water keeper alliance welcome packet 2011

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13th

Annual Waterkeeper Alliance Conference

Wednesday, June 22 through Sunday, June 26, 2011Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

NOTE: Please print this document, use it for packing, and bring it with you to Chicago!

Table of Contents:

Location Details

Transportation

Internet Access

WeatherWhat to Bring

Health & Safety

Sustainability

Agenda

Campus Map

Chicago Map

Things to Do Around Chicago

Taxi Information

Great Lakes Issues

Panel Descriptions

Panelist BiosSpeaker Bios

Location Details

The 13th annual Waterkeeper Alliance conference is being held at Northwestern University, inEvanston, Illinois.

Accommodations

Campus lodging is in Foster Walker Hall 1927 Orrington Avenue Evanston, IL 60201.The dining hall is located in Foster Walker Hall 1927 Orrington Avenue Evanston, IL 60201.Panels and plenary sessions will be held in the Donald P Jacobs Center at 2001 Sheridan RoadEvanston.The annual meeting on June 23rd will be held in Coon Auditorium in the Donald P Jacobs Center at2001 Sheridan Road Evanston.

Northwestern University

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Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, anarea that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts ofMinnesota. In 1853 the founders purchased a 379-acre tract of land on the shore of Lake Michigan 12miles north of Chicago. They established a campus and developed the land near it, naming thesurrounding town Evanston in honor of one of the University's founders, John Evans. After completingits first building in 1855, Northwestern began classes that fall with two faculty members and 10

students.

Northwestern has three campuses. Two campuses are located on Lake Michigan: a 240-acre campus inEvanston, the first suburb north of Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. The third campus islocated in Doha, Qatar.

Chicago

Known as the windy city for its politics, not its weather Chicago is the third largest city in theUnited States, only behind New York and Los Angeles. Chicago was founded in 1833 on thecontinental divide between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. After the Great

Chicago Fire of 1871, where one-third of the city was destroyed including the entire business district,the worlds first skyscraper was built in 1885. The city remains a major hub for industry,telecommunications and infrastructure and is one of the worlds top ten global financial centers.

Chicago is home to the Cubs and White Sox baseball teams, Blackhawks ice hockey team and Bearsfootball team and many prestigious arts and cultural centers including the Art Institute of Chicago, theMuseum of Contemporary Art and the Field Museum of Natural History.

While were in town, the Taste of Chicago, the worlds largest food festival will be underway. On page11 there is more information on what to do around Chicago.

Transportation

Air Travel

All shuttles to OHare International airport will pick up Waterkeepers at terminal 2, Gate 2E (the lastdoor) and will say Waterkeeper Alliance. Shuttles for international guests will arrive at OHareInternational airport on June 21 at 2:20 pm and 6:45 pm. On Wednesday, June 22, shuttles will runfrom 9am-4pm. The shuttles will pick groups up at O Hare International airport at 9:00 am, 10:00 am,11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm. At Midway airport there will be a shuttledeparting from Baggage claim (outside of door 4) at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 2:30 pm.

For departures on Sunday, June 26 shuttles will run from 6am-noon, leaving Northwestern University,and going to OHare International airport at 6:00 am, 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 9:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:00 amand 12:00 pm. There will be one shuttle to Midway on Sunday, June 26 at 9am.

Shuttle transportation is being run by One World Transport and if you have any trouble, you can callStephanie Weber at (312) 405-1673.

