8:00 am     Coffee and Networking

8:25 am     Welcome; Katie Murray, Executive Director, Oregonians for Food and Shelter

8:30 am     Herbicides, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services: An Overview of the Intensive Forest
                    Management Study; Jake Verschuyl, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement               

9:15 am     The Science Behind Canola and Brassica Seed Crop Co-existence; Carol Mallory-Smith,
                    Emeritus Professor, Oregon State University

      -BREAK 10 am-

10:20 am    UAVs/Drones in Agriculture: Technology Advancements, Regulatory Landscape, and
                     Future Activities; Sarah Hovinga, Bayer Crop Science 

11:10 am    The Value of Working Lands in Protecting Drinking Water Quality; Karl Morgenstern,
                     retired, Eugene Water and Electric Board

      -LUNCH 12 pm-

1 pm           2023 Legislative Update; Senator Suzanne Weber (SD 16), Representative Shelly Boshart
                    Davis (HD 15), Representative Ken Helm (HD 27), Representative Anna Scharf (HD 23);
                    Moderator Rocky Dallum, Tonkon Torp

1:50 pm      The Endangered Species Act and Developing Rational Policy for Crop Protection;
                     Frank Wong, Bayer Crop Science

-BREAK 2:45 pm-

3:10 pm Groundwater Quality and the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area; Justin Green, Justin B. Green Environmental Consulting

4:00 pm Panel Presentation: Environmental Justice for Rural and Natural Resource Communities; Tiffany Monroe, Oregonians for Food & Shelter; Ben Duncan, Kearns & West

5:00 pm Reception

6 pm Fields and Forests Gala

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