Maine Water Conference Agenda

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Augusta Civic Center, North Wing
Augusta, Maine

MWC 2006 SPONSORS: U.S. Geological Survey • Senator George J. Mitchell Center • Maine Drinking Water Program, Dept. of Health & Human Services • Portland Water District • Aqua Maine • Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection • Maine Geological Survey • Maine Coastal Program, State Planning Office • Maine Rural Water Association • Maine Wastewater Control Association • Maine Water Utilities Association • Maine Congress of Lake Associations • Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program • UMaine Cooperative Extension

2006 Maine Water Conference Agenda

7:30am	Registration Poster and exhibit viewing. Continental breakfast.
8:30am	Welcome Nancy Beardsley & Peter Vaux, MWC 06 Co-Chairs
8:40am	David Hart, Future Director, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research The role of research in water resource management: Linking knowledge to action
9:15am	Colin Apse, Deputy Director, Eastern U.S. Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy Conserving Freshwater Biodiversity in the Northeast: Innovative Strategies to Address Widespread Threats
9:50am	Representative Ted Koffman, D-Bar Harbor Water Conservation Policy Challenges
10:15am	Break Poster and exhibit viewing.
10:45am	Kathleen Fallon Lambert, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Science Links Program Integrating Ecosystem Science and Environmental Policy
11:20am	Patrick Donoho, Vice President for Government Relations, International Bottled Water Association Maine's Place in the Bottled Water Industry
11:55am	Andrew Fisk, Director, Bureau of Land and Water Quality, Maine Department of Environmental Protection Water Quality in Maine — Where are we heading?
12:20pm	Poster award presentations Robert Lent, Director, USGS Maine Water Science Center Whitney King, MWC 06 Poster Chair
12:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Concurrent sessions SESSION A: When, Where, How Much? — Bottled Water and Bulk Withdrawal Issues SESSION B: Landscape-Level Approaches to Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation SESSION C: Conservation of Maine's Freshwater Species and Communities SESSION D: Culverts, Bridges & Dams — Overcoming the Obstacles SESSION E: Science for the Public SESSION F: Water Policy Roundtables
2:30pm	Break Poster and exhibit viewing.
3:00pm	Concurrent sessions (continued)

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