Calendar
May
MAY 7, 2008
Title: YOUR FAMILY LAND: LEGACY OR MEMORY, A Land Protection
Workshop for Farm and Forest Owners
Location: Baltic Senior Center, Baltic,CT
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: Free
This workshop is designed to help landowners who want
to protect their land by ensuring that some or all of their land stays
farm and forest land permanently and who also need to protect their
families financially.
The program will include four speakers. Steve Broderick, Extension
Forester from the UCONNN Cooperative Extension System, will talk about
starting the Land Protection Process. Attorney Fritz Gahagan will speak
about conservation easements and other tools to protect family lands.
Lois Tefft Van Deusen, a landowner, will talk about her experience of
protecting her own land, and Holly Drinkuth of the Green Valley
Institute will offer information about who can help—information and
funding sources in the Heritage Corridor area.
This Workshop is being co-sponsored by Avalonia Land Conservancy, Inc
and the Green Valley Institute. To register for this workshop, please
contact, Margaret Gibson (886-1777) or Don Boushee for Lisbon, Sprague,
and Griswold (822-9808).
MAY 8, 2008
Title: Advanced Approaches to Addressing Community Growth: Smart
Zoning Techniques - The Tale of Two Grotons
Location: EastConn, Route 6 Hampton, CT
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Cost: $15 (includes light dinner)
Smart Zoning Techniques speakers include Michael Murphy
and
Matt Davis from the Town of Groton, CT. Groton recently adopted zoning
regulations designed to encourage mixed-use development in areas where
it makes sense. Also speaking, Peter Flinker of Dodson Associates who
has helped communities identify innovative strategies such as form-based
zoning and mixed use overlay districts, including Groton, MA. You can
downloand a program brochure at
The Green Valley Institute.
To register or for more
information contact Susan Westa at 774-9600 or
susan.westa@uconn.edu
Thursday, MAY 15, 2008
Title: Old Town Tales
Location: Buchanan Center next to the Mansfield Library
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: Free
Willimantic River Alliance is sponsoring a presentation
by local paddling expert and author, Sue Audette, about the 110-year
history of the Old Town Company, a premier canoe/kayak maker, and new
developments in paddling equipment. For information, call 455-0532.
Mansfield Library is in Mansfield Center (on Rt. 89 a half-mile from
junction with Rt. 195).
Saturday, MAY 17, 2008
Title: Connecticut Land Use Academy Training
Location: UCONN Avery Point, Room 103 Marine Science Building,
Groton, CT
Time: 8:30 AM - 3 PM
Cost: $40 (includes lunch)
The Connecticut Land Use Academy is a program of the
University of Connecticut Center for Land Use Education and Research.
The Academy provides an introduction to a variety of topics and
skill sets pertinent for local land use decision makers in Connecticut.
New land use commissioners and those considering becoming commissioners
will find the courses especially useful, as will current commissioners
seeking to update or refresh their understanding of fundamental land use
topics.
The Connecticut Land Use Academy is supported by the Connecticut Office
of Policy and Management, with funds provided by the Connecticut
Legislature.
The Land Use Academy is a training series developed specifically for
local land use commissioners. Topics included in the one-day session
are: Roles & Responsibilities of Commissions, Map Reading for Site Plan
Review, and Legal Procedures for Land Use Decision-Making.
To register on-line
http://clear.uconn.edu/lua/register.asp. For more information,
contact Terri Erwin at (860)
345-5205.
MAY 19-21, 2008
Title: 19TH ANNUAL NPS CONFERENCE
“PROGRESS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS: COLLABORATING TO PROTECT OUR WATERSHEDS”
Location: MYSTIC MARRIOTT HOTEL, GROTON, CONN
Cost: Varies
Since 1990, New England Interstate Water Pollution
Control Commission (NEIWPCC), in partnership with its member states, has
been coordinating the Annual Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution Conference,
the premier forum in our region for sharing information and improving
communication on NPS pollution issues and projects. The three-day
conference brings together all those in New England and New York State
involved in NPS pollution management, including participants from state,
federal, and municipal governments, private sector, academia, and
watershed organizations.
The importance of partnerships among local, regional, state, and federal
agencies cannot be understated. At the 2008 NPS conference, we will
focus on building partnerships and integrating programs to work towards
the common goal of reducing NPS pollution in our watersheds.
This year's conference is cosponsored by NEIWPCC and Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection in cooperation with the NPS
Programs of the New England States, New York State, and EPA Regions I
and II.
Click on
agenda
or registration
for further information.
