NRWA’s Annual Meeting Keynote Speakers
The NRWA has had a long line of distinguished Keynote Speakers at our Annual Meetings. Our speakers have included leaders in the field of freshwater resource protection, notable wildlife conservationists and biologists, acclaimed authors, and leaders in the business world. Their work inspires ours, and we hope the reverse is true as well.
2011 Daniel M. Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2010 William Waterway Marks, Author and Water Activist
2009 NRWA 40th Anniversary-- 40 on Our 40th Awards
2008 Akiko Busch, Swimmer and Author
2007 Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm
2006 Mitchell Thomashow, Environmental Educator and Author
2005 Sandra Postel, Founder of the Global Water Policy Project and Author
2004 NRWA 35th Anniversary—Celebratory Contra Dance
2003 Marion Stoddart, NRWA Founder
2002 Ben Kilham, Wildlife Biologist and Author
2001 Peter Alden, Naturalist and Author
2000 Tom Wessels, Ecologist and Author
1999 NRWA 30th Anniversary Celebration
1998 Arthur Bergeron, Historian
1997 Lyn Billman-Golemme, AICP, Regional Planner