White House Conference on Cooperative Education Saint Louis, Missouri: August 29, 30, & 31, 2005. Strengthening shared governance and citizen stewardship
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In August 2004, President Bush signed Executive Order titled Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation which directs federal agencies that oversee environmental and natural resource policies and programs to promote cooperative conservation in full partnership with states, local governments, tribes, and individuals.

To advance the spirit and objectives of the Executive Order, President Bush called upon the White House Council on Environmental Quality to convene a Conference on Cooperative Conservation with the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency. In response to the President’s call, a diverse group of leaders and more than 1,000 participants are descending upon St. Louis Missouri from cities, reservations, and rural towns; from Alaska to Florida, from Maine to California for a historic three-day conference to exchange information, and identify innovative and effective approaches to promoting cooperative conservation. The participants represent conservation groups and companies; local, state, tribal, and federal agencies; recreation enthusiasts, ranchers, farmers, hunters and anglers.

This conference reflects the President’s continuing commitment to ensure that the federal government listens to the concerns, ideas and insights of local citizens and works closely with them in restoring and conserving our natural heritage.


Media Advisory

Interior to Promote Cooperative Conservation at White House Conference

Top NOAA Officials to participate in Next Week's White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation

Top USDA Officials to participate in Next Week's White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation

Top DOD Officials to participate in Next Week's White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation

EPA Administrator Attending White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation - Senior Officials to Join Delegation

Speeches

Remarks Prepared for Delivery By The Honorable Gale Norton Secretary of the Interior Keynote Speech Cooperative Conservation Conference

Secretary Rumsfeld's Remarks at the White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation

Remarks As Prepared by The Hon. Mike Johanns, Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture, White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation

EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson Addresses White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation, St. Louis, MO

Prepared Remarks for VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., US Navy (Retired) At White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation (PDF)

PRESS RELEASES

•Department of Agriculture

Johanns Advances President's Cooperative Conservation Vision At Historic White House Conference

•Department of Commerce

•Department of Defense

•Department of the Interior

Interior Secretary Norton Honors Cooperative Conservation Partnership at Nisqually River Watershed

Interior Leaders to Promote New Environmentalism at White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation

•Environmental Protection Agency

New Handbook to Help Accelerate Watershed-Protection Programs

EPA Administrator Attending White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation - Senior Officials to Join Delegation

EPA Administrator Steve Johnson praises Great Lakes and Detroit River partnerships

EPA Administrator praises efforts by California, tomato farmers and Protected Harvest

EPA Set to Co-Host White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation -Administrator Johnson to Lead Agency Delegation

EPA Administrator Lauds Innovative Program in Philadelphia

EPA To Participate in White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation

News Rooms

Department of Agriculture News Room
Department of Commerce News Room
Department of Defense News Room
Department of the Interior News Room
Environmental Protection Agency News Room

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