Open to all watershed groups and partner organizations

November 4, 2017
9:00am - 3:00pm

Rokeby Museum
Ferrisburgh, VT

Meeting is free. Stipends available for watershed groups. Optional lunch, $10.
Please Contact Lyn Munno, WUV Director, with any questions.

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9:00: Registration, coffee and pastries

9:20: Introduction

9:30: Watershed Project Updates
3 topics, 3 speakers per topic. Watershed groups will share a project or approach on: Buffer Planting, Stormwater and Public Events.

10:30: Break

10:45: Concurrent Session 1
a. Private Roads Inventory. Michaela Stickney and Kim Jensen, Department of Environmental Conservation.
b. Communication Strategies. Rebecca Sanborn Stone, Community Workshop.

11:45:Lunch

12:45:  Panel: Establishing Riparian Buffers Where Japanese Knotweed is Present. Will Eldridge, VT Fish and Wildlife; MaryBeth Deller, Green Mountain National Forest; Katie Kain, US Fish and Wildlife; Corrie Miller, Friends of the Mad River.

1:45: Concurrent Session 2
a. Protecting River Corridors: Engaging at the local level. Amanda Holland, Northwest Regional Planning Commission; Kris Stepenuck, Sea Grant; Lindsey Wight, Missisquoi River Basin Association; Rebecca Pfeiffer, Department of Environmental Conservation.
b. Dam Removal 101. Ron Rhodes, Connecticut River Conservancy; Brian Fitzgerald, VNRC Dam Project Coordinator.