The Directors Group (DiG) meets annually to approve the Work Plan and discuss WRP initiatives. The Secretary of the State Resources Agency chairs the Directors Group which comprises the top officials from the 18 state and federal partner agencies.
The 2018 Director’s Group (formerly the Board of Governers) meeting celebrated the release of the Regional Strategy 2018, Wetlands on the Edge: The Future of Southern California’s Wetlands; The new regional strategy for recovering and protecting Southern California’s coastal wetlands on October 18th, 2018 at the Living Coast Discovery Center in Chula Vista, CA. See the agenda here.
See below for the presentations from the October 18th, 2018 meeting:
Marsh Adaptation Planning Tool (MAPT)
Los Cerritos Wetlands Project Update
San Elijo Lagoon Project Update
Directors Group
Federal Partners
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
Tomas Torres, Director, Water Division
National Marine Fisheries Service
Chris Yates, Assistant Regional Administrator
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Carlos Suarez, State Conservationist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Colonel Kirk Aaron C. Barta, Commander of the Los Angeles District
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Southwest Region
Paul Souza, Regional Director
State Partners
California Natural Resources Agency
John Laird, Secretary (Chair of the Directors Group)
State Coastal Conservancy
Sam Schuchat, Executive Officer
California Coastal Commission
Jack Ainsworth, Director
California Department of Fish & Wildlife
Charlton Bonham, Director
California Department of Parks & Recreation
Lisa Mangat, Director
State Lands Commission
Jennifer Lucchesi, Executive Officer
Wildlife Conservation Board
John Donnelly, Executive Director
California Environmental Protection Agency
Matthew Rodriguez, Secretary for Environmental Protection
State Water Resources Control Board
Jon Bishop, Chief Deputy Director
Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
John Robertson, Executive Officer
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Samuel Unger, Executive Officer
Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
Hope Smythe, Executive Officer
San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
David Gibson, Executive Officer