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WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

Through workshops, seminars, and lecture series, we inform and educate key audiences about the management and stewardship of local aquatic resources, actions needed to protect the quality of Lake Champlain and its watershed, and other issues of importance to residents of the Lake Champlain Basin.

Workshops we've offered included:

  • Franklin County Wetlands Forum, May 2002.

    A meeting sponsored by UVM Extension and Lake Champlain Sea Grant brought more than 40 Franklin County farmers and employees of federal regulatory agencies together to discuss regulations protecting wetlands and the challenges faced by farmers to identify and protect wetlands on their agricultural land.

  • Leadership Development for Watershed Stewardship, University of Vermont (UVM), Burlington, Vermont, April 26, 2002.

    This workshop, which was led by trainers from River Network, a national river conservancy, helped participants improve their skills in communications, human relations, group dynamics, organization, and meeting management, as well as examine leadership issues including identification of leadership potential and leadership requirements in specific situations.

  • Fundraising for Watershed Organizations, Plattsburgh State University (PSU), Plattsburgh, New York, March 15, 2002.

    Ten participants from watershed or lakeshore associations in Vermont and the Lake Champlain Basin learned how to develop and implement effective fundraising strategies to fit their specific funding needs, including how to develop a major donor program and compete successfully for corporate and foundation grants. The workshop was one of four one-day workshops conducted by trainers from River Network.

  • Financial Management and Organizational Assessment for Watershed Organizations, UVM, Burlington, Vermont, Feb. 11, 2002 and March 7, 2002.

    Fifteen people, all staff or board members from watershed and lakeshore associations, received training from River Network staff in preparing budgets and financial statements, designing internal controls for accountability, audits, and other financial management topics. With the use of a River Network benchmarking workbook, participants in this two-part workshop also learned how to use benchmarking as an organizational tool and develop a strategy to create an organizational change program.

  • Navigating in Rough Seas: Public Issues and Conflict Management, Nov. 27-29, 2001.

Lake Champlain Sea Grant staff and trainers from the Coastal Services Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Charleston, South Carolina led a conflict management workshop to strengthen the organizational capacity of Vermont and New York watershed organizations and lakeshore associations. The 16 participants included the four Vermont Agency of Natural Resources watershed coordinators, the chief of the agency's Water Resources Planning Division, and other agency staff, as well as leaders of watershed associations, educators, municipal officers, and conservation district staff.

  • Introduction to Hydroacoustic Sampling with Applications to Lake Champlain Workshop, PSU, Plattsburgh, April 10, 2001.

The workshop provided state fisheries agency personnel and faculty from UVM and PSU with theoretical information and training in the practical application of hydroacoustics, the use of sound pulses to record and image underwater objects including fish. This knowledge will enable fisheries professionals to monitor the lake's smelt populations.

  • Hull paint workshop Anti-Fouling Hull Paint Training for Certified Applicators, March 21, 2001.

The class provided updates to nearly 20 New York and Vermont marina owners and employees on current state regulations governing the use of anti-fouling hull paints, which often are used on recreational vessels.

  • Harmful Algal Blooms Seminar, PSU, Plattsburgh, New York, May 3, 2000.

Vermont Health Department officials and UVM faculty learned about toxic blue-green algae blooms in Lake Champlain and what can be done to control outbreaks.

  • Trawl Net Building and Repair Workshop, Rubenstein Lab, Burlington, Vermont, Feb. 29-March 1, 2000.

Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife staff, UVM faculty, and UVM graduate students learned design and hands-on repair skills that will enable them to use fish sampling gear more efficiently for both research and management purposes.


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