Please join us for the Watersheds United Vermont and Lake Champlain Basin Program Fall Watershed Groups Conference.

Please note the time change due to the predicted weather issues on Tuesday. The conference will be held November 13, 2018 from 9:00 to 3:30 at Main Street Landing in Burlington. The conference is open to watershed groups, conservation districts and partner organizations.

Agenda

9:00: Coffee/Pastries/Registration

9:30: Introduction

9:45: Stormwater Education and Outreach Campaigns and Programs. Corrie Miller (Friends of the Mad River), Marty Illick (Lewis Creek Association), Michele Braun (Friends of the Winooski River), Marc Companion (Lake Champlain Sea Grant/Vermont DEC).

10:45: Getting the word out: Tips for successful radio, TV, press interviews and panels. How not to be intimidated! Eve Frankel (Vermont Chapter of The Nature Conservancy)

11:45 Leahy Summit Information and Feedback. Barry Lampke

Noon: Lunch

1:00: Water Quality Monitoring Data Interpretation: Taking complex data and turning it into action and education: successes and challenges. Shawn White (Friends of the Winooski River), Ethan Swift (Vermont DEC), Matt Witten (Addison County River Watch Collaborative), Ben Copans (Vermont DEC) and Kelley Tucker (Ausable River Association).

2:30 - 3:30: Optional. Act 185: New opportunity to pair natural resources projects with municipal water upgrades as part of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. Terisa Thomas from Vermont DEC.