Fall Review Schedule

Day 1 – Friday, Oct. 31

1-5 p.m. Afternoon hike at Dolly Sods led by Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards
6-9 p.m. Registration and Halloween Party with networking, light food, and live music

Day 2 – Saturday, Nov. 1

8-8:45 a.m. Bird walk with Jackie Burns
9-9:10 a.m. Welcome with WVHC President Marilyn Shoenfeld
9:10-10 a.m. Panel: Federal Policy and Appalachia with Lyndsay Tarus, Alliance for Appalachia, and Quenton King, Federal Resource Outreach Manager at Appalachian Voices
10-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-11 a.m. Panel: West Virginia’s Legislative Landscape ­— the biggest battles to watch at the State Capitol this year with Mike Jones, Conservation Manager at West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Lucia Valentine, Managing Director at the West Virginia Women’s Alliance, and Evan Hansen, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
11 – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m.-12 p.m. The Launch of the Climate Movement and Where We Go From Here with Rafe Pomerance, Policy Fellow at Woodwell Climate Research Center
12–1 p.m. Lunch
1-1:45 p.m. The Future of Climate Action and the Clean Energy Transition with Mary Anne Hitt, Managing Director of U.S. Initiatives at Climate Imperative
1:45-2 p.m. Break
2-3 p.m. Looking Back, Moving Forward – stories and wisdom from veteran West Virginia environmental champions with Pam Moe, Corridor H Alternatives, Ken Ward Jr., investigative journalist and MacArthur Fellow, and Jim Kotcon, West Virginia Sierra Club
3-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4 p.m. Fundamentals of Organizing with West Virginia Citizen Action Group
4:05-4:20 p.m. Annual Meeting of WVHC Membership
4:30-5:30 p.m. Guided Hike with the Blackwater Falls State Park Naturalist
6:30-7:30 p.m. Dinner
7:15-8 p.m. Candy, Diamonds, Rainbows, and More: A Look into West Virginia’s Stream Fishes with Cameron Layne, member of the West Virginia Native Fish Coalition

Day 3 – Sunday, Nov. 2

8:30-9:30 a.m. Forest bathing walk with Susan Rosenblum
10 a.m.-2 p.m. WVHC Quarterly Board of Directors Meeting
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Pase Point Hike with Friends of Blackwater. A 4.2-mile out-and-back trail (about 2–2.5 hours) through rhododendron tunnels and forest, ending at the stunning Pase Point overlook of Blackwater Canyon.

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