National Association of Conservation Districts

Breakout and Workshop Presentations

NACD 2008 Annual Meeting • February 10 - 13, 2008 • Reno, NV

Monday, February 11, 2008

Absentee Landowners: A Growing Customer Base

• Top 10 Reasons Why Marketing To Absentee Landowners Works (PDF, 266KB) - Tom Buman, President of Agren, Inc., Iowa

Broadening Partnerships for Water Quality

• A Watershed Partnering Project (PDF, 3MB) - Doug Martin, Nevada Tahoe Conservation District Manager, Nevada
• Urban Watershed Restoration through Community Conservation (PDF, 1.5MB) - Shelly Miller, New Hanover SWCD Director/Community Conservationist, Wilmington, North Carolina

Energy Audits: Saving Time and Money and the Environment

• Saving Energy In Agriculture (PDF, 3MB) - EnSave, Inc., Vermont

Evaluationg Your District's Outreach Program

• Evaluating Your District's Outreach Program: Is your message heard? How do you know? (PDF, 1.27MB) - Keith Owen, Rogers County Conservation District Manager/Reserve Director, Claremore, Oklahoma

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Tribal Conservation Districts: Joining Forces to Achieve Success

• Indian Nations Conservation Alliance: INCA (PDF, 97KB) - Terry Tatsey, INCA Vice Chairman, Browning, Montana
• Tribal Districts (PDF, 213KB)- Terry Tatsey, INCA Vice Chairman, Browning, Montana

Locally Led in Developing Areas

• Survive or Thrive (PDF, 4.20MB) - Scott Koberg, Ada SWCD Manager, Meridian, Idaho
• Locally Led Collaboration: Alliances and Partnerships in Conservation (PDF, 951KB) - Barbara Perlman-Whyman, Nevada Tahoe Conservation District Vice-Chair, Nevada
• Working with Committees: Locally Led in Developing Areas (PDF, 1MB) - Ronald Rohall, Westmoreland Conservation District District Director, PA and James Pillsbury P.E., Hydraulic Engineer

District Officials Accrediation Program: What Does it Mean to You?

• North Carolina Supervisor Training Accreditation: How Does It Fit????? (PDF, 282KB) - Lynn Sprague, North Carolina Division of Soil and Water Chief of District Programs, Raleigh, North Carolina

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Stormwater Management: The How-to for Conservation Districts

• Reviewing NPDES Stormwater Permits (PDF, 29KB) - Rick Macho, Madison SWCD Resource Conservationist, Illinois
• Post-Construction StormwaterManagement and the District: The Forgotten Minimum Measure (PDF, 1.14MB) - Jennifer Cavanaugh, Duchess SWCD Engineering Technician, New York

Achieving District Success: Effective Governance and Management

• Effective Conservation Districts: A State Agency Perspective (PDF, 153KB) - Michael Brown, National Association of Conservation Agencies President, Dover, Deleware