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2025 Program
Track 1
Resilient Land and Water
Track 2
Climate and Habitat Change
Track 3
Community Connections
8:00am
Table setup and presenter check-in
8:30am
General admission check-in
Coffee, tea and pastries available
9:00am-
10:00am
Plenary Discussion
Ben Dziobek: Executive Director, NJ Climate Revolution
Nick Angarone: Chief Resilience Officer, NJDEP
Tenisha Malcolm-Wint: Executive Director, Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey
Facilitated by Kerry Kirk Pflugh: Executive Director, Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation
Sitnick Theatre (1st floor)
10:15am-
11:30am
How Does Regenerative Agriculture Protect Our Waterways?
Brian Sayre
Christine Dunbar
David Dewitt
Tess Mullen
President's Circle Room (1st floor)
Deer Impacts on Forest Ecology
Joseph Basralian
Board Room (2nd floor)
Climate Change Education: Outside and Inside the Classroom
Hazel England
Lauren Theis
Sitnick Theatre (1st floor)
11:45am-
1:00pm
Monitoring and Managing American Eel Migration in a Dammed Landscape
Benjamin Harris
President's Circle Room (1st floor)
State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP)
Kimberly Korth
Gretchen Fowles
Board Room (2nd floor)
Opening the Water: Designing Accessible & Engaging River Experiences
Ben Yaskulka
Captain Bill Sheehan
Sitnick Theatre (1st floor)
1:00pm-
2:00pm
Lunch
All-you-can-eat buffet in the Cafeteria: $10
2:00pm-
3:00pm
Keynote Address
Lisa Garcia: Former Region II Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Sitnick Theatre (1st floor)
3:15pm-
4:30pm
State Development and Redevelopment Plan
Walter C. Lane
President's Circle Room (1st floor)
Proforestation and Restoration
Robert Aluck
Leslie Sauer
Board Room (2nd floor)
Cultural, Spiritual and Aesthetic Values of Water Resources
Chief Vincent Mann
Donna Compton
Elliott Ruga
Sitnick Theatre (1st floor)
4:30pm
Close and Table breakdown
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