Potomac Forum V

Agenda with Links to Presentations

Potomac Watershed Forum V
Conserving Land to Conserve Water
August 10, 2007
Agenda

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST / REGISTRATION / VIEW EXHIBITS

9:00 – 9:10 a.m. WELCOME, Pledge of Allegiance

MODERATOR Honorable Penelope (Penny) Gross, Member, Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors, and Chair, Potomac Watershed Roundtable

9:10 – 9:40 VIRGINIA’S LAND CONSERVATION (1MB)
Preston Bryant, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia

9:40 – 10:05 UPDATE OF JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE STUDYING OPEN SPACE AND FARMLAND PRESERVATION (<1MB)
Honorable Patsy Ticer, 30th District, Virginia Senate

10:05 – 10:25 THE VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION (21MB)
Joe Maroon, Director, Department of Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

10:25 – 10:45 BREAK

10:45 – 11:10 INCORPORATING LAND CONSERVATION INTO LOCAL POLICY AND PROCESSES (112MB)
Noel Kaplan, Senior Environmental Planner, Fairfax County

11:10 – 11:30 TOOLS FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION—A STATE PERSPECTIVE (9MB)
Sarah Richardson, Land Conservation Officer, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

11:30 – 11:50 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN VIRGINIA & THE POTOMAC BASIN (<1MB)
Bob Lee, Executive Director, Virginia Outdoors Foundation

11:50 – 12:30 PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS: OVERVIEW OF STATE-WIDE PROGRAMS (1MB)
Kevin Schmidt, Coordinator, Office of Farmland Preservation, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

PDRs IN FAUQUIER COUNTY (8MB)
Honorable Harry Atherson, Chairman, Fauquier County Board of Supervisors and 2nd Vice Chair, Potomac Watershed Roundtable

12:30 – 1:15 LUNCH PROVIDED
Invocation by Art Hart, Director, Tri-County/City Soil and Water Conservation District

MODERATOR Honorable Marty Nohe, Prince William County Supervisor & 1st Vice Chair, Potomac Watershed Roundtable

1:15 – 2:15 LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT (LID) PRIVATE INDUSTRY INITIATIVES (53MB)
Mike Rolband, President, Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (41MB)
Jeanette Stewart, President, Lands and Waters

2:15 – 2:45 WRAP UP, SUMMARY, AND COMMENT ON HB 11150 AND DCR STUDY OF AN URBAN BMP COST SHARE AND TAX CREDIT PROGRAM (4MB)
Honorable David Bulova, 37th District, Virginia House of Delegates

2:45 – 3:00 QUESTIONS / EVALUATIONS