7:30-8:30
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Registration & Multimedia Session in Campus Center
- Exhibits:
- Southern Maine Community College
- Drummond, Woodsum
- Walsh Engineering, Inc.
- Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors
- Maine Coastal Program
- Maine Sea Grant
- Maine Geological Survey
- Maine Healthy Beaches Program
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- E. J. Prescott, Inc.
- Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry, Floodplain Management Program and National Flood Insurance Program
- Mainely Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Maine
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Posters:
- Southern Maine Beach Profile Monitoring Program
- State-of-Maine’s Beaches in 2015 poster series
- Maine Department of Marine Resources
- Bureau of Public Health’s Shellfish Growing Area Classification Program
- Marine Mammals of Maine
- Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
- Art:
- SMCC Art Department Show
- Photography by Jennifer Steen Booher
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8:30-10:00
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General Session I in Dining Hall
- Welcome, opening remarks, and monitoring volunteer recognition
- Christine Feurt, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Dr. Ronald Cantor, President, Southern Maine Community College
- Cathy Goodwin, State Office Representative, York County Office of U.S. Senator Susan M. Collins
- Plenary Session I: Who Visits the Beaches, and Why?
[Plenary Session Notes]
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10:00-11:00
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Interactive Sessions and Break in Campus Center
- Join presenters and exhibitors in fast-paced interactive sessions
- 10:10-10:50 – pre-registration required
- Exploring ME Seaweeds – from bay to body
[Session Notes]
Sarah Redmond, Maine Sea Grant, and Hilary Krapf, Maine Seaweed Festival
- Mainely Physics – physical science demonstrations relating to sand, heat light, and water
[Session Notes]
David Sturm, University of Maine
- 10:10-10:50 – 15-minute, rotating interactive sessions with presenters and exhibitors
- How to read Flood Insurance Rate Maps
- Navigating the FEMA Map Service Center
- Approaches for Managing Coastal Erosion
- Measuring Climate Impacts with Kids
- Hurricane Impacts
- Climate Change Role Play Demonstration with Keypad Polling
- Sea Level Rise Data for the Local Level
- Sea Level Rise Attitudes Survey
- Adaptation strategies in Damariscotta
- Marine Invasives Identification
- Water quality testing and beach profiling demonstrations
- Dune plants – natives and invasives identification
- Native Dune Plants for Coastal Erosion Control
- Marine Mammal Beach Response
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11:00-12:30
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Concurrent Sessions I (some sessions anticipated to be held outdoors)
- Adapting to a Changing Coastline Using Best Practices and Following the Rules
[Session Notes]
- Coastal Erosion Control Technology — the Latest [Presentation]
Peter Hanrahan, E. J. Prescott, Inc.
- Adaptive Management for Coastal Erosion
[Presentation Part I | Presentation Part II | Presentation Part III]
Sue Schaller, Bar Mills Ecological
- Dune Restoration – Community-based Approaches [Presentation]
Alyson Eberhardt, NH Sea Grant & UNH Cooperative Extension
- Maine’s Coastal Sand Dune Rules [Presentation]
Marybeth Richardson, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
- Permitting at the Beach [Presentation]
William Walsh, Walsh Engineering, Inc.
- Forecasting Hurricanes and Preparing for Their Impacts
[Session Notes]
- Overtopping of Seawalls [Presentation]
Anthony Mignone, National Weather Service
- Hurricane Inundation Mapping [Presentation]
Cameron Adams, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, Maine Geological Survey
- Creating Storm Surge Watch and Warning Maps [Presentation]
John Cannon, National Weather Service
- Forecasting Wave, Flooding, and Erosion Potential [Presentation]
Qingping Zou and Dongmei Xie, University of Maine
- Birds and other wildlife on the beach: Why it matters for the beach, why it matters for you [Presentation]
[Session Notes]
- Laura Minich Zitske, Maine Audubon, Kate O’Brien, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Brad Zitske and Amanda Shearin, Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- Considering Beach Ecology in a southern California Coastal Vulnerability Assessment — a model for Maine [Presentation]
Monique Myers, California Sea Grant
- Coastal Beach Water Quality: Multiple Perspectives
[Session Notes]
- Addressing the Challenges for Maine’s Coastal Beaches [Kaczor Presentation][Dillon Presentation]
Keri Kaczor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Fred Dillon, South Portland Water Resource Protection
- Pollution from Microplastics [Presentation]
Abigail Barrows, Marine Environmental Research Institute
- Monitoring Bacterial Pollution – a look at York, ME [Presentation]
Steve Jones, and Derek Rothenheber, University of New Hampshire, Jackson Estuarine Lab
- Addressing Bacterial Pollution – Best Practices for Municipalities [Presentation]
Forrest Bell, FB Environmental Associates
- Accessing the Maine Coast: Updates from the Courts
[Session Notes]
- Recent Developments in Law and Policy [Presentation]
John Duff, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- The State of the Law – prescriptive easements and the public trust doctrine [Presentation]
Amy Tchao, Drummond Woodsum Attorneys
- Engaging Communities in Conversations about Climate Impacts
[Session Notes]
- Trading Places – using role-play to understand how a community plans for climate impacts [Presentation]
