Speaker: Dr. Stephen Jones, Research Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire. NE Regional Emerging Toxins Research Hub and relevant UNH and NH Sea Grant Research projects.

Speaker: Chris Williams, NH Coastal Program (DES) - NH Dredging Updates (Hampton-Seabrook and Piscataqua)

• Great Bay Total Nitrogen General Permit -  https://www.epgov/npdes-permits/great-bay-total-nitrogen-general-permit
• Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River Navigation Improvement Project - https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Projects-Topics/Portsmouth-Harbor/

Speakers:

• Jennifer Mates – Assistant Town Engineer, Exeter, NH, "Septic systems and Exeter municipal response"
• Gretchen Young, PE, Environmental Projects Manager, Dover, NH, "Septic systems and Dover municipal response"
• Rep. Spang, "Septic systems: NH History and legislative review"

Speaker: Cory Riley – Manager, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, NH Fish and Game

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Speakers:
Dr. William Sweet - NOAA Sea Level Rise and High Tide Flooding
Renee Collini - Tools for Finding a Path Amid Uncertainty

Internet Resources/Links:
Considering Multiple Futures: Scenario Planning To Address Uncertainty in Natural Resource Conservation - bit.ly/ScenarioPlanning2014
Coastal Flood Risk Summary - http://bit.ly/NHSLRGuidance
Article: Assessing tidal marsh resilience to sea-level rise at broad geographic scales with multi-metric indices

The bill will be heard on 1/28 at 10 in State House 103. Testimony will be appreciated, in person or by email to Erik.Chapman@unh.edu or the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

PFAS Presenters

• "PFAS: Sources, Exposure and Ecosystem Impacts" - Heidi Pickard, PhD Student, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
• “NHDES Efforts Towards PFAS Risk Assessment in Surface Waters” - Jonathan M. Ali, Ph.D., Toxicologist, Air Resources Division - Permitting & Environmental Health Bureau, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• “PFAS Research at UNH: Characterizing Point Sources and their Receiving Water Bodies” - Paula Mouser, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire

Marine Debris – Derelict Fishing Gear

Presenters:

• Jen Kennedy, Executive Director, Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation
• Cheri Patterson, Supervisor of Marine Programs, NH Fish & Game 

Other Contributions:
Gabby Bradt, NH Sea Grant/UNH Extension Fisheries Extension Specialist
Erik Anderson, President, NH Commercial Fishermen's Association

Speakers:

Plastics and NH Presentations

• Dr. Bonnie Brown, UNH Dept. of Biological Sciences Chair
• Judith Spang, NH State Representative, Durham, NH

Speakers:

• National Climate Assessment review - Sherry Godlewski, Resilience and Adaptation Manager, NH Department of Environmental Services
• Science and Technical Advisory Panel review - Nathalie M. Morison, CFM, Coastal Resilience Specialist, NHDES Coastal Program
• Climate Assessment – NH Implications - Dr. Jennifer Jacobs, UNH, Director of the Infrastructure and Climate Network, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Presentation: Buffers and living shorelines in NH; their ecological function with respect to nutrient loading, landscape trends, and potential mitigation - Cory Riley, Reserve Manager, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Presentation: Southeast Watershed Alliance model stormwater standards. Implications for nutrient loading in NH estuaries - Julie LaBranche, Senior Planner, Rockingham Planning Commission