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Coastal Places, Processes, and Partnerships: Balancing values and expectations on Maine's beaches

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2011 Maine Beaches Conference Program

• Our Place
  • This show will feature art and photography of the Maine coast, and its beaches. The pieces will share the wide variety of values and perspectives residents and visitors hold for our place.

• Welcome
  • Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey
    Dr. James Ortiz, President, Southern Maine Community College (invited)
    Christine Feurt, Moderator, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Looking Ahead in Maine Coastal Communities
  • Derek Sowers, Conservation Program Manager, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
  • Nancy Smith, GrowSmart Maine
• The Southern Maine Shoreline: A Brief History
  • Greg Berman, Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
• Adapting to Change on Maine's Beaches:  Recommendations from DEP's Report, "People and Nature Adapting to a Changing Climate"
  • Malcolm Burson, Office of the Commissioner, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

• Posters, displays, exhibits, demonstrations by partners
• Our Place art show viewing

• A Place for Wildlife
  • Laura Minich Zitske, Maine Audubon
• The Status of Maine's Beaches in 2011
  • Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey
  • Student beach profiling volunteers from Scarborough Middle School
• A Place For People: Access to Maine's Beaches
  • Dan Bacon, Town of Scarborough
  • Bob Foley, Save Our Shores Maine
  • Mic Harris, Save-Our-Beaches
  • Nancy Viehmann, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Regulations Affecting Coastal Sand Dunes and Legislative Update
  • Dawn Hallowell, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
  • Mike Morse, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
  • Mike Mullen, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
  • Sue Baker, Maine Floodplain Management Program

• Introduction to Invertebrates in the Intertidal
  • Bob Siegel, Professor, Southern Maine Community College

• Pre-register for optional facilitated conversations at several lunch tables (limit 10 per table).
• What do I want my coastal community to look like in 50 years?
  • Bob Hamblen, City of Saco
• Regulators at the Table: Q/A with DEP
  • Lisa Vickers, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Citizens Take Action for Community Health
  • Becky Kolak, Maine Conservation Corps Volunteer

• Casco Bay and Watershed: Impacts and Actions
  • Jeremy Miller, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Maine Healthy Beaches Program: Working Together to Improve Coastal Water Quality
  • Keri Lindberg, Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension
  • Tim Bridges, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Understanding My Coastal Property
  • Stephen Dickson, Maine Geological Survey
  • Joseph Young, Maine Floodplain Management Program
• Saco Bay Communities Working Together: Adapting to Sea Level Rise
  • Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey
  • J.T. Lockman, Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
  • Ken Buechs, Biddeford Citizen Representative, Sea Level Adaptation Working Group

• Introduction to Invertebrates in the Intertidal
  • Bob Siegel, Professor, Southern Maine Community College

• Coastal Protection and Private Property Rights: Are Maine's Environmental Regulations Achieving a Balance?
  • John Davis, Debate Solutions LLC
  • Debate teams from Harvard and Mary Washington Universities
• Closing
  • Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey

• Please contact kngrant@maine.edu

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Last updated on July 12, 2011

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