State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference

The Annual “State of Wellfleet Harbor” Conference will be held on Saturday, November 14, from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM at the Wellfleet Elementary School.   The conference agenda is as follows:

8:30 - 9:00    Continental Breakfast, Sign In

9:00 - 9:10    Opening Remarks - Jerry Houk

Moderator - Ned Hitchcock

9:10 – 9:30    Monitoring Program for Herring River Restoration -Tim Smith                                 

9:30 – 9:50    Tidal Restoration and the Coastal GroundwaterAquifer - John Portnoy

9:50  – 10:10  Native Sea Run Brook Trout Restoration - Steve Hurley

10:10 – 10:30  Q and A Session

10:30 – 11:00  Poster Presentations and Break

11:00 – 11:20  Ocean Management Act as it applies to Wellfleet - Jack Clarke

11:20 – 11:40  Pharmaceuticals and Hormones in Ponds and Groundwater on Cape Cod - Laurel Schaider

11:40 – 12:00  Q and A Session

12:00 – 12:45  Lunch (bring your own brown bag lunch)

12:45 – 1:05   Oyster Habitat Restoration - Mark Faherty

1:05  – 1:25   2009 Herring Count - Wellfleet Results - Jo Ann Muramoto

1:25  – 1:45   Methodology for Sampling Fin Fish - Ethan Estey

1:45  – 2:00   Q and A Session / Closing Remarks

The goals of the conference are to distribute information about current and ongoing research and monitoring projects that are taking place in Wellfleet Harbor and to identify citizen's concerns and questions about the health of Wellfleet Harbor.
 

The conference is free.  A continental breakfast is included.  No registration is required.

Debbie Strange