14th Annual MRC Conference
The 14th Annual Northwest Straits MRC Conference was held November 2-3, 2012 at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. The conference theme was Safeguarding Resilience: Marine Stewardship and the NW Straits Initiative.
We'll be updating our conference web page regularly over the next few weeks with materials and photos from the event, as well as some audio/video of the presentations provided by Jefferson MRC member Al Bergstein.
Many thanks to all of the presenters, sponsors and participants for making this event a success!
Photos
Click here to view a slide show from the conference. If you have images you'd like to share, please contact Sasha Horst (horst@ nwstraits.org).
Conference Program
Now Available to Download
Agenda
Speaker Biographies
Session Descriptions
Participant List
Featured Speakers
An impressive lineup of featured speakers joined us, and thanks to Jefferson MRC member Al Bergstein, we're able to bring several of these to you on audio/video. Please check back soon for links to uploaded files.
Congressman Norm Dicks (audio)
Billy Frank, Jr. - Treaty Rights at Risk (audio)
Presentations
Where available, presentations from the conference are made available below as links to a either an audio, video or pdf version of the presentation. Files are being added as time allows, so please check back soon if the presentation you would like to view is currently unavailable.
Ocean Acidification in Washington: Implications for Community Based Efforts
- Brad Warren, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (audio), PowerPoint (pdf)
- Bill Dewey, Taylor Shellfish Farms, Inc. (audio), PowerPoint (pdf)
- Norma Smith, Washington State Representative (audio)
- Jeff Watters, Ocean Conservancy (audio), PowerPoint (pdf)
Polluted Runoff: Responding to Water Quality Issues
- John Stark, WA State University, Puyallup (pdf)
- Leslie Banigan, Kitsap County Health Dept. (pdf)
- Harriet Beale, WA Dept of Ecology - handouts (pdf)
- Joe Hillers, Island County MRC (pdf)
Congressman Norm Dicks (audio)
Working Together to Save Puget Sound - Tony Wright, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership
Treaty Rights at Risk (audio) - Billy Frank, Jr.
Good Fish - Becky Selengut
Coastal MRC Projects/Nexus with Northwest Straits
MRC Workshop: How do MRCs decide on projects and priorities?
Social Marketing: Boost your conservation project - handouts
Forage Fish: Sustaining the Marine Food Web
- Dayv Lowry, WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife (pdf)
- Jim West, WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife (pdf)
- Ken Dzinbal, Puget Sound Partnership (pdf)
MRC Workgroup: How to Develop Nearshore Restoration Projects
Tapping the Stewardship Ethic
Northwest Straits Initiative Forecast
Event Sponsors
Thank you to the generous sponsors of this event! If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, contact Tracie Johannessen.
Local Seafood Providers
In addition to our event sponsors above, the following sponsors are providing locally-harvested seafood for our dinner event on Friday:
The Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative, authorized by Congress, is nationally recognized as an innovative approach to bring sound science and an ecosystem perspective together with citizen energy and entrepreneurship.