Agenda - National NEMO Network

NEMO U8 Tentacular Agenda
Sunday, September 30
5:00 PM
Pre-registration Begins
6:00 PM
Meet in the Sheraton 301 Lounge for Dinner Outings (optional, of course!)
Monday, October 1
8:00 AM
Coffee & Registration
8:30 AM
Opening Plenary Session
Welcome: David Dickson, National NEMO Network Coordinator
Host State Address: Jesse Schomberg & John Bilotta, Northland NEMO
State of the Network Address: David Dickson & Chet Arnold, UConn CLEAR
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Concurrent Sessions (1)
Know Thy Audience
Magnificent Mapping
8 Lessons Learned from KAP Studies –
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices: Karlyn
Eckman (Minnesota Water Resources Center),
Mary Blickenderfer (Minnesota Extension), Jesse
Schomberg (Minnesota Sea Grant), & John Bilotta
(Minnesota Extension & Sea Grant)
The HUC-8 Watershed Assessment Tool: The
Role of Water Quality, Biology, Geomorphology,
Connectivity, and Hydrology in Watershed and
Community Health: Sharon Pfeifer, Division of
Ecological and Water Resources, MN Department
of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN
Expanding NEMO Runoff Curriculum for
Rural Officials: Doug Malchow, University of
Minnesota Extension
Putting watershed plans to work: developing,
implementing, and adapting the GIS-based
Presque Isle Bay watershed restoration,
protection, and monitoring plan: Sean Rafferty,
Lori Boughton, Dave Skellie, & Karla Kaczmarek
Agenda U81 - plotting for an educated and
engaged public: Patrick Beggs & Christy Perrin,
NC WECO
The Expansion of the CRI-SC for South
Carolina's 8 Coastal Counties: April L. Turner &
Samantha M. Bruce
12:00 PM
Lunch on Your Own
1:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions (2)
The Essentials of
Planning: Factual, Actual,
and Practical
Water Science for Planners
John Rozum (AICP), EBM Tools
Network & NOAA Coastal
Services Center & Bruce Hyde
(AICP), UConn CLEAR
Dr. Michael Dietz, CT NEMO &
Nate Herold and Lori
Valerie Brady, Research Coordinator, Cary-Kothera, NOAA
MN Sea Grant
Coastal Services Center &
Doug Walker & Amy
Anderson, Placeways, Inc.
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions (3)
Tech Tools of
Tomorrow Today
Site Plan Review for Stormwater
Regulations, Ordinances and Checklists Oh
My!
Site Plan Review for Stormwater: Bruce Hyde &
Dr. Michael Dietz, CT NEMO
Regulations, Ordinances, Checklists Oh My:
John Bilotta, Minnesota Northland NEMO, Jean
Coleman, CR Planning (Minnesota), Jay Michels,
EOR Inc. (& the original Captain NEMO of the
Northland), & Patrick Beggs, NC WECO
4:45 PM
Free Time
6:00 PM
North Shore Scenic Railroad Train Ride
Evening
Dinner on Your Own
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Tuesday, October 2
8:00 AM
Coffee
8:30 AM
Concurrent Sessions (4)
Makin’ it Work
Tentacular Tools & Technology
The CHARMing We Table: Steven Mikulencak,
Texas Coastal Watershed Program (TX NEMO)
Making Education Work with Eight (or more)
Partners: Angie Hong Water Resource Education
Specialist, East Metro Water Resource Education
Program
Rain Gardens: There's an App for THAT?: Dr.
Michael Dietz, CT NEMO
Oregon's LID Academy; "You may rely on it"
for Education and Technical Assistance: Derek
Godwin, OSU Extension Service, Megan
Kleibacker, Oregon Sea Grant Extension, & Maria
Cahill, Green Girl Land Development Solutions
A Web-based Tool to Aid in Plant Selection for
LID Projects: Susan Donaldson & Melody Hefner,
NEMO Nevada
Riparian Corridor Designs for Resource
Managers: Juliana Barrett, Connecticut Sea Grant
College Program & Dept. of Extension, University
of Connecticut
Adapting the StormUlator for the PNW and the
Development of Alternative Storm Water
Factsheets for on-site training of construction
and maintenance workers: Dr. Timothy Lawrence,
University of Washington Extension
10:30 AM
Break
10:45 AM
Plenary Session (2)
Low Impact Double Feature
! Dr. William Hunt, North Carolina State University
! Dr. Chris Obropta, Rutgers University
12:45 PM
Lunch on Your Own
2:00 PM
Field Trips
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Amity Creek Restoration/Flood Impacts Tour
University of Minnesota Duluth Stormwater Sustainability Tour
Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve
Great Ships Facility
Kayaking in Harbor
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Evening
Dinner on Your Own
8:00 PM
Non-Sequitor 5 Min Lecture Session (Optional)
NEMOids show off their talent tentacles with 5-minute mini-lectures on a wide range
of topics. The only limit: can’t have anything to do with land use & water quality.
Only other limit: can’t be more than 5 min.
Location: Carmody’s Irish Pub (within walking distance from Sheraton Duluth Hotel)
Wednesday, October 3
8:00 AM
Coffee
8:30 AM
Plenary Session (Combined NEMO & Great Lakes Sea Grant Network)
The World Outside: What They Say About Why Our Work Matters: Eric Eckl,
Water Words that Work, LLC.
9:30 AM
Concurrent Training Workshops (1)
Tech:
ArcGIS.com
The Watershed
Game (Full Day
Training)
Gearing up for
Change: Climate
Training for
Outreach
Professionals
Social Science and
Great Lakes Coastal
Management: The
Basics
Presenters: Cary
Chadwick & Emily
Wilson, University of
Connecticut CLEAR
Presenters: John
Bilotta, Jesse
Schomberg, & Cindy
Hagley, Northland
NEMO
Presenters: Diane
Desotelle, MN Sea
Grant Climate Change
Extension Educator,
Laura Holladay, MI Sea
Grant Climate
Specialist, & Molly
Woloszyn, IL-IN Sea
Grant Extension
Climatologist
Presenters: Great Lakes
Social Science Network:
Chris Ellis, Social Scientist,
NOAA Coastal Services
Center & Caitie McCoy,
Environmental Social
Scientist, Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant
12:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM
Concurrent Training Workshops (2)
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Tech: The
Charming
WeTable
The Watershed
Game Training
(Cont'd)
Water Words that
Work
Social Science
and Great Lakes
Coastal
Management:
Focus on Focus
Groups
Presenters: Steven
Mikulencak (Texas
SeaGrant/Texas
NEMO) & Amy
Anderson & Doug
Walker (Placeways,
LLC)
Presenters John Bilotta,
Jesse Schomberg, &
Cindy Hagley,
Northland NEMO
Presenter: Eric Eckl,
Water Words that Work,
LLC.
Presenters: Great Lakes
Social Science Network:
Chris Ellis, Social
Scientist, NOAA Coastal
Services Center & Caitie
McCoy, Environmental
Social Scientist, IllinoisIndiana Sea Grant
4:30 PM
Concurrent Plenaries
The National NEMO Network (a part of the
NEMO U8 Conference)
Great Lakes Sea Grant Network (a part of the
GLSGN Conference)
5:30 PM
Free Time
7:00 PM
Great Lakes Aquarium Reception
Evening
Dinner on Your Own
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