SECOND ANNUAL
ALLIANCE FOR THE CUMBERLANDS CONFERENCE


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Katherine Medlock at 865-546-5998
or [email protected]
February 26, 2007
Agenda

Agenda

8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:10 Welcome by Cumberland County Mayor, Brock Hill

9:10-9:45 Congressman Lincoln Davis

9:45-10:15 Katherine Medlock, Progress of the Alliance for the Cumberlands

Minutes of 2007 Conference in pdf format

10:15-11:40 Fundraising for Eco and Heritage Tourism Panel Discussion

Panel Participants:
Upper Cumberland Development District
TN Civil War National Heritage Area
TN Department of Tourist Development
United States Department of Agriculture

12:00-12:45 Lunch (presentation from our sponsor, the Cumberland HCP)

12:45-1:15 Commissioner Susan Whitaker

1:30-2:15 Benefits of Eco and Heritage Based Tourism (concurrent sessions)

Room 1: Dr. David Kolzow, Tennessee Leadership Center
Building a Diversified Rural Economy through Sustainable Tourism
Dr. Kolzow Presentation in pdf format

Room 2: Jim Crabtree, Cumberland County Playhouse
Work the Wood with the Grain: One Community's Vision for Ecotourism

2:30-3:15 Lessons Learned (concurrent sessions)

Room 1: Abigail Rome, Tierra Vista Tours & Consulting
Ecotourism Overseas: Examples and Lessons

Room 2: Vicki Kidd, TOUR Southern and Eastern Kentucky
TOUR Southern and Eastern Kentucky: Lessons Learned
Vicki Kidd Presentation in pdf format

Room 3: Linda Caldwell, Tennessee Overhill
The Tennessee Overhill: Lessons Learned
Linda Caldwell Presentation in pdf format 5.3 Megabytes

3:30-4:15 Keepin' it Green (concurrent sessions)

Room 1: Dodd Galbreath, URS Corporation
Sustaining Prosperity using Natural Infrastructure on the Cumberland Plateau
Dodd Galbreath Presentation in pdf format 9.5 Megabytes

Room 2: Roger McCoy, TN Heritage Program
Notes on Rare Species and Natural Communities of Franklin State Forest
Roger McCoy Presentation in pdf format 9.12 Megabytes

4:20 Meet at the entrance of the restaurant for instructions regarding the excursion to the Cumberland Homesteads Tower and Museum.


****Be sure to take some time during the day to view the posters and booths on display in the lounge area upstairs****

We'd like to extend a special thanks to the Cumberland HCP for sponsoring our lunch today!

A free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at www.adobe.com

2006 FIRST ANNUAL ALLIANCE FOR THE CUMBERLANDS CONFERENCE:
Some of the PowerPoint Presentations are still available for download. See links below. If the presentation is too large for download and you would like to have a copy, please contact Katherine Medlock at 865-546-5998 or [email protected]

"ECOLOGIES and ECONOMIES"

 

First Annual conference
was sponsored in part by:


and

AGENDA 2006

Business meeting for Alliance members begins at 9:00

9:30-10:00 Commissioner Jim Fyke Keynote address

10:00-10:45 Ecology Session
State Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation
      Stategies - TWRA - Mark Thurman
Landscape features and associated rare species
      of southern KY-
James Kiser, Daniel Boone National Forest
Caves - The Nature Conservancy - Cory Holiday

11:00-11:45 Socioeconomics Session
Socioeconomics of the Plateau-Don Hodges PhD. Univ. of TN
Gateway Communities-Vanessa Morel, NPCA
Upper Cumberland Tourism Association -
       Kacee Pennycuff Harris

11:45-1:15 Lunch and Workshop by Mary Jeanne Packer of Fermata Inc./Ghostwriters Communications

1:15-2:00 Recreation Session
Panel: Rick Bost: Rock Climbing
Juanita Guinn: Whitewater Paddling
Stephen Stedman: Birdwatching
Fount Bertram: Hiking

2:15-3:00 Historic Session
Carol Van West PhD
Michael Birdwell PhD
Ben Nance

3:15-4:00 Closing Remarks by Carol Van West PhD

 

The PowerPoint presentations are no longer available for download. If you wish for a copy of the presentation please contact Kaatherine Medlock. at 865-546-5998 or [email protected]

 

A free version of
Adobe Acrobat Reader
is available at
www.adobe.com
     
     

You are welcome to stay afterward to view the booths and posters or speak with presenters or other participants.