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Sunday, August 28, 2005

Participants Arrive in St. Louis

6:00 PM

Opening Reception

Monday, August 29, 2005

8:00 AM

Welcome and Plenary Session

Jim Connaughton, Chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Mayor Francis Slay, St. Louis
Senator Jim Talent, United States Senator from Missouri
Secretary Norton, Department of Interior

9:30 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Case studies highlight some of the very best examples of cooperative conservation. Participants will learn from some of the most successful practitioners of cooperative conservation just what can be achieved when using collaborative strategies to address conservation, natural resource and environmental issues.

The case studies presented during the remainder of Day One are grouped into four major topical areas.

DEFINITIONS

(M) Cooperative Conservation in Metropolitan Areas and Towns: Integration and Innovation

Growing populations, depleted resources, economic challenges, and environmental degradation create a wealth of opportunity for cooperative conservation projects in metropolitan communities and similar settings. These case studies will highlight outstanding collaborative approaches being applied by organizations and individuals in cities, towns, and metropolitan regions across the country. The presentations will serve to illustrate how these efforts protect and improve human health and the environment while concurrently advancing economic vitality. From these presentations, conferees will achieve a fuller understanding of the tools and processes available for meeting community goals through cooperative conservation.

(R) Cooperative Conservation in Rural America: Healthy Lands and Healthy Communities

America's rural communities exist within a vast private and public land base that includes cropland, rangeland, pastureland and forestland. Sessions will showcase a broad spectrum of premier cooperative conservation projects in the rural setting. The case studies will highlight the tools and processes available for cooperatively conserving natural resources in an economically sustainable way resulting in both healthy landscapes and thriving communities.

(W) Cooperative Conservation of Wildlife and Habitats: Partnering to Sustain Nature's Legacy

Due to multifaceted, incentive-based partnerships, new and effective strategies are emerging for the conservation of species in new places and at scales unattainable in the past. These case studies will illustrate how partners are using cooperative approaches, a variety of incentive-based tools and creative strategies in diverse settings to achieve environmental, recreational, cultural and economic objectives in the conservation of plants and animals and their habitats.

(C) Cooperative Conservation of Coastal and Marine Habitats

Activities in coastal watersheds, estuaries, and oceans affect the health of coastal and marine ecosystems that contribute to the nation's economy. These case studies will identify challenges to maintaining the health of these systems and explore opportunities for cooperative approaches to restore and maintain their ecological function and the economic value provided by fisheries, tourism, recreation, and transportation.

Title: - (M) Philadelphia Vacant Land Management & Reclamation

A half-century of divestment and depopulation has resulted in 40,000 abandoned and derelict parcels of land in Philadelphia. In 1995, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society partnered with city agencies and community organizations to create a system for addressing the social, environmental, and economic impacts inflicted by vacant land in the urban environment. With support from city, state and federal governments, as well as private foundations over the past decade, this vacant land management project has achieved significant accomplishments, demonstrating an innovative approach to cooperative conservation in an urban setting.

Title: - (M) Chicago Wilderness and Calumet Initiatives

Chicago Wilderness is a consortium of more than 180 public and private agencies working together to protect and restore globally significant ecosystems stretching from southeastern Wisconsin to northwestern Indiana. The Calumet Initiative has similar goals for the rustbelt landscape of southeast Chicago and NW Indiana, and also seeks to bring environmentally clean jobs back to the region. The session will highlight how these two related partnerships have transcended political and geographic boundaries to enhance the region's ecological assets while also strengthening the economy.

Title: (M) Collaboration in the Great Lakes: Metropolitan Detroit Conservation Partnerships

The Detroit River Watershed, traditionally know for automobile manufacturing, steel making and heavy industry, offers world-class water, wildlife, heritage and recreational opportunities. It is no secret that Southeast Michigan has suffered from pollution and other negative impacts of global industrialization. However, there’s a change happening, due to innovative partnerships, the region is becoming a model for preserving and enhancing quality of life by protecting regional resources. This session highlights how unique cross-border partnerships established North America's only international wildlife refuge. This project is a prime example of locally led partnerships within the broader context of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration effort.

