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What's So Special About Our Watershed? Saturday, April 1, 2006 Westfield State College - Savignano Auditoriums |
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| 8:30- 9:00 | Registration |
Continental Breakfast provided, Posters available for viewing from 8:30 to 1:00 |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Welcome |
Kathy Meyer, WRWA President Dr. Joan Rasool, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, WSC |
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| Keynote Address |
Assessing the Conservation Opportunities in the Westfield River Watershed Wayne Klockner, State Director of The Nature Conservancy |
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| 10:15-11:00 |
Concurrent Sessions I |
Railroad to the Moon - The Keystone Arch Bridges: Dave Pierce (Friends of the Keystone Arches) Rare Plants of the Watershed: Dave Lovejoy (Professor of Biology, WSC) The Westfield River Environmental Center: Overview and Student Research: Michael Vorwerk (Associate Professor of Environmental Science, WSC) |
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| 11:00-11:30 | View WSC Student Posters, Exhibits (Refreshments) - Posters will be available for viewing from 8:30-1:00, with this time slot specifically set aside. There are typically at least 20 exhibitors (see confirmed listing below), supplemented by student posters from Westfield State. | |||
| 11:30-12:15 |
Concurrent Sessions II |
Henry Knox's Trail of Artillery: Dennis Picard (Storrowtown Village Museum Historian) Changes in Massachusetts Bird Populations: Wayne Petersen (Massachusetts Audubon Field Ornithologist) Westfield River Five-Year Watershed Action Plan Workshop: Anne Capra (Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Senior Planner) |
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| 12:20-1:05 |
Concurrent Sessions III |
William Cullen Bryant Homestead: Ellice Gonzalez (The Trustees of Reservations) Coexisting with Bears in Massachusetts: Dave Fuller (MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife) Keeping the Westfield River "Wild and Scenic": Liz Lacy (National Park Service) |
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| 2:00- ? | Field Trips |
GIS Demonstration Field Trip: Bob Thompson (WRWA) Short Hike to Sanderson Brook Falls: Tom Condon (WRWA) and Bill Toomey (TNC, WRWA) |
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| Confirmed Exhibitors: Appalachian Mountain Club (Noble View) Bill Hardie, Licensed Trapper Friends of the Keystone Arches Glenn Corbier, Dragon Hunter Massachusetts Riverways National Parks Service The Nature Conservancy New England Shad Association New England Wild Flower Society Pioneer Valley Planning Commission The Trustees of Reservations U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Atlantic Salmon) Westfield River Wild & Scenic Advisory Board WSC Biology Dept. (Birds of Prey) WSC Geography and Regional Planning Dept. Western Massachusetts Fly Fishing Association Westfield River Watershed Association |
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Westfield River Watershed Association Westfield River Environmental Center at WSC Westfield State College |
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