Plan your Grassroots Advocacy Conference experience with our daily panels, networking opportunities, outdoor activities, and jam sessions with colleagues, partners, new friends and allies. You can look forward to three days of the latest developments in public lands policy and planning, grassroots success stories, meetings with land managers, new advocacy tools and insights, and quality connection and outdoor time.
Bring a musical instrument for spontaneous (and planned) jam sessions, recreational gear for the foothills of the Mount Rainier backcountry in the fall, and your outdoor spirit!
*Schedule subject to change*
(Day One) Thursday, Sept 11
12:00 Noon – 5:00 PM
Check-In & Airport Shuttle
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Land Acknowledgment & Safety Brief (Pavilion)
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
Social Hour & Dinner (Dining Hall)
7:15 PM – 7:30 PM
Opening Remarks (Scott Hall)
- David Page: Executive Director at Winter Wildlands Alliance
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Keynote (Scott Hall)
- By Meryl Harrell
(Day Two) Friday, Sept 12
5:30 AM
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Breakfast (Dining Hall)
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM
Coffee Cohort Workshops (Dining Hall/Various Locations)
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks (Scott Hall)
- By David Page, Executive Director at Winter Wildlands Alliance
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Panel: Public Lands From the Ground Up: Where Do We Go From Here?
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Panel: Indigenous Leadership in Public Lands Stewardship
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Panel: Big Enough for the Both of Us? Balancing Recreation and Wildlife Habitat
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch (Dining Hall)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Panel: Show Me the Money! Paying the Cost for Public Lands
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Outdoor Activities and EcoFlights (TBA)
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Dinner (Dining Hall)
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Keynote (Scott Hall)
- By Rachel Heaton
8:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Live Music (Pavilion/Scott Hall)
(Day Three) Saturday, Sept 13
5:30 AM
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Breakfast (Dining Hall)
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM
Coffee Cohort Workshops (Various Locations)
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Panel: Avalanche Forecasting in a Time of Uncertainty (Scott Hall)
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Panel: Getting There: Sustainable Winter Access for All
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Panel: Planning the Future of Winter Recreation (One Local Community At a Time)
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch (Dining Hall)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Panel: Advocacy Outside Our Comfort Zones: New Strategies for Success (Scott Hall)
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Outdoor Activities (TBA)
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Dinner (Dining Hall)
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Rivers of Ice: Documenting Washington’s Vanishing Glaciers with Jason Hummel (Scott Hall)
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Backcountry Buskers Jam and Dance Party
(Day Four) Sunday, Sept 14
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Breakfast Goodbyes and Airport Shuttle
11th Biennial Sponsors
Winter Wildlands Alliance is a national nonprofit organization working to
inspire and empower people to protect America’s wild snowscapes.
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