Title: (R) Malpai Borderlands Partnership

The Malpai Borderlands is an area of a million acres of private, state-owned and federal land along the Arizona and New Mexico border. Led by ranchers committed to protecting and restoring ecological diversity and the productivity of the Borderlands, the partnership has protected 77,000 acres of privately owned land through conservation easements, grass-banking and wildlife habitat restoration. As a result, the partnership has improved rangeland conditions and promoted sustainable ranching, preserving a working landscape as an alternative to subdivision and development of agricultural land.

Title: (R) Missouri Watershed Research Assessment and Stewardship Project and the Iowa Buffer Team

Home to numerous crop and livestock farms, Northern Missouri is a productive agricultural region. Over time, high levels of agricultural pesticides have resulted in local reservoirs being listed as “impaired water-bodies”. With the support of landowners, this project has collected water data and promoted best management practices as a way of reducing pollution and raising farmers’ profits. Also learn how this innovative and unique team in Iowa used a unique number of strategy strategies to encourage farmers to install conservation buffers statewide. This progressive public/private partnership worked with used education, research, the media and employed financial incentives to negotiate a staggering 41,064 contracts for over 330,715 acres of buffers.

Title: (R) Community-Based Sustainable Wine Grape Growing in California

California winegrowers have a long history of proving that economic gain need not compromise environmental conservation. With practices including placing lands in conservation easements, replanting eroded riparian areas and native oaks, encouraging migratory bird habitat, and providing for endangered species, their model for community-based environmental stewardship is a fine contribution to the wine industry nationally and internationally. Through shared partnerships with Federal, state and local organizations, the California wine industry is influencing and advancing environmental practices, not only for their industry but for agriculture as a whole.

Title: (R) Blackfoot Challenge

Popularized by the movie A River Runs Through It, communities in western Montana's rural Blackfoot River Valley are working to balance protection of natural resources and rural lifestyles with increasing demands of destination recreation, floating, fishing and vacationing. To address these growing impacts, private landowners, federal and state land managers, local government officials, and corporate landowners created the Blackfoot Challenge that along with over sixty public and private partners collaborate on cooperative conservation. This diverse group seeks common ground to address issues such as subdivision, weeds, water quality and quantity, drought, wildlife management, and sustainable agriculture. By squarely confronting these issues and engaging all stakeholders in an open forum, solutions have evolved where problems once loomed.

Title: (W) Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program

In addition to being rich with biodiversity, the Lower Colorado River provides water and power to over 20 million people in the states of California, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado. To protect and enhance this resource, a diverse coalition of more than 50 partners work to implement a conservation plan for habitat restoration to benefit 26 species and create 8,100-plus acres of riparian, marsh and backwater habitat. The 9 year-old partnership features a 50-year commitment, with costs shared equally between Federal and nonfederal partners.

Title: (C) Onslow-Bight Conservation Forum

Mix explosive coastal population growth, military bases, national forest and refuges, fishermen, hunters, farmers, and foresters and you have land use conflicts and environmental degradation. The Forum is rewriting this recipe by helping diverse interests mutually benefit from better environmental stewardship. Over 7,500 acres of land has already been protected.

Title: (C) Washington State Olympia Oyster Restoration

More than 100 partners, including private landowners, Tribes, States and Counties, the shellfish industry, community organizations, schools and the U.S. Navy, have joined forces to restore the Olympia oyster, the only native oyster of the Pacific Northwest coast. By leveraging federal funds, 5 million oysters have been spread at 80 sites in a community-based effort to restore an essential component of the marine ecoystem and an icon of Washington State history.

11:00 AM

Luncheon Plenary Session

Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Department of Defense

12:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Title: (R) Nisqually River Watershed, Olympia Washington: A Balanced and Inclusive Approach to Stewardship

The Nisqually River Task Force was created in 1985 as a vehicle for implementing a locally based approach to the protection and betterment of this unique area. The resulting Nisqually River Management Plan convened the Nisqually River Council. Over nearly two decades, the Council and its many partners have achieved tremendous results through a number of collaborative programs to address timber harvest and land use issues, species recovery and allocations of water for people and fish throughout the watershed. This unique partnership is now undertaking the creation and implementation of a sustainable approach to development and economic vitality that supports continued investment in the watershed ecosystem.

