Conference Report

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Follow-Up Activities

RNRF presented a Congressional Forum on Federal Natural Resources Agency Personnel Trends, Budget Stringencies, and Threatened Roles, May 12, 2004, in the hearing room of the U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee.

A Clearinghouse of Reactions and Activities has been established. Informational items from RNRF member organizations and other professional, scientific, and educational organizations are highlighted. Organizations and individuals are invited to utilize these items to support a vigorous role for the federal government in natural resources stewardship, science and research, and to raise public and policymaker awareness of critical issues facing the nation's natural resources.

Pictured below (l-r): John Kusano (USDA Forest Service), Robert Ridky (US Geological Survey) and Marlene Kaplan (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) describe how each of their agencies is responding to emerging demographic trends. Thomas Casadevall (USGS) describes the skills for which agencies are looking.

Panel: How Should Educational Institutions Respond?
Pictured below (l-r): Margaret Davidson (NOAA), Michael Orbach (Duke Univ.), Margaret Cavanaugh (National Science Foundation), Michael DeLuca (Rutgers Univ.), and Jo Ellen Force (Univ. of Idaho).



CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Tuesday, October 28, 2003:
	8:00 am - 8:45 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
	8:45 am - 8:55 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Albert A. Grant, RNRF Chairman & Conference Program Committee Co-Chair Sherburne B. Abbott, Chief International Officer and Director, Center on Science & Technology and Sustainable Development, American Association for the Advancement of Science
	8:55 am - 9:00 am	Conference Context, Structure and Process Robert D. Day, RNRF Executive Director (remarks) Introduction of Speakers Margaret A. Davidson, RNRF Board Member, Conference Program Committee Co-Chair, and Director, Coastal Service Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	9:00 am - 9:25 am	Federal & State Agencies Workforce Demographics: Emerging Trends Robert Robinson, Managing Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. General Accounting Office (PowerPoint presentation)
	9:25 am - 9:45 am	Discussion/Questions
	9:45 am - 10:05 am	Conservation Sciences in Federal & State Agencies Sherburne B. Abbott, Director, AAAS Center on Science & Technology and Sustainable Development (PowerPoint presentation)
	10:05 am - 10:25 am	Discussion/Questions
	10:25 am - 10:45 am	Break
	10:45 am - 11:05 am	Reflection on the Causes of These Trends Max Stier, President, Partnership for Public Service (PowerPoint presentation)
	11:05 am - 11:25 am	Discussion/Questions
	11:25 am - 11:55 am	What is the Role of Government in Conservation and Management of Natural Resources? John C. Gordon, Pinchot Professor Emeritus and former Dean, School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Yale University, and Chairman, Interforest LLC (PowerPoint presentation)
	11:55 am - 12:35 pm	Discussion/Questions
	12:35 pm - 1:35 pm	Lunch
	1:35 pm - 2:35 pm	Case Studies: How Are Federal Agencies Responding to These Trends? Robert Ridky, Education Program Coordinator, Office of the Director, U.S. Geological Survey (PowerPoint presentation) John Kusano, Assistant Director of Human Resources Management, USDA Forest Service (PowerPoint presentation) Marlene Kaplan, Director, Office of Education and Sustainable Development, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (PowerPoint presentation)
	2:35 pm - 3:05 pm	Discussion/Questions
	3:05 pm - 3:25 pm	Break
	3:25 pm - 3:55 pm	How Should Educational Institutions Respond? Moderator: Margaret A. Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Service Center Michael Orbach, Director, Marine Laboratory, Nichols School of the Environment, Duke University Margaret Cavanaugh, Office of the Director, National Science Foundation (PowerPoint presentation) Michael DeLuca, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University (PowerPoint presentation) Jo Ellen Force, Head, Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho (remarks)
	3:55 pm - 4:25 pm	Discussion/Questions
Wednesday, October 29, 2003:
	8:30 am - 9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
	9:00 am - 9:30 am	What Skill Sets are Agencies Looking for in Their Employees? Thomas J. Casadevall, Central Region Director, U.S. Geological Survey (PowerPoint presentation)
	9:30 am - 10:00 am	Discussion/Questions
	10:00 am - 10:05 am	Explanation of Working Group Procedures Ryan M. Colker, RNRF Director of Programs
	10:05 am - 10:25 am	Break
	10:25 am - 11:35 am	Working Group Session I Working Group Chairs: Joyce Berry, Colorado State University John Gordon, Interforest LLC Robert Ridky, U.S. Geological Survey David Trauger, Virginia Tech Working Group Recorders: Bruk Burhane, George Washington University Ayala Peled, RNRF Intern Margaret Sealey, University of Maryland Elvin Yuzugullu, George Washington University
	11:40 am - 12:40 pm	Working Group Session II
	12:40 pm - 1:40 pm	Lunch
	1:45 pm - 2:45 pm	Working Group Session III
	2:45 pm - 3:05 pm	Break
	3:05 pm - 4:05 pm	Working Group Session IV
	4:05 pm - 4:35 pm	Overview and Summary Margaret A. Davidson, Conference Program Committee Co-Chair

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Fisheries Society
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Meteorological Society
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Landscape Architects
American Water Resources Association
Association of American Geographers
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Colorado State University
Cornell University
Council of Environmental Deans and Directors
Duke University
Ecological Society of America
Environmental & Water Resources Institute of
  American Society of Civil Engineers
Environmental Careers Organization
General Accounting Office
George Washington University
Humboldt State University
Interforest, LLC
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Michigan State University
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
National Association of Conservation Districts
National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
National Council for Science and the Environment
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Older Worker Career Center
National Science Foundation
Partnership for Public Service
Qore, Inc.
Rutgers University
Society for Range Management
Society of American Foresters
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Soil and Water Conservation Society
SUNY, College of Environmental Science & Forestry
Texas A&M University
Universities Council on Water Resources
University of Arizona
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Idaho
University of Maryland
University of Minnesota
University of Montana
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Vermont
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
USDA Economic Research Service
USDA Forest Service
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Senate-Environment & Public Works Committee
Utah State University
Virginia Tech
Wildlife Society, The

Co-Chairs:
Margaret Davidson, RNRF Public Interest Board Member
Albert Grant, RNRF Public Interest Board Member

Members:
Sherburne Abbott, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Deen Boe, Society for Range Management
Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, Soil and Water Conservation Society
Robert Day, RNRF Executive Director
Luke Forrest, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
John Kusano, USDA Forest Service
Kenneth Lanfear, American Water Resources Association
Kirk Maconaughey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Ridky, U.S. Geological Survey
David Trauger, Virginia Tech
Cara Woodson Welch, American Society of Landscape Architects
Staff Liaison: Ryan Colker, RNRF Director of Programs

For more information about the conference, contact RNRF at info@rnrf.org

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From presentation of Robert Robinson, Managing Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. General Accounting Office.

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Compiled by Terry Sharik and Kathy Earley, Department of Environment and Society, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, October 22, 2003.
[National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges; Includes degree programs in natural resources, forestry and wildlife, environmental studies, and applied ecology.]

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