Time (CST) |
Event |
7:00 – 5:00 PM |
Registration Desk Open |
7:00 – 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
8:00 – 9:15 AM |
Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote |
9:15 – 9:30 AM |
Networking Break sponsored by ERO Resources Corporation |
9:30 – 11:00 AM | Concurrent Breakout Session I
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Breakout 1 |
AI Unleashed: Integrating into the NEPA Process (9:30 – 10:00 AM)
Using AI to Improve the Efficiency of NEPA Reviews (10:00 – 10:30 AM)
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Approaches to Improve Permitting Outcomes and Efficiency (10:30 – 11:00 AM)
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Breakout 2 |
Re-creating Hall's Island: Balancing Ecology with Engineering (9:30 – 10:00 AM)
Making a Wetland Out of a Molehill: The Lawson's Canal Restoration Story (10:00 – 10:30 AM)
Fish Barrier No More! A Washington State Case Study (10:30 – 11:00 AM)
- Kacy Hillman
- Tim Nightengale
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Breakout 3 |
Bridging the Digital Divide: Matching Community Needs with Federal Funding (9:30 – 10:00 AM)
Engaging Environmental Justice Communities Beyond the Census (10:00 – 10:30 AM)
- Mike Washington
- Sabrina Meadows
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Breakout 4 |
Demystifying Federal Railroad Administration's Environmental Risk and Project Readiness Grant Review (9:30 – 10:00 AM)
- Geri Robinson
- Kristen Zschomler
How to Eat an Elephant? FRA Bites into the BIL (10:00 – 10:30 AM)
The Corridor Identification Program's Approach to Efficiencies in Planning and NEPA (10:30 – 11:00 AM)
- Lana Lau
- Anthony (Tony) Lee
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11:00 – 11:30 AM |
Poster Sessions & Networking Break sponsored by Sapphos Environmental
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11:30 – 1:00 PM | Concurrent Breakout Session II |
Breakout 1 |
NEPA in the Digital Age
- Harrison M. Wadsworth IV
- Catherine Clark
- Laynee Jones
- Michael Drummond
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Breakout 2 |
Biological Resources Working Group's Regulatory Update- MBTA, ESA, BGEPA, and More
- Mike Mayer
- Clint Miller
- Molly Stephenson
- Jill Utrup
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Breakout 3 |
Waste Minimization: Challenges and Best Practices in Minnesota (11:30 – 12:00 PM)
Measuring Effectiveness of Hardrock Abandoned Mine Land Remediation for Surface Waters (12:00 – 12:30 PM)
Environmental Compliance Audits of Above-Ground Storage Tanks and Northern Canada (12:30 – 1:00 PM)
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Breakout 4 |
State Solutions for Environmental Justice and Equity
- Emily Gulick
- Chris Whitehead
- Kim Wetzel
- Hoang-Van Nguyen
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1:15 – 2:30 PM |
Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Ceremony Lunch
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2:30 –2:45 PM |
Networking Break
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2:45 – 4:15 PM | Concurrent Breakout Session III |
Breakout 1 |
Predicting Wetland Succession During NEPA Review in Consideration of Climate Change (2:45 – 3:15 PM)
Increasing Wildfires in the US and the Programmatic NEPA Approach (3:15 – 3:45 PM)
Examining the Relevance of Ecological Resilience in NEPA Analyses (3:45 – 4:15 PM)
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Breakout 2 |
Valuing and Assessing Wildlife Crossings for Compensatory Mitigation in Florida (2:45 – 3:45 PM)
Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes (3:45 – 4:15 PM)
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Breakout 3 |
NAEP Geospatial Working Group: Geospatial Technology Applications in the Environmental Field
- Erin Koch
- Jennifer Lishman Nunn
- Jennie Byron
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Breakout 4 |
Cumulative Impacts Assessment: The Future of Environmental Policy?
- Chris Whitehead
- Adam Driscoll
- Kareem Scales
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6:00 – 9:00 PM |
President's Reception sponsored by HDR
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