AGENDA
PDF version can be downloaded here: 2018 RHN Annual Meeting Final Agenda
Please RSVP to aarcher@barnstablecounty.org
Massachusetts River Herring Network
Eighth Annual Meeting
Thursday October 18, 2018 9:30AM-4:00PM
Waquoit Congregational Church Parish Hall
15 Parsons Ln, East Falmouth, MA
9:30AM Welcome & Introductions
9:45AM Orientation to Falmouth Herring Runs
Christina Lovely, Falmouth Natural Resources Department
10:00AM Coonamessett River Restoration Project in Falmouth
Wendi Buesseler, Coonamesett River Trust
Betsy Gladfelter, Project Coordinator and Conservation Commissioner, Town of Falmouth
Linda Deegan, Woods Hole Research Center
10:30AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM Update on Diadromous Fishes Management Issues
Brad Chase, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
11:30 Announcements
11:40 Hot Herring: Exploring the effects of temperature on juvenile river herring
Lian Guo, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
12:05 Pizza Lunch Break
1:00 Breakout Discussion Time
1:30 Environmental Law Enforcement Update and Q&A Session
Lieutenant Matt Bass, Massachusetts Environmental Police
2:00 Monitoring Aquatic Invasive Species – Successes & Lessons Learned
Alison Field-Juma, Executive Director, OARS for the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord Rivers
2:30 Closing Comments
2:45 PM Field Trip to Coonamessett River Restoration Site
Meeting sponsored by the MA Division of Marine Fisheries, Barnstable County Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, Woods Hole Sea Grant, Coonamessett River Trust & the Cape Cod Conservation District
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