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Tribal Water and Habitat

Restoration Forum

Join us for a discussion, co-hosted by the Institute for Tribal Environ-

mental Professionals and Audubon Arizona, for a deep dive into water and habitat restoration on tribal lands.

When: Thursday, March 29th. 8am - 4:30pm

Where: Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center

3131 S. Central Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85040

Agenda:

8 - 9am: Registration; continental breakfast

9:00am: Opening prayer (Barnaby Lewis, Gila River Indian

Community) and welcoming remarks (Ann Marie Chischilly,

Executive Director, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals

at Northern Arizona University; Sonia Perillo, Executive Director,

Audubon Arizona)

9:30am: Tribal leaders roundtable (The Honorable Stephen Roe Lewis,

Governor, Gila River Indian Community; other confirmations

pending)

10:45am: Break

11:00am: Tribal Water and Habitat Restoration – Legal Perspective

(Shane Anton, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community;

representative from Gila River Indian Community; other

confirmations pending )

Noon: Lunch

12:45pm: Cultural Significance of Water and Natural Habitats

(Shane Anton, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community;

representative from Gila River Indian Community; other

confirmations pending )

1:45pm: Break

2:15pm: Tribal Habitat Restoration Project Highlights and Best

Practices Panel (Gina Leverette, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian

Community; David Lewis, Yavapai-Apache Nation; representative

from Gila River Indian Community; representative from Southwest

Conservation Corps Ancestral Lands Program)

3:15 pm: Break

3:30 pm - Partnerships and Resources Panel (Kris Randall, US Fish and

Wildlife Service; representative from the Tamarisk Coalition; other

confirmations pending)

4:30 pm: Adjourn