Cape Fear River Assembly and Cape Fear River Partnership Meeting

Join us for the 2nd Annual Joint Cape Fear River Assembly and Cape Fear River Partnership Meeting and register today!

Challenges Facing the Cape Fear River
Coastline Convention Center - Wilmington, NC
May 14 -15, 2015
Registration fee -  $30.00

 

MEETING OVERVIEW

This promises to be an important basin-wide forum for those concerned with the current challenges facing our Cape Fear River. Join us as we share findings and experiences on topics such as socio-economic issues, fish passage, habitat conservation, water quality and communication.

This meeting will be of interest to local, state, and federal government officials, academic and private researchers, educators, practitioners, government resource agencies, and anyone who has an interest in the future of the Cape Fear River. This event will connect our common interests within North Carolina’s largest watershed. This two-day meeting will provide the latest information about:

    Sub-basin water quality conditions and trends
    Climate change and rising sea levels
    Challenges of Inter-basin Transfer
    Socioeconomic issues and research
    Stormwater Management
    Ways to communicate our vision of the river

The conference will feature informative talks and panels; along with networking opportunities, and educational exhibits. In addition, an evening river boat dinner cruise will be offered through Wilmington Watertours Thursday, May 14th as well as an eco-tour of Carolina Beach State Park will be offered on May 15th.

Joint Cape Fear River Assembly/Cape Fear River Partnership Meeting Schedule
*Draft Agenda subject to change

Thursday, May 14th
8:00 – 1:00         Cape Fear River Partnership Meeting and Lunch (Read Agenda here)

10:00 – 1:00       Cape Fear River Assembly Meeting and Lunch

1:00 – 1:15         Welcome and Announcements
                           Dr. Tom Hoban, Executive Director of Cape Fear River Assembly
                           Dawn York, Coordinator of Cape Fear River Partnership

1:15 – 3:15         Climate Change and Rising Sea Level
                           Rebecca Cumbie, State Climate Office of NC
                           Scott Shuford, City of Fayetteville
                           Spencer Rogers, UNC Sea Grant Program
                           Hanah Ehrenreich, Sustainable Sandhills
                           Philip Prete, City of Wilmington

3:15 – 3:30         Professional Network Break

3:30 – 4:15         Linking Water Quality and Migratory Fish Passage to Economic Contributions of Fisheries and Water Use
                           John Hadley, North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries

4:15 – 5:00         Sub-Basin Water Quality Monitoring Reports
                           Cy Stober, Piedmont Triad Regional Council
                           Chad Ham, Fayetteville PWC
                           Dr. Mike Mallin, UNC - Wilmington

5:00 – 5:30         CFRA Annual Meeting – Elections and Announcements

6:30 – 8:30         Evening Dinner Cruise on the Cape Fear River on the Wilmington Watertour Cat (Pre-Registration Required - click the checkbox to add this cruise to your regsitration). Pre-boarding will begin at 6 pm on the waterfront dock directly behind the Hilton. Registration fee is $20.00 and includes heavy appetizers, one free cocktail and a relaxing sunset cruise on the Cape Fear River.
 

Friday, May 15, 2015

8:00 – 9:00         Professional Exchange Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30         Stormwater Management:  Challenges and Opportunities
                           Peter Raabe, American Rivers

9:30 – 10:00       Social Marketing of Sustainable Stormwater Management
                           Dr. Tom Hoban, Cape Fear River Assembly

10:00 - 10:15      BREAK

10:15 – 11:00     “On the Grid”
                           Scott Huler, Scientific American (Raleigh)

11:00 – 12:00     Challenges of Inter-basin Transfer
                           Kim Nimmer, Division of Water Resources Representative of Upper Basin
                           Mick Noland, Fayetteville PWC

12:00 – 1:30       Networking Lunch (Pre-Registration Required - make sure you click that you want to attend the lunch when you register)

2:00  - 4:30         Educational Field Trip to Carolina Beach State Park (Pre-Registration Required)


 

MEETING HOSTS

This represents the 2nd Annual Joint meeting of the Cape Fear River Assembly and Cape Fear River Partnership. We are combining our annual meetings to ensure a greater comprehensive coordination of efforts to protect and improve the future of the Cape Fear River. We invite anyone with an interest in the river to come to this interesting event.

Cape Fear River Assembly

 Founded in 1973, the Cape Fear River Assembly (CFRA) includes members from the Triad to the coast. A 39-member Board of Directors representing industry, academia, agriculture, government, and conservation interests from the entire river basin governs CFRA. CFRA’s mission is to promote high quality of life for residents of the Cape Fear River basin by encouraging proper water and land management. Our goal is to bring together key stakeholders from the state’s largest and most developed watershed – to form a common vision for future water quality and quantity management.

Cape Fear River Partnership

The Cape Fear River Partnership was formed in 2011 with a vision of a healthy Cape Fear River for fish and people. The Partnership’s mission is to restore and demonstrate the value of robust, productive, and self-sustaining stocks of migratory fish in the Cape Fear River. Building on the momentum of the newly constructed fish passage at Lock & Dam #1, this partnership of key federal, state, local, academic, and other organizations in the region is working together on a multi-year Basin Action Plan. Using a broad range of tools and capabilities, we seek to provide long-term, habitat-based solutions for the most pressing challenges for migratory fish in the Cape Fear River Basin.