Wilderness & Beyond Conference Agenda

2 pm

Registration Opens – location to be confirmed

Silent Auction Opens – Longs Peak Lodge, 2^nd floor vestibule

3-5 pm  

Exhibit Hall Open – Longs Peak Lodge, room TBD

Room check-in is 6 pm (although it may be earlier). However, participants may arrive earlier (time to be determined) and drop their luggage in one of the break-out rooms. There will be a variety of afternoon activities available (see the Activities Tab for details) starting at different times of the afternoon that will end in time for room check-in and happy hour.

5–6 pm

Happy Hour – Longs Peak Lodge vestibule (entry level)

6–7:15 pm

Dinner – Aspen Dining Hall

7:30–8:45 pm

Welcome Session – Willome Conference Center
Keynotes: Vicky Hoover, Ralph Swain

6–7 am

Coffee/Tea – Willome Conference Center

7–7:45 am

Breakfast – Aspen Dining Hall

8–8:45 am

Morning Kickoff – Willome Conference Center

9–10:15 am  

Morning Conference Sessions

• Session 1: Federal Forest Planning and Policy:
  How it Works and How We Can Make a Difference
  Panelists: Chandra LeGue (Oregon Wild), Emily Cain (Great Hells Canyon Council), Andrew Hursh (Advocates for the West), Room: Chasm Lake
• Film—”Dammed to Extinction”
  Film Maker: Steve Hawley, Room: Diamond West

~~ 10:15–10:30 am – Break ~~

10:30–11:45 am

• • Session 2: Federal Forest Planning and Policy:
    How it Works and How We Can Make a Difference
    Panelists: Chandra LeGue (Oregon Wild), Emily Cain (Great Hells Canyon Council), Andrew Hursh (Advocates for the West), Room: Chasm Lake
  • Using Marketing Techniques and Strategies to improve Wilderness Education
    Presenter: Ralph Swain, Room: Keyhole
  • Saving Salmon and Orca- the Fight to Free the Snake River
    Panelists: Pam Conley, Debra Ellers, Julie Weikel, Steve Hawley, Ione Jones, Room: Diamond West.
  • Justice 40
    Presenter: Sara Husby, Room: Diamond East

~~ 11:45–1:30 pm – Lunch ~~

12:30–5 pm  

Activities! Hiking! Exploring!

2:30–4:30 pm     

Wild & Scenic Film Festival – (location TBD)

5–6 pm  

Happy Hour – Longs Peak Lodge vestibule (entry level)

6–7:15 pm     

Dinner – Aspen Dining Hall

7:30–8:45 pm

Evening Session – Keynote Speaker Mark Dubois
Willome Conference Center

6–7 am

Coffee/Tea – Willome Conference Center

7–7:45 am

Breakfast – Aspen Dining Hall

8–8:45 am

Morning Kickoff – Willome Conference Center

9–10:15 am  

Morning Conference Sessions

• Presentation: “The Big Threat to Bighorns in Wilderness
  in the United States and Canada”
  Presenter: Dan Parkinson, Room: Diamond West
  
• Grazing
  Presenters: Delaney Rudy, Micky Ryan, Audrey Glendenning, Room: Keyhole
• Endangered Species Act
  Panelists: Endangered Species Coalition, Room: Diamond East

~~ 10:15–10:30 – Break ~~

10:30 am–11:45 am

• Wildlife Crossings
  Presenter: Misty Boos, Room: Diamond West
  
• Good Samaritan Policy – Addressing the Legal Hurdles to
  Voluntary Abandoned Mine Cleanups
  Presenter: Ty Churchwell, Room: Diamond East
  
• Alpine Ecology
  Presenter: Loretta McEllhiney, Room: Keyhole
• Desert & Climate Change
  Presenter: TBA, Room: Chasm

~~ 11:45–1:30 pm – Lunch ~~

1:30–2:45 pm

Afternoon Conference Sessions

• Cracked- The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World
  Presenter: Steve Hawley, Room: Diamond West
• Decolonizing Stewardship
  Panelists: Debra Ellers, Ione Jones, Room: Chasm
• A Balancing Act: Wilderness Designation and Tribal Sovereignty
  Presenter: Eric Molvar, Room: Keyhole

~~ 2:45–3 pm – Break ~~

3–4:15 pm

• The River Democracy Act: A case study in using
  the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act to help achieve 30×30
  Presenter: Chandra LeGue, Room: Diamond East
• Earth and its Community of Life: Elevating Interests of
  Non-Human Animals in Wilderness Protection
  Panelists: Dana Johnson, Room: Diamond West
  

5–10 pm

Happy Hour, Hiking Boots Ball, and Dinner – Assembly Hall, Ballroom C
We’ll kick up our heels, dress up in Wild Broads style (whatever that means to you!) and celebrate! After the evening events, we’ll light the campfire to end the evening with new and old friends.

6–7 am          

Coffee/Tea – Willome Conference Center

7–7:45 am

Breakfast – Aspen Dining Hall

8–10 am

Luggage drop (Check out time is 10 am)

8–9:30 am

Morning Gathering  – Keynote: John Leshy
Willome Conference Center

10:00–2:00ish

Stewardship projects