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AGENDA

ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION ENGINEERS

OCTOBER 2006 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006

3:00 – 6:00 -               Registration

3:30 – 5:30                  Executive Committee Meeting/Boardroom @ Bel-Aire

6:00 – 8:00 -               WELCOME RECEPTION AT TOM RIDGE CENTER

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2006

7:00 – 8:00                  Registration

7:00 – 8:15                  BREAKFAST (on your own)

8:30 – 9:00                  WELCOME ADDRESS

                                    Mayor Joseph Sinnott and Mr. John Oliver, Executive Director of the Erie Area Convention and Visitor Bureau

9:00 – 9:30                  WELCOME TO PRESQUE ISLE (staff)

9:30 – 10:00                Wild Projects at Colorado Wildlife (Norval Olson)                         

10:00 – 10:30              BREAK

10:30 – 11:00              Roaring River Hatchery Update (David Kempf)        

11:00 – 11:30              PA Fish Culture Station Evaluation & Project Implementation (David Bumann)         

11:30 – NOON              Bat Up-Date (Gerald Dorcheid)

NOON – 1:30                LUNCH

1:30 – 2:00                  Small Dam Repair (Joe Barron)

2:00 – 2:30                  Design & Installation of Geo Thermal Heat Pumps (Dwight Hanson)

2:30 – 3:00                  USFS Technology & Development re: Environmental Projects (Charles Showers)

3:00 – 3:30                  BREAK

3:30 – 4:00                  Moldering Toilets (Jim Kozik)

4:00 – 4:30                  Wood Shredding as Erosion Control (Scott Groenier)

5:00 – 8:00                  BOAT TOUR OF PRESQUE ISLE BAY

                                    DINNER AT THE WATERWORKS PAVILION

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3

7:00 – 8:00                  Registration

7:00 – 8:15                  BREAKFAST (on your own)

8:30 – 9:00                  Mead Wildlife Area Education Center (John Hagman)

9:00 – 9:30                  ORV Recreation Area (Tom Hohman)

9:30 – 10:00                Sparton World Shooting Complex Update (Bob Roads)

10:00 – 10:30              BREAK

10:30 – 11:00              FEMA/Hurricane Assistance (Terry Boyd)

11:00 – 11:30              Delaware Canal Disaster Recovery (Lisa Peffer/Denise Kelly)

11:30 – NOON              Alternative Energy/Wind Turbines (Lisa DiFrancisco/Jerry Covert)

NOON – 1:30                LUNCH – FISH FRY AT WATER WORKS PAVILION

1:30 – 4:30                  AFTERNOON AT PRESQUE ISLE

6:00                             DINNER ON YOUR OWN

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4

7:00 – 8:00                  Registration

7:00 – 8:15                  BREAKFAST (on your own)

8:30 – 9:15                  Ryerson Station State Park Dam Monitoring Program ( Jim Eppley)

9:15 – 10:00                Big Savage Tunnel (Paul Lewis/Gannett Fleming)

10:00 – 10:30              BREAK

10:30 – 11:15              Susquehanna River Fish Passageway (Paul Schwieger/Gannett Fleming)

11:15 – NOON              Performance Characterization & Verification of Design Methodology for a Combined Vacuum Degasser/Radon Stripper at Nashua NFH (Brian Vinci)

NOON – 1:30                LUNCH

1:30 – 2:00                  Composting Toilets and Gray Water Systems (Don Mills)

2:00 – 2:30                  Biodesel (Dwight Hanson)

2:30 – 3:00                  BREAK

3:00 – 4:30                  BUSINESS MEETING

6:00 – 8:30                  BANQUET

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5

7:00 – 8:15                  BREAKFAST (on your own)

8:30 – 3:00(?)             Oil Heritage Tour