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Join us for the Fall meeting of the LWR Ecosystem Working Group on October 29, 2025.

This meetings theme is Creative Partnerships. Agenda and registration below.

To register for the meeting please do so through this EventBrite link.

The event starts at 9:00 AM and will take place at the Magnolia Room at Bok Tower Gardens. 

Presentations:

• 9:00 – 9:30 AM Registration 

• 9:30 Welcome and Introductions

• 9:40 – 10:05 Creative Partnerships and Strategies with Conservation Acquisition

                                  Tabitha Biehl, Environmental Lands Program, Polk County

• 10:10 – 10:35 REPI Program

                                     Hannah Quenga, Resilience Specialist, Avon Park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape

• 10:40 – 11:05         Efforts in the Heartland 

Chelsea Wisner & Cory Snyder, Conservation Florida

• 11:10 -12:10           Lunch on your own 

• 12:15 – 12:40 Science Communication for Conservation

Max Chesnes, Tampa Bay Times

• 12:45 – 1:10 Florida Panther Payment for Ecosystem Services Program

Carol Rizkalla, Panther Management Program Coordinator, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

• 1:15 Closing Remarks 

• 1:25 - 2:30 Acquisition Sub-committee discussion

If you were unable to attend the previous meeting, selected presentations will be posted on our Meeting Archives page. 

Check back on this page for future events and announcements!