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Full Schedule

  • Tuesday, May 13, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
    REGISTRATION & INFO DESK OPEN - 6th Floor Seattle Convention Center Arch Bldg @ 705 Pike
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    FIELD VISIT: Blue Heron Slough
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    EXPLORATORY DISCUSSION: Creating Ecological Lift and Revenue? The Intersect of Environmental Markets and Resiliency/Sustainability
    Facilitator: Lindsay Teunis, CERP – SWCA
    Facilitator: Jeremy Sueltenfuss, PhD – Colorado State University
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    SESSION 10. DOT Mitigation: Successes & Struggles
    Moderator: Sean Connolly – South Carolina Department of Transportation
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    SESSION 11. Advancements in Offshore Energy Development
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    SESSION 12. RIBITS for Bank Sponsors
    Facilitator: Shannon A. Langford – Applied Research Associates
    Facilitator: Beattie S. Williams – Starr Enterprises
    Facilitator: Michelle Thompson – Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    SESSION 9. Mineral Rights and Valuation
    Presenter: Ryan W. Thomason – Mitchell Chadwick
    Presenter: Doug Kenny – Keystone Valuations
  • 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM PST
    FIELD VISIT: King County Chinook Wind Mitigation Project
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    FIELD VISIT: Duwamish River People's Park and Shoreline Habitat
  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    Beverage Break
  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    SESSION 13. Intro to HEA, REA, & LEA for Species and Habitat
    Facilitator: Doug Bruggeman, PhD – Ecological Services and Markets
  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    SESSION 14. Not Another Dam Session - Small to Big Dam Removal
    Moderator: Taylor Bell – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Presenter: John Hutton – Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
    Presenter: Bryan Emerson – The Nature Conservancy in Maine
    Presenter: Brad P. Breslow – Davey Mitigation
    Presenter: Dave Coffman – RES
  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    SESSION 15. Food, Fiber and Eco-Widgets
    Moderator: Jody L. Bickel – Creekbank Associates
    Panelist: Archie Ruggles-Brise – Spains Hall Partnership
    Panelist: Rod Snyder – Junction Strategies, LLC
    Panelist: Lauren Quackenbush – Washington State Department of Agriculture
    Panelist: Sarah Hovde – Trailhead Capital
  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    SESSION 16. RIBITS: Understanding In-lieu Fee Program Ledgers
    Facilitator: Shannon A. Langford – Applied Research Associates
    Facilitator: Michelle Thompson – Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    DOT Meeting (DOTs)
    Facilitator: Sean Connolly – South Carolina Department of Transportation
    DOT ONLY
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Native Nations & Indigenous Peoples Meeting (closed meeting)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    State Regulator Meeting (staff only)
    Facilitator: Tim Rach – Florida Department of Environmental Protection
    Facilitator: Justin Stroman – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
  • 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    EXHIBITS OPEN
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST
    TOPIC ROUNDTABLES
  • 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    SESSION 17. Conservation Banking, Species and Habitat Banking
  • 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    SESSION 18. Opportunities and Challenges of Beaver in Restoration and Mitigation Sites
    Moderator: Kelley K. Jorgensen – Compass Ecospatial LLC
    Presenter: Shawn Behling – Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Presenter: Jen Vanderhoof – King County Water and Land Resources Division
    Presenter: Joe Mouser – Beavers Northwest
  • 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    SESSION 19. Outcomes Based Funding & Financing at the Wildfire-Water-Public Lands Nexus
    Moderator: Carina Bracer – National Forest Foundation
    Panelist: Micah Elias – Blue Forest
    Panelist: Elvy Barton – Salt River Project
  • 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    SESSION 20. EXPLORATORY DISCUSSION: Support in Developing or Modifying State-Led Mitigation Programs
    Moderator: Michael Hare – Alliance for Environmental Markets and Investments, Inc. (AEMI)
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    BANKER/ PROVIDER/DEVELOPER OF OFFSETS FORUM
    PROJECT DEVELOPER
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    CUSTOMER / END-USER FORUM
    Facilitator: Richard L. Darden – Federal Highway Administration
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    IN LIEU OF FEE (ILF) PROVIDER MEETING (ILF Providers only)
    Moderator: Jim Stanfill – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    Presenter: Greg Kernohan – Ducks Unlimited
    Presenter: Patrick A. Raney, PhD – Ducks Unlimited
    Presenter: Megan Webb – King County
    Presenter: Jim Stanfill – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    ILF PROVIDER ONLY
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    REGULATOR FORUM MEETING (Regulator Staff only)
    REGULATOR ONLY