(Towards Closer Integration of Efforts within the Greater Blufflands Region)
Greater Blufflands Forum
Second Planning Meeting
April 18-19, 2001
Holland, Wisconsin Town Hall
11:00 -11:10 Recap from First Planning Meeting Norman Senjem,
Basin Alliance for the Lower Mississippi in Minnesota
11:10 11:25 Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Update
11:20 12:10 From Frog Ponds to Forests and Flyways: Natural Connections Across the Driftless Landscape
Melinda Knutson, Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Onalska
12:10 1:30 Lunch & Setting Up Project Posters
1:30 3:30 Information Sharing: Watershed Organizations in the Blufflands
-- Moderator: Tex Hawkins, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Winona
§ Small watershed Wisconsin (TBA)
§ Major watershed Upper Iowa River Watershed Alliance Lora Friest, project coordinator
§ Basin The Basin Alliance for the Lower Mississippi in Minnesota (BALMM ) Norman Senjem, Coordinator
§ Upper Mississippi River Basin Association Holly Stoerker, Executive Director
3:30 3:45 BREAK & Informal Poster conversations
3:45 4:30 Scaling Up Collectively by Delineating Projects on New Greater
Blufflands Map Group Exercise
4: 30 5:00 Informal Poster Session conversations
DINNER -- on the river?
(over)
08:00 08:30 Choose a Name & Delineate the Project Area
08:30 10:00 Setting A Clear Direction: Mission, Vision & Values
§ Divide into three sub-groups to formulate draft language
10:00 10:15 BREAK
10:15 10:45 Mission, Vision and Values Group Discussion
10:45 11:15 Choosing Dates and Topics for Future Forums
11:15 11:45 Organizational Support: Role of RC&Ds
11:45 12:00 On Our Way Rejoicing A Motivational Summary of Project --TBA