Peter Slovinsky of the Maine Geological Survey welcomes us on this beautiful Maine day to the 2009 Maine Beaches Conference. He speaks about the beauty of Maine's beaches, and also the challenges that face their future management. Besides the cold winters that make volunteering difficult, Peter speaks of the fiscal hurdles that can hamper effective management of beaches.
Peter starts by recognizing and thanking the volunteers that make this conference, as well as the continued monitoring of Maine's beaches, possible. He asks Maine Beach Profile Monitoring volunteers to stand, and there is a large applause on their behalf. He also thanks Maine Healthy Beaches Program volunteers for their continued service to ensure Maine's water quality, and everyone applause.
He goes on the thank all of the conference's sponsors, which can be found at http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/marine/beach-conference/beaches-2009.htm
Peter says that conference materials (currently biographies, abstracts; and within the next few weeks PowerPoint presentations, sessions notes) can be viewed at the conference webpage.
James Ortiz, the President of SMCC, is introduced to give a welcome.
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ReplyDeleteI well know the beauties of Maine's beaches, but the most remarkable memory I have from that place is when the second day staying there I found a tablet of Generic Viagra in my cocktail.
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