Virtual Private Lands Partners Day 2022
US Fish & Wildlife
US Fish & Wildlife

2022 Private Lands Partners Day Agenda

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH

8 AM – 4 PM Board Meeting Spoofers Stone Room
4:PM – 7 PM Registration First Floor Pre-Function Area
6 PM – 8 PM Reception & Silent Auction Opens – Spoofers Stone Room

  • Welcome to Arkansas
  • Heavy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments served.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH

7 AM – 5 PM Registration First Floor Pre-Function Area
7:30 AM – 8 AM Welcome to Private Lands Partners Day & Opening Remarks
Brodie Payne Room

  • Steve Jester, Partnerscapes

Welcome to Arkansas & Field Tour Logistics

  • Jonathan Baxter, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Coffee and light refreshments available.
8 AM – 8:30 AM Load Busses
8:30 AM Busses Depart for Field Tours
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM Field Tours: Busses will run two different routes to reduce crowd size, but all participants will visit the same stops.
Please refer to the ticket in your name tag, which provides your bus assignment.Group A:
8:30 AM: Depart Graduate
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM: Travel
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM: Bill Haak
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM: Travel
11:45 AM – 1:45 PM: Tom Shrum
Lunch on Location by Granny’s Kitchen
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM: Travel
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM: Jeff Marley
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Travel
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM: Marion Crider
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM: Travel to Tyson CenterGroup B:
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM: Travel
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Marion Crider
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM: Travel
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Jeff Marley
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Travel
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Tom Shrum
Lunch on Location by Granny’s Kitchen
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: Travel
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM: Bill Haak
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM: Travel to Tyson Center
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM Dinner – Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences

  • Moderator: Leif Kindberg
    Executive Director, Illinois River Watershed Partnership
  • Dr. Vic Ford, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture
  • Ted Zawislak, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission,
    Arkansas Private Lands Stewardship Alliance
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Buses Return to Graduate Hotel

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH

All events held in the Brodie Payne Room at the Graduate Hotel

Welcome and Introduce Events of the Day
Moderators: Amanda Mathis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) and Jonathan Baxter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

8 AM State and National Conservation Leaders

  • Cynthia Martinez, Chief of National Wildlife Refuge System, USFWS
  • Clyde Williams, Acting Arkansas State Conservationist, USDA-NRCS
  • James Tillman, Regional Conservationist – Southeast, USDA NRCS
  • Austin Booth, Director, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
  • Leopoldo Miranda-Castro, Regional Director, USFWS South Atlantic–Gulf & Mississippi-Basin
  • Wes Ward, Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture
9:15 AM USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW) 35th Anniversary

  • Matt Filsinger, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
9:45 AM Partnerscapes Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities

  • Jim Stone, Partnerscapes
  • Steve Jester, Partnerscapes
10:15 AM Break
Collaborative Conservation on Private Lands
Moderators: Amanda Mathis, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) and Jonathan Baxter,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
11:45 AM Lunch
1 PM Neighbor Helping Neighbor (North Carolina Sandhills)

  • Jesse Wimberley, Landownder/President, North Carolina Sandhills Prescribed Burn Association
  • John Ann Shearer, North Carolina PFW State Coordinator, USFWS
1:45 PM Ranchers Stewardship Alliance (Malta, Montana)

  • Angelica DeVries, Executive Director, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance
  • Rick Caquelin, Board Member, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance
2:30 PM Break
3 PM Panel Discussion: Keeping Fire as a Resource Management Tool

Moderators: Jonathan Baxter, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Ted Zawislak,
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

Panel includes: producers/landowners, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission,
Prescribed Fire Association, Water Districts, & NGOs
4 PM Saline River Watershed Alliance

  • Brian Nally, Landowner
4:30 PM Lessons Learned and Closing Remarks
6 PM Cocktail Hour