Julie Rentner

River Partners, President

Julie Rentner received a MS from the University of Hawaii, Manoa with an emphasis in Tropical Agroecology and Soil Science. She completed her BS in Forestry at the University of California, Berkeley. Julie worked in environmental consulting for four years before joining River Partners in 2008 as a Restoration Ecologist based in the San Joaquin Valley. Since then, she has successfully secured over $60 million in state and federal grant funding to acquire conservation properties and implement riparian and floodplain habitat restoration. In total, she has worked to conserve over 2,000 acres and has secured funds to restore over 3,000 acres of floodplains along the San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Stanislaus. Merced, and Kern Rivers. Additionally, Julie has developed and led stakeholder processes supporting the integration of flood control and ecosystem enhancement at the regional level, resulting in the development of several on-the-ground multi-benefit projects as well as the Mid San Joaquin River Regional Flood Management Plan. She completed the California Agricultural Leadership Program in 2015. She is familiar with local government and local agency procedures and regulations, and is the President of Reclamation District 2092.