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The Future of Maine's Changing Beaches: Diverse Interests and Common Goals

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Welcome

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. in SMCC Dining Commons

• Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey

Opening Remarks

• President James Ortiz, Southern Maine Community College

8:45 - 10:00 a.m. in SMCC Dining Commons

• Moderator Christine Feurt, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Climate Change in the Northeast: Past, Present, and Future

• Cameron Wake, Research Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. in SMCC Dining Commons

• Posters, Videos, Photographs, Demonstrations, Interactive Exhibits

10:30 - 11:15 a.m. at locations to be announced.

Shifting Sands: Trends in Maine's Beach Profiling Data

• Stephen Dickson and Peter Slovinsky, Coastal Geologists, Maine Geological Survey

Bacteria Highs and Lows: Review of the Maine Healthy Beaches Program

• Esperanza Stancioff, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant
• Steve Jones, University of New Hampshire's Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
• Matt Liebman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Getting Things Done: Successful Advocacy and Local Action

• Theresa Wiper, Willard Beach community leader

11:30 - 12:15 p.m. at locations to be announced.

Maine's Changing Beaches: Priorities for Public Officials

• John Bubier, Biddeford City Manager
• Ron Owens, Scarborough Town Manager
• James Thomas, Old Orchard Beach Town Manager

Maine's Changing Beaches: Priorities for Coastal Property Owners

• Robert Almeder, Coastal Property Owner, (Member of SOS Board of Directors and MBC)
• Parker Dwelly, Coastal Property Owner, (Member of SOS Board of Directors)
• Carol Wood, Director, Kennebunkport Parks and Recreation Department

Maine's Changing Beaches: Priorities for Beach Users

• Ben Keller, Action Sports Videographer, Surfer, and Community Activist from Scarborough
• John White, Kennebunk Conservation Commission
• Connie Garber, Transportation Director of York County Community Action Corp.
• Linda Lyman, Kennebunk Dog Advisory Committee

Coastal Regulatory and Legislative Update

• David Littell, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection
• Kathleen Leyden, Director, Maine Coastal Program
• Moderator Deb Garrett, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection

The Global Economy and Global Climate Change

• A video of the debate between Yale economists and Britain's Sir Nicholas Stern.

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. in SMCC Dining Commons

• Lunch with the Scientists (beach monitoring volunteers in private room to be announced)

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. in SMCC Dining Commons

• Moderator Christine Feurt, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Maine's Changing Beaches: People and Action

• Margaret Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center

2:00 p.m. in SMCC Dining Commons

• Enter to win one of two pairs of tickets on Casco Bay Ferry Lines

2:00 - 2:15 p.m. in SMCC Dining Commons

• Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey
• Moderator Christine Feurt, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

2:30 - 4:00 p.m. throughout SMCC campus.

Portland Harbor Museum Tour

• Museum docents

Ecology of the Rocky Intertidal

• Robert Siegel, SMCC Faculty

Willard Beach Dune Restoration

• Stephen Dickson, Coastal Geologist, Maine Geological Survey

Beach Measurement Methods

• Tom Long, Laboratory Manager and GIS Instructor, SMCC

Water Quality and Beach Management

• Maine Healthy Beaches Program Staff

2:30 - 4:00 p.m. at locations to be announced.

• Inconvenient Truth - viewing and discussion
• Coastal Clash - viewing and discussion

4:00 - 5:30 p.m. in the Marine Society Room of the Portland Harbor Museum

• Join us for good conversation, hors d'oeuvres, beverages, and expansive Casco Bay views in the Marine Society Room of the Portland Harbor Museum.

Please contact Maine Sea Grant Extension at 207-646-1555 x115 or kristen.whiting-grant@maine.edu

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Last updated on January 8, 2008

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