Driving & Parking

If youre driving to the Evanston campus, use Northwesterns recommended driving directions:2
http://www.northwestern.edu/about/northwestern-at-a-glance/general-information.htmlhttp://maps.northwestern.edu/#latlngz=41.972%2C-87.655%2C12&lookupid=&showlist=&t=http://maps.northwestern.edu/#latlngz=41.972%2C-87.655%2C12&lookupid=&showlist=&t=http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=chchttp://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cwshttp://blackhawks.nhl.com/http://www.chicagobears.com/index.htmlhttp://www.artic.edu/aic/http://www.mcachicago.org/http://fieldmuseum.org/http://fieldmuseum.org/http://www.mcachicago.org/http://www.artic.edu/aic/http://www.chicagobears.com/index.htmlhttp://blackhawks.nhl.com/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cwshttp://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=chchttp://maps.northwestern.edu/#latlngz=41.972%2C-87.655%2C12&lookupid=&showlist=&t=http://maps.northwestern.edu/#latlngz=41.972%2C-87.655%2C12&lookupid=&showlist=&t=http://www.northwestern.edu/about/northwestern-at-a-glance/general-information.html


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From the North (via I-94)

1. Take I-94 East south to Skokie Highway (U.S. 41).2. Go south on Skokie Highway for two miles.3. Turn left on Golf Road. Continue on Golf Road approximately four miles. It will turn into

Emerson Street.

4.

Bear right at the fork in road onto Clark Street.5. Follow Clark Street through downtown Evanston.6. Turn left at Chicago Avenue. The main campus is at Chicago Avenue and Sheridan Road.

From the West/Northwest (via I-88, I-90 or I-190)

1. Take I-88, I-90 or I-190 east to I-294 North.2. Take I-294 North to the Dempster Street exit.3. Take Dempster Street east for 10 miles through a number of suburbs.4. Turn left at Chicago Avenue.5. Continue north on Chicago Avenue for less than a mile. The main campus is at Chicago

Avenue and Sheridan Road.

From the West/Southwest (via I-55 or I-80)

Note: If taking I-80, go east to I-55 North

1. Take 1-55 North to I-90/I-94 North.2. I-90/I-94 will split; bear right at the split and stay on I-94 West.3. Take I-94 West north to the Dempster Street exit.4. Take Dempster Street east for five miles.5. Turn left at Chicago Avenue.6.

Continue north on Chicago Avenue for less than a mile. The main campus is at ChicagoAvenue and Sheridan Road.

From the South/Southeast (via I-94, I-90, I-80 or I-57)

Note:

If taking 1-80, take I-94 North when it splits from I-80 south of Chicago If taking I-57, merge with I-94 North when I-57 ends in south Chicago If taking I-90, merge with I-94 North in south Chicago

1.

Take I-94 North. I-90/I-94 will split; bear right at the split and stay on I-94 West.2. Take I-94 West north to the Dempster Street exit.3. Take Dempster Street east for five miles.4. Turn left at Chicago Avenue.5. Continue north on Chicago Avenue for less than a mile. The main campus is at Chicago

Avenue and Sheridan Road.

If you paid for a parking pass, we will have it waiting for you at registration at Foster Walker Hall

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1927 Orrington Avenue Evanston, IL 60201. The parking lots available are North Beach and SouthBeach (number 105 on the map) which you can find on the map of campus on page 8.

Taxi Service Taxis are also available at the airport and on page 16 you will find NorthwesternUniversitys information sheet with numbers of cab companies and rates.

Internet Access

There is wireless internet at the Foster-Walker complex. We will have username and passwordinformation at registration on Wednesday, June 22.

Weather

The average high temperature in June in Chicago is 79.2 F (26.2 C) and the average low temperature

is 57.2 F (14 C). The humidity in the summer can be high, but Lake Michigan provides refreshingbreezes. A light jacket or sweatshirt will be necessary for evenings outside. Pop-up thunderstorms arecommon during the summer months, and you should be prepared with a rain jacket.

What to Bring

Alarm clock Reusable water bottle Travel mug for coffee or tea Sun block or sunscreen Sunglasses Rain jacket (umbrellas will be provided) Sweatshirt or light jacket for cool evenings Insect repellent

Lounge wear (appropriate for common living areas) Bathing suit for lakeside/pool party on Saturday, June 25 Comfortable walking shoes Casual clothing and outdoor attire for outdoor concert event on Thursday, June 23 Festive, dressy clothing for indoor event on Saturday, June 25 Business cardsHealth & Safety

For all emergencies, call 911.

