Conference Program
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| From | Until | Upper Lobby | |
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| 7:00 pm | 8:00 pm | Registration & Exhibitor Setup | |
| 8:00 pm | 10:00 pm | Networking Session | |
Seminars
| From | Until | Big Picture | Land | Water | Resources |
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| 7:30 am | 8:45 am | Registration & Exhibitor Setup |
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| 8:00 am | 9:00 am | Breakfast |
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| 9:00 am | 10:00 am | Mining Methods |
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| 10:00 am | 11:00 am | Geology
of PA's Coal Regions |
Brownfield
Redevelopment Potential |
AMD 101 Brent Means (Regency II) |
Monitoring
Programs & Databases Angie McCracken, Beth Dillon, & Sean Bartlett (Whitney Room) |
| 11:00 am | 12:00 pm | Innovative Treatment Part 1 (11–11:30) Len Lichvar & Joe Schueck (Regency I) |
Passive Treatment 101 Brent Means (Executive Room) |
Watershed Resources Hanna Wheeler & Jenny Becksted (Whitney Room) |
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| 12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | Lunch |
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| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Innovative
Treatment Techniques Part 2 (1:30–2) Len Lichvar & Joe Schueck (Regency I) |
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Operation & Maintenance Panel Discussion Pam Milavec, Bob Hedin, Bernard Hoffnar, & Ed Wytovich (Executive Room) |
Resource Recovery David Barnes & Dan Sammarco (Whitney Room) |
| 2:00 pm | 3:00 pm | Floodplain Restoration |
Waste Coal to CFB Ash Jim Panaro (Executive Room) |
TMDL 101 Beth Dillon (Regency II) |
Landowner Issues Darryl Audia (Whitney Room) |
| 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm | Hydrogeology
101 |
Remining
to Address AMD Problems |
Active
Treatment Techniques Brent Means (Regency II) |
Interpreting Lab Reports Rich Beam & Shirley Sholtis (Whitney Room) |
| 4:00 pm | 5:00 pm | The
Role of Watershed Groups in Today's Environmental Movement Roundtable Discussion (4–4:30) Michael Hewitt (Regency Ballroom) |
Flow
Measurement Methods Rich Beam (Executive Room) |
Permitting Pam Milavec & Bob Cadwallader (Whitney Room) |
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| 5:30 pm | 6:30 pm | Dinner / State of the Environmental
Movement in PA |
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| 6:30 pm | 8:00 pm | Networking Session |
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Musical entertainment Friday evening by Keith and Joan Pitzer.
| From | Until | Outreach | Funding | Monitoring | Management | Watershed Tools |
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| 7:30 am | 9:00 am | Breakfast |
Registration, & Exhibitor Setup |
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| 9:00 am | 10:00 am | Welcome / SMCRA Title 4 Update |
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| 10:00 am | 11:00 am | Developing Community Partnerships Margaret Dunn (Executive Room) |
Identifying
Diversified Funding Sources John Dawes (Whitney Room) |
Chemistry
Essentials Bruce Golden (Regency I) |
Hiring & Managing
a Consultant Ben Wright (Regency II) |
Selling
your Project to the Media & Public Tom Rathbun (Vanderbilt Room) |
| 11:00 am | 12:00 pm | Writing for Environmental
Professionals Part 1 (11–11:30) Pete Geisler (Regency I) |
Grant
Writing Fundamentals Part 1 (11–11:30) Janie French (Regency II) |
AMD 101 Bruce Golden (Executive Room) |
Operations & Maintenance Panel Discussion Pam Milavec, Bob Hedin, Bernard Hoffnar, Ed Wytovich, & Brent Means (Whitney Room) |
Project Planning Bob Hedin & Mark Killar (Vanderbilt Room) |
| 12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | Lunch | ||||
| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Writing for Environmental
Professionals Part 2 (1:30–2) Pete Geisler (Regency I) |
Grant
Writing Fundamentals Part 2 (1:30–2) Janie French (Regency II) |
Passive Treatment 101 Brent Means (Vanderbilt Room) |
Permitting Pam Milavec & Bob Cadwallader (Whitney Room) |
Role
of Conservation District Watershed Specialists Jim Eckenrode & Tom Davidock (Executive Room) |
| 2:00 pm | 3:00 pm | Developing
Environmental Education Opportunities Wil Taylor (Executive Room) |
Identifying
Diversified Funding Sources John Dawes (Whitney Room) |
Macro-invertebrates & Stream
Ecology Andy McAllister (Regency I) |
Involving
the Public: Watershed Assessments Donna Carnahan (Regency II) |
Watershed Resources Hanna Wheeler & Jenny Becksted (Vanderbilt Room) |