Overview and Schedule
The Nelson Institute Community Environmental Forum brings together speakers and audience members from all segments of the community -- businesses, state and local government, non-profit organizations, academia and others -- to learn about and discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the environment of Wisconsin, Dane County, and Madison. Our goal is to facilitate positive, productive and insightful interactions among this broad array of interests and UW-Madison students and faculty during each series.
Last semester's Forum topic was Protecting Wisconsin's Land and Water: Lessons from the Front Lines.
Fall 2011 Schedule
All forums take place from 5:45 - 7:00 p.m. in 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building. For specific location information, please check our location webpage.
September 20 -- Gaining Ground: Conservation Policy for a Risky Century
- Craig Cox, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environmental Working Group
- Max Schnepf, Coordinator of the USDA’s National Conservation Buffer Initiative (retired)
View the Wisconsin Eye video recording of the Sept. 20 forum here.
October 4 -- Moving Forward: Conservation Initiatives in the Yahara Lakes Watershed
- Don Heilman (President) and James Tye (Development Director), Clean Lakes Alliance; PRESENTATION
- Melissa Malott, Chair, Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission; Water Program Director, Clean Wisconsin; PRESENTATION
- Adena Rissman, Assistant Professor, UW-Madison Forest and Wildlife Ecology and Co-PI of the Water Sustainability and Climate project; PRESENTATION
October 18 -- Local Leadership and Environmental Innovation
- Joseph Britt, Program Director of Agricultural Incentives, Sand County Foundation; PRESENTATION
- Matt Krueger, River Restoration/Urban Rivers, River Alliance of Wisconsin; PRESENTATION
- Steve Richter, Director of Conservation for Southwest Wisconsin, The Nature Conservancy; PRESENTATION
November 1 -- Strategic Thinking for Wisconsin's Environmental Future
- Bill Berry, Interim Director of University Relations and Communications, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; member of the board of directors, Gathering Waters Conservancy
- Steve Born, former Wisconsin State Planning Director; Professor Emeritus, University Wisconsin-Madison Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning
- Patricia Leavenworth, State Conservationist, U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
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