CAWS ANNUAL MEETING
We had another very successful annual meeting on February 26, 2008, thank you to those who attended.
A list of the excellent speakers who provided their experience is below.
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Michael Nadeau - Plantscapes, LLC |
Some Alternative Methods of Invasive Plant Control. |
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Don Parizek. – USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service |
The Frigid Soils of Northwest CT & Update on Hydric Soil Criteria. |
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Cori Rose – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Rapanos/SWANCC – Implications for Jurisdictional Mapping in CT |
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Ed Pawlak – Connecticut Ecosystems, LLC: |
CAWS Vernal Pool Monitoring Program Update |
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Art Gold – University of Rhode Island |
Riparian Zone and Nitrogen Management |
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Janet Brooks Esq. - D'Aquila & Brooks, LLC |
Agricultural Exemptions and Wetlands Regulations. |
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Carrie Promfrey – CT Department of Environmental Protection |
Beavers and Impacts to Wetland Communities. |
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Chris Stone – CT Department of Environmental Protection |
Detention and Retention Basins – Stormwater Treatment Practices within Watersheds |
Since its inception in 1997, CAWS has sponsored a symposium to bring together State, Federal and Municipal Agencies, Environmental consultants, Students and others to present recent research, policies and techniques on a particular topic in Wetland Science.
Previous annual meetings have offered an array of important and exciting topics, which are listed below.
2007 Wetland Restoration, Creation and Monitoring - A Progress Report
2006 Connecticut Wetlands and Watercourses: Current Research and Programs.
2005 Wetlands and Watercourses: Indirect Impacts
2004 Wetland Buffers: Scientific and Regulatory Issues
2003 Practices and Policies of Wetland Restoration and Creation
2002 Tidal Wetland Systems
2001 Watercourses: Biology, Regulation, & Restoration
2000 Wetlands & Wildlife: Conservation & Regulation
1999 Wetland Science: Guidelines for Stormwater Management