The Soil and Water Conservation Society international conference includes three plenary sessions where all attendees come together to listen, discuss, and question panelists. The panelists and topics can be found below.
Plenary Session I – Welcome and keynote speaker, Robert Caughlin.
Plenary Session II –
Monday, July 28, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Spokane Convention Center
Private, Market-based Incentives for Conservation
This “news format” session will explore a range of existing privately funded conservation incentive programs, including the history of how they came into being, a look at current activities, and a peek into some of the future planning. Key issues for this panel will be a careful assessment of the long-term prospects of this approach and a look at how these programs fit together with traditional government-funded incentive programs.
Moderator:
Mark Ritchie, President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Panelists:
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Nina Fascione, Vice President, Species Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife
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Karl Kupers, Food Alliance
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Mary Tkach, Director, Environmental Sustainability, Aveda Corporation
Plenary Session III –
Wednesday, July 30, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Spokane Convention Center
Implications of Water Shortages
Water shortages have long been recognized as a significant problem in the arid West. More recently, however, concerns have been identified in other areas of the United States including Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas, New England, the Great Lakes region, and the Southern Plains (Ogallala Aquifer). Increasing population coupled with natural occurrences such as drought will place additional stresses on municipal, industrial, agricultural, environmental, and other water uses. The objectives of this session are to increase awareness regarding implications of water shortages on water users and identify strategies to address these implications.
Moderator:
Marc Safley, USDA-NRCS Drought Coordinator and National Agricultural Ecologist
Panelists:
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Ane Deister, El Dorado Irrigation District
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Wendy Holm, The Holm Team
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Phil Pasteris, USDA-NRCS
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Robert Perciasepe, National Audubon Society
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Earl Smith, Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation District
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To register for the conference, print out this preliminary program (pdf version) and return the registration form by fax or mail.
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2004 SWCS Annual Conference
July 24-28, 2004
Radisson Riverfront Hotel
St. Paul, Minnesota
