20th Retiree Reunion - NCTC
Shepherdstown, West Virginia,
November 27 - December 1, 2023
Sunday, November 26:Early arrivals for Board Members.
Monday, November 27 – Travel Day:6:30-8:30 AM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Breakfast
8:00 AM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Board Members meet for breakfast
9:00-11:00 AM (Entry Building) – Set up for registration and meetings
11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Lunch
2:00-5:00 PM (Entry Building) – Retiree Reunion Registration Desk Open
3:00-4:30 PM (Entry Building) – Greenwalt Walk for Wildlife on NCTC Trails
5:30-7:30 PM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Dinner
7:30 PM (Commons Building/Lounge) – Trivia Night
6:30-8:00 AM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Breakfast
8:00 AM (Entry Building) – Retiree Reunion Registration Desk Open
8:30-10:00 AM – (Entry Building/Auditorium) – Welcome to the 2023 Retiree Reunion
- - Opening remarks by Board Chair Cindy Barry
- Board introductions and reports
- Member introductions
10:30-10:45 AM – Break with refreshments
10:45-11:30 AM (Entry Building/Auditorium) – Southern Maryland Woodlands NWR Land Protection Plan
- - Dan Murphy (Chesapeake Bay Field Office)
- Joe McCauley (FWS Retiree/Chesapeake Conservancy)
1:30-4:30 PM (Entry/Auditorium Building) – Tour of NCTC and the FWS Archives
5:30-7:30 PM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Dinner
7:30-8:00 PM (Commons Building/Lounge Patio) – Dedication of Jerry Grover Bench with Jerry’s family
Wednesday, November 29:
6:30-8:00 AM – Breakfast (Commons Building/Dining Room)
8:15-8:30 AM (Front of Entry Building) – Option #1: Board bus and depart for Front Royal, VA
8:30 AM-4:30 PM – Option #1 Field Trip (with box lunches) to Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, VA and Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, VA
8:45-9:00 AM (Front of Entry Building) – Option #2: Board bus and depart for Freshwater Institute in Shepherdstown, WV
9:00 AM-4:30 PM – Option #2 Field Trip (with lunch at NCTC) to the Freshwater Institute, Shepherdstown, WV and Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, MD
5:30 PM (Commons Building/Roosevelt Room) – Directorate Tribute to the Memory of Hannibal Bolton
5:30-6:30 PM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Dinner
7:00-9:00 PM Doors open 6:30 PM (Entry Building/Auditorium) – International Fly Fishing Film Festival with Former FWS Director John Turner
6:30-8:00 AM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Breakfast
8:30-11:30 AM (Entry Building/Auditorium) – Endangered Species Act at 50 Panels with FWS Assistant Director of Ecological Services Gary Frazer, Moderator
8:30-9:30 AM – Panel 1 - Former Assistant DOI Secretary Don Barry / Former DOI Solicitor Mike Young
9:30-9:45 AM – Break with refreshments
9:45-11:30 AM – Panel 2 - Former FWS Director John Turner / Former FWS Director Jamie Rappaport Clark / Former FWS Deputy Director Marshall Jones
11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Lunch
1:30-3:15 PM (Entry Building/Auditorium) – Retiree News and Updates
- 1:30-2:15 PM – Frauds and Scams by Susan LeFew, AARP
2:15-2:30 PM – Break with refreshments
2:30-3:15 PM – Federal Retiree Benefits and Legislation by John Hatton, NARFE
7:30-9:00 PM (Entry Building/Auditorium) – Keynote Speaker – Historian/Author Douglas Brinkley
Friday, December 1 – Travel Day:
6:30-8:00 AM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Breakfast
9:00 AM-12:00 PM (Instructional East 101) – FWS History Committee meeting
12:00-1:00 PM (Commons Building/Dining Room) – Lunch
1:00-5:00 PM (Instructional East 101) – FWS History Committee meeting concludes
