Outdoor Fun in Your Watershed Saturday, April 11, 2015 Westfield State University - Scanlon Banquet Hall | |||
| 8:00-8:30 | Registration | Exhibits available for viewing from 8:00 to 12:15 | |
| 8:30-9:35 | Welcome | Brian Conz, WRWA President | |
| Keynote Address | Joe Giffune (President, Friends of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail)The Green Evolution: A History of the Columbia Greenway | ||
| 9:45-10:30 | Concurrent Sessions I | Creation and Re-creation: Finding and Naming Birds: Seth Kellogg (Allen Bird Club) Westfield River Watershed: Fishing a Gem of the West: Leanda Fontaine-Gagnon (MA Division of Fish & Wildlife) The Trustees of Reservations in the Upper Watershed: Jim Caffrey (The Trustees of Reservations) | |
| 10:40-11:25 | Concurrent Sessions II | The AMC Berkshire Chapter: Your Connection to the Outdoors: Wayne Rodrigues (Chair, Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club) Recreational Opportunities in MassParks: Domenick Sacco (District Manager, CT River Valley District of MassParks) | |
| 11:30-12:15 | Viewing of Exhibits | Confirmed Exhibitors: Appalachian Mtn Club Connecticut River Watershed Council Friends of the Columbia Greenway Friends of the Keystone Arches Friends of Robinson State Park MA Div. of Ecological Restoration MA Div. of Fisheries and Wildlife Naturalists' Club New England Forestry Foundation Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge The Nature Conservancy Western MA Fly Fishing Association Westfield River Invasive Species Partnership Westfield River Watershed Association Westfield River Wild & Scenic Advisory Committee WSU Environmental Planning Club WSU Outing Club/Wilderness Leadership Program Winding River Land Conservancy | |
| 12:00 | Raffle Drawing | ||
| 1:15- ? | Field Trips | The Columbia Greenway: Marijoan Bull (WSU Dept. of Geography and Regional Planning, and Friends of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail) Birding in Stanley Park: Seth Kellogg (Allen Bird Club) | |
Westfield River Watershed Association Westfield State University | |||
31 March 2015
Annual Westfield River Watershed River Symposium
Spring time means a lot of things here in western Mass. And one of the highlights is the Annual Westfield River Symposium. The day looks pretty interesting and I have copied the current agenda here fyi:
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