Title: (M) Phalen Corridor, A Comprehensive Rebuilding of the Urban Environment on A Massive Scale, St. Paul MN

Abandonment of industrial sites, disinvestment of housing, neglect of commercial properties and degradation of natural lands affects cities and towns of all sizes across the country. This session will highlight how a diverse coalition of citizens, corporations, government agencies and developers have realized a $600 million collective vision to restore jobs, introduce sustainable housing, build bike trails and a road and reclaim the natural environment in four diverse communities.

Title: (M) New York City Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

Watersheds surrounding the metropolitan area supply drinking water to over 9 million New York City and State residents. This session will highlight how a unique coalition of landowners, farmers and government agencies are working collaboratively to protect stream corridors, enhance the quality of life and greatly reduce the costs associated with providing quality drinking water to the people of New York City.

Title: (R) Southwest Collaborative Forest Restoration

This session features one Healthy Forest Initiative and one Healthy Forest Restoration Act project in the American Southwest; the White Mountain Stewardship project in Arizona and the Thunderbird/Tajique Watershed project in New Mexico. Both have overcome significant cultural and institutional barriers in pursuit of their mission. This case study presentation will highlight the innovative tools and approaches being used to enhance forest and watershed health, reduce fuel loads contributing to high fire risk, and create jobs in nearby communities.

Title: (R) Northwest Florida Greenway Project

Northwest Florida is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the nation. The area also serves as the home to five major military installations and the Joint Gulf Range Complex, which represent the nation’s largest military test and training complex. Incompatible development and the loss of open natural lands threaten the region's military mission, unique biodiversity, silviculture industry, and recreational opportunities. This presentation will illustrate how the Northwest Florida Greenway Project partnership is working to protect the valuable environmental, military, recreational and economic values of this region.

Title: (R) Northern Forest Partnership

Most of Northern Maine forests have been privately owned and managed for decades for timber production, while providing access for hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation. Recently much of this land has been sold to investors whose financial interests promote both timber and real estate valuations. Current forest development pressures breed forest fragmentation and undermine natural resource values underpinning rural economies. The Pingree Forest Partnership and the Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership have protected 1.1 million acres in the past five years by protecting working forest lands through removing developing rights and bolstering the emerging economy for natural resource dependent communities.

Title: (W) Wetlands, Birds, and Bears – A Louisiana Happening

The indigenous hardwood forests of the Lower Mississippi River have been called North America's rain forest. It was a rich diverse ecosystem home to resident and migrant species alike. Over 90 percent of the forest in Louisiana has been converted to cropland, much of which was submarginal to marginal at best. Various programs, initiatives, and partnerships have developed to help landowners convert these marginal croplands back to their natural state. Numerous species from waterfowl to neotropical songbirds to the endangered Louisiana black bear are favorably responding to the restoration activities. Public agencies working with private landowners and conservation organizations are establishing and expanding tens of thousands of acres of habitat.

Title: (W) Conserving Prairie Ranches, Ranchers, and Grassland Birds

The grassland and wetland complexes of the prairie pothole region are critical habitat for numerous species of waterfowl, shorebirds and songbirds. Most of the land in the region is privately owned and managed by descendants of the ranching families who homesteaded the area in the 1800’s. Today these families face numerous financial challenges which prevent them from keeping the native rangeland intact. To address this challenge, more than 1,400 ranch families have partnered with wildlife conservationists to protect over 522,000 acres of wetland and grassland habitat in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Title: (W) Partnerships To Protect Cave Habitats

Cave habitats are home to some of the Nation's most interesting, valuable and imperiled species. This session highlights two sites where innovative partnerships are conserving these underground ecosystems: Texas' Bracken Bat Cave, which shelters the largest remaining concentration of mammals on Earth, and two caves systems in Madison County, Alabama, where the Alabama cave shrimp is teetering on the brink of extinction.

Title: (C) Hawaii Coral Reef and Native Algae Restoration

Hawaii’s coral reefs and other near-shore marine ecosystems have a formidable foe: alien marine algae. But a coalition of local residents, organizations and government agencies at several levels launched a community-based effort to restore these areas. Through cleanups and monitoring, community members learn about reef ecology, alien species’ impacts and resource stewardship.

2:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Title: (M) Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership

The Sonoita Valley is an ecologically unique area of desert grasslands and riparian areas east of Tucson, Arizona. This session will highlight how a diverse coalition of volunteers, government agencies and private organizations overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to enable establishment of a National Conservation Area for the protection of this invaluable resource. In addition, the Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership negotiated a long-range plan of occupancy and use of connected watersheds that strives to preserve ecological and environmental values to assure equitable and healthful occupancy over generations.

Title: (M) Lower Bronx River (NY): A Community Led Restoration Initiative

Due to channelization and bank armoring, the inter-tidal portion of the Bronx River exhibits little of the vegetation that once dominated its shores. Long stretches of bulkhead and sheet piling provide little or no habitat for marine and estuarine fish and dumping and filling in tidal wetlands has raised elevations and contaminated the soil. This diverse partnership is committed to restoring the riparian and tidal area on the west bank of the river at the site of an abandoned cement plant. Their work involves removing large blocks of concrete and debris, re-grading the banks, removing invasive plant species and replacing the riparian zone with native plants.

Title: (R) Central Texas Sustainability Partnership

The project establishes a successful model of cooperation among private landowners for landscape-level recovery of listed species and the restoration of historic plant communities. Central Texas Cattlemen's Association, U.S. Army (Ft Hood, TX), The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense, Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Wildlife Association, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, assisted by the Leon River Restoration Project, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Texas A&M University, launched this cooperative effort to balance the training demands at Ft. Hood with the need to sustain the natural resources of Central Texas. Ranchland habitat is being restored and enhanced for the endangered Black-capped vireo and Golden-cheeked warbler.

Title: (C) Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative

Research surveys and studies have shown that Puget Sound is facing rapid degradation. Threats to marine species and habitat have deep ramifications in adjacent communities. Since its inception in 1998, the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative has achieved tremendous results for the betterment of Puget Sound. With the support of Congress, seven citizen-led groups and a coordinating commission have established marine protected areas, conducted inventories seminal to the conservation of key salmon species, restored native oysters and succeeded in removing enormous quantities of fishing debris from the ocean floor.

Title: (R) Partners Restore Glacial Ridge Tallgrass Prairie

In October of 2004, Glacial Ridge became the Nation's 545th National Wildlife Refuge. At its core is 24,000 acres that form the largest prairie and wetland reconstruction project in the country. Here more than 30 partners have played an active role in returning the land to its pre-settlement condition. When fully restored, the lands will provide tremendous habitat for moose, gray wolf, waterfowl, prairie chickens and other upland game birds, and a host of other prairie species.

Title: (W) White Moutain Apache Tribe

The White Mountain Apache Tribe strives to protect the land and all the resources it supports. Proactive resource management integrates the sustainable protection of sensitive species with inherent cultural values and primary economic benefits for present and future generations. Logging, ranching, world-class trophy elk hunting and a thriving outdoor recreation program co-exist with successful management programs for Spotted Owls, Mexican Wolves and Apache Trout.

Title: (W) Return of the Wild Turkey in North America

Due to restoration efforts by state and provincial wildlife agencies, which were accelerated by the NWTF and its partners, nearly 7 million wild turkeys inhabit North America. Since 1985, the NWTF and its cooperators have spent $202 million dollars on projects benefiting wild turkeys and other wildlife, including $11.5 million on projects within the National Forest System.

Title: (W) Presidential Bobwhite Initiative in Conservation Reserve Program

Populations of northern bobwhite quail and other grassland birds have declined dramatically over the past 40 years as a result of habitat loss. The "Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative" charts an ambitious path to restore quail to their 1980 levels across the species' range. In August 2004, President Bush announced a major bobwhite habitat initiative to help launch the NBCI restoration process. The Initiative partnership, which is fueled by a 250,000-acre enrollment authority under the Conservation Reserve Program, has already protected about 35, 000 acres for bobwhites and other birds.

