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Steve Thompson

Executive Director

NCAT

Description

Steve has over thirty years of experience in natural resource conservation, community-based climate change mitigation, journalism, and project management. Executive Director of NCAT since 2018, he served as executive director of the Montana-based Cinnabar Foundation and was a senior program manager at the National Parks Conservation Association. He has a B.S. degree in rural sociology from Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Sessions

Welcome
March 15, 2022
9:00 – 9:15 AM
Speaker
Steve Thompson
Executive Director, NCAT
Soil Health for Watersheds: How Can Federal Agencies Help?
March 15, 2022
1:00 – 2:30 PM
Moderator
Steve Thompson
Executive Director, NCAT
Panelist
Kevin Farmer, PE
Branch Chief, Watershed Programs, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Shanon Phillips
Water Quality Division Director, Oklahoma Conservation Commission
Jimmy Emmons
Farmer, Oklahoma Farmer and Rancher
Tom Wall
Director, Watershed Restoration, Assessment and Protection Division, EPA
Terry Zien
Senior Program Manager, Flood Plain Management Services, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Participant
Julian Reyes
Acting Southern Plains Director/National Coordinator, USDA Climate Hubs
Margaret L Krome
Policy Program Director, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
Juli Obudzinski
Sustainable Agriculture Policy Consultant, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
Dianna Bagnall
Research Soil Scientist, Soil Health Institute
Day 2 Kickoff
March 16, 2022
9:07 – 9:15 AM
Speaker
Steve Thompson
Executive Director, NCAT
Conference Closing
March 16, 2022
2:30 – 2:45 PM
Speaker
Steve Thompson
Executive Director, NCAT