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The Soil & Water Conservation Society (SWCS) Southern New England Chapter (SNEC)
2019 Annual Winter Conference
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Friday March 22, 2019
8:00 am -4:30 pm
Eversource Energy
107 Selden Street, Berlin, CT 06037
Our Conference focus will be ‘Stream Continuity’.
Registration is now open to the first 100 registrations
Lunch is included!
Certificate of Attendances will be provided, upon request during registration.
$75 SWCS Members
$75 Government Staff
$100 Non-Members
$40 Students
As of 1/2/2019, we are excited to start listing the program’s Guest Speakers:
Scott Jackson, Extension Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he teaches courses on wetlands and wildlife conservation and management. His research interests include: amphibian and reptile ecology and conservation, wetland assessment and monitoring, impacts of roads and highways on wildlife and ecosystems, and landscape-based ecological assessment. Scott is a principal (along with Kevin McGarigal and Brad Compton) in the development of the Conservation Assessment and Prioritization System (CAPS) and serves as project leader for the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC).
Taylor M. Bell will be a presenter, representing the Army Corps of Engineers New England District, Regulatory District, where he is the Project Manager for Rhode Island, In-Lieu Fee Program Coordinator for Connecticut, and the Chair of the Stream Mitigation Project Development Team. He has 10 years’ experience with the Corps at the Mobile, Wilmington, Galveston, and now New England Districts. He attended Samford University where he received a Master’s in Environmental Management. Taylor is an avid college and pro-football fan. In his spare time he also coaches CrossFit at Hanscom Air Force Base.
James Turek, Restoration Ecologist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Restoration Center stationed at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Lab in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Christine Odiaga, Assistant Project Manager of the Friends of Herring River, Herring River Restoration Project, the largest wetland restoration project in the northeastern United States.
Tom Hennessey, Bridge Consultant at Contech Engineered Solutions LLC for MA, RI, and CT. Prior to this position, he was Sales Engineer responsible for the full Contech offering including drainage, stormwater, bridge and soil stabilization solutions. Prior to Contech, Tom worked for Rotondo Precast and Oldcastle Precast in Connecticut for 15 years. Tom is a graduate of Assumption College and has over 30 years of experience in the Precast Concrete industry.
ARE-AirShark will also have a presentation on Environmental Monitoring and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)/drones.
2019 SPONSORS:
Eversource Energy
BSC Group
GZA Geo Environmental
BluRoc, LLC
VHB
STANTEC Consulting Services, Inc.
Fuss & O’Neill, Inc.
Cape Cod Web Developers (CCWD)
Tighe & Bond
SWCA Environmental Consultants
2019 EXHIBITORS:
