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We are pleased to announce that both Senator
Mitchell and Governor Baldacci are confirmed to speak at
the morning plenary session of the 2004 Maine Water Conference.
University of Maine President, Peter Hoff will introduce Governor
Baldacci. Other confirmed speakers include Greg Mitchell, City Manager, City
of Lewiston and Steve Kahl,
Director, Mitchell Center. Additional speakers will be added over
the coming weeks. John E. Baldacci,
Governor of Maine
Governor Baldacci will discuss Maines environmental legacies and
future.
Click here for a biography of Governor Baldacci
Senator George 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?
Click here for a biography of Senator Mitchell
Steve Kahl, Director, Mitchell Center
Overview of the Clean Air Act Assessment
Biography: Steve is Professor of
Water Resources and founder and Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the
University of Maine. He has conducted environmental research for
more than 25 years on issues largely focusing on lakes, including
acid rain, mercury, and lake eutrophication. This work has included
several projects since 1982 on lake and watershed chemistry at
long-term monitoring sites across Maine. Steve co-authored the 2002
Clean Air Act Assessment, an EPA report based on research that
assessed the effectiveness of the 1990 Clean Air Act. He is founder and co-leader of PEARL (http://pearl.maine.edu),
the GIS-based searchable lakes database available on the web. He is
a member of several boards of directors for environmental groups, co-chair of the Maine Council on
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, and a gubernatorial
appointee to three state commissions on water resource issues. Steve
is currently studying the water chemistry in Atlantic Salmon rivers
in Downeast Maine and leading a major lake study funded by EPA.
Greg Mitchell,
Assistant City Administrator, City of Lewiston
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.
Penobscot River Restoration Project
Laura Rose Day, Director, Penobscot
Partners (Penobscot Nation, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Natural
Resources Council of Maine, Trout Unlimited, Maine Audubon, American
Rivers)
Scott D. Hall, Manager of Environmental Services, PPL Maine, LLC
Scott is the Manager of Environmental Services for PPL Maine, LLC, a
PPL Corporation company that owns and operates nine hydroelectric
projects on the Penobscot and Union River basins in the state of
Maine. Scott has a Bachelors degree in wildlife management with a
concentration in marine resources, as well as a Masters in Public
Administration, both from the University of Maine. After working
for various governmental resource agencies and a non-profit
advocate, he has 15 years of experience working with hydro
projects. Scott's hydro experience ranges from fisheries and
wildlife assessment and cultural resource management to overall
project oversight responsibilities during (re)licensing processes
and political/regulatory/economic management of hydro assets.
Butch Phillips, Tribal Elder, Penobscot Nation
Laura, Butch and Scott 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.
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