Fwd: Training: How NEPA Can Help You Achieve the Results You Want
Shannon Dosemagen
From: Raleigh Hoke <ral...@healthygulf.org>
Date: Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 3:17 PM
Subject: Training: How NEPA Can Help You Achieve the Results You Want
To: Raleigh Hoke <ral...@healthygulf.org>
Cc: 'Operation Homecare' via New Lease on Life leaders <new-lease-on...@googlegroups.com>, gulf_...@googlegroups.com, Bayou Bridge <bayou-...@googlegroups.com>
We are pleased to invite you to participate in “How NEPA Can Help You Achieve the Results You Want,” a workshop for individuals working on conservation issues in Louisiana and neighboring states. The workshop is free of charge and will be held between April 26th & April 27th in New Orleans, Louisiana at Tulane University’s River and Coastal Center. Space is limited, so please do confirm your attendance as soon as possible.
Over the next few years, dozens of federal projects and permitting decisions will be made that will have profound impacts on the future of onshore and offshore resources in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the surrounding areas. This workshop is aimed at empowering stakeholders to utilize the procedural opportunities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to get agencies to make conservation a central consideration in their decisions. Consequently, the workshop will be tailored to individuals with some familiarity with the NEPA process who want to improve their knowledge and skills with the aim of persuading agencies to not only consider, but also choose, conservation alternatives in project development.
The workshop will cover a number of areas, including: how to successfully provide input on federal and state decisions, development of alternatives for acceptance by federal agencies, collaboration and NEPA, climate change, coastal restoration, environmental justice, current trends in NEPA case law, and mitigation and monitoring once an action has been initiated. The workshop will be tailored to participants’ interests and include presentations, examples, class participation, and exercises with break-out groups where participants can discuss challenges and opportunities they have experienced on specific projects. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to more efficiently and effectively use the NEPA process to achieve goals that are in the public and community interest.
The workshop is possible through generous funding from Wilburforce Foundation and NRDC and is hosted by the Partnership Project, a nonprofit organization composed of twenty national public interest organizations that coordinate and advocate on important environmental topics. Course leaders will include:
· Dinah Bear, Attorney at Law and former General Counsel of the White House Council on Environmental Quality for twenty-five years
· Sharon Buccino, Senior Attorney and Director, Land and Wildlife Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
· Mary O’Brien, Utah Forests Program Director, Grand Canyon Trust
· Stephen Schima, NEPA Campaign Director, The Partnership Project
· Mark Davis, Director of the Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy, Tulane University Law School
Through the generous funding by the Wilburforce Foundation and NRDC, there is no cost to attend the event and meals will be provided – including a dinner with a guest speaker on April 26th, 2018.
Space will be limited, so please do let me know as soon as possible if you or someone in your organization plan on attending the workshop. Registration will close at 35 participants. If you are unable to attend but know of someone, within your organization or at another organization, who would benefit from the workshop, please feel free to provide us with suggestions.
Responses and suggestions can be e-mailed to me at ssc...@partnershipproject.org. I can also be reached by phone at 503-830-5753. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
| Raleigh Hoke
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