Kentucky River Watershed Watch Watershed Protection Conference

8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 14, 1998

Piper Dining Hall, Midway College

Midway, Kentucky

Goals of the Conference:

To bring the observations and concerns of the participants to the attention of resource management agencies.

To continue the expansion of our knowledge and skills in water resource protection.

To provide a networking opportunity for individuals and organizations working in the field.

To develop common goals for the future of the watershed.

To raise the awareness of watershed issues and protection.

AGENDA

8:30 REGISTRATION

9:00 WELCOME & CONFERENCE GOALS

What We Plan To Accomplish.

Hank Graddy

Beverly Juett

9:15 BASIN OVERVIEW

An overview of the data collection and potential scientific significance.

9:45 CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

Break into watershed groups; each group to have predesignated leader from the watershed along with a scientific Aexpert@ to help explain the data and answer questions. Purpose:

a. To allow team members and conference participants to express concerns and ask questions specific to their area of the basin.

b. To discuss and learn about data that is specific to their area.

c. To collaborate on ways to begin to solve the problems of their area.

d. To identify people, agencies and tools/skills needed.

10:45 BREAK

11:00 TOOLS/SKILLS BUILDING:

and Concurrent and Repeating - Purpose: Allow

11:45 participants to learn skills and tools that are available to help them solve the problems identified in the earlier sessions.

TOPICS:

a. Introduce the Clean Water Act and CWAP: CWA 101 (repeat) Hank Graddy

b. Water Protection at the Local Level

(repeat) Bob Gray, Dwight Hitch

c. Riparian Protection in Your Hometown

(11:00 only) Dave Gabbard

d. Rural Riparian Protection/Farm Bill

(11:45 only) NRCS Representative

e. DOW Watershed Framework: ID the Players

(11:00 only) Alice Jones, Lee Colten

f. Accessing the Data/Computer Skills

(11:45 only) Ken Cooke, Jean Watts

12:30 LUNCH
AFrom Majestic Palisades to Neglected Puddles - Stream Corridor Vegetation in the Kentucky Basin@

Guest speaker: Julian Campbell,

The Nature Conservancy

1:45 CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

Watershed Groups Breakout to:

a. Agree to action plan for their area

b. Develop 5 min presentation to full conference

c. Develop recommendations for the KRWW

Project

2:45 BREAK

3:00 REPORTS FROM EACH AREA

3:30 FUTURE DIRECTION OF KRWW

Comments and discussion, election of new steering committee members Hank Graddy

The Kentucky River Watershed Watch gratefully acknowledges the contributions and financial support provided by the following:

SIERRA CLUB

VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOWMENT

KENTUCKY WATERWAYS ALLIANCE

KENTUCKY RIVER AUTHORITY

KENTUCKY DIVISION OF WATER

Registration:

KRWW Team Members before Nov 7: $ 5.00

KRWW Team Members after Nov 7: $ 7.50

All others: $15.00

Scholarships are available upon request - contact Hank Graddy or Betsy Bennett at (606) 846-4905

Questions?

Phone: (606) 846-4905

Fax: (606) 846-4914

E-mail: HGraddy@aol.com

KRWW

P O Box 88

Versailles KY 40383

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