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LIS Eelgrass Collaborative Workshop

9:30 am	Check-In and Coffee - Lowell Weicker Building, Room 103 Foyer
9:45	Welcome and Workshop Overview – Katie Lund, CT NERR
9:50 - 11:20	Featured Speakers - focus on NPS and EPA eelgrass restoration/resilience projects: - Phil Colarusso (Marine Biologist, U.S. EPA) – 20 mins - Stephanie Kamel (Professor, UNCW Biology and Marine Biology Dept.) – 40 mins Panel with additional speakers for added insight and audience Q&A: 30 mins - Bradley Peterson (Associate Professor, Stony Brook University) – NPS Project - Suzy Ayvazian (Scientist, U.S. EPA) – EPA Project
11:20 - 11:30	Break
11:30 - 12:30	Poster and Tour Rotation (two groups rotate – 30 mins in each location): Group A - start inside at poster session, Lowell Weicker Bldg. (LWB) Room 103 Lobby Group B - start outside in front of LWB and choose one the following: 1) Rankin Lab tour: viewing & discussion of restoration facility upgrades 2) Visit CT Sea Grant’s new mobile seaweed lab
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch - Mort's in the Academic Building (including time to walk across campus)
1:30 - 3:00	Breakout Session Rotation (two groups rotate - 45 mins in each location): Group A - start in Academic Building, Room 211 Topic: Eelgrass Seed Restoration Survey Results & Related Discussion of LISS FY 26 Funding Facilitators: Torrie Hanley (SHU) & Cayla Sullivan (EPA) Group B - start in Academic Building, Room 206 Topic: NEIWPCC Seed Based Restoration Grant Discussion Facilitators: Steve Schott (CCE), Jamie Vaudrey & Craig Tobias (CTNERR and UConn)
3:00	Debrief & Collaborative Next Steps - Academic Building Auditorium Adjourn at 3:30 pm