Trout Unlimited Annual Meeting

TROUT UNLIMITED

ANNUAL MEETING ROGERS, AR 1777 N. KENT ST., STE 100 ARLINGTON, VA 22209 OCT. 2 - 6, 2019

THANKS TO OUR FISHING DAY CONSERVATION VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE! SPONSOR TOUR SPONSOR Jeff Belk Kerri Russell Jesse Bishop Ray Smith Bruce Darr John Sturgis Brian Kick Bill Thorne Jill Rohrbach Sara Thorne Michael Wingo

CORPORATE HOSPITALITY SUITE SPONSORS CONSERVATION PARTNER

GIFT BAG & PRIZE SPONSORS LEAD EVENT SPONSOR

EVENT SPONSOR THANKS TO OUR FISHING DAY CONSERVATION VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE! SPONSOR TOUR SPONSOR Jeff Belk Kerri Russell Jesse Bishop Ray Smith Bruce Darr John Sturgis Brian Kick Bill Thorne Jill Rohrbach Sara Thorne Michael Wingo

CORPORATE HOSPITALITY SUITE SPONSORS CONSERVATION PARTNER

GIFT BAG & PRIZE SPONSORS LEAD EVENT SPONSOR

EVENT SPONSOR Meeting Space Maps Ar Meeting Agenda

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2

ALL DAY REGISTRATION (Lobby - Turn left at main entrance)

6:00 AM WHITE RIVER ANGLERS MEET BUS (Lobby) Coffee and boxed lunch provided

8:00 AM BEAVER ANGLERS MEET HOSTS (Lobby) Coffee and boxed lunch provided

6:00 — NO HOST DINNER ON YOUR OWN 9:30 PM (See Restaurant Guide at www.tu.org/annualmeeting)

THURSDAY, OCT. 3

ALL DAY REGISTRATION (Lobby - Turn left at main entrance)

7:30 — BREAKFAST (Lobby) 8:30 AM Continental breakfast & coffee

8:30 AM — CONSERVATION TOUR 3:30 PM Boxed lunch provided

WELCOME BBQ AT BASS PRO SHOPS 6:00 — (2300 S Promenade Blvd – Carpool and hotel shuttle) 9:00 PM Barbecue, soft drinks, and networking

All events for the 2019 Annual Meeting will be 9:00 — HOSPITALITY SUITE (Embassy Suites Spa Atrium) held in the Embassy Suites property, except 12:00 PM Hosted by the Arkansas Council of TU for the Wednesday offsite fishing day, the Thursday BBQ at Bass Pro Shops, and the Sunday Women’s Fly Fishing Class. If you take care of the fish,

All meals will be held in PinnacleV-VIII. the fishing will take care of itself! Meeting Space Maps Ar Meeting Agenda

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2

ALL DAY REGISTRATION (Lobby - Turn left at main entrance)

6:00 AM WHITE RIVER ANGLERS MEET BUS (Lobby) Coffee and boxed lunch provided

8:00 AM BEAVER ANGLERS MEET HOSTS (Lobby) Coffee and boxed lunch provided

6:00 — NO HOST DINNER ON YOUR OWN 9:30 PM (See Restaurant Guide at www.tu.org/annualmeeting)

THURSDAY, OCT. 3

ALL DAY REGISTRATION (Lobby - Turn left at main entrance)

7:30 — BREAKFAST (Lobby) 8:30 AM Continental breakfast & coffee

8:30 AM — CONSERVATION TOUR 3:30 PM Boxed lunch provided

WELCOME BBQ AT BASS PRO SHOPS 6:00 — (2300 S Promenade Blvd – Carpool and hotel shuttle) 9:00 PM Barbecue, soft drinks, and networking

All meals will be held in PinnacleV-VIII. the fishing will take care of itself! MEETING AGENDA MEETING AGENDA

FRIDAY, OCT. 4 FRIDAY, OCT. 4

7:00 — 1:15 — MINING (Salon CDE) BREAKFAST & WELCOME (Pinnacle V-VIII) 8:30 AM 2:30 PM

1:15 — 8:45 AM — NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS (Ambassador AB) 2:30 PM 3:45 PM WORKGROUP MEETINGS

Open to all. Descriptions follow in program. 1:15 — 8:45 — 2:30 PM YOUTH EDUCATION (Ambassador CD) 10:00 AM DELAWARE RIVER (Salon AB) 2:30 — GREAT LAKES (Salon CDE) 3:45 PM 8:45 — 10:00 AM ACCESS (Salon CDE) 2:30 — GRASSROOTS (Ambassador AB) 8:45 — 3:45 PM NEW INITIATIVES (Ambassador AB) 10:00 AM 2:30 —

