Donna Meyers, from Conservation Collaborative, offers an informative presentation which focuses on the fundamental interrelationship between the river system and the riparian system and the current challenges facing riparian areas such as habitat loss, stream canalization, and agricultural run-off.

A riparian area is the ecological interface between land and a river system. It helps to protect water quality, foster biodiversity, provide flood storage, and many other benefits to the river system.

Donna Meyers is the Principal of Conservation Collaborative. She has been doing conservation work and consulting in the Monterey Bay region for over 25 years, including serving as Executive Director of the Big Sur Land Trust and Coastal Watershed Council.