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<H3><STRONG>Thanks to all who joined us for a successful 2019 meeting! We will post more information soon <A HREF="https://www.waterprotectionnetwork.org/about-us/annual-meeting/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">on our website</A> and through WPN Updates. You can <A HREF="http://eepurl.com/c91PlP" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">subscribe to WPN Updates here</A>.</STRONG></H3>
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<H3>Join us for the Water Protection Network's 2019 Membership Meeting!</H3>
<H2><STRONG>Defending Our Waters<BR></STRONG><EM>Working Together to Protect & Restore the Nation's Rivers, Coasts & Wetlands</EM></H2>
<H3>October 29 & 30, 2019<BR>1640 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036<BR><BR></H3>
<H3>Keynote Speaker:</H3>
<P>The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Former Assistant Secretary of the Army - Civil Works (<A HREF="https://www.waterprotectionnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Keynote-bio.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Jo-Ellen Darcy keynote bio" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">speaker bio</A>)<BR><BR></P>
<H3><SPAN>Registration:</SPAN></H3>
<P>To register, please click on the "Register" button on this page, or contact Ilana Rubin at <A HREF="mailto:rubini@nwf.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">rubini@nwf.org</A>. Registration is <STRONG>free</STRONG>!<BR><BR></P>
<H3>Lodging:</H3>
<P>Hotel Madera<BR><A HREF="https://goo.gl/maps/tqwCqVengoimbBHz6" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hotel Madera map" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">1310 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036</A></P>
<P><SPAN CLASS="visualGroup">The Water Protection Network will reserve hotel rooms for up to three nights and will pay for two hotel nights for the first 40 Water Protection Network members to register by Thursday, October 3, 2019. Attendees registering with the "General Registration & Lodging" option do not need to make their own reservations. If the "General Registration & Lodging" option is no longer available but you would like assistance covering hotel costs and you are a Water Protection Network member, please contact Ilana Rubin at <A HREF="mailto:rubini@nwf.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">rubini@nwf.org</A>.<BR><BR></SPAN></P>
<H3>Meeting Time:</H3>
<P>Tuesday, October 29: 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM (Eastern Time)<BR>Wednesday, October 30: 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (Eastern Time), followed by meetings with Members of Congress<BR><BR></P>
<H3>Meeting Location:</H3>
<P>Human Rights Campaign, Equality Center<BR><A HREF="https://goo.gl/maps/1zz4GcyDgwEBFfdV6" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">1640 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036</A></P>
<P>We will have our meeting at the Equality Center on October 29 and the morning of October 30, and then go to Capitol Hill.<BR><BR></P>
<H3>Meeting Schedule and Speakers:</H3>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><A HREF="https://www.waterprotectionnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Speakers_WPN-2019-Meeting.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Speaker bios" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read about our speakers here.</A></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><EM>Schedule subject to change. Visit this page for any updates.</EM></P>
<H4 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN><SPAN>Tuesday, October 29:</SPAN></SPAN></H4>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>8:30-9:00 AM: </SPAN>Registration & Continental Breakfast</H5>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>9:00-9:15 AM: </SPAN>Welcome</H5>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>9:15-10:00 AM: </SPAN>River Management: Implications for Floods, Droughts, & Habitat</H5>
<UL>
<LI><SPAN>Moderator: Melissa Samet,<EM> Senior Water Resources Counsel, National Wildlife Federation</EM></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Helen Light, <I><SPAN><SPAN>Retired Wetland Scientist, US Geological Survey</SPAN></SPAN></I></LI>
<LI><I><SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></I>Dr. Jonathan Remo, <I>Associate Professor in the School of Earth Science and Sustainability and Director of the Environmental Resources and Policy Program at Southern Illinois University</I></LI>
</UL>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal">10:15-11:15 AM: Natural Infrastructure: Cost-Effective Solutions for People & the Environment</H5>
<UL>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Moderator: Jessie Ritter,<I><SPAN> </SPAN></I><I><SPAN>Director, Water Resources and Coastal Policy , National Wildlife Federation</SPAN></I></LI>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Suzanne Ozment, <I><SPAN><SPAN>Senior Associate, Natural Infrastructure Initiative, World Resources Institute</SPAN> </SPAN></I></LI>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Eileen Shader,<I><SPAN> <SPAN>Director, River Restoration, American Rivers</SPAN></SPAN></I></LI>
</UL>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal">11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Working with Decision-Makers to Protect Our Waters: Keynote & Discussion with The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Former Assistant Secretary of the Army-Civil Works (<A HREF="https://www.waterprotectionnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Keynote-bio.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Jo-Ellen Darcy keynote bio" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">speaker bio</A>)</H5>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal">12:30-1:30 PM: Lunch & Short Film Screening: "<SPAN CLASS="MsoHyperlink">Locked<I>" </I>(<A HREF="https://vimeo.com/285544859" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">film teaser</A>)</SPAN></H5>
