Personal Experiences, Observations, and Challenges for Protecting California's Ocean
BRIAN BAIRD
Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, CA Resources Agency
Tuesday, March 2nd, 5:00pm
UCSB, Buchanan Hall, Rm 1910
About the Speaker:
Brian E. Baird, UCSB and Environmental Studies Alumnus, serves as the Director of the California Ocean Resources Management Program under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and also served in this role under Governors Davis and Wilson. He represents the Administration on the West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health, California Coastal Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the federal Outer Continental Shelf Advisory Board, the California Ocean Science Trust, and the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project among others.
He has authored or co-authored papers on ocean management, liquefied natural gas facility siting, archaeological resources, oil spill contingency planning, marine managed areas, regional ocean governance, and coastal economics and was the chief writer of chief writer of Governor Schwarzenegger's 2004 strategy titled, “Protecting Our Ocean - California's Strategy for Action.”
On Earth Day April 23, 1999, Assistant Secretary Baird was designated an "Environmental Hero" by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and in February 2008 he received NOAA's Susan Snow-Cotter Award for Excellence in Ocean and Coastal Management.
This event is FREE.
Sponsored by: UCSB's College of Letters and Science Critical Issues in America Lecture Series and the Environmental Studies Program
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