Northern Grain Belt Ports and ANUAL MEETING

2023 Northern Grain Belt Ports Annual Meeting

Thursday, October 5, 2023 at xxxxx 

xxxx, La Crosse, WI

Purpose: The Northern Grain Belt Ports initial organization meeting is to share information amongst stakeholders, network and help build a common unified vision for the Northern Grain Belt Ports

8:15-8:45 – Registration 
8:30-9:00   Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:05   Administrative Remarks
9:05-9:10  Welcome – Mayor Mitch Reynolds, Mayor La Crosse, WI (Host) 
9:10-9:15  Welcome – Mayor Scott Sherman, Mayor of Winona, MN. (Host)
9:15-9:20 Welcome – xxxxx Chair La Crosse Joint Board of Harbor Commissioners (Host)
9:20-9:50  Key Note Speaker 
9:50-10:05: Corn Belt Ports Update

Federal Updates

10:05-10:10  Introduction - COL Eric Swenson, Commander and District Engineer, St. Paul District, US Army Corps of Engineers 
10:10-10:35  Mr. Andrew Goodall Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) Program Manager - Rock Island District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
10:35-10:55  Marshall Plumley, Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Program Director, Upper Mississippi River Restoration Update, Rock Island District, 
10:55-11:15  Tamara Cameron, Director of Operations, Operations Update, St. Paul District, US Army Corps of Engineers
11:15-11:40  Mr. Travis Black, Director, Inland Waterways Gateway Office, Maritime Administration (MARAD) Update, US Department of Transportation 

Upper Mississippi River Basin M-35/M-55 Work and Resilience Planning 

11:40-12:00  Kirsten Wallace, Executive Director, Upper Mississippi River Basin Association

12:00-1:00 Lunch 

State Updates 

1:00-1:15  Mike Halsted, Harbors & Waters Program Manager, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
1:15-1:30   Andrew Andrusko, Statewide Planning, Minnesota Department of Transportation  
1:30-1:45  WI Department of Natural Resources
1:45-2:00   MN Department of Natural Resources
Regional Planning Agencies
2:00-2:15 Jon Bingol, Executive Director, Mississippi River Regional Planning Agency
2:15-2:30  Peter Fletcher, Executive Director, La Crosse Area Planning Committee
Other Stakeholder 
2:30-2:45  Bryan Hopkins, IL & Upper Mississippi, Director of Freshwater Conservation, The Nature Conservancy
2:45-3:00 xxxxx Upper Mississippi Waterway Association 
3:00-3:10 Break 

State Ports

3:10-3:20  Red Wing Port Authority
3:20-3:30 Winona Port Authority 
3:30-3:40 Wabasha Port Authority
3:40-3:50 La Crosse Joint Board of Harbor Commissioners
3:50-4:00 Prairie du Chien Port Authority
The Annual Northern Grain Belt Ports Meeting will be held at on Thursday October 5, 2023

Registration fee is $xx per person 
(includes Thursday breakfast & lunch)

Register on-line at xxxxx

Please See:

Port of La Crosse Brochure

Port of La Crosse Harbor and Waterfront Plan-2011

Port Contact La Crosse

Port Contact Prairie du Chien