Networking Sessions

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SOURCE WATER PROTECTION
Facilitator: Kirsten Ness, Portland Water District
Potential session topics include: land conservation; watershed protection through partnerships; managing forests for water quality; lake water quality monitoring
DIADROMOUS FISH
Facilitator: Karen Wilson, University of Southern Maine
Potential session topics include: upstream/downstream passage issues; upcoming projects around the state; decision making tools for deciding what to do with dams; and merging public safety funding with restoration dollars to fund co-benefit projects.

MAINE LAKES
Facilitators: Don Witherill and Linda Bacon, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
Session Topics and Discussion Leaders:
a) Ice Out, Phenology and Monitoring to Capture Climate Change Effects in Different Lake Types. Sarah Nelson, Jeremy Deeds, Stephanie Dykema, Julia Daly
b) Building Lake Resiliency: LakeSmart & Watershed Surveys. Susan Gallo, Amanda Pratt
c) Social Justice and Maine Lakes. Rachel Hovel, Colin Holme
d) Engaging Public in ‘Climate Change & Lakes’ Discussions. Ruth Sexton Clements, Danielle Wain
e) Climate Change, Invasive Species and HABs. Roberta Hill, Patricia Nease

PFAS AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS
Facilitators: Charlie Culbertson and Jason Sorenson, USGS
eDNA SCIENCE AND APPLICATION
Facilitators: Heather Leslie and other members of the Maine eDNA Project
The Maine eDNA team invites you to join a networking session following the morning concurrent session in Kumospace. Maine eDNA project members and other session participants will be available to answer your questions about how eDNA tools could be applied to your conservation or environmental challenge.

PFAS AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS
Facilitators: Charlie Culbertson and Jason Sorenson, USGS
LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES
Facilitators: Lydia Horne and Alyssa Soucy, University of Maine
Join our networking session to discuss how participatory approaches can help address social and environmental dimensions of conservation here in Maine. No experience with participatory conservation work? No problem! We hope to draw from the knowledge in the virtual room to discuss challenges and best practices to participatory work while hearing about the sustainability issues folks are addressing in their own work.