WADE 2026

WADE 2026

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6:00am PDT

Sunrise Yoga with Ali WoodpeckerAlison Crowley

7:00am PDT

Breakfast - Kingfisher Dining Hall Kingfisher Dining Hall

8:00am PDT

Icebreaker/Meet other F&A Staff Play BarnCori Turntine Dairy Waste Management Technology Canyon WrenDerek Shafer Building Statewide Career Pathways to Agriculture and Natural Resources Chapel TheaterHeather Spalding WSU - Testing new crops for Washington TadpoleCarol MIles Post-fire analysis field trip French Corral Snowplay AreaCollin Haffey • Patrick Haggerty • Joe Hill Part 1 - Understanding how to work with people and their personalities WoodpeckerCyndi Schaeffer Riparian Monitoring Efforts: A suite of considered methods QuailRyan Boylan • Eric Allen

9:00am PDT

SAO Internal Control Play BarnDebbie Pennick Intro to Sediment Transport Modeling Canyon WrenNick Cook Reels, Shorts, and Clips/ Leveraging Short Form Video Chapel TheaterRosalie Powell • Gracie DeMeo • Hilary Gonzalaz Supporting Multilingual Learners NuthatchCari Haug Vermifiltration - A Nature-Based Tool for Local Water Quality Challenges TadpoleGeraldine Case Post-fire analysis field trip French Corral Snowplay AreaCollin Haffey • Patrick Haggerty • Joe Hill Coding for ArcGIS FlickerAndrew Phay Part 2 - Understanding how to work with people and their personalities WoodpeckerCyndi Schaeffer Cottonwood (Populus) - Unlocking River Histories and Futures QuailNate Hough-Snee

10:30am PDT

SCC Finance Update Play BarnSCC Fiscal Staff Restoration Project Design Review, Tips for a Complete Proposal Canyon WrenCasey Costello From Idea to Award: Practical Grant Writing for CDs Chapel TheaterPhillip Lacey • Will Knowlton Soil Health Trailer Live Parking LotKris Mills • Brandon Davis Soil Health Trailer Live Parking LotKris Mills & Brandon Davis Post-fire analysis field trip French Corral Snowplay AreaCollin Haffey • Patrick Haggerty • Joe Hill Working with Big Data - Applying Google Earth Engine for Conservation FlickerBrant Smith From Idea to Award: Practical Grant Writing for CDs Chapel TheaterPhillip Lacey • Will Knowlton Riparian weeds and stategies for control QuailSeth Luginbill • Adam Pfleeger

12:00pm PDT

CPO Meetup During Lunch Kingfisher Dining HallPaige DeChambeau Lunch - Kingfisher Dining Hall Kingfisher Dining Hall

1:30pm PDT

SCC Grant Manual/How to get paid Play BarnSCC Fiscal Staff Family Forest Fish Passage Program Canyon WrenDaniel Barrett Motivating Behavior Change: Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Recovery Chapel TheaterKyle Clifton WSU Soil Health TadpoleDoug Collins Ancient Gardens, Living Forests - Ecological Legacies of Indigenous Plant Stewardship in the Pacific Northwest Snowy OwlAlex McAlvay Living CWPP - Rolling out the new statewide tool for writing and tracking CWPPs FlickerRobert Walters • Guy Gifford • Sophia Fox Living CWPP - Rolling out the new statewide tool for writing and tracking CWPPs FlickerRobert Walters • Guy Gifford • Sophia Fox Building Lasting Relationships - Legislative Outreach and Engagement WoodpeckerDani Madrone Motivating Behavior Change: Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Recovery Chapel TheaterKyle Clifton

2:30pm PDT

Roundtable & Peer Exchange Play BarnOpen Discussion 2025 Floods of Record Canyon WrenJacob Genuise Effective Engagement with Spanish Speaking Communities Chapel TheaterYesenia Perez • Laura Rivera Washington Soil Health Initiative - Tool showcase and planning for what to build next TadpoleJadey Ryan • Adam Peterson Cultural Plantings for Soil Health Snowy OwlLaura Starr GIS Field equipment FlickerAndrew Phay New Requirements for Website Accessibility WoodpeckerPaige DeChambeau • Aneka Sweeney Permitting 101 - USACE and WDFW Panel QuailDavid Moore • Tamara Astvatsaturova • Melissa Mackelvie • Mallory Hirschler • Jennifer Nelson

4:00pm PDT

Rulemaking on Elections: Purpose, Scope, and Process Play BarnBill Eller Cultural Resources - We Found Something, Now What? Canyon WrenKim Lancaster Curriculum Show and Share: Steal This Lesson Chapel TheaterEmily Bustamante Nature-based solutions to horse keeping challenges TadpoleAlayne Bickle Beyond Monoculture: Science and Practice of Diverse Forests Snowy OwlStacey Dixon Using AI in your district FlickerAndrew Phay Stress Reduction/Yoga WoodpeckerJenn Crawford Leroy Riparian - Break out groups Quail-

5:00pm PDT

VSP Meet Up GrottoMike Poteet

6:00pm PDT

Dinner - Kingfisher Dining Hall Kingfisher Dining Hall

7:30pm PDT

Envirothon Trivia Night at the Kingfisher Lawn Kingfisher Lawn