3:45 PM DIVERSITY & INCLUSION (Ambassador CD) 8:45 — NATIVE TROUT & LAND CONSERVANCY 10:00 AM (Ambassador CD) 3:45 BREAK (Grand Foyer) 10:00 BREAK (Grand Foyer) 4:00 — NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 5:30 PM BUSINESS MEETING 10:30 — RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 11:45 AM (Grand Ballroom 1-4) (Salon AB)

6:00 — 10:30 — DRIFTLESS AREA RESTORATION EFFORT NO HOST COCKTAIL HOUR (Pinnacle V-VIII) 11:45 AM 7:00 PM (Salon CDE)

10:30 — TAILWATERS (Ambassador AB) DINNER & 11:45 AM 7:00 — VOLUNTEER AWARDS PRESENTATION 9:00 PM (Pinnacle V-VIII) 10:30 — 11:45 AM CLIMATE CHANGE (Ambassador CD) 9:00 — HOSPITALITY SUITE (Embassy Suites Spa Atrium) 12:00 PM 12:00 — GRASSROOTS LUNCHEON & STAFF Q&A Hosted by the Arkansas Council of TU 1:15 PM (Pinnacle V-VIII) MEETING AGENDA MEETING AGENDA

FRIDAY, OCT. 4 FRIDAY, OCT. 4

7:00 — 1:15 — MINING (Salon CDE) BREAKFAST & WELCOME (Pinnacle V-VIII) 8:30 AM 2:30 PM

1:15 — 8:45 AM — NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS (Ambassador AB) 2:30 PM 3:45 PM WORKGROUP MEETINGS

6:00 — 10:30 — DRIFTLESS AREA RESTORATION EFFORT NO HOST COCKTAIL HOUR (Pinnacle V-VIII) 11:45 AM 7:00 PM (Salon CDE)

SATURDAY, OCT. 5 SATURDAY, OCT. 5

7:00 — BREAKFAST (Pinnacle V-VIII) 1:30 — STREAM KIDS: OUTDOOR EDUCATION 8:30 AM 4:30 PM EVENT FOR KIDS AGES 6 TO 16 (Osage Creek)

Volunteer to help, or come watch and learn how you can 8:45 — ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING run an effective and powerful youth day in your chapter! 10:45 AM (Grand Ballroom 1-4) Email Tara Granke — [email protected] STATE OF TU ADDRESS Chris Wood, President and CEO BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1:30 — FINANCIAL UPDATE 2:45 PM RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Matt Renaud, Chief Financial Officer (Salon AB) STATE OF GRASSROOTS ADDRESS Henry Koltz, Committee Chair Jim Walker, Chair of the NLC

BOARD BUSINESS 1:30 — WHITE RIVER VIBERT BOX: CREATING A Bernard Bailey, Chair of the Board of Trustees 2:45 PM WILD TROUT FISHERY IN A TAILWATER

(Ambassador AB)

10:45 AM BREAK (Grand Foyer) Bill Thorne, Arkansas Council

2:45 BREAK (Grand Foyer) 11:00 AM — BOARD OF TRUSTEES: MARKETING 12:15 PM & COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE (Salon AB) 3:00 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES: ORGANIZATIONAL Al Perkinson, Committee Chair 4:15 PM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

(Salon AB)

11:00 AM — TU’S FUNDRAISING PROGRAM & PRINT SHOP Jeff Witten, Committee Chair 12:15 PM OVERVIEW AND Q&A (Salon CDE)

3:00 — COUNCIL CHAIR’S ROUNDTABLE 11:00 AM — MEMBERSHIP GROWTH & DIVERSITY 4:15 PM (Ambassador CD) 12:15 PM DISCUSSION OF PROVEN TACTICS (Ambassador CD) 4:15— NETWORKING TIME

TH 6:00 PM 12:15 — LUNCH: CELEBRATING THE 2O ANNIVERSARY 1:15 PM OF THE ROADLESS RULE (Pinnacle V-VIII) 6:00 — NO HOST COCKTAILS & HORS D’OEUVRES Mike Dombeck, U.S. Forest Service Chief (Retired) 7:00 PM AUCTION PREVIEW & BIDDING

(Pinnacle V-VIII) )

Our Vision: By the next generation, Trout Unlim- 7:00 — BANQUET, EMBRACE A STREAM AWARDS ited will ensure that robust populations of native 9:00 PM & ARKANSAS COUNCIL AUCTION and wild coldwater fish once again thrive within (Pinnacle V-VIII)

their North American range, so that our children 9:00 PM — HOSPITALITY SUITE (Embassy Suites Spa Atrium) can enjoy healthy fisheries in their home waters. 12:00 AM Hosted by the Arkansas Council of TU MEETING AGENDA MEETING AGENDA

