BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:489@santacruzflyfishing.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240904T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240904T201500 DTSTAMP:20240826T205928Z URL:https://www.santacruzflyfishing.org/events/septembers-speaker-dr-mark- rockwell-restoring-the-klamath-river-virtual-speaker/ SUMMARY:Dr. Mark Rockwell "Restoring the Klamath River" - Virtual Speaker DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mark Rockwell has been working on environmental issues sinc e 2001\, when he retired from his Chiropractic Practice in Redwood City\, CA. He’s been married 54 years and has 3 children.  In 2001 he became t he V.P. of Conservation for the Northern California Council\, Fly Fishers International (NCCFFI). In 2005\, after returning from a lobby trip to D.C . on Snake River dam removal\, he was invited to be the California Organiz er of the Endangered Species Coalition (ESC)\, working to stop the Congres sional effort to rewrite the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  He worked for 12 years for the ESC as the California Organizer\, and then the Pacific F ield Organizer in charge of California\, Oregon and Washington field opera tions.  He has been in leadership for Fly Fishers International (FFI) sin ce joining the Board of the Northern California Council\, FFI in 2003\, se rving as V.P. of Conservation\, and then President from 2018 to 2023. He c ontinues today as the V.P. of Conservation\, and has received the coveted FFI Conservation Leadership Award twice - 2007 &\; 2023.\n\n\nHe began working on Klamath river dam removal in 2003\, signing the original Klamat h Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA) &\; Klamath Hydropower Settlement Agreement (KHSA) agreements in 2010\, and the current revised KHSA in 2015 . It’s been a 20+ year collaborative\neffort to provide the opportunity for the Klamath River to return to its historic greatness. In 2023 the lic ense to operate the Klamath project was transferred and surrendered to the Klamath River Renewal Corporation\, the entity formed to manage removal o f the 4 dams and oversee restoration of the footprint lands of the project . As of early 2024\, the Klamath is running free for the first time since 1918\, and all dams will be off the river by the end of October 2024.\n\nM ark continues to be focused on fishery &\; watershed conservation as hi s post-chiropractic life mission. “I spent my professional life treating spine and nervous system interference problems for my community in the Sa n Francisco region for 25 years\, and my post Chiropractic life working to improve our planet. Both of these efforts are done with a sense of love a nd caring. Conserving our great watersheds &\; fish is now my purpose. We owe it to our children &\; grandkids to pass along to them the same greatness &\; beauty we inherited.” ~ Dr. Mark Rockwell CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting LOCATION:Aptos Grange\, 2555 Mar Vista Drive\, Aptos\, CA\, 95003\, United States GEO:36.982026;-121.917577 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2555 Mar Vista Drive\, Apto s\, CA\, 95003\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Aptos Grange:geo :36.982026,-121.917577 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR