You are invited to attend the Maine Milfoil Summit on March 7th!

If you would like to attend, please RSVP to this email and give your name and affiliation of interest.

Please also indicate if you would like information on Maine DEP grants for Courtesy Boat Inspections or plant removal.

Here is the agenda.  Please pass this information on to others.

Ninth Annual Maine Milfoil Summit - 3/7/2008

University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO “RAIN DATE” FOR THE SUMMIT. IF WEATHER CAUSES CANCELLATION, WE WILL ATTEMPT TO EMAIL THOSE WHO HAVE REGISTERED IF TIME ALLOWS. CALL 647-8580 TO GET AN UPDATE BEFORE TRAVELING UNDER QUESTIONABLE ROAD CONDITIONS.

8:30    Registration and refreshments

9:00    Welcome and Introduction - Peter Lowell, Lakes Environmental Association

9:10    Update on Maine’s Invasives Program - Maine DEP

v  Funding - receipts for 2007

v  Grants Program Report

v  Boater Survey Results - 50,000 – A new record!

v  This Spring, This Summer – New sticker format

v  Rapid Response – More funding for invasives

9:30    Update on Maine’s Invasives Program - Maine IF&W

9:45    Question and answer session for DEP and IF&W

10:15  Maine’s Federal Initiative – Scott Lowell, Little Sebago Lake Ass’n.     

10:30   Break

10:45   Courtesy Boat Inspector Program - Changes and Lessons from 2007

                                        Maggie Shannon, Congress of Lake Associations

                                        Peter Lowell, LEA

11:00   New Hampshire’s Research on Invasives

            Amy Smagula - Clean Lakes & Exotic Species Coordinator, New Hampshire DES

11:20   Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants Report – Roberta Hill

11:35   Opportunity for Questions and Comments

11:50   Final Comments

12:00   Adjourn

Directions to Lewiston-Auburn College, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston

From the Maine Turnpike

Take Lewiston Exit (currently exit 13) toward Lisbon Falls. Turn left at the second stoplight from the exit onto Westminster Street (at Korn Haus Keller Restaurant). Lewiston-Auburn College is in the cedar-sided building 3/10 mile down on the right. Go in the entrance by the flagpoles.

From Intown Lewiston

Take Canal Street to Lisbon St. toward Lisbon Falls (you will be on Route 196). Turn left at the Korn Haus Keller Restaurant. Lewiston-Auburn College is in the cedar-sided building 3/10 mile down on the right. Go in the entrance by the flagpoles.

From Brunswick, Durham, Freeport

Take Route 196 to Lewiston. Turn right at the Korn Haus Keller Restaurant. Lewiston-Auburn College is in the cedar-sided building 3/10 mile down on the right. Go in the entrance by the flagpoles.

From Jay & Farmington

Take Rte. 4 into Auburn. Just after the Auburn Mall take a left to go over the Veteran's Memorial Bridge into Lewiston. Go straight at the light after the Bridge onto Russell St. (you are heading towards Bates College). Stay on Russell St. At 4th light go straight onto Farwell St. At the next light turn left onto Webster St. At next light turn right onto Alfred Plourde Parkway. Take the first left onto Lexington. At the stop sign, turn right onto Westminster St. The college is less than ½ mile on the left. Go in the entrance by the flagpoles.

There is no charge to attend the Maine Milfoil Summit.

Co-sponsored by the Congress of Lake Associations, Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed, Lakes Environmental Association, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants, Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute, Portland Water District, and the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program

To join the Milfoil mailing list, contact Peter Lowell at the Lakes Environmental Association. (lakes@megalink.net)  207-647-8580 / 230 Main Street, Bridgton 04009.

The Lakes Environmental Association’s summit organizing efforts and invasives program are sponsored by the Arthur G. and Gerardine L. Connolly Family.