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A Look at the Future: Water Resources and Open Space Saturday, March 29, 2003 Westfield State College - Wilson Auditorium |
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| 8:00- 8:30 | Registration |
Continental Breakfast provided, Posters available for viewing til 1:00 p.m. |
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| 8:30-9:30 | Welcome |
Dr. William Lopes, Westfield State College Mike Young, WRWA |
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| Keynote Address |
Is Forever Forever? Richard Evans, attorney |
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| 9:45-10:30 |
Concurrent Sessions |
Updating Westfield's Open Space Plan: Larry Smith (Principal Planner, City of Westfield) - repeats at 10:45 Restoring Yokum Brook through Partnership: Karen Pelto (River Restore Coordinator, MA DFWELE) - repeats at 11:45 Planning for Your Watershed: A Public Outreach Workshop: Catherine Miller and Matt DelMonte (Pioneer Valley Planning Commission - repeats at 10:45 |
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| 10:45- 11:30 |
Concurrent Sessions |
Planning for Your Watershed: A Public Outreach Workshop: Catherine Miller and Matt DelMonte (Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Updating Westfield's Open Space Plan: Larry Smith (Principal Planner, City of Westfield) Mapping the Westfield River Watershed: Robert Bristow (Westfield State College, Dept. of Geography and Regional Planning) |
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| 11:45-12:30 |
Concurrent Sessions |
The Nature Conservancy's site-based conservation planning in the Westfield River Watershed: Alison Bowden (The Nature Conservancy) Westfield River - Wild & Scenic - So what? Now what?: Liz Lacy (Natl Park Service) and Carrie Banks (Wild & Scenic Committee) Restoring Yokum Brook through Partnership: Karen Pelto (River Restore Coordinator, MA DFWELE) |
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| 12:30-1:00 |
Final Chance to View Poster Displays |
Posters will be available from 8:30 til 1:00, with approximately 20 exhibitors, including: American Chestnut Foundation Appalachian Mountain Club (Berkshire Chapter) Friends of the Keystone Arches Massachusetts Fish & Wildlife Service Natural Resources Conservation Service Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Riverways/River Restore Springfield Water and Sewer Dept. Trout Unlimited Trustees of Reservations US Fish and Wildlife Service Westfield River Watershed Association Westfield River Wild and Scenic Committe Winding River Land Conservancy Art Driscoll, WSC Biology Dept. (birds) John Greene, nature photographer Bill Hardie, licensed trapper Bob Thompson, WSC Biology Dept. (GIS) |
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| 1:30- ? | Field Trips |
West Parish Filters (Westfield): Ralph Tarnauskas (Springfield Water Dept.) Protecting Open Space in the Westfield Area: Mark Noonan (Winding River Land Conservancy) |
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Westfield River Watershed Association Winding River Land Conservancy Western Massachusetts Geographic Center at WSC Westfield State College Westfield Gas & Electric Massachusetts Watershed Initiative |
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