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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 Water's 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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