Polk Landowner Expo

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8:30-9:00	Registration & sign-in	Registration Table
9:00-9:15	Welcome and Open Remarks	Keynote Speaker: TBD
9:15- 9:45	Preserving Greenway Corridors: Collaborating to Keep Agricultural Spaces Connected	Guest Speaker: Mitch Hutchcraft, Alico Inc.
9:45-10:25	Funding & Cost-Share Programs: Tools and Incentives to Keep Land in Production Panel	Moderator: Chelsea Wisner
10:25- 10:30	Sentinel Landscape Introduction	Tabitha Biehl, Polk County
10:30-10:40	Introduction to the Partners: Who’s Who	Aline Morrow, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
10:40-11:00	Networks & Exhibit Break
11:00-11:30	Mitigation Banking: Turning Conservation into Opportunity	Dave Sumpter, Wildland Conservation
11:30-12:00	Wetland Mitigation: Liquidating Pockets	Victoria Bruce, The Mitigation Banking Group, Inc.
12:00-1:00	Lunch and Networking
1:00- 1:30	Understanding Easements: A Practical Introduction for Landowners	Chelsea Wisner, Conservation Florida
1:30- 2:00	Navigating Easements: Breakout Sessions	Moderators: Tabitha Biehl, Polk County Chelsea Wisner, Conservation Florida Brooke Moherek, Polk County Charles “Buck” McLaughlin, APAFR
2:00- 2:40	Money Talks: Cashing in on Land	Moderator: Leigh Ann Wynn, JWL Ranch
2:40- 3:00	Networks & Exhibit Break
3:00- 3:40	Real Talk: Industry Panel on Program Pros, Cons, and Lessons Learned	Moderator: Bridget Stice, Polk UF/IFAS Livestock Agent
3:40- 3:50	Cultivating the Next Generation: Warner University Ag Programs	Scarlett Jackson, Executive Director of Agricultural Programs, Warner University
3:50- 4:00	Closing Remarks & Evaluation	Brooke Moherek, Polk County

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