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2005 WETLANDS AND WATERSHEDS WORKSHOP TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Monday, October 24

10:00 am - 5:00 pm                               Registration - Howard Johnson - Victoria Ballroom

12:30 pm                                              Welcome and Workshop Logistics

12:40 pm                                              Opening Remarks

1:00 pm                                                Session I: Natural Wetland Processes/Cycles and Their Role in the Improvement of Water Quality

2:45 pm                                                Break

3:15 pm                                                Session II: Protecting Wetlands Using the Watershed Approach

4:30 pm                                                Session III: Using Innovative BMP’s to Reduce Pollutants and Pests

6:00 pm                                                Social Hour - Scribbles Café, Holiday Inn

Tuesday, October 25

9:00 am                                                Session IV: Nutrient Management, Evaluation and Implementation for Wetlands and Waters

10:00 am                                              Session V: Managing Human Impacts on Aquatic Ecosystems: Case Studies

11:00 am                                               Break

11:30 am                               Session VI: Green Highways and Their Impacts on Wetlands and Water Quality

12:45 pm                                              Lunch - Constitution Ballroom, Holiday Inn

2:00 pm                                                Session VII: Impervious Surfaces and Wetlands and Watersheds

3:15 pm                                                Break

3:45 pm                                                VIII: Guest Speaker

4:15 pm                                                Session IX: How The Use of Technology and Other Media Can Assist in Wetlands and Watershed Analysis

5:30 pm                                                Social Hour - Scribbles Café, Holiday Inn

7:00 pm - 11:00 pm                               Evening Social, Dinner and Musical Entertainment This year we will host a silent auction - proceeds to benefit hurricane relief.  Please consider donating items of interest to wetlands & watershed professionals and students.  Contact Frank Reilly to arrange to donate items.- Constitution Ballroom, Holiday Inn

Wednesday, October 26

9:00 am                                                Session X: Wetland and Watershed Restoration and Creation Case Studies: Part I

10:15 am                                               Break

10:45 am                                              Session XI: Wetland and Watershed Restoration and Creation Case Studies: Part II

11:45 am                                               Lunch –  Constitution Ballroom, Holiday Inn

1:30 pm                                                Session XII: Using Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Protocols to Focus Future Wetlands Restoration Efforts

2:45 pm                                                Break

3:15 pm                                                Session XIII: Rover Reports

4:15 pm                                                Closing Remarks

5:00 pm                                                Adjourn

Thursday, October 27

8:30 am - 5:00 pm                                 Field Trip: Wetlands of the Pine Barrens                                            

Wetlands & Watersheds Work Group

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