15th Annual Maine/New Hampshire Area Committee Oil Spill Seminar

Monday, March 12, 2012

7:30 Check-in & Continental Breakfast

8:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Joe Payne, Casco Baykeeper/Friends of Casco Bay
Barbara Parker, Maine DEP
Rick Berry, New Hampshire DES
CAPT Chris Roberge, USCG Captain of the Port

8:15 Seminar Overview
Joe Payne, Casco Baykeeper/Friends of Casco Bay

8:30 Protection Priorities
Making the Tough Decision
Don Katnik, Maine IF & W

9:15 Lobsters
Carl Wilson, Maine DMR

10:00 Break & Refreshments

10:20 Marshes
Michelle Dionne, Research Dir., Wells Reserve

11:15 Birds
Pam Hunt, Audubon Society

12:00 Luncheon

1:00 Sand Beaches
Steve Lehmann, NOAA

1:45 Economic Value of the Environment
Charlie Colgan, Muskie School of Public Service

2:30 Break & Refreshments

2:50 Eel Grass
Fred Short, University of New Hampshire

3:30 Mudflats
Lindsay Tudor, Maine IF&W

4:15 Adjourn

Please meet us at the Portland Pie Company
for more networking opportunities after Day 1
of the seminar (51 York Street, Portland).

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

7:30 Check-in & Continental Breakfast

8:00 Opening Remarks
Joe Payne, Casco Baykeeper

8:15 Near Shore/Coastal Fisheries
Cheri Patterson, NH Fish & Game

9:00 Historical/Cultural Resources
Edna Feighner, Historic Preservation Officer

10:00 Break & Refreshments

10:15 Assessing Damage
Frank Csulak, NOAA

11:00 Clean-up Endpoints
Steve Lehmann, NOAA

12:00 Luncheon

1:00 Julie N : What if it had been different?
Barbara Parker, Maine DEP
Steve Lehmann, NOAA
Frank Csulak, NOAA
Dana DeGraaf, Maine IF & W
Seth Barker, DMR
CAPT Chris Roberge, USCG

2:00 But It Looks So Easy on Paper
The Care and Feeding of Unified Command
Brian House, Moran Environmental Recovery

2:30 Break & Refreshments

2:45 Tradeoffs & Priorities
Seminar Design Committee

3:45 Area Committee Closing Remarks

4:00 Adjourn

Note: The ME/NH Area Committee welcomes
your suggestions regarding potential
future seminar topics; please bring your
ideas to the seminar.