Water Rally 2025 Speakers

FRIDAY water monitoring class

Friday, March 28 | 1:30 – 4:30 pm

Sergio Ruiz Cordova
Alabama Water watch

Bacteriological Water Monitoring with Alabama Water Watch

CArolina Ruiz
Alabama Water Watch

Bacteriological Water Monitoring with Alabama Water Watch

WHAT IS AND WHAT COULD BE: BUILDING STRATEGIES FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF DEFENDING RIVERS IN ALABAMA

Casi Callaway
Southeast Sustainability Directors Network

What Is and What Could Be: Building Strategies for the Next Chapter of Defending Rivers in Alabama

Bradley Davidson
Conservation Alabama

What Is and What Could Be: Building Strategies for the Next Chapter of Defending Rivers in Alabama

Erin Kanzig
river Network

What Is and What Could Be: Building Strategies for the Next Chapter of Defending Rivers in Alabama

Charles Miller
Alabama Rivers Alliance

What Is and What Could Be: Building Strategies for the Next Chapter of Defending Rivers in Alabama

PLENARY - THE RIGHTS OF NATURE: RETHINKING HOW WE PROTECT THE PLANET

Presented by ARA’s Young Professional River Defenders

Friday, March 28 | 7 – 8:30 pm

Corinne Baroni
ARA'S YPRD

Kala Bhattar
ARA'S YPRD

pLENARY - the alabama state house: what's up with that?

Saturday, March 29 | 9 – 10:30 am

John Dodd
Energy Alabama

The Alabama State House: What’s Up With That?

Luke Kiszla
Mobile Baykeeper

The Alabama State House: What’s Up With That?

Charles Miller
alabama rivers alliance

The Alabama State House: What’s Up With That?

SESSION I

Saturday, March 29 | 10:45 am – 11:45 am

Andrew Szymanski
Alabama Scenic River Trail

Riding the Wave: Outdoor Recreation for Economic Growth

David Butler
Cahaba Riverkeeper

The True Cost of Forever

Shannon McGlynn
ADEM

ADEM’s Nonpoint Source Program

lunch PLENARY - stackin' papers

Saturday, March 29 | 12:45 – 2 pm

Ryan Anderson
southern environmental law center

Mark Berte
Alabama Coastal Foundation

Carlee Sanford
EBSCO Charitable Giving

Andrew Syzmanski
Montgomery City Council

Heather Griffin
Alabama department of environmental management

SESSION II

Saturday, March 29 | 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Dr. SCot Duncan
Alabama Audubon

Southern Rivers: Restoring America’s Freshwater Biodiversity

Tony Diliberto
Indelible Marketing

Events: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Joy Myers
Railroad park foundation

Events: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Treasure Adams
Mobile Baykeeper

Beneath the Surface: Water Quality and the Future of Mobile Bay

SESSION III

Saturday, March 29 | 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Vickey Wheeler
Friends of Big Canoe Creek

Aesthetic Awareness

Henry Hughes
Friends of Shades creek

Aesthetic Awareness

Shannon McGlynn
ADEM

Stream Barriers in Alabama

Carletta Davis
We Matter eight mile community

Environmental Justice

SUNDAY PLENARY: RESILIENCY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE AND WHAT'S AHEAD

Sunday, March 30 | 9:30 – 11:30 am

Casi Callaway
Southeast Sustainability directors network

Abigail Franks
southeast climate and energy network

Erin Kanzig
River Network

Michael Malcom
People's Justice Council

Sheree Martin
Energy Alabama