Memorandum
To: Land Use and Environmental Committee Members
From: Karen O'Brien, Rural Forum Chair
RE: Rural Forum Meeting Invitation
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Please join Rural Forum for our final meeting on Wednesday, October 7,
2009, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in San Jose, California (Please check program
to confirm room location, as this location is subject to change due to the
nature of this meeting).
We are proud to present two very important speakers at our meeting. Our first speaker from the Natural Resources Conservation Service will provide Rural Forum with detailed information on the varied services the NRCS provides including: conservation plans; recommendations for cross fencing, range seeding, brush clearing, cover crops, weed management, and other non-engineering conservation practices; information about solar systems for livestock water systems; mapping of soils, flood zones, wildlife information, or other background layers that are of interest to the land owner or manager; and information on Farm Bill Cost-Share Programs.
Our second speaker is Dan Sharp, the Governmental Affairs Director for the Northern Solano AOR. Mr. Sharp was involved in putting a stop to the Transmission Agency of Northern California's (TANC) proposed California-Oregon Transmission Project, which would have consisted of 340-miles of 500-kV transmission line that interconnected the Bonneville Power Administration Captain Jack Substation in Southern Oregon and with Pacific Gas and Electric Company Tesla Substation near Tracy, and the Los Banos Substation near Los Banos.
Please join Rural Forum for our final meeting as we welcome our two distinguished guests. Both of our speakers will be available for Q&A. We hope to see you there!
