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2022 NAWM Annual State/Tribal/Federal Coordination Meeting

PHOTOS 

      Group Photo Annual Meeting 2022      

 

Mark Biddle     Marla Stelk - Welcome

 Mark Biddle, Delaware Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental
Control and Board Chair, NAWM

    Marla Stelk, Executive Director, NAWM
   Ken Norton  
   Keynote Speaker Ken Norton,
Chair of the National Tribal Water Council and
Director of the Hoopa Valley Tribal Environmental Protection Agency
 
     
  Donna Downing  
  Donna Downing, Senior Legal Policy Advisor, NAWM  
     
  Wetland Mitigation Beyond CWA Jurisdiction Panel  
   Wetland Mitigation Beyond CWA Jurisdiction Panel (left to right):
Becky Pierce, Colorado Department of Transportation; Dan Redgate, Virginia Department of Transportation;
Richard Darden, Federal Highway Administration; Mike Ruth, Federal Highway Administration
 
     
Marla Stelk, NAWM and Lauren Driscoll     Lauren Driscoll

 Marla Stelk, NAWM and
Lauren Driscoll, Washington State Department of Ecology
and
Board Treasurer, NAWM

    Happy Birthday to Lauren!
Mindy Eisenberg, Associate Division Director, Oceans, Wetlands and Communities Division, U.S.     Tom Walker, Chief, Regulatory Program (Acting), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
 Mindy Eisenberg, Associate Division Director
Oceans, Wetlands and Communities Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Tom Walker, Chief, Regulatory
Program (Acting), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
       
      Linda Storm, EPA Region 10       Linda Storm, U.S. EPA and Marla Stelk, NAWM Award        
  Linda Storm, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
was presented with this year’s Distinguished Service Award
by Marla Stelk, NAWM
       
  Linda Storm, U.S. EPA    
       
  Linda Storm, U.S. EPA    
     Linda Storm, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10    
       
  Alexes Juarez, Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas    
  Alexes Juarez, Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas    
       
  Mariah K. Black Bird-Perry, Tribal Mitigation Fellow, Environmental Policy Innovation Center    
  Mariah K. Black Bird-Perry
Tribal Mitigation Fellow, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
   
       
  Nationwide Permits Panel    
  Nationwide Permits Panel (left to right): Portia Osborne, NAWM;
Rick Mraz, Washington State Department of Ecology; Andy Beaudet, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
Adam Riggsbee, Riverbank Conservation & Ecological Restoration Business Association Executive Board
   
       
  401 Certification Panel    
  401 Certification Panel (left to right): Julia Anastasio, Association of Clean Water Administrators;
Andy Beaudet, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Lauren Kasparek, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
Kirk Tjelmeland, Kansas Water Office
   
       
  Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions Panel    
   Infrastructure & Nature-Based Solutions Panel l (left to right):
Moderator: Marla Stelk, NAWM
Don Waye, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Jacob Blandford, Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Eileen Shader, American Rivers; Alison Souders, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
   
       
  Elisabeth Cianciola    
  Elisabeth Cianciola, Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game    
       
  Olivia Allread    
   Olivia Allread, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control    
       
  Andy Robertson and Karen Menetrey    
  Andy Robertson, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and Karen Menetrey, Rio Grande Return    
       
  Jonathan Phinney, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory    
  Jonathan Phinney, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory    
       
  Michael Callahan, Beaver Institute, Inc.    
  Michael Callahan, Beaver Institute, Inc.    
       
  Tom Harcarik, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency    
  Tom Harcarik, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency    
       
  Anisa Pjetrovic, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency    
 

Anisa Pjetrovic, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

   
  River-Corridor Restoration Panel    
   River-Corridor Restoration Panel (left to right):
Denise Clearwater, Maryland Department of the Environment
Erik Michelsen, Anne Arundel County, MD
Staci Pomeroy, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
   
       
  Laurie Machung, New York City Department of Environmental Protection    
   Laurie Machung, New York City Department of Environmental Protection     
       
  Megan Lang, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory    
  Megan Lang, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory    
       
    Student Scholarship Awardees    
     Jon A. Kusler Student Scholarship Awardees
Jessica Bryzek, Sindupa DeSilva, and Andrew MacKenzie,
all from West Virginia University,
with Marla Stelk, NAWM

 

  Enjoying the Field Trip  
  Enjoying the Field Trip  
     
Lake Louise at the Morgan Wetland In Lieu Fee Site     Lake Louise
Lake Louise at the Morgan Wetland In Lieu Fee Site      Field Trip Visit to Lake Louise at the Morgan Wetland In Lieu Fee Site
       
  Jared Beard, WV State Soils Scientist and NRCS soils expert, explaining marl soils at the Morgan Wetland In Lieu Fee Site    
  Jared Beard, WV State Soils Scientist and NRCS soils expert,
explaining marl soils at the Morgan Wetland In Lieu Fee Site
   
       
  KC Walters - Potomac Valley Audubon Society    
   KC Walters, Potomac Valley Audubon Society,
gave a tour of Cool Spring Nature Preserve
   
   Cool Springs    
   Field Trip at Cool Spring Nature Preserve    
       
  Field Trip to Cool Spring Nature Preserve     
  Field Trip to Cool Spring Nautre Preserve    
       
  Pond at Cool Spring Nature Preserve      
  Pond at Cool Spring Nature Preserve    

 

Cool Spring Nature Preserve     Cool Spring Nature Preserve

Cool Spring Nature Preserve

   

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