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Conference Schedule

All times are in Mountain Daylight Time.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

8:30 AMRegistration and Coffee Social Hour
9:00 AMWelcome
Dr. Katherine Himes, Director, McClure Center for Public Policy Research, University of Idaho
Dr. Emily Wakild, Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands, Andrus Center for Public Policy, Boise State University
Dr. Eric Winford, Associate Director, Rangeland Center, University of Idaho
9:30 AMLooking Backward-Looking Forward with Idaho State Government Leadership
Idaho Governor Brad Little (invited)
Dustin Miller, Director, Idaho Department of Lands
Moderator: Dr. Katherine Himes, Director, McClure Center for Public Policy Research, University of Idaho
10:30 AMLandscape-Level Partnerships
Perspectives from partnerships across Idaho
Mike Guerry, President, Guerry, Inc. and Chair, Three Creek Rangeland Fire Protection Association (RFPA)
Tim Murphy, Commissioner, Idaho Department of Fish and Game
John Robison, Vice President, Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership (IFRP), Inc. and Public Lands and Wildlife Director, Idaho Conservation League
Dani Southard, Co-Chair, Southwest Idaho All-Lands Partnership and Wildfire Mitigation Program Leader, Idaho Power
Moderator: Murphy Woodhouse, Mountain West News Bureau Reporter, Boise State Public Radio
12:00 PMLunch and Keynote
Featuring U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Wildland Fire Service Director Brian Fennessy
Welcome from Dr. Marie-Anne de Graaff, Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Boise State University
Moderator: Dr. Emily Wakild, Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands, Andrus Center for Public Policy, Boise State University
1:30 PMPutting Collaboration into Action
Building collaboration capacity with Idaho practitioners
Susan Goodwin, Principal, Good Solutions
Bryant Kuechle, Executive Director, The Langdon Group
2:50 PMStrategies and Tools: Collaboration Approaches at the Community Level
Perspectives from Idaho, Oregon, and the Greater Yellowstone region
Liz Davy, Program Director, Greater Yellowstone Fire Action Network
Mara Hlawatschek, Wildfire Mitigation Director, Valley County
Dr. Katherine (Katie) Wollstein, Rangeland Fire Specialist, Extension Fire Program, Oregon State University Extension and Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University
Moderator: Dr. Eric Winford, Associate Director, Rangeland Center, University of Idaho
4:15 PMClosing
Dr. Katherine Himes, Director, McClure Center for Public Policy Research, University of Idaho
Dr. Emily Wakild, Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands, Andrus Center for Public Policy, Boise State University
Dr. Eric Winford, Associate Director, Rangeland Center, University of Idaho
4:25 PMNetworking