Penobscot Watershed Conference, April 9, 2016 FULL AUDIO

NORTHPORT. On Saturday April 9th, the Point Lookout Resort on Ducktrap Mountain hosted the Penobscot Watershed Conference. 

People around Penobscot Bay's 8,500 square mile watershed came together to discuss and give presentations on  the myriad threats to Penobscot Bay and its River watershed,  Listen below to audio from this important assemblage of 23 speakers, fielding questions from  among the  hundreds of interested people attending. People who've variously devoted their lives to protecting, understanding, worshipping, exploiting and/or enjoying Maine biggest watershed.and bay: Penobscot!
PART 1 SPEAKERS
1. Butch Philips & Chris Sockalexis, Penobscot Nation Traditional Opening Ceremony,11 min

2.  Paul Anderson,  UME biologist & Penobscot Chief Kirk Francis Welcoming remarks 5 min

3 Curt Spalding, US EPA Region 1 Administrator   14 min

4.  Chellie Pingree  US Congresswoman, 1st District 16 min

5.  Robert Steneck. Keynote Speaker 27min: Marine Scientist 26 min.Theme: "Navigating the Penobscot River through turbulent times toward an uncertain future: a 4,000 year retrospective."



PART 2 "Restoring Fishery Health, Projects, Big and Small"
6. Gordon Russel, Lower Penobscot Watershed Coalition
7. Laura Rose Day, 27 min Penobscot River Restoration Project
8. Alex Abbott, 20 min  US Fish and Wildlife Service
9. Matt Bernier, 19 min NOAA Funding Opportunities, the Habitat Blueprint

PART 3 "Current Uses of the Bay"
10 Carl Wilson, 14 min Maine DMR
11.Cyrus Sleeper 13min 23sec So.Thomaston lobsterman (noise during recording)
12 Taylor Allen, 10min 38sec Rockport Marine
13 Barry King. 14min 48sec Schooner Mary Day.
14 David Gelinas. Penobscot Bay & River Pilots. 13min30sec

PART 4. "Indicators of Environmental Health: the Bay."
4A. "Dynamic Conditions and Foodweb of the Penobscot Estuary"
15,Lauren Sahl, 12 minutes Maine Maritime Academy
16. Rachel Lasley-Rasher 10min 46sec, UMaine
17. Karen Wilson, 11min 38sec USM
19.James Gilbert, UME, Seals. 10 minutes

4B. "How Healthy IS the Bay?"
20. Larry Mayer UMaine Biogeochemistry of the River & Bay 12 min
21. Keri Kaczor, ME Seagrant/Coop Ext 12min 43sec
22. James Wilson UMaine River & Bay restoration and fishery economics

4C. "Citizen & other Monitoring Programs"
23. Christine Tilberg GOMCME 5min 44sec


 Islesboro Islands Land Trust  media release after the conference 

Offshore wind meeting 08/11/11 Rockland Maine. Listen to speakers & questioners

On August 11, 2011, the Island Institute hosted a panel discussion of ocean windpower extraction plans for the Gulf of Maine, at the Strand Theater in Rockland, Maine. Moderator: Heather Deese. Panelists: Philip Conkling Island Institute, Bob Steneck UMaine marine ecologist, Habib Dagher UMaine composites engineer, head DeepCwind Consortium. The recording begins with  Philip Conkling's opening remarks, which were underway as the recording begins

* Philip Conkling (in progress) 4min

* Robert Steneck UMaine benthic ecologist 4 min 
* Dave Cousens, ME Lobstermen Association 4min
* Habib Dagher University of Maine composites and DeepCwind 5min 15sec
* Ted Koffman, Maine Audubon 5min 10 sec

QA 1.  Ron Huber & Habib Dagher 10 miles? or 20 miles offshore? 2 min
QA2.  John Stevens Boothbay Harbor What about mobile offshore windmills floating with currents? 3min
QA3.  Habib Dagher Responds to Stevens on positioning of turbine 1min
QA4.  Bob Steneck replies to Stevens cable question 48 sec
QA5.  Habib Dagher  re size of windfarms 2min
QA6. George Orton (sp?) Newcastle, to Dagher on landfall locations for offshore cables 2min
QA 7. Unidentified questioner to Philip Conkling: how to control the dialog, the framing? 3min
QA 8. Heather Deese  replies to unid'd questioner 1min 40 sec
QA9  Unknown questioner to Dagher on economics 2min 20 sec
QA9 Vivian Newman to Heather Deese: Where are the federal agencies? 2min\
QA 10. Rockland questioner to Dagher question on opportunities for students 3min
QA 11.  Jake Ward answers Rocklander's question on opportunities for students 2min
QA 12. Unk Q-er re  subsonic impact of 200 ocean windmills_Steneck, Koffman, Dagher respond. 3min
QA 13 Heather Deese Closing Remarks 75 seconds

(Peter Taber photograph)