2013 Maine Beaches Conference
Date | July 12, 2013, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location | Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, ME
FINAL PROGRAM
Speakers/exhibitors identified below are confirmed for participation. Schedule subject to change.
7:30 a.m. Registration and Multimedia Session
Multimedia Session: Exhibits, posters, art and photography exhibits, and demonstrations of web tools for cooperation.
8:30 a.m. General Session I
Welcome, opening remarks, and monitoring volunteer recognition.
- Christine Feurt, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Ronald Cantor, President, Southern Maine Community College
Plenary Session I. Lessons from Sandy: What are the take-aways for Maine?
- Impacts from superstorm Sandy: Jay Tanski, New York Sea Grant Program
- Nor’easter impacts: John Cannon, National Weather Service
- Monitoring trends and how Maine can prepare: Peter Slovinsky and Steve Dickson, Maine Geological Survey
10:30 a.m. Break and Multimedia Session
11:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I
Note that some sessions anticipated to be held outdoors.
Approaches for Coastal Erosion Control
- The evolution of coastal erosion control technology: Peter Hanrahan, E J Prescott, Inc.
- Maine’s largest beach scraping effort: Steve Dickson, Maine Geological Survey
- Beach landscaping and dune restoration: Sue Schaller, Bar Mills Ecological
- Considering state and federal regulations: Marybeth Richardson, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection and Jay Clement, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Partners Promoting Tourism on Maine’s Beaches
- Carolann Oulette, Maine Office of Tourism
- Keith Fletcher, Maine Coast Heritage Trust
- Roxanne Eflin, Maine Development Foundation/Maine Downtown Center
- Paige Farmer, Maine Beaches Association
The State of Maine’s Beaches in 2013: Insights from Beach Profile Monitoring
- Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey; John Cannon, National Weather Service; and beach profile monitoring volunteers
- Water quality for shellfish growing areas: Kohl Kanwit, Maine Dept. of Marine Resources
- Community engagement in water quality: Ruth Indrick, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
- Clean water for aquaculture: Sebastian Belle, Maine Aquaculture Association
- Strategies to build teamwork: Tony Lacertosa, Peerless Leadership Development
- Teaming-up to track bacteria in Kittery: Jessa Kellogg, Town of Kittery
- Partners for Clean Water in South Boston: Judith Pederson, MIT Sea Grant
12:30 p.m. Luncheon
Enjoy lunch in the dining hall, or take lunch out to the beach.
Or join a conversation over lunch – options include (tentative):
- Thank You Lunch for Beach Monitors: Monitoring program staff and researchers invite monitoring volunteers to lunch in your honor.
- Lunch with DEP: Join DEP staff for informal Q/A.
- Walk and Talk Lunch: Join presenters from Maine’s Ever-Changing Beaches for a walking lunch.
1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II
Note that some sessions anticipated to be held outdoors.
- Sea-level rise impacts on coastal archeological sites: Nathan Hamilton and Rob Sanford, University of Southern Maine
- Three ways of tracking change on Maine’s beaches and what they are telling us: Joseph Kelley, University of Maine
- The source tracking toolbox: Keri Kaczor, UMaine Cooperative Extension/Maine Healthy Beaches; Fred Dillon, City of South Portland; John Bucci, University of New Hampshire; Emily DiFranco, FB Environmental Associates
- Understanding flood zones: Jim Nadeau, Nadeau Land Surveys
- Understanding the National Flood Insurance Program: Sue Baker, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
- Storm surge impacts: Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey
- Working in watersheds to understand what communities value: Christine Feurt, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- What does a forest in Sanford have to do with a beach in Wells? Tin Smith, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Endangered shorebirds on Maine’s beaches – the birds, the beaches, and why it matters: Laura Minich Zitske, Maine Audubon
Monitoring Maine’s Marine Invaders
- Beth Bisson, Maine Sea Grant
- Jeremy Miller, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Sarah Morrisseau, Christine Voyer, and Jeffrey Rubel, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
- Jessica Muhlin, Maine Martime Academy
- Sue Richman, South Portland High School
3:15 p.m. General Session II
Plenary Session II: Private Property, Public Rights: Ownership and Public Use of the Maine Coast
- Introduction: Paul Dest, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Shorelines and public rights, a background on Maine law: John Duff, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Goose Rocks Beach negotiating a settlement agreement: Larry Mead, Town of Kennebunkport
- Goose Rocks Beach legal perspectives: Ben Leoni, Curtis Thaxter Attorneys at Law, and Amy Tchao, Drummond Woodsum Law Firm
4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks
| 2013 Maine Beaches Conference in review
The Maine Beaches Conference provides continuing opportunities for communication and exchange of the most current information among beach stakeholders with diverse interests, and presents the findings from the state’s beach monitoring programs. 2013 MBC headlines:
For More Information: 2013 Partners and *Sponsors: Maine Department of Environmental Protection Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund * Ogunquit Conservation Commission * Southern Maine Community College ** Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission * Surfrider Northern New England * University of Maine Cooperative Extension * Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve * and Coastal Property Owners from Kennebunkport, Ogunquit, & Scarborough Steering Committee Members:Jake Aman |