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MWC 2013 - Agenda

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Tuesday March 19, 2013
Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, Maine

7:30am Registration, Continental Breakfast, Poster & Exhibit Viewing – Auditorium
8:30am Morning Concurrent Sessions:

A. Groundwater Management and Sustainability

B. Development and Use of Environmental Indicators in Environmental Decision-making

C. Stayin’ Alive: How are water and environmental education, outreach, and citizen science groups succeeding in times of lean budgets?

D. The State of Maine’s Water Resources

E. What’s a Town to do? Municipal Decision-making about Water Resources in an Environment of Constant Change

F. Fisheries: Habitat and Passage

10:00am Morning Break & Poster Session – Auditorium
11:00am Plenary Session – Auditorium
Welcome & Introduction
Jasmine Saros, Conference Co-Chair
11:05am

Craig Williamson, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Managing Water Resources in a Changing Climate: Deciphering the Sentinel Responses of Lakes In a Warmer and Wetter World

11:40am Introduction
Kirsten Ness, Conference Co-Chair
11:45am

Timothy Ford, Dean of Graduate Studies and Public Health and Interim Dean of the Westbrook College of Health Professions, University of New England
Global Studies in Water and Health: Implications for Maine

12:20pm Poster Award Presentation
12:30pm Lunch – Auditorium
1:30pm Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:

A. Groundwater Management and Sustainability

B. Development and Use of Environmental Indicators in Environmental Decision-making

G. Intensity, Frequency, and Variability: How is Maine’s Changing Climate Affecting Water Resources?

H. Nonpoint Source and Emerging Contaminants: What is it, where’s it coming from and how do we clean it up?

I. Restoration Potential and Barriers in Maine Rivers: Knowledge to Action

2:30pm Afternoon Break – Poster & Exhibit Viewing – Auditorium
3:00pm Afternoon Concurrent Sessions (continued)
4:00pm Conference close

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Senator George J. Mitchell Center & Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative
5710 Norman Smith Hall
Orono, ME 04469
Phone: (207) 581-3244E-mail: umgmc@maine.edu
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Orono, Maine 04469
207.581.1110
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