SATURDAY, OCT. 5 SATURDAY, OCT. 5

7:00 — BREAKFAST (Pinnacle V-VIII) 1:30 — STREAM KIDS: OUTDOOR EDUCATION 8:30 AM 4:30 PM EVENT FOR KIDS AGES 6 TO 16 (Osage Creek)

BOARD BUSINESS 1:30 — WHITE RIVER VIBERT BOX: CREATING A Bernard Bailey, Chair of the Board of Trustees 2:45 PM WILD TROUT FISHERY IN A TAILWATER

(Ambassador AB)

10:45 AM BREAK (Grand Foyer) Bill Thorne, Arkansas Council

(Salon AB)

11:00 AM — TU’S FUNDRAISING PROGRAM & PRINT SHOP Jeff Witten, Committee Chair 12:15 PM OVERVIEW AND Q&A (Salon CDE)

3:00 — COUNCIL CHAIR’S ROUNDTABLE 11:00 AM — MEMBERSHIP GROWTH & DIVERSITY 4:15 PM (Ambassador CD) 12:15 PM DISCUSSION OF PROVEN TACTICS (Ambassador CD) 4:15— NETWORKING TIME

(Pinnacle V-VIII) )

SUN., SEPT. 23 STATE OF TROUT UNLIMITED Saturday, Oct. 5 — 8:45 AM — Embassy Suites Grand Ballroom 8:00 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING (Pinnacle IV) Join Chris Wood, TU’s President & CEO, for an 11:00 AM inspiring and powerful look at the incredible 9:00 AM — WOMEN’S INTRODUCTORY FLY FISHING CLASS: work you made possible through your tireless dedication and commitment to TU. From pro- 4:00 PM LADIES LAUGHING & LEARNING jects opening hundreds and thousands of miles Illinois River Watershed Partnership of river to spawning trout, steelhead and salm- 221 S Main St, Cave Springs, Arkansas on to local level work restoring degraded streams or engaging kids in outdoor education, $40 per person the scope and scale of our shared efforts will Includes continental breakfast and lunch leave you in awe and arm you with ideas for Email Sara Thorne — [email protected] making a bigger impact. The State of TU and the State of the Grassroots are not-to-miss events and are free and open to all meeting attendees and the general public.

STREAM KIDS OUTDOOR EXPLORATION SESSION DESCRIPTIONS Saturday, Oct. 5 — 1:30-4:30 PM — Osage Creek Trail Bring your kids ages 6 to 16 to a great SATURDAYPRESENTATION LUNCHEON 3 FEATURING MIKE DOMBECK outdoor environmental education day United States Forest Service Chief, Retired along the nearby Osage Creek where we’ll explore the stream, learn about wa- Michael P. Dombeck is an American conservationist, ter quality, and fish for bass and bluegill. educator, scientist, and outdoorsman. He served as TU volunteers are welcome to attend the the 14th Chief of the U.S. Forest Service from 1997 to vent to pitch in, or to watch and learn as 2001, which crafted The Natural Resources Agenda our staff and expert Arkansas volunteers that emphasized four major topics; watershed health lead youth through a powerful learning and restoration, ecologically sustainable forest and session. It’s a great way to find ideas to grasslands management, recreation and a long-term forest roads policy. WOMEN’S INTRODUCTORY FLY FISHING CLASS Under Mike’s leadership, the Roadless Rule was de- Sunday, Oct. 6 — 9:00 AM-4:00 PM — Illinois River Watershed Partnership veloped, which protected 58 million acres of the most remote national forest lands. This provided the groundwork Learn the art of fly fishing from women for enhancing and increasing Americans’ experiences in the nation’s like you who have developed their skills forests by protecting millions of acres of the remaining wildest plac- on the water and become active leaders es for outdoor recreation and protecting the health and quality of and volunteers with Trout Unlimited watersheds and ecosystems. locally. This full-day event will walk you through all you need to know to get Mike worked as a fishing guide for 11 summers in Wisconsin, which started in fly fishing, with a healthy dose informed the path his career would take. He attended the University of laughs and friendship-building along of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and earned bachelor’s and master’s de- the way! The $40 fee includes continen- grees in biology, and later earned a PhD from Iowa State University. tal breakfast, lunch and equipment. MEETING AGENDA SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

ACCESS GREAT LAKES

The Access Workgroup is currently focused on providing support and The Great Lakes Workgroup focuses on issues such as aquiculture, resources for the protection of our nation's public lands, which protect invasive species, pipeline maintenance, and large scale water with- some of the best remaining intact watersheds holding wild and native drawals to protect and preserve the water quality and quantity in the trout. It also evaluates stream access laws across the country, regularly region. Working with TU staff and other partners, the workgroup will reviews the TU Stream Access Policy for changes and recommenda- help support common advocacy issues and share and discuss policy tions, and develops tools for chapters and councils to use in building voluntary access programs at state and federal levels.