Title: (W) Enlisting Private Landowners and the Army for Endangered Species

Conservation of the red-cockaded woodpecker has challenged both private landowners and the Army in the Southeast. Initiatives on and off Army bases, including novel safe harbor agreements and Army compatible use buffers with private landowners, are helping this endangered species recover. Those efforts have become models for conservation efforts elsewhere.

Title: (R) Water Without War: Cooperative Salmon Restoration

This presentation will highlight a comprehensive cooperative conservation project that involves local, state, Federal, environmental, agricultural and Tribal entities who are working together for the recovery and protection of salmon, steelhead and bull trout populations and the quality of their habitat in the Walla Walla Basin in southeast Washington and northeast Oregon while also preserving local agricultural economies and tribal customs.

4:30 PM

Plenary Session

Secretary Mike Johanns, Department of Agriculture
Chuck Leavell, Rolling Stones

6:00 PM

Reception

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

8:00 AM

Plenary Session

Administrator Stephen L. Johnson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mayor Patrick McCrory, Charlotte, NC
Senator Mike Crapo, United States Senator from Idaho
Mayor Anthony Williams, Washington DC
Mayor Francis Slay, St. Louis

9:40 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Facilitated discussions will examine some of the most challenging aspects of working collaboratively. Rich dialogue and suggestions for advancing the goals of collaborative conservation will be the result of these discussions. There are nine topics presented, repeated in the two concurrent session time periods.

Title: Accelerating Cooperative Conservation as a way of Doing Business: Building Capacity, Skills, and Practices Across Organizations

The shared wisdom of the public and private sectors--non-profits, the business community, government agencies, Tribes, community groups, private landowners and interested citizens--needs to be effectively engaged for cooperative conservation to flourish and endure. This session will elicit suggestions on building capacity, skills and practices that advance cooperative conservation.

Title: Building Successful Partnerships

Strong and sustainable partnerships represent the foundation of every successful cooperative conservation endeavor. Participants will identify key principles for building trust and offer individual suggestions to integrate partnerships into conservation efforts. Tools for successful partnerships, case study presentations from Day One of the conference and personal experience will serve as the basis for discussion.

Title: Expanding the Role of Tribes, States and Communities in Cooperative Conservation

Nonfederal participation is vital to the development and implementation of sound environmental conservation. This discussion will provide a forum for conferees to explore ways, such as shared stewardship and innovative management practices, to expand the roles of tribes, states and local communities as partners with Federal agencies.

Title: Improving Certainty and Incentives for Stakeholders

Generating stakeholder participation is crucial to the successful completion of cooperative conservation projects. This session seeks to identify and improve existing incentives and mechanisms for providing certainty in conservation efforts by exploring opportunities for improving and developing policies and programs across government, business, private and non-profit sectors.

Title: Infrastructure Projects: Collaborative Partnerships for Successful Outcomes

Government agencies at all levels are engaged in infrastructure development and management that requires substantive communication and cooperation with communities, non-governmental organizations and the public for successful outcomes. A wide range of public infrastructure types are involved: transportation, facilities, utilities, and many other forms of physical infrastructure. Session participants will identify cross-cutting themes, propose collaborative approaches and discuss policies, processes and legislative solutions.

Title: Managing Diverse Resource Demands on America’s Public Lands: A Cooperative Approach to Improving Conservation

Growing demands on finite natural resources increase the need for careful management of diverse uses. This session will address multiple use conflicts, cooperative resolution, and shared decision strategies. Conferees will explore collaborative approaches to improving use compatibility and suggest solutions to the obstacles inherent in potentially inconsistent resource demands. Examples may include the relationship between mineral development and habitat conservation, motorized and non-motorized recreation, irrigation and fisheries needs.

Title: Measuring Success of Cooperative Conservation Efforts

Setting common goals and measuring and monitoring the results of cooperative conservation efforts are essential, not only to substantiate the merits of a project, but for purposes of adaptive management as well. This session will provide a forum for conferees to explore collaborative approaches, and discuss policies, processes and legislative solutions for optimizing cooperative conservation efforts.

Title: Reaching Across Boundaries to Promote Shared Governance

A fundamental hurdle facing many cooperative conservation projects is that jurisdictional and political boundaries oftentimes do not coincide with landscape realities. Complex ecological issues are requiring more sophisticated landscape-level responses from society. This discussion will explore the strategies needed for shared governance to achieve conservation and economic benefits for communities through inclusive and adaptive structures.

