Workshop Goal: To exchange information and dialog on different approaches, data and technologies that can assist in meeting transportation planning challenges as they relate to conservation needs.

TIME	SESSION TITLE	PRESENTER	PRESENTER	NOTES/DESCRIPTION
DAY 1
9:00-10:30 am	Transportation Environmental Resource Council (TERC) - General Meeting
9:00-10:30 am	Registration for non-executive participants	Defenders of Wildlife		Participants will check in, receive workshop materials, and nametag in Conference Rooms B and C
10:30 am	Welcome and National Perspective	Don Cote, FHWA Environmental Technical Services Team	Michael Vanderhoof, FHWA Colorado Division	Workshop organizers will welcome participants and discuss how to facilitate the integration of conservation and transportation planning with partnerships and tools
11:00 am	Goals of Workshop: SAFETEA-LU compliance, next step for integrated approaches, programmatic agreements	Tom Norton (CDOT) and David Nicol (FHWA), Jennifer Finch (CDOT)	Host Team	Discussion of needs and opportunities within Colorado
11:30 am	Workshop Overview	Tricia White (Defenders of Wildlife) & Shara Howie (NatureServe)		Preview of focus, structure and expected outcomes of the workshop Workshop organizer will provide a general understanding of transportation planning in the context of the meeting structure and intended outcomes for Day 1, Day 2 - Hand out worksheets - Q&A
12:00 noon	Working Lunch	All		On-site lunch provided
12:15 pm	Discussion	All		Open discussion on the morning session
1:00 pm	Executive participants depart			Following morning session and lunch discussion, executive participants may depart
1:00 pm	Overview of MPO/State Transportation planning process	George Gerstle (CDOT) & Craig Casper (PPACG)		MPO/State DOT transportation planner(s) from host state will deliver an overview of transportation planning - Describe/document the process and products of planning efforts - Develop working flowchart - Q&A
1:30 pm	Natural Heritage Project Case Studies	Lee Grunau, Colorado Natural Heritage Program	Shara Howie, NatureServe	Representatives from host state Natural Heritage programs will provide an introduction to the programs, and an overview of project approaches that could be applied to transportation planning efforts -Q&A
2:00 pm	Overview of State Wildlife Action Plan	Tom Nesler, Colorado Division of Wildlife		State fish and game agency staff from host state will deliver an overview of the State Wildlife Action Plan, with special emphasis on application for transportation planning - Q&A
2:30 pm	Eco-Logical	Don Cote, FHWA Environmental Technical Services Team		An in-depth look at the Eco-Logical initiative - Q&A
3:00 pm	Break			Beverages and snack provided
3:15 pm	Green Infrastructure	Connie Young-Dubovsky (USFWS)		An in-depth look at the Green infrastructure initiative - Q&A
3:45 pm	Group discussion: Section 6001 Discuss how conservation plans can inform long-range transportation planning	George Gerstle (CDOT) & Craig Casper (PPACG)	Tricia White, Defenders of Wildlife	CDIT will present their own strawman process Participants will provide input and suggestions
5:00 pm	Wrap-up and Preview of Day 2	Tricia White, Defenders of Wildlife	Shara Howie, NatureServe
5:15 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Dinner	Michael Vanderhoof, FHWA Colorado Division	Tricia White, Defenders of Wildlife	Dinner at Chad's Grill (voluntary, everyone on their own) 275 Union Boulevard

DAY 2 - Continuation of Workshop (Rooms A, B and C)
8:00 am	Welcome and Day 1 Refresher	Michael Vanderhoof, FHWA Colorado Division	Tricia White, Defenders of Wildlife	Workshop organizers will welcome participants to Day 2 and provide a quick refresher on what was learned on Day 1
8:15 am	Overview of Day 2	Shara Howie, NatureServe	Don Cote, FHWA Environmental Technical Services Team	Workshop organizers will describe the meeting structure, content and intended outcomes for Day 2
8:20 am	STEP-UP	Suzette Thiemann (NFRMPO)
8:50 am	Overview of core conservation concepts	Lee Grunau, Colorado Natural Heritage Program	Patrick Crist, NatureServe	Overview of core conservation concepts, not previously presented in preparation for VISTA demo
9:20 am	NatureServe Vista Demonstration including integration of Quantum & Community Viz data	Patrick Crist, NatureServe		NatureServe staff to give detailed description and demonstration of NatureServe Vista using transportation planning example
11:20 am	Q&A, Discussion	Patrick Crist, NatureServe		NatureServe staff to take questions from the group, and identify obstacles and opportunities for using VISTA in transportation planning
12:00 Noon	Lunch
12:30 pm	Environmental Geodatabase	Roland Wostl (CDOT)	Kimberly Majerus, FHWA	Overview and demonstration of other technologies that foster effective integration of conservation and transportation planning, including approaches and tools being used in Colorado. Including a discussion of data sources, issues of scale and uncertainty relative to transportation planning, design and ongoing maintenance - Q&A
1:15 pm	Mitigation Strategies - Short Grass Prarie Initiative	George Gerstle, The Nature Conservancy
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Discussion	Shara Howie, NatureServe & Tricia White, Defenders of Wildlife		Using the information provided in the workshop thus far, the facilitator will guide the group in identifying linkages, and new data, approaches or tools for possible adoption, and prioritize short-term and long-term goals for improving the transportation planning processes
4:00 pm	Next Steps	Shara Howie, NatureServe & Tricia White, Defenders of Wildlife		Host Team and workshop organizers will lead participants in an open discussion of actions necessary to advance the effective integration of conservation and transportation planning
4:30 pm	Feedback	Don Cote, FHWA Environmental Technical Services Team		Workshop organizers will ask participants to provide feedback on the experience, suggestions for improvement in future workshops
5:00 pm	Adjourn

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Training and Workshops

Linking Transportation and Conservation Planning WorkshopColorado Agenda - August 15 & 16, 2006(version 8/24/2006)

Linking Transportation and Conservation Planning Workshop
Colorado Agenda - August 15 & 16, 2006
(version 8/24/2006)