CONFERENCE AGENDA

This is a draft agenda and subject to change.

Please reference this page leading up to and during the conference for the most up-to-date information.

August 11th is for Conservation District Supervisors & Administrators and AACD Committee Members only

Monday, August 11

3:30 PM BOD Meeting Check-In Begins

4:00 PM Dinner & Board of Directors Meeting

7:30 PM AACD Committee Meetings

Tuesday, August 12

7:00 AM Registration – Continental Breakfast

7:50 AM Pledge and Welcome – Tim Grandy, AACD President

8:00 AM Natural Resource Conservation Board (NRCB)

9:00 AM   Natural Resources Conservation Service

9:30 AM Everyone makes their way to their first Rotating Roundtable Session

9:45 AM  Rotating Roundtable Session 1

Room 1: State Monitoring Program, Room 2: Local Work Groups & Conservation Planning (ConserveAZ Portal), Room 3: Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, Room 4: RCPP, Room 5: NRCB

10:30 AM  Bingo break & everyone makes their way to their second Rotating Roundtable Session

11:00 AM   Rotating Roundtable Session 2:

Room 1: State Monitoring Program, Room 2: Local Work Groups & Conservation Planning (ConserveAZ Portal), Room 3: Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, Room 4: RCPP, Room 5: NRCB

11:45 AM  Make your way to lunch 

12:00 PM Keynote Speaker: FSA State Executive Director Sine Kerr, LUNCH & Conservation Awards Ceremony

1:30 PM Everyone makes their way to their third Rotating Roundtable Session

1:45 PM Rotating Roundtable Session 3:

Room 1: State Monitoring Program, Room 2: Local Work Groups & Conservation Planning (ConserveAZ Portal), Room 3: Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, Room 4: RCPP, Room 5: NRCB

2:30 PM Bingo break & everyone makes their way to their fourth Rotating Roundtable Session

3:00 PM Rotating Roundtable Session 4:

Room 1: State Monitoring Program, Room 2: Local Work Groups & Conservation Planning (ConserveAZ Portal), Room 3: GLCI, Room 4: RCPP, Room 5: NRCB

3:45 PM Everyone makes their way to their final Rotating Roundtable Session

4:00 PM Rotating Roundtable Session 5:

Room 1: State Monitoring Program, Room 2: Local Work Groups & Conservation Planning (ConserveAZ Portal), Room 3: GLCI, Room 4: RCPP, Room 5: NRCB

4:45 PM   Last Chance to complete your Bingo Card! Then make your way to the Mixer!

5:00-9:00 PM Mix, Mingle, Unwind, and Connect!

Small plates, drinks, and games (games begin at 6:00 PM)

Wednesday, August 13

7:00 AM Registration – Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM Pledge and Welcome – Tim Grandy, AACD President

8:30 AM Public Lands Council

9:00 AM   DOD/Sentinel Landscapes

9:30 AM Networking Break

10:00 AM Representatives from the State Legislature

11:00 AM   B3 Strategies

11:30 AM   Lunch & Conference Wrap-Up w/ Tim Grandy

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

In alphabetical order by last name

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