Schedule

April 14, 2010

9:00 a.m.

Opening Keynote: Bob Abbey, Director of the BLM

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Panel One: Understanding the NLCS

  • Moderator: Professor John Freemuth, Andrus Center for Public Policy
  • Bob Abbey, Director of the BLM
  • Elaine Brong, NCSF Board Member and former NLCS Director
  • Doug Wheeler, NCSF Board Member and Former Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency
  • Charles Wilkinson, University of Colorado Law Professor

1:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Panel Two: Competing Values: Democracy in Action

  • Moderator:Patty Limerick, Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West
  • Chris Barns, Arthur Carhart Center, BLM
  • Amy Irvine, Writer
  • Regis Pecos, Cochiti Pueblo Traditional Tribal Council
  • Bob Ratcliffe, BLM, Division Chief, Recreation and Visitor Services, BLM
  • John Willoughhby, Retired BLM botanist

3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Panel Three: The Conservation Mission in the Era of Climate Change

  • Moderator: Vance Martin, Executive Director, WILD Foundation
  • Felicity Barringer, New York Times
  • Craig Childs, Writer
  • Kit Muller, BLM, Office of the Director
  • Luther Propst, Sonoran Institute
  • Trista Patterson, USDA Forest Service, Sitka AK

April 15, 2010

9:00 a.m.

The Future of the NLCS

Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Deputy Secretary David Hayes

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