MWC04 Sponsors
U.S. Geological Survey  •  Maine DHS Drinking Water Program  •  Portland Water District  •  Consumers Maine Water Company  •  Maine Congress of Lake Associations  •  Maine Department of Environmental Protection  •  Maine Geological Survey  •  Maine Rivers  •  Maine Rural Water Association  •  Maine Water Utilities Association  •  Maine Wastewater Control Association  •  Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program  •  NOAA Fisheries  •  Project SHARE  •  State Planning Office Maine Coastal Program  •  University of Maine Cooperative Extension  •  Mitchell Center

Tentative Morning Session Agenda:
 

8:30	Welcoming Address: Nick Houtman, conference Co-chair and founder of the first Maine Water Conference
8:45	Greg Mitchell, Assistant City Administrator, City of Lewiston Lewiston Waterfront Restoration Project Greg has been instrumental in the redevelopment of the City's waterfront along the Androscoggin, including the huge Brownfields effort at the Bates Mill Complex, a true Brownfields success story that created 2,200 jobs in eight years.
9:20	Laura Rose Day, Laura Rose Day, Director, Penobscot Partners Scott D. Hall, Manager of Environmental Services, PPL Maine Butch Phillips, Tribal Elder, Penobscot Nation The Penobscot River Restoration Project Laura will discuss the Penobscot River Restoration Project, one of the most progressive and comprehensive attempts in history to rebalance hydropower production with fisheries and other ecosystem values on a major river. Maine conservation groups and the Penobscot Indian Nation are partners in this landmark project, along with PPL Corporation, the State of Maine and the U.S. Department of Interior. This reconfiguration of hydropower facilities will open more than 500 miles of habitat to sea-run fish.
10:00	Break, Poster and Exhibit viewing
10:30	Steve Kahl, Director, Mitchell Center Overview of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
11:00	Senator George J. Mitchell Perspectives from a Muskie staffer working on the Clean Water Act, and as an author of the Clean Air Act; what has he learned? How do policy decisions affect people at the local level?
11:45	Lunch begins Poster award presentations: Steve Kahl, President Peter Hoff, Robert Lent, Laura Wilson
12:20	President Peter Hoff, University of Maine
12:30	Governor John E. Baldacci Governor Baldacci will discuss the environmental initiatives of his administration, and the legacy and future of Maine's environment.

Tentative Afternoon Concurrent Session Agenda:
 

SESSION A: Lake Management Tools & Strategies Chair: Paul Hunt
1:10 - 1:40	Maine DOT’s Surface Water Quality Protection Program: Lessons Learned from six years of BMP Installation Alex Wong
1:40 - 2:05	Ten Tips for Transforming Education: Linking Lakes and Laptops Mary Ann McGarry
2:05 - 2:30	Using Biological Indicators to Assess Areas for Watershed Protection Nate Whalen
2:30 - 2:45	BREAK - Poster & Exhibit Hall
2:45 - 3:10	Looking out for Lake Invaders - Building an Effective Early Detection Team Roberta Hill
3:10 - 3:35	Lake Project Success Stories for Five Southern Maine SWCD Tamara Lee Pinard
3:35 - 4:00	Lakes and Rivers and the Legacy of Biological Pollution — A History of Fish Introductions David Halliwell

SESSION B: Maine’s Salmon Rivers Co-Chairs: Dan Kircheis & Ken Johnson
1:10 - 1:40	Hydraulic Evaluation of Tidal Circulation in Libby River Marsh Charles Hebson
1:40 - 2:05	Fresh Water and Marine Elements of survival: How change impacts population recovery John Kocik
2:05 - 2:30	Norwegian Liming Efforts for Atlantic Salmon Restoration Atle Hindar
2:30 - 2:45	BREAK - Poster & Exhibit Hall
2:45 - 3:10	Acid-Base Chemistry and Historical Trends in Downeast Salmon Rivers Steve Kahl
3:10 - 3:35	Twentieth Century Trends Toward Earlier Hydrologic Spring for Coastal River Basins in Maine Robert W. Dudley
3:35 - 4:00	Penobscot River Restoration Project: Opportunities for research and studies Gordon Russell & Clem Fay

SESSION C: Riverfronts: A Legacy of Pollution, A Trend Towards Renewal Chair: Noreen Copp
1:10 - 1:40	The Role of Alewives in the Gulf of Maine and Maine's River Systems Naomi Schalit
1:40 - 2:05	East Branch Sebasticook River Restoration Matthew Bernier
2:05 - 2:30	Mercury Bioaccumulation in Lotic & Lentic Amphibians from Acadia National Park, Maine Michael Bank
2:30 - 2:45	BREAK - Poster & Exhibit Hall
2:45 - 3:10	Bringing Access to Bangor's Foremost Natural Resource Stan Moses
3:10 - 3:35	Degradation and Partial Recovery of a Globally Rare, Freshwater Tidal Ecosystem: The Story of Merrymeeting Bay Heather Caron
3:35 - 4:00	A Review of Multi-Agency Stream Habitat Restoration Projects Jeffrey Varricchione

SESSION D: Surface/ Groundwater Connections: Tracking the Movement of Biosolid Leachates through Soils Chair: Laurie Osher
1:10 - 1:40	Agronomic Utilization of Sludge in Maine, 'Trends in Sludge Management' Mark King
1:40 - 2:05	Can Residuals be Land Applied or Stockpiled without Causing Groundwater Impacts? Richard Behr
2:05 - 2:30	An Analysis of Material and Leachate from Composted Sewage Sludge and Ditching Soil David Firmage
2:30 - 2:45	BREAK - Poster & Exhibit Hall
2:45 - 3:10	Water Quality Impacts of Biosolids as Landscape Amendments Laurie Osher
3:10 - 3:35	Nitrogen Loss from the Controlled Field Stacking of Biosolids John M. Peckenhan
3:35 - 4:00	Trace Metal Movement from Field Stacked Biosolids James Nadeau

SESSION E: Water Issues Roundtable: What’s in the Legislature? Chair: Rob Sanford
1:10 - 4:00	A facilitated discussion of current issues in the legislature. Panelists: Maine Representative Christopher Barstow Maine Representative Bob Daigle Maine Senator John Martin Maggie Shannon, Coalition of Lake Associations Nick Bennett, Natural Resources Council of Maine BREAK: 2:30 - 2:45 (Poster & Exhibit Hall)