Program Overview
Western Wilderness Conference 2010
THURSDAY
4PM – 7:30 PM
- Registration Open
- Early registration, networking
- The Wild West: A True Western, film by Doug Prose. Background film from 4 – 6pm
- Forever Wild film showing and presentation by film producer Chelsea Congdon of First Light Films. Film screen at 6 pm. Discussion and questions and answers at 7 pm
FRIDAY
8:00 Registration Opens and Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Conference Opening
9:15 – 10:15 Plenary Presentation
- Wilderness History: The Roots of Successful Public Land Protection
FRIDAY Session A – 10:45 – Noon
- Climate Change and Wilderness: How Wild Lands and Ecosystems will Respond and Evolve in a Changing Climate
- Economic Benefits of Wilderness
- Wilderness Explained - Everything You Need to Know about the Wilderness Act (Repeated on Saturday, Session C)
- Wilderness Issues on Alaska's Protected Parks and Unprotected Wild Public Lands
- The Campaign for America’s Redrock Wilderness
Lunch Break: 12:00 -1:00
Box lunches available for purchase in addition to conference registration fee
FRIDAY Session B – 1:05 – 2:20
- The Wilderness of Public Sentiment and the Trammels of Public Law
- Media Outreach: How To Get Attention From Communications
- How Do We Protect Wildlife in Wilderness in the Context of Climate Change?
- Marine Wilderness: Protecting Wilderness Values on the Other 70% of the Planet
- Wilderness Lost: What We Must Do To Rescue The Wilderness System
- Communications Strategy: Planning for Success (Repeated on Friday afternoon, Session D)
Friday Session C – 2:30 – 3:45
- Working with the Federal Wilderness Agencies
- Engaging Diverse Communities in Wilderness Work
- Pacific Northwest Campaigns—Oregon’s Siskiyou Crest and Washington Campaigns
- Building Resources For Your Organization In A Time Of Change
- Organizing 101: How to Build Grassroots Support for Wilderness (Repeated on Saturday Session B)
- How to Inventory for New Wilderness Areas
Friday Session D – 4:10 – 5:25
- Science Informing Conservation--Ecological Research of Three UC Berkeley PhD Students
- Conversation With Congressional Staff: How You Can Help Us
- Communications Strategy: Planning for Success (Repeat from Session B)
- Protecting Wildlands from Off-Road Vehicle Damage: Lessons from Forest and Desert Lands
- Experiencing Wild Places: Wilderness Access — Without a Car
- Wild & Scenic Rivers and Wilderness Campaigns
Friday Evening Reception 5:30 – 8:30
5:30 – 6:30 Reception with appetizers and a no host bar. Reception registration available for purchase in addition to conference registration fee
Reception Entertainment:
6:30 – 7:30 Walkin Jim Stoltz
7:30 – 8:30 I See Hawks in L.A.
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SATURDAY
8:00 Registration Opens and Continental Breakfast
9:00 Kristi Davis, California Wilderness Coalition; Vicky Hoover, Sierra Club; and
Welcome on behalf of City of Berkeley, by Vice Mayor Linda Maio
9:15 – 10:20 Presentation Plenary
- Freedom to Roam
Saturday Session A – 10:45 – Noon
- Wilderness and the Arts
- New Media – Utilizing Web 2.0 (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) as Conservation Advocacy Tools
- Youth Service and Stewardship Projects
- Protecting the Spine of the Continent Wildway — Creating a Western Wildway© from Mexico to Alaska
- Wild Versus Wall: Blocking Wildlife and Destroying Wilderness in the Name of Border Security
Lunch Break: 12:00 -1:00
Box lunches available for purchase in addition to conference registration fee
Saturday Session B – 1:05 – 2:20
- The Children and Nature Movement and the Natural Leaders’ Network: The youth voice in the movement to connect with nature, and Building Bridges to the Outdoors
- The Campaign for the California Desert: Then and Now
- Inspiring a Love for Nevada's Wilderness
- Organizing 101: How to Build Grassroots Support for Wilderness
- The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative: An Appropriate Response to Climate Change
- Legal Tools for Protecting Wild Lands: The Role of Litigation in Protecting Wild Lands and Species at Risk
Saturday Session C – 2:30 – 3:45
- Building Resilient Habitats to Protect Wilderness from Climate Change
- High School Students
- Preserving Wildlife in the Greater Grand Canyon Wilderness Ecosystem
- Wilderness Explained – Everything You Need to Know About the Wilderness Act (Repeated from Friday session A)
- Working with Congress and the Administration
- Backpack Geography - Integrating GIS in to Wilderness Outings
Saturday Session D – 4:10 – 5:25
- How Conservation, Restoration, and Indigenous Peoples Can Work Together to Address Climate Change
- Engaging Communities of Faith in Wilderness Stewardship
- The “Rest of the West”
- Integrating Management of Sierra Nevada Wilderness and Surrounding Lands
- The Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Campaign for Climate Change Adaptation
- Grassroots organizing for National Parks in the Digital Age
RECEPTION
5:30 to 6:30 Reception with appetizers and a no host bar. Reception registration available for purchase in addition to conference registration fee
Reception Panel:
6:30 – 7:45 Special Featured Panel Title: Books in the Wilderness
Malcolm Margolin, Kimi Kodani Hill, Ruth Nolan, Tim Palmer, and Ken Brower
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SUNDAY
8:00 Registration Opens and Continental Breakfast
9 – 10 am
Plenary Presentation
- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Symbol for a Time of Global Change
10 – 10:50 am
Plenary Presentation:
- Wilderness Stewardship Challenges in BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System
11 am – 11:50
Closing Plenary Presentation:
- Rewilding North America
11:50 - Noon
Conference Closing
Followed by Afternoon Outings – Please visit our Outings page for details
* All program items are subject to change
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