Schedule of Events
8am – 8:50am Breakfast
8:50am – 9am Start making your way to your seat
8:50am – 9am
Master of Ceremonies Glen Gobin, Vice Chairman of Tulalip Tribes
Welcome Arnold Cooper, Chairman of Squaxin Island Tribe Squaxin Island Canoe Family
Prayer
Calling of the Witnesses
9:40am – 10:15am
Open Willie Frank III, Nisqually Tribal Council & Son of Billy Frank Jr.
Why we are here: To maintain the Message of Billy Frank Jr.
Keynote Address President Fawn Sharp, Quinault Indian Nation
10:20am – 11:45am
Recap of March 19, 2018 Billy Frank Jr. Pacific Salmon Summit
Call to Action Review
Billy Frank Jr. Salmon Coalition
3 Principal Tenets:
Habitat Fran Wilshusen, NWIFC Director of Habitat Services
Pinnipeds Cecilia Gobin, NWIFC Conservation Policy Analyst
Hatcheries Ken Currens, NWIFC Manager of Conservation
11:45am – 12pm
Restoring & Protecting Our Environment for Our Fish and Our Families Maia Bellon, Director of Ecology
12pm – 1pm
Lunch Buffet – Auction of the Billy Frank Jr. Salmon Forever Fund Warrior Blanket No.1
1pm – 1:30pm
Doing the Hard Stuff Together
Cecilia Gobin, Tulalip Tribes, NWIFC Conservation Policy Analyst
1:30pm – 2pm
State of Salmon Recovery Kelly Susewind, Director of WDFW
Summary of success and failures for 2019 So why are we still failing?
2pm – 3pm
The Vision of Doing This Together
Why do we want to recover Salmon
Charlene Krise, Vice Chair of Squaxin Island Tribal Council
Senator Derek Stanford, 1st Legislative District
David Bean, Chairman of the Puyallup Tribe
Teri Gobin, Chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes
Nat Scholz, NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Candace Penn, Climate Change Ecologist, Squaxin Natural Resources
3pm – 4pm
2020 Action Agenda
Re-commitment and commitment Plan Forward: Everyone has to commit to doing this together
Political Will to move
U.S. Congressman Denny Heck, Washington’s 10th District
Ron Allen, Chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
4pm – 5pm
Calling of Witnesses
Sign Commitment