Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs

FWOC 79th Annual Conference
Defending Our Environmental Legacy in the West
Mazama Lodge, Government Camp, Oregon
August 26th-28th, 2011

SCHEDULE FRIDAY, AUGUST 26TH
1 PM	Registration Opens
2 PM	Field trip
5 PM	Welcome Reception
5:30 PM	Opening Session
6 PM	Dinner
7:30 PM	Oregon’s Outdoor Legacy, by Alan Bauer, Photographer
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27TH
8 AM	Breakfast
9 AM	THREATS TO MOUNT HOOD’S ENVIRONMENT Timberline’s Proposal for a Downhill Lift Assisted Mountain Bike Skills Park, John Rettig, Mazamas New ORV Controls on Mt. Hood NF, Lori Ann Burd, BAR
9:30 AM	HYDROCARBON DEVELOPMENT IN OREGON Are LNG Import Facilities Behind Us? Joan Zuber, Mazamas Coping with Coal in Oregon at Boardman; Coal Export on the Columbia and Nationally, Cesia Kearns, Sierra Club
10:30 AM	Break
11 AM	MOVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CURTAIL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS Damage Threatened and Done with Budgeting and Restrictions, Michael McCloskey, FWOC Sr. Policy Advisor Rolling Back Protection for Wolves sand Grizzly Bears Under the Endangered Species Act, Susanne Stone, Defenders of Wildlife
NOON	Lunch
1 PM	VIEWS ON THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL FOREST PLANNING Andy Stahl, FSEEE
2 PM	FIELD TRIP, Clues to Future Forests on Mt. Hood; a Guided Inspection, Professor Richard Waring, OSU Forestry Dept.
6 PM	Social Hour
7 PM	Dinner
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28TH
8 AM	Breakfast
9 AM	FWOC Business Meeting
10 AM	Resolution presentations and voting Alternate field trip
12 NOON	Adjourn

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