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 MWC 2005 SPONSORS
U.S. Geological Survey Senator
George J. Mitchell Center Maine DHS / Drinking Water Program
Portland Water District Aqua Maine Maine Coastal Program / State
Planning Office Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection Maine
Geological Survey Maine Rural Water Association Maine Wastewater Control Association Maine
Water Utilities Association Maine
Congress of Lake Associations Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring
Program Maine Rivers University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Maine Sea Grant
MORNING SESSION AGENDA
| 8:30 |
Welcoming Address |
| 8:45 |
Stephen Dickson
Marine Geologist, Maine Geological Survey
From Land to Sea: Complex Water Connections in the
Coastal Zone |
| 9:15 |
Chris Cronan
Interim Director, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for
Environmental and Watershed Research |
| 9:25 |
Representative Tom Allen
The Great Policy Abyss: Oceans and Estuaries in the 21st Century |
| 10:00 |
Break, Poster and Exhibit
viewing |
| 10:30 |
Shippen Bright
Federal Invasive Species Advisory Committee, current Chair
Executive Director, Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute
What is the federal government doing about invasive species? |
| 11:00 |
Dave Evers
Executive Director, BioDiversity Research Institute
Biogeographical patterns of environmental mercury in
northeastern North America |
| 11:30 |
John Banks
Director of Natural Resources, Penobscot Indian Nation
A Tribal Perspective on Water |
| 12:00 |
Poster award presentations:
Robert Lent, District Chief, USGS |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSION AGENDA
SESSION I:
ESTUARIES: WHERE RIVERS MEET THE SEA
Co-Chairs:
Hilary
Neckles (USGS), Paul
Anderson (Maine Sea Grant) |
| 1:30 - 1:50 |
Flow Dynamics in a
Complex Freshwater Estuary, Merrymeeting Bay, Mid-Coast Maine
Peter Lea |
| 1:50 - 2:10 |
Does An Estuarine Turbidity Maximum Exist in Penobscot Bay?
Joceline Boucher |
| 2:10 - 2:30 |
Integrating
estuarine environmental modeling, telemetry data, and
visualization to understand migration ecology of Atlantic
salmon in eastern Maine.
Jim Hawkes |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
BREAK - Poster & Exhibit Hall |
| 3:00 - 3:20 |
Unraveling the
mystery of rapid recent eelgrass decline in Taunton Bay
Laurie Osher |
| 3:20 - 3:40 |
Casco Bay Estuary
Project Inventory of Habitat Restoration Sites along the Lower
Presumpscot River, its Tributaries and Estuary
Matt Craig |
| 3:40 - 4:00 |
Concentration of
Toxic Pollutants in Casco Bay Sediments and Blue Mussels as
Indicators of Ecosystem Contamination
Lee Doggett |
SESSION II: MERCURY,
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS, AND OTHER EMERGING CONTAMINANTS
Co-Chairs: Aria
Amirbahman (UMaine),
Deborah Rice (Maine Bureau of Health) |
| 1:30 - 1:50 |
Vapor Intrusion
from the Subsurface into Building Space: A Latent But
Significant Pathway for Human Exposure
Daniel Carr |
| 1:50 - 2:10 |
Hexazinone
Movement from Upland Soils to Surface Waters via Groundwater
Teresa Thornton |
| 2:10 - 2:30 |
Sources and Sinks:
Sequestration and Transformation of Mercury (Hg) in the
Penobscot Estuary
Karen Merritt |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
BREAK - Poster & Exhibit Hall |
| 3:00 - 3:20 |
Water striders (Hemiptera:
Gerridae) indicate mercury levels in freshwater systems
Timothy Jardine |
| 3:20 - 3:40 |
Does Vegetation
Matter? Mercury Deposition at Acadia National Park, Maine
Sarah Nelson |
| 3:40 - 4:00 |
Mercury, Stream
Salamanders and Watershed Heterogeneity: Coping with a Risky
Environment
Michael Bank |
SESSION III: DRINKING WATER
PLANNING AND CONFLICTS (approved for 2 TCHs)
Co-Chairs: Jeff
McNelly (Maine Water Utilities Association),
Andy Tolman (Maine Drinking Water Program) |
| 1:30 - 1:50 |
The Future of Drinking Water in
Maine.
