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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
You are invited to attend the Seventh Annual Maine Milfoil Summit on March third at the University of Southern Maine in Lewiston-Auburn
Please register by returning this email.
8:30 Registration and refreshments
9:00 Welcome and Introduction – Peter Lowell, Lakes Environmental Association
9:05 Update on Maine’s Invasives Program – John McPhedran, DEP
9:30 Other DEP Program Components – LEA and MCIAP
v Courtesy Boat Inspector Program, Peter Lowell
v Plant Patrol & Lake Survey Workshops, Roberta Hill
10:00 Keynote Speaker – David Littell, Acting Commissioner, Maine DEP
10:30 Break
10:45 The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Perspective for 2006
11:00 Practical Help for Courtesy Boat Inspections and Plant Control
Recruiting and retaining Courtesy Boat Inspectors
Regionalism for Resources and Efficiency
Automating Boat Inspector Scheduling
Installing Bottom Barriers
11:30 Opportunity for Questions and Comments
12:00 Adjourn
Co-sponsored by the Congress of Lake Associations, Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed, Lakes Environmental Association, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants, Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute, Portland Water District, and the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
To join the Milfoil mailing list, contact Peter Lowell at the Lakes Environmental Association. (lakes@megalink.net) 207-647-8580 / 230 Main Street, Bridgton 04009.
Directions to Lewiston-Auburn College, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston
From the Maine Turnpike
Take Lewiston Exit (old exit 13) toward Lisbon Falls. Turn left at the second stoplight from the exit onto Westminster Street (at Korn Haus Keller Restaurant). Lewiston-Auburn College is in the cedar-sided building 3/10 mile down on the right. Go in the entrance by the flagpoles.
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