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Welcome: Dow Constantine, King County Executive 

Keynote:
Climate Change in the Green-Duwamish Watershed: 

Impacts on the Physical, Human, and Natural Environment
         Guillaume Mauger, Climate Impacts Group, UW Seattle

 Symposium Panels

Panel 1: Sharing Knowledge
Community Salmon Investigation on Longfellow Creek
        Kathryn Davis, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
Newaukum Creek: An Approach in Precision Coordinated Investment
       Leif Fixen, American Farmland Trust
Stewardship for the long haul....
       Dhira Brown, EarthCorps
If You Build It They Will Come: lessons learned from 20 years of monitoring habitat restoration in the Duwamish Estuary
      Jeff Cordell, UW Wetland Ecosystem Team

Panel 2: Building Partnerships
 Cedar Creek Park, Partnerships Key to Developing Park
        Lisa Parsons,  Friends of Cedar Creek
Building Partnerships for Clean Water in the Soos Creek Basin
       Antonia Jindrich, Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group
Use of Partnerships to Restore and Enhance King County Parks and Natural Lands
       Tina Miller, King County Parks
Mapping Restoration Activities in the Green-Duwamish Watershed-Launch of the Green-Duwamish Urban Waters Mapper
       Tracy Stanton, Urban Waters Partnership

Panel 3: Fostering Collaboration
 Growing Green Infrastructure careers through on-the-job training for Duwamish Valley young adults
       Cari Simson, Urban Systems Design, DIRT Corps
No One’s Back Yard:  Environmental Justice Curriculum  
       Linn Gould, Just Health Action
Acquisition Funding – Conservation Futures and King County Parks Levy
       Terry Lavender, King County Conservation Futures Citizen Advisory Committee
Duwamish Valley Youth Corps:  Seattle Youth, Making a difference!
       Paulina Lopez, Duwamish River Clean Up Coalition

Panel 4: Innovating Solutions 
Collective Impact Group Approach for Research in the Green-Duwamish Watershed
        Weston Brinkley & Dale Blahna,  UW, Urban Waters, and US Forest Service
Green Stormwater Infrastructure and Community Co-Benefits
       Kathleen L. Wolf, UW College of the Environment; USDA Forest, Pacific NW Research Station
The Green Line: Building an ecological infrastructure with science, teamwork and the arts 
       Bob Redmond, The Common Acre
Floating Wetlands for the Duwamish River 
       Nancy Rottle, & Mason Bowles, Green Futures Lab, UW

Panel 5: Connecting for Success
TMDLs and Toxic Loading in the Green River and its Tributaries
        Dave Garland, Dept of Ecology and Greg Wingard, Green River Coalition
Green-Duwamish Cooperative Riparian Enhancement—Development of a comprehensive landscape-scale riparian invasive species control and restoration program for WRIA 9
        Justin Bush, King County Depart. of Natural Resources & Parks and Judy Blanco, Forterra
Riparian Revegetation Strategy for WRIA 9, the Green/Duwamish & Central Puget Sound Watershed
       Elissa Ostergaard, Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9) Salmon                Recovery Team, King County, Water and Land Resources Division