SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, SEPT 29th
8:30 – Registration and coffee
9:00 – Invocation by Penobscot Nation Member
-- Welcome by John Banks Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation
-- Overview of the Summit Program and brief introduction of the steering committee
9:30 – Tara Houska of Couchiching First Nation
10:30 – Table Talk on “Water Security”
11:00 – Lightning Talks on Water Challenges in Maine
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Nestle water mining and export -- Nickie Sekera
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Juniper Ridge Mega-Landfill -- Ed Spencer
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Industrial Salmon Farming -- Ellie Daniels
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East/West (Utility) Corridor -- Jim Freeman
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Fish passage on Maine rivers – Landis Hudson
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Toxics spraying in the Maine Woods – Hilton Hafford
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Mercury contamination of the Penobscot --
12:00 – Lunch
1:00 -- Breakout groups lead by Lightning Talk speakers
1:45 -- Michelle Sandborn Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund New Hampshire Organizer
2:30 – Sherri Mitchell Penobscot native rights attorney, activist, and author
3:15 – Panel of Keynote speakers on Solutions and Next Steps
4:00 – Closing and evaluations