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Housatonic River Watershed Zebra Mussel ForumSaturday, February 4, 2012 from 9:15 AM to 3:45 PM (ET)Great Barrington, MA |
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Housatonic River Watershed
Zebra Mussel Forum
Slowing the Threat of Zebra Mussels in the Housatonic Watershed
Working Across Borders:
How Can CT and MA Work Together to Combat the Spread of this Invasive (And Others)?
February 4, 2012 9:15a – 3:45p
(Snow Date February 11, 2011)
***Advance Registration is Required***
Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Co-Sponsored by the Housatonic Valley Association and Bard College at Simon's Rock
Event Highlights Include:
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Local Perspective. Ethan Nedeau, Owner & Principal Aquatic Biologist, Biodrawversity. “Issue Status Report: Zebra Mussels in the Housatonic River Watershed”
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: National Perspective. Doug Jensen, Aquatic Invasive Species Program Coordinator, Minnesota Sea Grant. “Don’t Give Aquatic Invasive Species the Housatonic Valley! Lessons from the Great Lakes"
PANEL DISCUSSION: “Local Management Tools & Strategies: What Have We Tried?”
- Peter Aarrestad, Inland Fisheries Division Director, CT Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
- Eleanor Mariani, Boating Division Director, CT Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
- Jim McGrath, Pittsfield Harbor Master ; Park, Open Space & Natural Resource Program Manager, Department of Community Development, City of Pittsfield
- David Santos, Conservation Director, CT BASS Federation Nation
- George Shippey, Chairman, Stockbridge Zebra Mussel Committee
- Jim Straub, Lakes and Ponds Program Coordinator, MA Department of Conservation and Recreation
MODERATED BREAK-OUT SESSIONS: “What Should/Could we do Locally?”
Scientific Monitoring for Mussels & Reporting:
- Ethan Nedeau, Owner & Principal Aquatic Biologist, Biodrawversity
- Dr. Mitch Wagener, Department of Biology and Environmental Science Chair, Western Connecticut State University
Community-Based Boat Ramp Monitoring:
- GwendolynnFlynn, Boating Division Environmental Analyst, CT Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
- Jim McGrath, Pittsfield Harbor Master ; Park, Open Space & Natural Resource Program Manager, Department of Community Development, City of Pittsfield
Education/Outreach:
- Phyllis Schaer, Invasive Species Subcommittee Chair, Candlewood Lake Authority
- Jim Straub, Lakes and Ponds Program Coordinator, MA Department of Conservation and Recreation
Prevention/Decontamination:
- Mark Howarth, Director of Public Outreach and Development, Candlewood Lake Authority
- George Shippey, Chairman, Stockbridge Zebra Mussel Committee
Exploring New Management Strategies:
- Dr. Donald Roeder, Environmental Studies and Biology Professor, Simon’s Rock College
- Meghan Ruta, CT Water Protection Program Manager, Housatonic Valley Association
LUNCH will be available for purchase from the Simon's Rock cafeteria. (Attendees may also bring a bag lunch if they prefer.)
Event co-sponsored by the Housatonic Valley Association and Bard College at Simon's Rock.
Additional funding provided by:
The Berkshire Environmental Endowment Fund (a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation)
Crane & Co.
Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) Boating Division
Connecticut Sea Grant
When & Where
Fischer Science & Academic Center
Bard College at Simon's Rock
84 Alford Road
Great Barrington,
MA 01230
Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 9:15 AM to 3:45 PM (ET)
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Housatonic Valley Association
The Housatonic Valley Association, founded in 1941, works to conserve the natural character and environmental health of our communities by protecting and restoring the lands and waters of the Housatonic Watershed for this and future generations. Learn more at www.hvatoday.org.
Bard College at Simon's Rock is a small, selective, supportive, intensive college of the liberal arts and sciences in the middle of the Berkshires, one of the nation’s cultural and natural treasures. Simon’s Rock was founded by Elizabeth Blodgett Hall in 1966. In 1979 Simon's Rock became part of Bard College (established in 1860), one of the country’s outstanding (and most innovative) liberal arts colleges, located 50 miles away, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
http://www.simons-rock.edu/
We are thrilled to announce that Doug Jensen, Aquatic Invasive Species Program Coordinator for Minnesota Sea Grant, will be presenting at the upcoming zebra mussel forum. Doug's attendance is made possible by Connecticut Sea Grant - thank you!
New panelists announced! More names to be added - check back soon!