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Tuesday, August 2,
3:30-5:00 pm
Can
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Be Accomplished?
It has been 28 years since the first
agreement to restore the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and
despite substantial and sustained efforts goals have not
been met. The effort recently entered a new phase with
legal requirements to implement programs to meet TMDLs, yet
the path is steep. Can the Chesapeake Bay restoration goals
ever be fully met and what changes are needed to achieve
this?
Jeff
Corbin, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Will Baker, President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Ann Pesiri Swanson, Executive Director, Chesapeake
Bay Commission
Robert Summers, Secretary, Maryland Department of the
Environment
Moderator:
Tim Wheeler, reporter, Baltimore Sun
Thursday, August
4, 3:30-5:00 pm
Effective Communication of the Ecosystem Restoration
Challenge
Public and political support is
essential for ecosystem restoration, yet restoration
scientists and practitioners are often ill prepared for
communicating objectives and requirements. Most
communication takes place through the news media rather than
talks and pamphlets. An exceptionally experienced panel of
reporters and authors will discuss what the public needs to
know and how media changes affect communications pathways
and offer some tips on how restoration scientists and
practitioners can more effectively communicate.
David
Fahrenthold, Congressional reporter for the
Washington Post
Tom Horton, author of Turning the Tide: Saving the
Chesapeake Bay
Christopher Joyce, environment reporter for National
Public Radio
Chris Mooney, author of Unscientific America
and blogger at The Intersection
Moderator:
Terence Smith, special correspondent PBS News Hour
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