New York Sea Grant is hosting a webinar series on the logistics of starting and managing the watercraft inspection component of a water-based stewardship program. Registration is required for each of the WebEx-based individual webinar sessions at https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/WatercraftInspection_112.
The Fall 2015 Watercraft Inspection Steward Program Webinar Series schedule is as follows:
Thursday, October 29, 9:30am to 10:30am
--Identification, Impact, Prevention & Control of Aquatic Invasive Species with Megan Pistolese, St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management
Thursday, November 5, 9:00am to 10:30am
--How to Start a Watercraft Inspection Program with Brittney Rogers, New York Sea Grant Extension
--Standardized Watercraft Inspection Data Collection with Eric Holmlund, Paul Smith’s Adirondack Watershed Institute Stewardship Program
Thursday, November 12, 9:00am to 10:30am
--Current Watercraft Inspection Program Models: Staffing Structures & Funding Mechanisms Panel:
Adirondack Region: Eric Holmlund, Paul Smith’s Watershed Steward Program
Conesus Lake: Louie Bo Freeman, Livingston Cornell Cooperative Extension
Lake George: Dave Wick, Lake George Park Commission
New York State Parks: Megan Phillips and Patty Wakefield, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Friday, November 20, 9:00am to 10:30am
--What Anglers and Boaters Know & Still Need to Hear About Aquatic Invasive Species with Nancy Connelly, Cornell University Natural Resources Department
--Watercraft Inspection Legislation and Regulations: A Facilitated Discussion with David G. White, New York Sea Grant Extension.
Thursday, December 3, 9:00am to 10:30am
--Watercraft Inspection Legislation and Regulations: A Facilitated Discussion with David G. White, New York Sea Grant Extension.
For more information or assistance, contact New York Sea Grant Extension at 315.331.8415.
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