
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! ~John Muir
Grassroots Advocacy Skills Conference
You can register for the conference here.
Agenda
| Friday, October 24th |
| Noon |
Registration (American Mountaineering Center) |
| 1 - 3 pm |
Small Organization Survival Skills Workshop (Conversation Impact) |
| 3:30 - 5:30 pm |
Communications Workshop, WWA Communications Toolkit |
| 5:30 - 6:30 pm |
Opening Reception (AMC)
Tours of the American Mountaineering Museum (courtesy of the Colorado Mountain Club) |
| 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
Opening Dinner with Keynote Speaker Stephen Saunders, President, Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (American Mountaineering Center) |
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| Saturday, October 25th |
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast (American Mountaineering Center) |
| 8:30 am |
Plenary Session, "The Federal Agencies and NEPA" Michael Harris, Director, Environmental Law Clinic, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver |
| 9:00 am |
The Travel Management Rule: Where did it come from? Where is it going? |
| 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:15 am |
Agency Perspectives on NEPA, NFMA and the TM Rule (representatives from USFS and EPA) |
| 11:00 am |
Travel Planning on the Ground (or, "Waiting for Winter") (representatives from activist groups) |
| Noon |
Lunch |
| 12:45 pm |
Resource Impacts from Motorized Recreation (representatives from CNHP and NPS) |
| 1:30 pm |
Vail Pass Recreation Area: A model for resolving user conflicts? (White River National Forest, Vail Pass Task Force) |
| 2:45 pm |
Recreational Trends: Hybrid skiing |
| 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:45 pm |
Roundtable: Winter Recreation on Public Lands |
| 4:30 pm |
Reports from grassroots groups on the year´s successes and challenges |
| 5:30 pm |
Adjourn |