MAY 21, 2008
Title: Advanced Approaches to Addressing Community Growth:
Wastewater Treatment Alternatives & Smart Growth
Location: EastConn, Route 6 Hampton, CT
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Cost: $15 (includes light dinner)
Wastewater Treatment Alternatives speakers include
George
Loomis from URI and the New England Onsite Wastewater Training Center,
and Lorraine Joubert RI NEMO, who will share their experiences
addressing wastewater issues in small towns and rural areas. Dennis
Greci from CT DEP will present wastewater treatment alternatives
available to communities in rural CT. To download the program brochure
go to the GVI website at http://www.greenvalleyinstitute.org/. To
register or for more information contact Susan Westa at 774-9600 or
susan.westa@uconn.edu.
MAY 28, 2008
Title: Planning for Brownfield Reuse and Redevelopment Opportunities
for Eastern Connecticut Communities
Location: Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
Time: 12:30 PM - 4 PM
Cost: Free
This seminar will introduce you to programs offered by
the U.S. EPA
and the CT Department of Environmental Protection to help communities
redevelop and reuse their brownfields.
· What Laws and Regulations Affect Brownfield Redevelopment?
· What Technical Assistance is Available?
· What Funding Programs are Available to Assist Cleanup?
· Who is Eligible for EPA Brownfields Grants?
· How do you Evaluate a Site for Reuse?
· How do you Apply for Financial Assistance?
· What are Some Successful Strategies for Partnering with
Investors and Developers?
· Where Can You Find More Information?
This seminar is co-sponsored by CME Associates, Inc. and the
Eastern Connecticut Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Area.
We are grateful for the support of Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC),
which is providing the facilities for this seminar.
To register for this seminar, click
here.
May 31 - June 8, 2008
Title: National River Cleanup™ Week
Location: Your favorite watershed
Free
Millions of tons of trash wind up in our nation's rivers
and streams every year, and American Rivers is harnessing the environmental
passion and community pride of thousands of people to do something about it.
Click here for more information on how to register your group to take part in
National River Cleanup Week. For more information, contact www.nationalrivercleanup.org
June
June 13, 2008
Title: Thames River Basin Partnership Floating Workshop VIII
The Natchaug River, Water for People and Nature
Location: Mansfield, CT
Time: Registration begins at 12:30 PM the Workshop will conclude at
5:30 PM
Cost: $25
Part of the Thames River watershed, the Natchaug River
system is the least impacted watershed within the basin. This river
system provides drinking water to the thousands of people. Learn about
efforts to protect this resource that is important to both people and
nature. After an introductory presentation by Mark Smith, the
Eastern US
Freshwater Program Director for The Nature Conservancy, the workshop
will continue as we paddle around Mansfield Hollow Lake. This
manmade lake at the confluence of the Mt. Hope, Fenton and Natchaug
Rivers, was created as part of the US Army Corp of Engineers flood
control strategy in eastern Connecticut. Click
here
for registration information.
June 13, 2008 (note the new date)
Title: Connecticut Watershed Conservation Network Conference
Location: Northeast Utilities, Berlin CT
Time: 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: Free
The final agenda for this conference is still being
developed, but will include information on green building & water
conservation/protection, Governor Rell's Responsible Growth Task Force,
and medications in our rivers and how we can mitigate impacts. In
addition, the conference will feature the latest environmental
legislative news including information on riverfront protection, bottle
bill, wetlands, watershed lands protection, and so forth. Watch for
further program developments by visiting the
Rivers Alliance of Connecticut
website.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Title: CT Water Trails Day
Location: Eagleville Lake and Willimantic River
Time: 10:00 AM
The Willimantic River Alliance will be sponsoring a
paddling
event on Saturday, June 14, 2008, in conjunction with the Connecticut Water
Trails Association, on the first of what is planned to be an annual event
called Connecticut Water Trails Day.
A guided canoe and kayak paddle on Eagleville Lake and the Willimantic River
will be offered starting at 10:00 am. This event is one of ten paddling
events taking place across the state.
Participants will put in and take out at the new Mansfield town park on
Plains Road, which has a newly constructed boat launch and parking area for
paddlers to access the river and lake.
Look for more information as the date approaches on the Willimantic River
Alliance website:
www.willimanticriver.org or contact WRA at :
info@willimanticriver.org
June 28 - July 20, 2008
Title: The Great North American Secchi Dip-In
Location: Your favorite lake
Time: At your convenience, but sunlight is necessary
Cost: Free
The Secchi Dip-In is a demonstration of the potential
of volunteer monitors to gather environmentally important information on
our lakes, rivers and estuaries. The concept of the Dip-In is
simple: individuals in volunteer monitoring programs take a transparency
measurement on one day during the weeks surrounding Canada Day and July
Fourth. Individuals may be monitoring lakes, reservoirs, estuaries,
rivers, or streams. These transparency values are used to assess the
transparency of volunteer-monitored lakes in the United States and
Canada. The Dip-In also provides a national perspective of water
quality. For more information, click here go to
http://dipin.kent.edu/.
To see current conservation related education
and events please check out the following sites for their postings for both the
whole state and the eastern region:
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