2015 ASHOKAN WATERSHED
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Ashokan Center, Olivebridge, NY
Schedule
Topic
8:15-9:00
Registration & Refreshments
9:00-12:30
Morning Session
9:00-9:15
Opening Remarks
Presenter: Rob Stanley, Town of Shandaken Supervisor
9:15-10:15
Building the Ashokan Reservoir
OUTLINES
Presenter: Bob Steuding, author of The Last of the
Handmade Dams 10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-12:00
sing the StreamFlux Capacitor to Understand the
U
Rivers Future Generations Will See *
Presenter: George Fowler, P.E., Woidt Engineering
12:00-1:00
Lunch (Visit the Stream Table and Student Conservation
Association displays
1:00-2:30
Afternoon Session I (two tracks, choose one) *
Location
Great Hall
Great Hall
Great Hall
Dining Hall
Track 1Invasive Species: Focus on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
and Emerald Ash Borer Presenters: Mark Whitmore, Cornell University and Upper Classroom
Jim Hanson, Town of Woodstock Environmental Commission
(second floor)
* Municipal Training Credit Available [1.5 hours], ask afternoon session instructor to sign form
2015 ASHOKAN WATERSHED
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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Track 2
Stream Expert Panel
Panelists: Adam Doan, Ulster County Soil & Water Conservation District; George Fowler, Woidt Engineering;
Jonathan Russell, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation;
Danyelle Davis, NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection;
Aaron Bennett, Ulster County Dept. of the Environment
Moderator: Chet Karwatowski, AWSMP Stakeholder Council
2:30-2:45
Break
OUTLINES
2:45–4:15
Afternoon Session II (two tracks, choose one) *
Track 1
I nvasive Species: Focus on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
and Emerald Ash Borer Great Hall
Presenters: Mark Whitmore, Cornell University and Upper Classroom
Jim Hanson, Town of Woodstock Environmental Commission
(second floor)
Track 2
Stream Expert Panel
Panelists: Adam Doan, Ulster County Soil & Water Conservation District; George Fowler, Woidt Engineering;
Jonathan Russell, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation;
Danyelle Davis, NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection;
Aaron Bennett, Ulster County Dept. of the Environment
Moderator: Chet Karwatowski, AWSMP Stakeholder Council
* Municipal Training Credit Available [1.5 hours], ask afternoon session instructor to sign form
Great Hall