Anne Cox, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Exploring Attitudes about Sea Level Rise [Presentation]
Laura Sewall and Valerie Pendleton, Harward Center for Community Partnerships, Bates College
- Through Children’s Eyes: measuring local climate change impacts with kids [Presentation]
Ruth Indrick and Becky Kolak, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
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12:30-1:30
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Lunches, served in Dining Hall
- Lunch with DEP: Join DEP staff for informal Q/A over lunch, indoors or out. Tables will be marked
- Marybeth Richardson, Dave Cherry, and Bob Green, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- Walking Lunches: Join conference presenters for walking lunches at the beach
- Monitors’ Lunch: Join fellow monitoring volunteers and program staff for lunch on the patio
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1:30-3:00
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Concurrent Sessions II (some sessions anticipated to be held outdoors)
- Understanding Floodplains and Flooding: Risks, Maps, and Insurance
[Session Notes]
- Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program: A Guide for Coastal Property Owners [Presentation]
Sue Baker, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, Floodplain Management Program
- Updates to Maine Coastal Flood Insurance Rate Maps: What a Homeowner Should Know [Presentation]
Jenn Curtis, Maine Dept. Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, Floodplain Management Program
- Understanding Flood Risk for Real Estate Agents and Coastal Property Owners [Presentation]
Jim Nadeau, Nadeau Land Surveys
- Damariscotta – Getting Ready for Sea-level Rise & Storm Surge [Presentation]
[Session Notes]
- Moderator: Anthony Dater, Damariscotta Town Planner
- Introduction and Brief History of Project
Matthew Lutkus, Damariscotta Town Manager
- Technical Input
Robert Faunce, Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
- Future Flooding Resiliency Study
Dave Murphy, Milone & MacBroom
- Waterfront Plan
George Parker, Damariscotta Waterfront Committee Vice-Chair
- Infrastructure Adjustments with Flood Adaptation Measures
LeeAnna Libby, Great Salt Bay Sanitary District, and Travis Pryor, Wright-Pierce
- Technical Issues with Flood Adaptation and Waterfront Plan
Steven Reynolds, Damariscotta Public Works Director, and Travis Pryor, Wright-Pierce
- Monitoring Maine’s Marine Invaders [Presentation]
[Session Notes]
- Beth Bisson, Maine Sea Grant [Presentation]
- Jeremy Miller, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve [Presentation]
- Caroline Casals, Gulf of Maine Research Institute [Presentation]
- Insights from Beach Profile Monitoring: The State of Maine’s Beaches in 2015 and the National Weather Service Wave Run-Up Model
[Session Notes]
- Beach Erosion Trends [Presentation]
Steve Dickson, Maine Geological Survey
- Wave Run-Up [Presentation]
John Cannon, National Weather Service
- Field Observations [Presentation]
Beach Profile Monitoring volunteers
- Connections Between People, Beaches, and Landscapes: The New England Sustainability Consortium
[Session Notes]
- Do Uplands Affect Beach Water Quality? [Presentation]
John Peckenham, and Avinash Rude, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, University of Maine
- Spatiotemporal Patterns in Coastal Beach Water Quality [Presentation]
Kate Beard, and Fuyu (Frank) Xu, School or Computing and Information Sciences, University of Maine
- Beach Blitz: Connecting Communities and Water Quality Research for Healthier Beaches [Presentation]
Malin Clyde, University of New Hampshire
- Water Quality & Risk: Examining Surfer’s Perceptions of Safe Beaches in Maine and New Hampshire [Presentation]
Sophia Scott, and Shannon Rogers, Center for the Environment and Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Plymouth State University
- Coastal Connections: Place, Beach Use, and Water Quality [Presentation]
Kathleen P. Bell, Caroline Noblet, Abigail Kaminski, and Emma Fox, and Allyson Eslin, School of Economics, University of Maine
- Getting to the Beach: Approaches to accessing and enjoying the Maine coast by means other than acquisition, easements, and litigation
[Session Notes]
- Three field-tested approaches focusing on creative and collaborative ways organizations and individuals have arranged for public use and access to Maine’s privately owned shoreline.
- Paul Dest, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moderator
- Bob Sherman, Goose Rocks Beach, on efforts by the community and the Town of Kennebunkport to develop a Beach Use Agreement for public use of the beach
- Brian Marcaurelle, Maine Island Trail Association, on arranging access through informal agreements and leases for kayakers/boaters to use privately owned islands
- Daniel Devereaux, Marine Resource Officer, Town of Brunswick, on securing access for shellfishermen across private property to clam flats
- Process Matters: A time-tested framework for creating a beach-use agreement that works [Presentation]
Ben Leoni, Curtis Thaxter, LLC
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3:15-5:00
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General Session II in Dining Hall
- Plenary Session II: Taking Action: Lessons from a Superstorm
[Plenary Session Notes] [Presentation]
- Jon Carter, Town Manager, Wells, Maine
- Loretta Hoglund, coastal property owner, Drakes Island
- Architect and Representative Deane Rykerson, House District 1, Kittery
- Businessperson and Representative Robert Foley, House District 7, Wells
- Tin Smith, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Closing Remarks and Sea Bag raffle
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July 2015