Virginia Citizens for Water Quality

The VCWQ Summit

August 9, 2008

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Agenda

 

8:30 am – 9:30 am

Registration

 

9:30 am – 9:45 am

Welcome and Round the Room Introductions

Wayne Kirkpatrick, Dan River Basin Association

9:45 am – 10:15 am

 Fish Kills in Virginia’s Streams and Rivers

Don Orth, Virginia Tech

10:15 am – 10:45 am

Public Engagement in the TMDL Process

Kelly Hazlegrove

10:45 am – 11:30 am

Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring in Virginia

Panel Discussion

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Statewide Updates – James Beckley; Bruce Lundeen (Virginia Watershed’s Alliance); others

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch – on your own – box lunches are provided for those who register for them and pay for them

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Hands on Watershed Activities – Choose 1 Session

A.  

Measuring E.coli using Coliscan Easygel – James Beckley, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

B. 

Streamside Habitat Assessment - outside (meeting spot TBA) Stacey Brown, Virginia Save Our Streams

C. 

Initiatives with Ferrum College – Using Maps and GIS to communicate water quality data; Monitoring Algae to assess Water Quality

 

 

 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Wrap Up

 

 


Directions

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Directions to Clark Hall - University of Virginia

University of Virginia, Clark Hall, 291 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123

Clark Hall is building #11 on the following map: http://www.virginia.edu/webmap/GMcCormickRoadArea.html

 

From  I 64 (East or West) and 29 North:                                    

Take exit 118B, 29 North to Charlottesville/Culpeper.  Take the first exit and turn right onto Fontaine Avenue/29 North Business.  Get into left lane.  Continue straight through 2 stoplights until you come to a Y intersection at 250 Business.  Turn left onto 250 Business/Emmet Street.  You will go under a bridge and take the next left that will take you up a ramp onto McCormick Road.  Turn left onto McCormick Road.  Cross over a bridge and take the next driveway to the right (not marked) - this will lead you to parking behind Clark Hall.  There should be plenty of parking in a couple of lots behind Clark Hall.  The main entrance to Clarke Hall is off McCormick Road – there will be sidewalks leading from the parking lots to the front of the building.  LOOK FOR SIGNS!

 

From Northern Points - 29 South:

Take 29 South into Charlottesville.  Continue on 29 South - it will turn into 29 South Business and eventually Emmet Street.  At the intersection with University Avenue, continue straight on Emmet Street.  You will pass the University Parking Garage and Bookstore on your left, take the next ramp to the right to McCormick Road.  Turn left onto McCormick Road.  Cross over a bridge and take the next driveway to the right (not marked) - this will lead you to parking behind Clark Hall.  There should be plenty of parking in a couple of lots behind Clark Hall.  The main entrance to Clarke Hall is off McCormick Road – there will be sidewalks leading from the parking lots to the front of the building.  LOOK FOR SIGNS!

 

 

 

 

 

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