Title: Using Science and Technology to Reach Cooperative Conservation Goals

Science and technology play a critical role in successful cooperative conservation efforts. This discussion will provide a venue to identify the ways science and technology can be used to inform stakeholder decisions. In addition, conferees will explore new approaches to streamlining and improving the development and application of scientific and technological tools.

12:40 PM

Luncheon

2:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions

There are nine topics presented, repeated in the two concurrent session time periods.

Title: Accelerating Cooperative Conservation as a way of Doing Business: Building Capacity, Skills, and Practices Across Organizations

The collective wisdom and commitment of public and private organizations, non-profits, the business community, government agencies, local community groups, and private landowners must be effectively engaged in order for cooperative conservation to flourish and endure. This session will elicit individual suggestions on how organizations of all types can employ organizational structures, cultures and practices that facilitate cooperative approaches to conservation.

Title: Building Successful Partnerships

Strong and sustainable partnerships represent the foundation of every successful cooperative conservation endeavor. Participants will identify key principles for building trust and offer individual suggestions to integrate partnerships into conservation efforts. Tools for successful partnerships, case study presentations from Day One of the conference and personal experience will serve as the basis for discussion.

Title: Expanding the Role of Tribes, States and Communities in Cooperative Conservation

Nonfederal participation is vital to the development and implementation of sound environmental conservation. This discussion will provide a forum for conferees to explore ways, such as shared stewardship and innovative management practices, to expand the roles of tribes, states and local communities as partners with Federal agencies.

Title: Improving Certainty and Incentives for Stakeholders

Generating stakeholder participation is crucial to the successful completion of cooperative conservation projects. This session seeks to identify and improve existing incentives and mechanisms for providing certainty in conservation efforts by exploring opportunities for improving and developing policies and programs across government, business, private and non-profit sectors.

Title: Infrastructure Projects: Collaborative Partnerships for Successful Outcomes

Government agencies at all levels are engaged in infrastructure development and management that requires substantive communication and cooperation with communities, non-governmental organizations and the public for successful outcomes. A wide range of public infrastructure types are involved: transportation, facilities, utilities, and many other forms of physical infrastructure. Session participants will identify cross-cutting themes, propose collaborative approaches and discuss policies, processes and legislative solutions.

Title: Managing Diverse Resource Demands on America’s Public Lands: A Cooperative Approach to Improving Conservation

Growing demands on finite natural resources increase the need for careful management of diverse uses. This session will address multiple use conflicts, cooperative resolution, and shared decision strategies. Conferees will explore collaborative approaches to improving use compatibility and suggest solutions to the obstacles inherent in potentially inconsistent resource demands. Examples may include the relationship between mineral development and habitat conservation, motorized and non-motorized recreation, irrigation and fisheries needs.

Title: Measuring Success of Cooperative Conservation Efforts

Setting common goals and measuring and monitoring the results of cooperative conservation efforts are essential, not only to substantiate the merits of a project, but for purposes of adaptive management as well. This session will provide a forum for conferees to explore collaborative approaches, and discuss policies, processes and legislative solutions for optimizing cooperative conservation efforts.

Title: Reaching Across Boundaries to Promote Shared Governance

A fundamental hurdle facing many cooperative conservation projects is that jurisdictional and political boundaries oftentimes do not coincide with landscape realities. Complex ecological issues are requiring more sophisticated landscape-level responses from society. This discussion will explore the strategies needed for shared governance to achieve conservation and economic benefits for communities through inclusive and adaptive structures.

Title: Using Science and Technology to Reach Cooperative Conservation Goals

Science and technology play a critical role in successful cooperative conservation efforts. This discussion will provide a venue to identify the ways science and technology can be used to inform stakeholder decisions. In addition, conferees will explore new approaches to streamlining and improving the development and application of scientific and technological tools.

6:00 PM

Reception

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

8:00 AM

Closing Plenary

Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Department of Commerce
Federal and Non-Federal Panel Discussion
Jim Connaughton, Chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality

11:30 AM

Conference Ends