THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

SEMINAR – SPRING 2008

All Seminars are held in Room 102

Thames Valley Campus

6:00PM  - 7:45PM

Guest Speakers For Environmental Issues Seminar

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• Jan 29th – William M. Leahy, Assoc. Exec. Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Eastern Connecticut State University - Energy Costs in CT - How We Can Develop More Sustainable Energy Economy
• Feb. 5th - Ralph Lewis, UConn Marine Sciences Dept., Retired CT State Geologist - Connecticut’s Geology
• Feb. 12th - Hank Gruner, Vice President of Science Center of CT. & Biodiversity Coordinator, CT Programs, Wildlife Conservation Society – Construction Design Challenges to Maintain Biodiversity
• Feb 19th - Steve Tessitore, CT Department of Environmental Protection - The Regulation of Inland Wetlands and Watercourses in Connecticut
• Feb 26th - Denise Savageau, Conservation Director Town of Greenwich – Agricultural Literacy:  The Need for Understanding Food Supply Issues
• March 4th – Diana Urban, Stonington State Representative - Environment and Politics

• March 11th – Michael Beauchene,  CT. Department of Environmental Protection –   Rapid Bioassessment, Benthic Macro Invertebrates Survey

      March 18 - SPRING BREAK

• March 25th - Maggie Jones, Botanist and Landscape Ecologist– Roles of Birds in the Eastern Forest Landscape
• April 1st  - Brian Murphy, CT. Department of Environmental Protection -  "How to Restore Streams Utilizing a Natural Channel Design Approach"
• April 8th - Steve Gephard, DEP Inland Fisheries Division–  Diadromous Fisheries Program
• April 15th – David Bingham, President Salem Land Trust – The Importance of Stewardship
• April 22nd - Jason Vokoun, Professor of Fisheries, UConn - Declining Trends in Participation of Fishing and Hunting: Are we Heading into an Environmental Conservation Funding Crisis?
• April 29th –  Adam Ney, CBIA - Corporate Sustainability Operating in the Growing Green Economy, Is Connecticut’s Businesses Enhancing their Commitment to Environmental Stewardship, Social Responsibility, Workforce Development and ROI.
• May 6th  -  Judy Preston, Tidewater Institute– The Connecticut River Estuary
• May 13th –  David Stokes, CT Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Waste Management – Hazardous Waste Management and Enforcement