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| 2022 Registration Categories | Members | Non-Members |
| In-Person Attendance | $100 | $200 |
| Hybrid – Online Attendance | $50 | $100 |
| Field Trip Excursion | $60 | $60 |
Agenda
| Wednesday, October 12 | ||
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Registration And Networking Happy Hour (Cash Bar) |
| Thursday, October 13 | ||
| 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Registration And Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Welcome |
| 9:30 AM | 10:15 AM | Plenary Session 1 (Native Plants and Seed Use) |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Break 1 |
| 10:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Plenary Session 2 (Stormwater Management and Stream Restoration) |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Plenary Session 3 (Wetland Restoration) |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | Break 2 |
| 2:45 PM | 3:30 PM | Plenary Session 4 (Invasive Species Management) |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Advancing Restoration Responsibly in an Era of Unprecedented Resources for Our Natural Resources.
Erik Michelson – Anne Arundel County DPW, Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration, Deputy Director |
| 4:30 PM | 6:30 PM | Happy Hour and Networking Event (Open Bar) |
| Friday, October 14 | ||
| 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Ecological Health Network (NE including NY/NJ) Eve Allen, Program Director |
| 9:30 AM | 10:15 AM | New Jersey Meadowlands – Restoring for the Future Terry Doss, Director of NJSEA’s Meadowlands Research & Restoration Institute |
| 10:15 AM | 11:15 AM | Annual Meeting/Closing Remarks |
| 11:15 AM | 4:00 PM | Grab Lunch and Field Trips |
Check out our planned plenary speakers and moderators HERE
Keynote speaker
Erik Michelson, Deputy Director, Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works (Bureau Chief, Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration)Erik is currently a Deputy Director for Anne Arundel County’s Department of Public Works, heading it’s Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration. He works to facilitate the recovery of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries through supporting robust restoration projects and rigorous scientific monitoring efforts, bolstered by diverse stakeholder partnerships. Erik has an extensive background as a project manager for an environmental consultant then as the Executive Director for a non-profit, the Arundel Rivers Federation (formerly the South River Federation), and working for Anne Arundel County since 2014, as the County builds up the environmental assessments, restoration implementation, and ecological evaluation to support the County’s clean water obligations under the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit and the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).
Sponsorships
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Champion Level
Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. provides environmental and cultural resource consulting for the built environment. Addressing environmentally constrained sites since 1991, we have set the industry standard in the Mid-Atlantic.
Video Recordings
Recordings of the conference and presentations can be found on youtube at the link below.