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WELCOME
TIM KENNY, Director, Arboretum Education
LESLIE YETKA, Education Manager, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
MORNING PRESENTATIONS
Moving People Upstream for Clean Water:
The Local/State Perspective
JULIE WESTERLUND, Minnesota DNR
Nature Relatedness - Individuals' Connectedness
With Nature and the Role in Motivating Environmental
Concern and Behavior
DR. ELIZABETH NISBET, Professor of Psychology, Trent University Ontario
The Influence of Our Connections
SENATOR FOUNG HAWJ, (DFL) St. Paul
Understanding a Community's Capacity to Engage in Water Resource Issues
MAE DAVENPORT, Associate Professor, Natural Resources Science and Management, CFANS, University of Minnesota
AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Audience Assessment and Program Evaluation
1. Audience Assessment Tools: Why Aren't They Listening?
PEGGY KNAPP, Freshwater Society
2. Case Study: Como Lake Partnerships
ELIZABETH BECKMAN, Capitol Region Watershed District
3. Program Evaluation: Workshops and Trainings
ANGIE BECKER-KUDELKA, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
TRACK 2 - Moderator: Erica Sniegowski, Nine Mile Creek Watershed District
1. Audience Assessment Tools: Community Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices
KARLYN ECKMAN, Senior Research Associate, Water Resources Center, University of Minnesota
2. Case Study: Sand Creek Watershed
MAE DAVENPORT, Associate Professor, Natural Resources Science and Management, CFANS, University of Minnesota
3. Program Evaluation: NEMO on the Water
JOHN BILOTTA, Water Resource Management and Policy Extension Educator, University of Minnesota
Crafting Messages That Work
TRACK 1 - Moderator: Elizabeth Beckman, Capitol Region Watershed District
1. Plain Language: Getting Your Message Across
BRIAN LIEB, Public Affairs Officer, Hennepin County Public Affairs
2. Case Study: Natural Shoreline Incentive Program
MARY BLICKENDERFER, University of Minnesota Extension
TRACK 2 - Moderator: Jessica Bromelkamp, Rice Creek Watershed Distict
1. Communicating for Action: Messages That Have Meaning
MATT KUCHARSKI Padilla Speer Beardsley
2. Case Study: Minnesota Energy Challenge
EMMA SHRIVER, Minnesota Energy Challenge
TRACK 1 - Moderator: April Rust, Project WET, Minnesota DNR
1. Stakeholder Engagement: Public Participation to Enhance Your Clean Water Program
LESLIE YETKA, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
2. Vadnais Lake TMDL: Local Leaders Understanding a Goal and Implementing a Plan
VANESSA STRONG, Education and Outreach Program Coordinator
Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization
3. Aquatic Invasive Species and the Psychology of Color: Changing Individual Behavior
ANGIE TIMMONS, Hennepin County Environmental Education & Outreach
TRACK 2 - Moderator: Peggy Knapp, Freshwater Society
1. Urban Creek Revitalization: Public and Private Partnerships Resulting in Large-Scale Projects
JAMES WISKER, Director of Planning, Project and Land Conservation Programs, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
2. Small-Scale Stormwater BMP's: How to Get People to Apply
BECKY RICE, Metro Blooms
3. Municipal Chloride Reduction Programs: Public Works Working to Reduce Salt Use
CONNIE FORTIN, Fortin Consulting
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