DRAFT AGENDA AS OF 01-28-2018
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Monday – March 18th
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Project Leaders Course – Ryan Oster, WSFR-HQ Training Branch (Announcement & Info) (InterContinental Hotel: Leeward Room)
2:00 – 5:00 pm Registration (InterContinental Hotel: Lobby)
5:30 – 8:00 pm Opening Session and Welcome Social (InterContinental Hotel: Boardwalk Room)
8:00 – 11:00 pm Networking Room (InterContinental Hotel: Surfside Room)
Tuesday – March 19th
7:00 – 8:00 am Registration (InterContinental Hotel: Lobby)
Location: InterContinental Hotel: Atlantic Ballroom (unless otherwise stated)
8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome and Housekeeping – Dr. Wilfredo Falcón, WSFR Program Coordinator, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental
Resources (PR-DNER)
8:15 – 8:30 am Welcome to Puerto Rico – Hon. Tania Vázquez, Secretary, PR-DNER
8:30 – 8:50 am Extraordinary Partnerships in the Southeast Region through the WSFR Program – Dr. Leo Miranda, Regional Director, USFWS –
Southeast Region
8:50 – 9:20 am Perspectives from USFWS/WSFR Program/Washington Headquarters – Mr. Paul Rauch, Assistant Director, USFWS Washington D.C.
9:20 – 10:00 am Updates from USFWS/WSFR Regional Program Chief – Mr. Mike Piccirilli, WSFR Chief, Southeast Region
10:00 -10:15 am Break (InterContinental Hotel: Atlantic Foyer)
10:15 – 11:30 am Recurrent and Emerging Audit Issues (e.g., Budget, In-kind Contributions, Waived Indirect Costs, Designation of Contract vs.
Sub-recipient; 2CFR 200 Topic Review) – Ryan Oster, WSFR-HQ Training Branch
11:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00 – 1:45 pm Impacts of Hurricanes Maria and Irma on Fish and Wildlife Resources of Puerto Rico [Speaker, PR-DNER]
1:45 – 2:45 pm Recurrent and Emerging Audit Issues, cont. (Eligible Costs, etc.) – Ryan Oster, WSFR-HQ Training Branch
2:45 – 3:00 pm Break (InterContinental Hotel: Atlantic Foyer)
3:00 – 3:30 pm 50 CFR 80 Status of Current Changes and Other WSFR Policy Updates – [Speaker, Affiliation, TBD]
3:30 – 4:30 pm State Coordinators’ Session – Mr.Mike Piccirilli, WSFR Chief, Southeast Region
5:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner (on your own)
7:00 – 10:00 pm Networking Room (InterContinental Hotel: Surfside Room)
Wednesday – March 20th
Location: InterContinental Hotel: Atlantic Ballroom (unless otherwise stated)
8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome and Housekeeping – Dr.Wilfredo Falcón, WSFR Program Coordinator, PR-DNER
8:15 – 9:00 am Impacts of Hurricanes Maria and Irma on Fish and Wildlife Resources of the Virgin Islands [Speaker, Affiliation, TBD]
9:00 – 9:30 am TRACS Enhancement Status and Training – Ryan Oster, WSFR-HQ Training Branch
9:30 – 10:15 am WSFR Training Module: Developing an Equipment Use Rate – Ryan Oster, WSFR-HQ Training Branch
10:15 – 10:30 am Break (InterContinental Hotel: Atlantic Foyer)
10:30 -11:30 am WSFR Training Module: Program Income Using Cost Share – Ryan Oster, WSFR-HQ Training Branch
11:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00 – 3:30 pm WSFR Coordinators Break Out Sessions:
2:15 – 2:30 pm Break (InterContinental Hotel: Atlantic Foyer)
WR/SWG Session Leader: WSFR Wildlife Branch – Diana Swan-Pinion, Branch Chief
(InterContinental Hotel: Summit Room)
- P-R FY19 Apportionment and New WR Topics & Issues: Program Income and Beyond
- Hunter Education: Updates and Topics
- Shooting for . . . Eligible Costs
- SWG/SWG Competitive: Updates and Changes
- Grants Management Kitchen Sink
- R3 Initiatives & Issues
SFR Session Leader: WSFR Sport Fish Branch – Marilyn Lawal, Branch Chief
(InterContinental Hotel: Leeward Room)
- Florida Largemouth Bass and other State activities – Stasey Whichel, FL-FWCC
- States Organization for Boating Access (SOBA) Update – Lorene Reid, GA-DNR
- Freshwater/Marine Split; Boating Access; Planning for a new 5-year cycle, and others – WSFR Fiscal Branch
- Updates on Small Grant Programs (BIG, CVA, and Coastal Wetlands) – SFR Branch Staff –Scott Meister, Scott White and Jim Duffy
- NMFS Compliance
- Other SFR Program Issues, Q&A
Fiscal Session Leader: WSFR Fiscal Branch– Sherry Martin, Branch Chief
(InterContinental Hotel: Wildward Room)
- ASAP (Correcting Federal Cash Overdraws; Grant Liquidation Timeline)
- Sub-Recipients (Risk Assessments – Can you use FWS risk assessment form?; Entering FFATA required data for Sub-Recipients into FSRS – Demonstration)
- SF-425 (Recipient Share; Program Income)
- Indirect Costs (Annual submission schedule; Temporary rate while waiting for approval?; Applying in multi-year grant)
- Freshwater/Marine Split; Boating Access – Planning for a new 5-year cycle; and others
- Safety Margin Presentation
4:00 pm Depart Hotel for Planned Activity (InterContinental Hotel: Lobby)
5:00 – 9:00 pm Tour and Dinner (El Morro/Cuartel de Ballajá, Old San Juan; to be confirmed)
9:00 -10:30 pm Networking Room (InterContinental Hotel: Surfside Room)
Thursday–March 21st
Location: InterContinental Hotel: Atlantic Ballroom (unless otherwise stated)
8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome and Housekeeping – Dr.Wilfredo Falcón, WSFR Program Coordinator, PR-DNER
8:15 – 9:00 am Breakout Session Re-caps:
- Wildlife/SWG Session, SFR Session, Fiscal Session – Diana Swan, Marilyn Lawal and Sherry Martin
9:00 – 9:30 am WSFR Program’s Grant Award Processes – Marilyn Lawal, Diana Swan-Pinion, and Sherry Martin
9:30 – 9:45 am Break (InterContinental Hotel: Atlantic Foyer)
9:45 – 10:30 am Update on Land Chapters & Other Land-Related Issues – Alex Coley, WSFR – Southeast Region
10:30 – 11:00 am FAC Working Group Report – Matt Thomas, GA-DNR
11:00 – 11:30 am 2016 National Survey Overview
11:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00 – 1:45 pm WSFR Successes in Puerto Rico – Ms.Damaris Delgado, Bureau Director, PR-DNER
1:45 – 2:45 pm Recruitment, Retention, and Re-activation (R3) Initiatives in the Southeast – State Panel, Diana Swan, Randy Spencer
FWS/WSFR and State Coordinators]
2:45 – 3:15 pm Meeting Wrap-Up and Final Q&A – Mike Piccirilli, WSFR Program Chief
3:15 – 4:15 pm Planning for 2020 WSFR Coordinators Meeting –PRDNER, South Carolina, and USFWS