Plenary Speakers
"Nebraska and the Great Plains: Whooping Crane Conservation at the Continental Scale"
Chad Smith
Headwaters Corporation
Kearney, NE
Larkin Powell
School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Mike Forsberg
School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
"Salmon and Bison as Indicators of Ecosystem Restoration Success (or not?)"
Matt Grabau
Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado River, Multi-Species Conservation
Tucson, AZ
Chris Jordan
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Mathematical Biology and Systems Monitoring Program, NOAA Fisheries,
Seattle, WA
Jason Baldes
Board President, Eastern Shoshone Tribe Buffalo Manager, National Wildlife Federation’s Tribal Partnerships Program,
Kinnear, WY
"Lessons from the Field – A Conversation About ROI in Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration"
Nicholas Aumen
UF/IFAS School of Natural Resources and Environment,
Loxahatchee, FL
Darcy Austin
State Water Contractors (SWC),
Sacramento, CA
Jason Farnsworth
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP),
Kearney, NE
Matthew Grabau
Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program,
Boulder City, NV
Gina Paduano Ralph
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District,
Jacksonville, FL
Denise Reed
University of New Orleans,
New Orleans, LA