First Annual Alliance for the Cumberlands Conference

THIRD ANNUAL
ALLIANCE FOR THE CUMBERLANDS CONFERENCE

February 25th from 8:30 to 4:15 at Cumberland Mountain State Park

Katherine Medlock at 865-546-5998
or [email protected]

February 25, 2008
Agenda

8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Registration

9:00-9:45 Keynote speaker (To Be Announced)

9:45-10:00 Break (View Posters and Booths downstairs)

10:00-11:45 The Changing Landscape of the Cumberland Plateau (30 min per                               speaker, 15 minutes of Q&A at the end)
                     Steve Bullard, PhD, University of Kentucky
                              Department of Forestry Chair 3.77MB pdf
                     Kevin Hoyt, PhD Candidate, University of Tennessee Department                               of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries 634KB pdf
                     Michael Birdwell, PhD, Tennessee Technological University,                               Associate Professor of History

11:45-12:15 Break (View Booths downstairs and/or watch TN Forestry Association video)

12:15-1:00 Lunch

12:30-1:00 Director’s Report 194KB pdf

1:00-1:30 Regional Marketing Plan update on progress
MMA Creative 62KB pdf

1:30-2:00 Nature Viewing Trail: assessment phase completion
Mary Jeanne Packer of Fermata Inc. 7.30MB pdf

2:00-2:30 Break (View Booths downstairs and/or watch TFA)

2:30-4:15 Planning for Prosperity (30 min per speaker, 15 minutes of Q&A at the end)
                        Jeanne Stevens, Director, Long Range Planning Division,                                     Tennessee Department of Transportation
                        Trip Pollard, Southern Environmental Law Center  1.38MB pdf
                        Chris Wilson, Director of Main Street McMinnville  718KB pdf

The day’s lunch is being sponsored jointly by the Chambers of Commerce of the Cumberland Plateau counties. We’d like to extend sincere gratitude to Cumberland, Fentress, Marion, Morgan, Pickett, Putnam, and Sequatchie Counties for making today possible!