May 20, 2013 |
8:30 A.M. | Convene Welcome & Introductions
- Thom Dammrich, SFBPC Chair |
8:45 A.M | Welcome and comments of Department of the Interior and Fish & Wildlife Service leadership - Rachel Jacobson, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks (tentative)
- Dan Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
9:45 A.M. | Outreach and Communications Committee
- Scott Kovarovics, Chair - ACTION: Discussion and approval of SFBPC informational briefing and issue priorities to Interior Secretary Jewell |
10:15 A.M | Update on the Implementation of the DOI Idle Iron policy and the Rigs to Reefs Program
- James Watson, Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Department of the Interior |
10:45 A.M. | BREAK |
11:00 A.M. | Update on the activities of the Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation (FICOR)
- Leslie Weldon, Associate Deputy Chief for National Forest System, United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture |
11:30 A.M. | Briefing on the Fiscal Year 2014 FWS Budget request
- Chris Nolin, Chief, Office of Budget, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Mike Weimer, Mike Weimer, Chief, Division of Fish and Aquatic Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
12:00 P.M. | Informational Briefing on the Chesapeake Bay Public Access Plan
- John Davy, National Park Service |
12:30 P.M. | Lunch (at Bison Bistro in DOI basement) |
1:30 P.M. | National Ocean Policy implementation: National and regional perspectives Update on the National Ocean Policy
- Deerin Babb-Brott, Director, National Ocean Council |
2:00 P.M. | Update on the activities of the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation (RBFF)
- Leslie Nagao, Vice President of Marketing, RBFF |
2:20 P.M. | Fisheries Issues Committee Chair
- Mike Nussman, Chair - FWS update on status of Fisheries Program (15 minutes)
- Mike Weimer, Chief, Division of Fish and Aquatic Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Update on the activities of the National Fish Habitat Partnership (10 minutes)
- Ron Regan, Executive Director, AFWA - Update on NOAA Fisheries activities & issues (15 minutes)
- Russell Dunn, National Policy Advisor for Recreational Fisheries, NOAA Fisheries - Briefing on the National Fisheries Friends Partnership (NFFP) (10 minutes)
- Kirk Otey, Board member, NFFP - SFBPC Fish & Aquatic Resource Conservation Strategic Vision and Needs Assessment: Briefing on draft Steering Committee Technical Report
- Mike Nussman, Whitney Tilt and Doug Hobbs |
4:30 P.M. | ADJOURN (Dinner plans TBD) |
May 21, 2013 |
8:30 A.M. | CONVENE – Thom Dammrich, SFBPC Chair
- Welcome and introductions |
8:35 A.M. | Refuge Vision Implementation Plan update
- Anna Harris, Division of Visitor Services & Communications, National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
8:50 A.M. | Boating Issues Committee
- John Sprague, Chair - Boating Access in Everglades National Park
- National Park Service presenter TBD - Wildlife & Sport Fish Restoration program Update (15 minutes)
- Lisa Van Alstyne Acting Chief, Division of Policy and Programs, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - National Blueways System brief (30 minutes)
- Rebecca Wodder or Susan Wells (tentative)
- Susan Wells, National Blueways Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Discussion: Ad Hoc team to options for increasing participation in both the Boating Infrastructure and Clean Vessel Act Grant Programs.
- Ryck Lydecker, Ad Hoc Team Chair |
10:00 A.M. | SFBPC Fisheries Issues / fish and aquatic conservation vision, cont. |
12:00 P.M. | ADJOURN |
