidal marsh restoration in Suisun Marsh ? salinity, tidal prism, and levees.

John Takekawa (USGS), Managed ponds vs. tidal marsh: a comparison of waterbirds in S.F. Bay and salt ponds.

Mary Selkirk (CCP), Facilitated discussion

John Conomos (BDSC), Resource management needs, interdisciplinary studies workshop closure