AGENDA |
| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Registration and coffee |
| 8:30 – 8:45 |
Plenary Session |
| 8:45-9:30 |
Sarah Miller of SEPRO - Will Discuss Zequanox as a Potential Means of Combating Zebra Mussel Infestations and Other Tools for Dealing with Invasive Species. |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Office of Water Resources – Boat Ramp Monitoring Results from Summer; Evaluation of Self-Certification Program, Lessons Learned, Monitoring Results from 2010, Future Decontamination of Boats at Infected Lakes, Preliminary Results of 2010 Evaluation of Connecticut River and COLAP Lakes. |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Break, Network and Visit Exhibitors |
| 10:30 – 12:00 |
Management of Invasive Species by a Panel of Limnologists, Government Regulatory Officials and LAPA’s Lake Stewart – Participants will be Ken Wagner, Tom French, Jim Phillips and Steve Goodwin (all 4 panelists are PhD’s with extensive experience with invasive species issues). Panel Moderator will be Tom Tying Professor of Environmental Science at Berkshire Community College
This panel will discuss and evaluate:
- What actions are likely to be most effective in controlling invasive species?
- How should the regulatory community react to emergency situations?
- Are there portions of GEIR that based the last 6 years need to be revised?
- Are there management techniques not covered in the GEIR that should be?
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| 12:15 – 12:45 |
LAPA Business Meeting |
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This Conference jointly sponsored by the Environmental Science Department of Berkshire Community College and LAPA. |
