2015 Oregon Wilderness Conference Schedule

 

2015 Oregon Wilderness Conference
Saturday, May 16th – University Place Conference Center

 

8:00am REGISTRATION

8:30am WELCOME
                 Sean Stevens, Executive Director, Oregon Wild

8:45am KEYNOTE ADDRESS
                 Ken Brower, Author, Conservationist

9:45am BREAK

10:00am BREAK OUT PANEL 1

 Oregon’s (Recovering) Animal Kingdom
John Mellgren, Staff Attorney, Western Environmental Law Center
Rob Klavins, Northeast Oregon Field Coordinator, Oregon Wild
Cameron La Follette, Executive Director, Oregon Coast Alliance

The Curious Relationship Between Wilderness and Climate Change
Doug Heiken, Conservation and Restoration Coordinator, Oregon Wild
Ernie Niemi, President, Natural Resource Economics

11:20am BREAK OUT PANEL 2

Public Lands Under Pressure
Jessica Goad, Advocacy Director, Center for Western Priorities
Francis Eatherington, Conservation Director, Cascadia Wildlands
George Wuerthner, Ecologist

Wilderness Rx
Todd Bartlett, Reverend and Director at Alton L. Collins Retreat Center
Greg Wolley, Founder, African American Outdoor Association; Commissioner, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

12:35pm LUNCH

1:15pm WORKSHOPS

Wilderness Survival 101: With Julia Conrad, Recreation Coordinator at Washington State University

Wilderness Communications: How to Advocate for the Place You Love: With Arran Roberston, Communications Coordinator at Oregon Wild

2:00pm BREAK OUT PANEL 3

The Rights (and Wrongs) of Wilderness
Lisa Machnik, Ph.D., Wilderness, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and Congressionally Designated Areas Program Manager, U.S. Forest Service
Doug Scott, Wilderness Historian
Morgan Holm, Chief Content Officer, Oregon Public Broadcasting

Wilderness Warriors
Zach Collier, Outfitter, Northwest Rafting Company
Dave Willis, Soda Mountain Wilderness Council
Peter Cornelison, Field Representative, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, City Councilor, Hood River

3:15pm BREAK

3:30pm Our Feature Panel: The Next Wilderness Gems
Morgan Lindsay, Outreach Director, Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Corie Harlan, Owyhee Coordinator, Oregon Natural Desert Assocation
Rhett Lawrence, Conservation Director, Sierra Club
Bridget Callahan, Wilderness Campaign Organizer, Oregon Wild 

4:45pm CLOSING REMARKS, TIM LILLEBO WILDLANDS WARRIOR AWARD

More information about the conference here.