Final Program – 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. Click on session title for more details. Speaker biographies available here.
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