The webinar sponsored by the Coalition’s Wetlands Committee on our local wetlands is now available on our YouTube channel. The speakers were Stuart Siegel and Barbara Salzman who provided a comprehensive view of several of our wetlands and covered their ecological importance as well as their value to the local community.
Dr. Stuart Siegel, PhD PWS is Adjunct Professor of Earth & Climate Sciences@San Francisco State University and also Coastal Resilience Specialist at San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Dr. Siegel’s focus is on the science and policy intersections of climate change, ecosystem restoration and resilience, coupled human-natural systems, and regional land use planning. His work is primarily in estuarine and coastal tidal wetlands and lagoons with a focus on the San Francisco Estuary. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California at Berkeley in 2002 and his Professional Wetland Scientist certification in 1994.
Barbara Salzman is Board President at Marin Audubon Society. She began conservation work in 1974 with Marin Audubon’s Conservation Committee, which advocates for the protection of birds, wetlands and other habitats. For more than 30 years, Marin Audubon Society has been a sponsor of habitat restoration and habitat acquisition projects. Barbara has managed most of these projects.