2012 Alabama Water Rally DRAFT Schedule

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Friday March 16, 2012 

9:00 am  Alabama Water Watch Bacteria Workshop (pre-registration required)

3:00 – 6:00 pm  Rally Registration, Set Up for Exhibits/Gear Sale

6:00 pm  Dinner

6:30 - 7:00 pm Welcome to the Watershed from Walter Ernest, Mark Berte and Casi Callaway

7:00 - 7:45 pm  Keynote:  Judy Haner, Marine Program Director, Alabama Chapter of the Nature Conservancy

7:45 - 8:45 pm  River Hero Awards

Saturday March 17, 2012

8:00 - 8:45 am  BREAKFAST

9:00 – 10:00 am  Legislative update ARA and Conservation Alabama 

10:15 - 11:45 am  Concurrent Sessions, Block I   

1. Policy Track: Comprehensive Water Management In Alabama: What is should look like and how we get there – Mitch Reid (ARA) and Gil Rogers (SELC)

2. Science Track: Creative Land Use for Water Stewardship – Leslie Lassiter, City of Foley

3. Leadership Track: Advocacy Strategies: Different Strokes for Different Folks – Eva Dillard (BWRK); Rick Odess (Town of Magnolia Springs); Cindy Lowry (ARA); and Facilitated by Diana Toledo (River Network)

12:00 – 12:30 pm  LUNCH

12:30 – 1:15 pm    Keynote: EPA Office of Water 

1:15 - 2:30 pm      BREAK

2:45 - 4:15 pm  Concurrent Sessions, Block II

1.  Policy Track: National policy and the Changing Regulatory Landscape – Natalie Roy, Clean Water Network

2.  Science Track: Protecting Endangered Species in the Southeast: Tierra Curry, Center for Biological Diversity; US Fish and Wildlife Daphne Office (to be invited)

3. Leadership: Social Media for Advocacy and Fundraising – Sheree Martin, Samford University 

4:30 - 6:00 pm  Concurrent Sessions, Block III

1. Policy Track: Alternatives to Reservoirs: Why water planning makes sense – Rebecca Haynes, American Rivers

2. Science Track: Alabama Irrigation Initiative – Cameron Handyside, University of Alabama at Huntsville

3. Leadership Track: Effective Organizing in our Communities – Quinn Rollins, PICO National Network

6:00 pm  DINNER

6:45 – 7:00pm Happy Birthday to Clean Water Act, Alabama Rivers Alliance, and Alabama Water Watch (and any other group that is celebrating)    

7:00 – 7:45 pm  Keynote: Barry Sulkin, How Winning is Possible!

Sunday March 18, 2012

8:00 - 8:45 am  BREAKFAST

9:00 - 10:30 am  Concurrent Sessions, Block IV

1. Policy Track: Policy Track: Comprehensive Water Management In Alabama: What is should look like and how we get there – Mitch Reid (ARA)

2. Science Track: Fracking and other drilling concerns – David Ludder and Mary Lindblom, University of Alabama Law Student and ARA intern

3. Leadership Track: Lessons Learned From the Gulf Oil Disaster: Volunteer Management, Fundraising Opportunities and Challenges, etc… - Casi Callaway, Mobile Baykeeper and Bethany Kraft, The Ocean Conservancy (formerly Alabama Coastal Foundation)

10:45 - 11:30 am  Closing Plenary: Where do we go from here? – Diana Toledo

11:30 am – 12:00 pm CHECKOUT

12:00 – 3:00 pm  Sack Lunch and Field Trips

1) Graham Park Tour, City of Foley

2) Kayak on the Bay, on your own, boats available