Thank you to our Generous Sponsors!
Egret Sponsor
To address the effects of a changing climate, The Pew Charitable Trusts considers multiple policy areas to help lawmakers safeguard their constituents and communities. Pew experts produce research, identify best practices, work alongside state and local leaders to create resilience plans and policies, safeguard habitats that help slow climate change, and target resources to vulnerable communities.
Loon Sponsor
As the nation’s largest nature-based solutions company, RES (Resource Environmental Solutions) is restoring a resilient earth for a modern world, project by project. RES creates durable, resilient natural infrastructure for communities through solutions for environmental mitigation, stormwater and water quality, and climate and flooding resilience.
RES has a unique operating model for delivering ecological mitigation and restoration projects, based on science-led design, integrated delivery, and long-term performance. From headwaters to coastal shores, RES designs, builds, and sustains sites that preserve the environmental balance, lifting impaired ecosystems to restored health and ultimately, self-sufficiency.
Kingfisher Sponsors
Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl. These habitats also benefit other wildlife and people. To date, DU has conserved more than 18 million acres.
Naturion is a market leader in the wetland and stream mitigation industry providing high-quality ecological restoration for degraded ecosystems. Our restoration projects improve water quality, reduce erosion, enrich habitats, increase biodiversity, attenuate flood risk, among other benefits. By doing so we generate mitigation credits that developers and public entities use to offset unavoidable impacts. By following a watershed-based approach, we ensure that restored ecosystems benefit both local communities and the environment.
Snyder & Associates is a multidisciplinary civil engineering, planning, and design firm serving communities across the Midwest and beyond. Known for its integrated, solutions driven approach, the firm helps clients navigate complex challenges, secure funding, and make informed decisions that support long term community well being. Founded with the goal of becoming a respected, comprehensive engineering and planning partner, the firm has grown from a single Iowa office to thirteen locations across five states. Its reputation, client focused culture, and decades long community relationships continue to attract skilled professionals who understand the unique needs of the regions they serve.
Plover Sponsor
The Mitigation Banking Group, Inc., (MBG) is a full-service wetland mitigation credit company specializing in Florida. Victoria Bruce, CEO & Founder, has successfully managed the marketing and sales for mitigation credit purchases for 25+ mitigation & conservation banks throughout the State of Florida; as well as successfully connecting mitigation bankers & investors together for the sale and purchase of Mitigation Banks throughout the United States.