Building Bridges: National Leaders’ Perspective on Natural Resource Issues
Presented at the SRM 61st Annual Meeting
Louisville, Kentucky
January 28, 2008

In this symposium, eight organization heads were asked to address the following questions: 1) What are the three most important natural resource issues your organization will face in the next decade? 2) How can the professional societies help your organization face these issues? Agency heads have been invited from ARS, CSREES, NRCS, BLM, U.S. Forest Service, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, National Association of Conservation Districts, and British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range. Following these speakers, the AFGC and SRM Presidents will respond from the professional society perspective.

The following videos (mpg) were recorded at the symposium

• Gail Kimbell
  USDA Forest Service Chief
• Greg Tegart
  British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
  Regional Manager, Central Region
• Bud Cribley
  USDI - Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  Deputy Assistant Director-Renewable Resources & Planning
• Dr. Caird Rexroad, Jr.
  USDA - Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
  Associate Administrator for National Programs
• Dr. Dan Kugler
  USDA - Cooperative State Research Education & Extension Service (CSREES)
  Deputy Administrator, Natural Resources & Environment
• Pat Henderson
  National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)
  NACD Board of Directors
• Kenneth Stansell
  US Fish and Wildlife Service
  Deputy Director
• Leonard Blackham
  Natl. Assn. of State Depts. of Agriculture (NASDA)
  Utah Agriculture Commissioner &
  NASDA Chairman of Natural Resources and Pesticide Management Committee
• Panel
• Gary Peterson and Dennis Phillippi
  President of American Forage and Grassland Council and President of the Society for Range Management