LAND CONSERVANCY CLIMATE CHANGE The Land Conservancy Workgroup The Climate Change Workgroup has developed an education and assists TU councils and chapters in awareness program based on the scientific background of TU staff to their efforts to work with land understand and communicate what impact the potential of a chang- trusts and other conservancy ing climate will have on coldwater resources and the future of trout groups in acquiring land and ease- and salmon. ments to protect coldwater resources and access to them. The group is working to develop a TU Conservancy Fund to assist local DELAWARE RIVER and state land protection opportunities. The Delaware River Workgroup is a regional effort to represent TU on important issues facing the Delaware River Basin, including advocacy on minimum flow agreements that protect native and wild NATIVE TROUT trout and the health of the coldwater ecosystem, securing and grow- ing federal and other funding for conservation and protection ef- The Native Trout Workgroup facilitates native trout restoration, with forts, and on preventing or reducing the damage caused by resource emphases on Yellowstone Cutthroat restoration and stream tempera- extraction and transportation in the watershed. ture monitoring. Working with TU science staff, the workgroup helped develop a stream temperature monitoring handbook to assist chapters and councils in running local stream monitoring programs. DRIFTLESS AREA RESTORATION EFFORT

The Driftless Area Restoration Effort Workgroup was developed to maximize the coldwater conservation potential in the unglaciated MINING region of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. By bringing to- gether local, state and federal agencies and private conservation The goal of the Mining Workgroup is to create a handbook to assist groups to organize and fund watershed restoration projects across councils and chapters in opposing a local extraction project. Included the 24,000 square mile region, the workgroup seeks to increase ef- in the handbook will be strategies for opposing a project, as well as forts in this unique region. contact and resource information. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL WORKGROUP DESCRIPTIONS WORKGROUP DESCRIPTIONS

ACCESS GREAT LAKES

RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS

The Responsible Energy Workgroup focuses on efforts to protect The mission of the Grassroots Workgroup is to continuously assess coldwater fisheries from the various modes of energy production: coal and assist the effectiveness of our chapters and councils and to de- and hard rock mining, oil and gas drilling, wind, solar and nuclear. It velop tools and resources for improvement. The workgroup has re- has helped develop TU policy as well as advise and support councils cently initiated a Capacity Building Committee to advance specific and chapters in their local and statewide efforts on these issues. opportunities for TU.

NEW INITIATIVES TAILWATERS

The Tailwaters Workgroup serves to help TU volunteers advocate for The New Initiatives Workgroup receives and evaluates proposals for salmonid populations in tailwater fisheries through the development changes to the National Conservation Agenda and its Critical Focus of web-based resources and in-person counsel. The workgroup ex- Areas; evaluates major issues facing TU and explores potential solu- plores issues, challenges and threats to tailwater fisheries and rec- tions to those issues; solicits, evaluates and nominates new grassroots ommends direction and actions for TU staff and volunteers to take members of the Board of Trustees (for election by TU members); and to advocate for these waters. nominates National Leadership Council officers and Embrace A Stream committee members (for election by the National Leadership Council.)

YOUTH EDUCATION COMMUNICATIONSA LOOK AT COUNCIL -LEVEL A LOOK AT COUNCIL-LEVEL ADVOCACY COMMITTEES TheADVOCACY Youth Education COMMITTEES The Communications Workgroup helps to clarify and communicate Workgroup supports and helps the role and function of the National Leadership Council, improve and guide TU's Headwaters Youth facilitate communications within the NLC and its workgroups; and Program, which helps foster a encourage and foster communications to and from the NLC to chap- sense of respect for the natural ters, councils, members, trustees and staff. world and engages young people in hands-on conservation projects in their home waters. The DIVERSITY & INCLUSION workgroup develops tools for volunteer leaders, communi- cates best practices and re- The Diversity & Inclusion Workgroup has set an ambitious goal that sources and builds a community by 2020, TU’s membership and leadership profiles reflect that of the of youth education volunteers angling public. The workgroup works to create effective strategies and programs to recruit a more diverse membership; encourage diversity within leadership at the chapter, state and national levels; and to ensure every chapter creates a welcoming environment for TU members of different genders, ethnicities, ages, and cultures. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL WORKGROUP DESCRIPTIONS WORKGROUP DESCRIPTIONS

RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS

NEW INITIATIVES TAILWATERS

ANNUAL MEETING ROGERS, AR 1777 N. KENT ST., STE 100 ARLINGTON, VA 22209 OCT. 2 - 6, 2019