Plenary Speakers

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
8:30am-10:00am

"Nebraska and the Great Plains: Whooping Crane Conservation at the Continental Scale"

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Moderator

Chad Smith

Headwaters Corporation
Kearney, NE

8:40am–9:00am

Larkin Powell

School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

9:00am–9:50am

Mike Forsberg

School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Wednesday, April 15, 2026
8:30am-10:00am

"Salmon and Bison as Indicators of Ecosystem Restoration Success (or not?)"

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Moderator

Matt Grabau

Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado River, Multi-Species Conservation
Tucson, AZ

8:35am–9:10am

Chris Jordan

Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Mathematical Biology and Systems Monitoring Program, NOAA Fisheries,
Seattle, WA

9:10am–9:45am

Jason Baldes

Board President, Eastern Shoshone Tribe Buffalo Manager, National Wildlife Federation’s Tribal Partnerships Program,
Kinnear, WY

Thursday, April 16, 2026
3:30pm-4:50pm

"Lessons from the Field – A Conversation About ROI in Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration"

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Panelist

Nicholas Aumen

UF/IFAS School of Natural Resources and Environment,
Loxahatchee, FL

Panelist

Darcy Austin

State Water Contractors (SWC),
Sacramento, CA

Panelist

Jason Farnsworth

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP),
Kearney, NE

Panelist

Matthew Grabau

Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program,
Boulder City, NV

Panelist

Gina Paduano Ralph

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District,
Jacksonville, FL

Panelist

Denise Reed

University of New Orleans,
New Orleans, LA

April 13-16, 2026

Omaha, Nebraska

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