John Peckenham
|
| 1:50 - 2:10 |
Drinking Water Source Protection:
Maine Rural Waters Strategy to protect public drinking water
supplies
Alex Wong |
| 2:10 - 2:30 |
Did you invite the neighbors? One
utilities experience gaining approval to construct a new
public water supply well
Rick Knowlton |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
BREAK - Poster & Exhibit Hall |
| 3:00 - 3:20 |
Sebago Lake: Yours, Mine and Ours
Paul Hunt |
| 3:20 - 3:40 |
Public Access and Source Protection
at Branch Lake, Ellsworth, Maine
Nancy A. Beardsley |
| 3:40 - 4:00 |
Source Protection Solution
Roundtable
Facilitators: Andy Tolman and Jeff McNelly
Panel: John Peckenham, Alex Wong, Susan Breau, Rick Knowlton,
Paul Hunt, Nancy Beardsley |
SESSION IV:
CONNECTING THE DATA
Co-Chairs: Peter
Vaux (Mitchell Center), Greg
Stewart (USGS) |
| 1:30 - 1:50 |
Salmon River Water Quality Planning
Initiative: Lessons Learned From Multi-Agency Data Sharing and
Problem Solving
Barbara S. Arter |
| 1:50 - 2:10 |
Stewardship Education in the Internet
Age: Connecting Students with Data
Mary Ann McGarry |
| 2:10 - 2:30 |
Creating an Internet Mapping Project
for Biomonitoring Data
Connors, Beth |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
BREAK - Poster & Exhibit Hall |
| 3:00 - 3:20 |
Sheepscot River KRIS: A User-Friendly
Database for Atlantic Salmon Habitat Protection and
Restoration
Michael Herz |
| 3:20 - 3:40 |
Vital Signs G5-12 students
gathering and sharing quantitative and qualitative
observations of the Gulf of Maine Watershed
Sarah Kirn |
| 3:40 - 4:00 |
Streamstats: A U.S. Geological Survey
Web Site for Streamflow Statistics and Watershed Analysis
Pete Steeves |
SESSION V: STATE OF
MAINE'S ENVIRONMENT (approved for 2 TCHs)
Session
Co-Chairs: Steve
Kahl (Plymouth State University),
Charlie Culbertson (USGS) |
| 1:30 - 1:50 |
Are the Clean Air Act Amendments
working?
A 20 year re-evaluation of biologically relevant chemistry in
Northeastern lakes
Catherine Rosfjord |
| 1:50 - 2:10 |
The effects of shoreline development
on habitat complexity of lake littoral zones in Maine
Kirsten Ness |
| 2:10 - 2:30 |
The Connection Between Ice-Out and
Hypolimnion Oxygen Data for Green Lake, Maine
Robert D. Dunlap and Richard C. Cook |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
BREAK - Poster & Exhibit Hall |
| 3:00 - 3:20 |
Application of Surface and Ground
Water Interconnection Concepts to Blueberry Irrigation in
Maine
Brad Caswell |
| 3:20 - 3:40 |
Easy to Use Equipment for Sampling
Sediment Pore Water
Richard Behr and Troy Smith |
| 3:40 - 4:00 |
White perch distribution, ecology,
and management in estuarine and fresh waters
Dave Halliwell |
| SESSION VI:
MAINE COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE (approved for 2 TCHs) |
| 1:30 - 4:00 |
A facilitated discussion of current water resource planning and
management in Maine communities.
Panelists:
Chris Barstow (State Representative, Gorham, ME)
LaMarr Cannon (Maine NEMO)
Charles Hebson (Maine Dept. of
Transportation)
Chris Martin (Maine Forest Service)
Ferg Lea (AVCOG)
Rob Sanford, Moderator (University of
Southern Maine)BREAK: 2:30 - 3:00 (Poster & Exhibit Hall) |
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