WADE 2025

Opening Session 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Partner updates 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Show & Tell: Outreach Strategies for Conservation Success 3:30pm - 4:50pm

New Employee Orientation 5:00pm - 6:00pm

WSCC Finance Update 3:30pm - 4:50pm

Dinner - Kingfisher Dining Hall 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Lawn Games Mixer 7:30pm - 10:00pm

WADE Board Meeting 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Farms and Fields Icebreaker 3:30pm - 4:50pm

Introduction to the new Community Engagement Plan 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Assisted Population Migration for Forests of the Future in Washington 3:30pm - 4:50pm

Assisted Population Migration for Forests of the Future in Washington 3:30pm - 4:50pm

Check-in and Registration 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Roughen Channels: Function, Design and Construction 3:30pm - 4:50pm

Conflict Resolution 2:30pm - 3:20pm

CD Managers and Directors Social 3:30pm - 4:50pm

Biochar from a Conservation District Perspective 8:00am - 8:50am

Wildfire Ambassador Program 9:00am - 9:50am

Getting Landowners Motivated for Firewise USA 10:30am - 11:50pm

A Consulting Foresters View on Work w/ SFLO 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Silvopasture 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Indigenous Forest Stewardship 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Capturing Conservation: Tips & Tricks for Field Photo... 8:00am - 8:50am

Capturing Conservation: Tips & Tricks for Field Photo... 8:00am - 8:50am

Harnessing AI for Conservation Education and Outreach 9:00am - 9:50am

Comms: Unlocking the Power of Website and Google Analytics 10:30am - 11:50am

Comms: Making Websites and PDFs Accessible for Compli... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

From Issue to Action: Floodplain project development and engagement 2:30pm - 3:50pm

From Issue to Action: Floodplain project development and engagement 2:30pm - 3:50pm

From Issue to Action: Floodplain project development and engagement 2:30pm - 3:50pm

From Issue to Action: Floodplain project development and engagement 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Growing Success in Conservation Plant Sales 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Icebreaker 8:00am - 8:50am

2025 BARS Update 9:00am - 9:50am

SAO - Internal Controls/Policy 10:30am - 11:50pm

Fraud Prevention 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Grants Round Table 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Wrap-up & Reflect 4:00pm - 4:50pm

VSP Meet Up 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Breakfast - Kingfisher Dining Hall 7:00am - 8:00am

CPO Meetup During Lunch 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch - Kingfisher Dining Hall 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Dinner - Kingfisher Dining Hall 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Envirothon Trivia Night at the Grotto 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Using Tableau for Data Analytics 9:00am - 9:50am

Smartsheets Automation 10:30am - 11:50pm

Whats new in ArcGIS 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Managing ArcGIS Online 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Tree-of-Heaven ID & Control 8:00am - 8:50am

Spotted Lantern Fly & Stone Fruit Pests 9:00am - 9:50am

Soil Health Basics and Grower Perspectives 10:30am - 11:50pm

Soil Acidification in Dryland Croping Systems 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Mastering Time Management for Effective Outreach 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Carbon sequestration BMP’s for both aquaculture and a... 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Intros and Roundtable 8:00am - 8:50am

Small Scale Nursery Development 9:00am - 9:50am

Salmon Safe 10:30am - 11:50pm

Riparian Grant Program Overiew and Q&A 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Lawn Social 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Irrigation Efficiencies Program - More Crop Per Drop 8:00am - 8:50am

Fish Screening in Washington State 9:00am - 9:50am

Nature-based strategies for shores, by CDs (panel) 10:30am - 11:50pm

Coastal monitoring to inform resilience and restorati... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Drone-based LiDAR Collection and Processing 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Drone-based LiDAR Collection and Processing 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Education: Designing High Impact Field Experiences 10:30am - 11:50am

TBD 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Strengths and Styles 8:00am - 8:50am

Habits, Skills, and Traits for Successful Leadership... 9:00am - 9:50am

Building Your Presence: Building Relationships and Connections In and Across Communities 10:30am - 11:50pm

Plant Sale Forum During Lunch 12:00pm - 1:30pm

How to De-escalate Situations 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Habits, Skills, and Traits for Successful Leadership and Management (part 2) 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Engaging and Empowering Boards 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Struggles and Successes in Creating a CWPP 8:00am - 8:50am

Log grown mushroom research in the PNW 9:00am - 9:50am

Forest Farming & NTFP 10:00am - 10:50am

Cascade Fisheries Oxbow Restoration Field Day 8:00am - 8:50am

Cascade Fisheries Oxbow Restoration Field Day 9:00am - 9:50am

Cascade Fisheries Oxbow Restoration Field Day 10:00am - 10:50am

Morning Connections: Networking for Conservation Comm... 8:00am - 8:50am

Education: Cultivating Knowledge through Agricultural... 9:00am - 9:50am

Looking Ahead: Debrief & 2026 Brainstorm 10:00am - 10:50am

Closing Session 11:00am - 12:00pm

Finance & Admin Roundtable 8:00am - 8:50am

Breakfast - Kingfisher Dining Hall 7:00am - 8:00am

Lunch - Kingfisher Dining Hall 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Virtual Fence Forum 8:00am - 8:50am

Protecting Ag Water Rights, basic and banking 9:00am - 9:50am

Farms and Fields Roundtable 10:00am - 10:50am

Working with Lidar Data from the DNR Portal 8:00am - 8:50am

Working with Lidar Data from the DNR Portal 8:00am - 8:50am

What's new with survey technology 9:00am - 9:50am

What's new with survey technology 10:00am - 10:50am

Failure as Success: How to Learn from Failure 8:00am - 8:50am

Operations Roundtable 9:00am - 9:50am

Operations Roundtable 9:00am - 9:50am

Operations Roundtable (continued) 10:00am - 10:50am

Operations Roundtable (continued) 10:00am - 10:50am