Thank You for Making the Western Wilderness Conference 2010 a Great Success!
CWC would like to congratulate all of the organizations, presenters, participants, and volunteers who helped to make the 2010 Western Wilderness Conference a great success! The conference took place from April 8-11th at UC Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center, and was sponsored by the California Wilderness Coalition and numerous other organizations from all thirteen western states. With over 550 people in attendance, including more than 100 presenters, the conference was a unique opportunity for conservationists to share their campaign experiences, inspire each other, discuss new research, and learn more effective strategies for fundraising and grassroots organizing.
Conference Session Videos Now Posted!
You can now view videos of many of the conference sessions by following the links below. AGP Video, a company hired by The Morrissey Family Foundation, filmed most of the conference sessions and is in the process of making them available online. Not all sessions are available yet, but check back often as sessions will be added to the website as they become available.
CWC will be posting multimedia presentations and handouts from selected sessions on our website. You can find additional information about the conference at www.westernwilderness.org
If you are interested in hosting a home or campus viewing party, please contact info@calwild.org.
FRIDAY
Welcome and Conference Opening
Plenary Presentation
FRIDAY Session A
- Climate Change and Wilderness: How Wild Lands and Ecosystems will Respond and Evolve in a Changing Climate
- Economic Benefits of Wilderness
- Wilderness Explained - Everything You Need to Know about the Wilderness Act(Repeated on Saturday, Session C)
- Wilderness Issues on Alaska's Protected Parks and Unprotected Wild Public Lands
- The Campaign for America’s Redrock Wilderness
FRIDAY Session B – 1:05 – 2:20
- The Wilderness of Public Sentiment and the Trammels of Public Law
- Media Outreach: How To Get Attention From Communications
- How Do We Protect Wildlife in Wilderness in the Context of Climate Change?
- Marine Wilderness: Protecting Wilderness Values on the Other 70% of the Planet
- Wilderness Lost: What We Must Do To Rescue The Wilderness System
- Communications Strategy: Planning for Success (Repeated on Friday afternoon, Session D)
Friday Session C – 2:30 – 3:45
- Working with the Federal Wilderness Agencies
- Engaging Diverse Communities in Wilderness Work
- Pacific Northwest Campaigns—Oregon’s Siskiyou Crest and Washington Campaigns
- Building Resources For Your Organization In A Time Of Change
- Organizing 101: How to Build Grassroots Support for Wilderness (Repeated on Saturday Session B)
- How to Inventory for New Wilderness Areas
Friday Session D – 4:10 – 5:25
- Science Informing Conservation--Ecological Research of Three UC Berkeley PhD Students
- Conversation With Congressional Staff: How You Can Help Us
- Communications Strategy: Planning for Success(Repeat from Session B)
- Protecting Wildlands from Off-Road Vehicle Damage: Lessons from Forest and Desert Lands
- Experiencing Wild Places: Wilderness Access — Without a Car
- Wild & Scenic Rivers and Wilderness Campaigns
SUNDAY
Plenary Presentation
- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Symbol for a Time of Global Change
- Wilderness Stewardship Challenges in BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System
Closing Plenary Presentation:
Conference Closing
SATURDAY
Kristi Davis, California Wilderness Coalition; Vicky Hoover, Sierra Club; and
Welcome on behalf of City of Berkeley, by Vice Mayor Linda Maio
Presentation Plenary
Saturday Session A
- Wilderness and the Arts
- New Media – Utilizing Web 2.0 (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) as Conservation Advocacy Tools
- Youth Service and Stewardship Projects
- Protecting the Spine of the Continent Wildway — Creating a Western Wildway© from Mexico to Alaska
- Wild Versus Wall:Blocking Wildlife and Destroying Wilderness in the Name of Border Security
Saturday Session B
- The Children and Nature Movement and the Natural Leaders’ Network: The youth voice in the movement to connect with nature, and Building Bridges to the Outdoors
- The Campaign for the California Desert: Then and Now
- Inspiring a Love for Nevada's Wilderness
- Organizing 101: How to Build Grassroots Support for Wilderness
- The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative: An Appropriate Response to Climate Change
- Legal Tools for Protecting Wild Lands: The Role of Litigation in Protecting Wild Lands and Species at Risk
Saturday Session C – 2:30 – 3:45
- Building Resilient Habitats to Protect Wilderness from Climate Change
- High School Students
- Preserving Wildlife in the Greater Grand Canyon Wilderness Ecosystem
- Wilderness Explained – Everything You Need to Know About the Wilderness Act (Repeated from Friday session A)
- Working with Congress and the Administration
- Backpack Geography - Integrating GIS in to Wilderness Outings
Saturday Session D – 4:10 – 5:25
- How Conservation, Restoration, and Indigenous Peoples Can Work Together to Address Climate Change
- Engaging Communities of Faith in Wilderness Stewardship
- The “Rest of the West”
- Integrating Management of Sierra Nevada Wilderness and Surrounding Lands
- The Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Campaign for Climate Change Adaptation
- Grassroots organizing for National Parks in the Digital Age
RECEPTION
Reception Panel:
Special Featured Panel Title: Books in the Wilderness
Malcolm Margolin,Kimi Kodani Hill, Ruth Nolan, Tim Palmer, and Ken Brower