<UL>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>John Koeferl,<I><SPAN> President, </SPAN></I><I><SPAN>Citizens Against Widening the Industrial Canal, New Orleans</SPAN></I><SPAN></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Daneeta Loretta Jackson,<I><SPAN> </SPAN></I><I><SPAN>Filmmaker, ElekTrik Zoo Films</SPAN></I></LI>
</UL>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal">1:30-2:30 PM: Strengthening Your Advocacy and Organization: Equity & Inclusion</H5>
<UL>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Mariah Davis,<I><SPAN> <SPAN>Field Manager, Choose Clean Water Coalition</SPAN></SPAN></I></LI>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Ilana Rubin,<I><SPAN> Senior Coordinator, Water Protection Network</SPAN></I></LI>
</UL>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>2:45-3:45 PM: </SPAN>Strategies for Greening and Stopping Corps Projects: Collaboration & Pressure Points</H5>
<UL>
<LI><SPAN>Moderator: Olivia Dorothy, <EM>Director, Upper Mississippi River Basin, American Rivers</EM></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Randall L. Behm P.E., CFM,<I><SPAN> <SPAN>US Army Corps of Engineers, Rehired Annuitant, Behm Hazard Mitigation, LLC.</SPAN></SPAN></I></LI>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Kim Knowles,<I><SPAN> <SPAN>Attorney & Policy Specialist, Prairie Rivers Network</SPAN></SPAN></I></LI>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Jill Mastrototaro,<I><SPAN> Policy Director, Audubon Mississippi</SPAN></I><I><SPAN></SPAN></I></LI>
</UL>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal">4:00-5:00 PM: WPN Legislative Agenda: Transforming Water Resources Planning One Step at a Time</H5>
<UL>
<LI>Melissa Samet,<I> Senior Water Resources Counsel, National Wildlife Federation</I></LI>
<LI><SPAN></SPAN>Steve Ellis,<I><SPAN> <SPAN>Vice President, Taxpayers for Common Sense</SPAN></SPAN></I></LI>
</UL>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>5:30-7:30 PM: </SPAN>Evening Reception, Sponsored by the McKnight Foundation</H5>
<H4 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN><SPAN>Wednesday, October 30:</SPAN></SPAN></H4>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>8:30-9:00 AM: </SPAN>Registration & Continental Breakfast</H5>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>9:00-9:45 AM: </SPAN>Making Our Case to Congress: Legislative Agenda Review & Getting Ready for the Hill</H5>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>9:45-10:00 AM: </SPAN>Meeting Conclusion & Logistics</H5>
<H5 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>10:00 AM onward:</SPAN></H5>
<UL>
<LI>Water Protection Network members meet with Members of Congress and staff on Capitol Hill before and after lunch</LI>
<LI>Lunch on your own</LI>
<LI>Departures</LI>
</UL>
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<H3><SPAN>Travel:</SPAN></H3>
<P><SPAN></SPAN>The hotel and meeting space are a half-mile from each other, and are close to the Farragut West, Farragut North, and Dupont Circle subway stations. The closest airport is the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), and the closest train station is Washington, DC's Union Station (WAS). Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) also serve the DC area. A limited number of travel scholarships are available. For more information on travel scholarships or for assistance with travel between the hotel and meeting space, please contact Ilana Rubin at <A HREF="mailto:rubini@nwf.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">rubini@nwf.org</A>.<BR><BR></P>
<H3>Food:</H3>
<P>The Water Protection Network will provide breakfast, lunch, and an evening reception on October 29th, as well as breakfast on October 30th.<BR><BR></P>
<H3><SPAN>Accessibility:</SPAN></H3>
<P>We strive to host an inclusive, accessible meeting that will enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please note this in your registration form or contact Ilana Rubin at <A HREF="mailto:rubini@nwf.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">rubini@nwf.org</A> or 202-797-6644.<BR><BR></P>
<H3>Questions?</H3>
<P>If you have any questions, please contact Ilana Rubin at <A HREF="mailto:rubini@nwf.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">rubini@nwf.org</A> or 202-797-6644. <SPAN>We will be providing additional information leading up to the meeting as well.<BR><BR></SPAN></P>
<H3>Thank You to Our Sponsors!</H3>
<H4>Presenting Sponsors:</H4>
<P><A HREF="https://www.mcknight.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="McKnight Foundation logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/273651160/mcknight.png"></IMG></A></P>
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<P><A HREF="https://www.nwf.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="National Wildlife Federation" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="National Wildlife Federation logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/273651160/nwf3.png"></IMG></A></P>
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<H4>Supporting Sponsors:</H4>
<P><A HREF="https://www.americanrivers.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="American Rivers logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/273651160/americanrivers.png"></IMG></A><BR></P>
<P><A HREF="https://prairierivers.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Prairie Rivers Network logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/273651160/prairieriversnetwork.png"></IMG></A><BR></P>
<P><A HREF="https://www.taxpayer.net/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Taxpayers for Common Sense logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/273651160/taxpayers.png"></IMG></A><BR></P>
<P><A HREF="http://apalachicolariverkeeper.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Apalachicola Riverkeeper logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/273651160/apalachicolariverkeeper-1.jpg"></IMG></A></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><A HREF="https://goo.gl/maps/2a1Vc2MD9R7m25ETA" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN>1310 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036</SPAN></A></P>
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