For non-emergencies, you can contact Northwestern University Police:

Evanston: 847.491.3456. Chicago: 312.503.3456.In the case of a major emergency, the following university voicemail numbers are updated with thelatest details:

Evanston: 847.491.1100.

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Chicago: 312.503.1100.The closest hospital to the Evanston campus is the North Shore University HealthSystem at EvanstonHospital:

Address: 2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201.

Phone Number: 847.570.2000. Map. Driving directions.Sustainability

Northwestern Recycles!

Northwestern University recycled more than 1,700 tons of material last year, which is about 26 percentof their waste stream. Collection bins are located throughout campus, and you may recycle all colorsand types of paper and cardboard, glass, aluminum and plastics #1-5.

Green Building

Northwestern University is committed to implementing the Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) green building systems throughout campus. The Wieboldt School of ContinuingStudies was awarded LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors in 2007 and the Ford Motor CompanyEngineering Design Center was awarded LEED Silver certification in 2006. The Richard and BarbaraSilverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics should receive Gold certification uponcompletion. Current projects at Searle Student Health and Harris Hall will seek LEED certification aswell.

The University is also committed to upgrading lighting systems in existing buildings with T5, T8 andLED fixtures and to increase the efficiency of their air handling and conditioning systems.

Carbon Offset

This is the sixth year we offered conference participants the option of offsetting the carbon dioxidepollution incurred by travel. We are continuing to work withNativeEnergy (www.nativeenergy.com),a privately held Native American energy company to do this. Registrants had the option of choosing tooffset their carbon pollution with either wind energy or farm methane. Your carbon offsets allowNativeEnergy to build Native American, farmer-owned, and charitable purpose renewable energyprojects to create social, economic, and environmental benefits.

Fifty-nine Waterkeepers contributed $460 for Carbon OffsetWaterkeeper Alliance will send a checktoNativeEnergy on behalf of these participants after the conference.

Agenda:
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Room G03 G42 G36 G05 276 165

9:4512:30p Pacific(Election) LatinAmericaInternational

(Election)Gulf U.S.GreatLakes Canada

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FreeTime(WaterkeeperCouncilRoomG03andTrusteeCouncilRoomG05meetingfornominationsto5pm)

AnnualGeneralMeetinginCoonAuditorium

FinalBallotCollectionDeadline FosterWalkerDiningHall

G27(G43)

WATERKEEPERALLIANCECONFERENCEAGENDA WEDNESDAY,JUNE22WELCOME!! Arrival&CheckInatNorthwestern(FosterWalker)

Breakfast FosterWalkerDiningHall(AtLargeElectionBallotDistribution)

DinneratSargentHall

DealingwithBurnout MarcAlston&JulieBarrettO'NeilinJacobsCenterRoomG36

WATERKEEPERALLIANCECONFERENCEAGENDA THURSDAY,JUNE23LateNightBonding

InformationTable JacobsCenter

Lunch FosterWalkerDiningHall

Atlantic(North/South Election)

BoardtraintoRaviniaParkStation(traindepartsat4:48)

LateNightBonding TraintoCampus/leavefromRaviniaParkStation

BoardofDirectors&BoardofTrusteesJointMeetingat405SheridanRoad,HighlandPark,IL

WaterQualityforLatinAmericanWaterkeepers DianaMuller,AndrewMuller

(MeetinJacobsCenterRoomG03,panelwilltakeplaceoutside)

NewWKOOrientationinJacobsCenterRoomG42

WelcomeEventatCoonAuditorium

RaviniaConcert

DinneratRavinia

RegionalMeetings

PlenarySessioninCoonAuditorium TimFeddersen&MichaelKobori;Raffle#1


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Room G03 G42 G05 G36 G43 165 G27 166

9:0010:30a

Water Quality 101 -

Diana Muller, Andrew

Muller

Media Messaging -John Bianchi

Mineral Resource

Extraction in the

Great Lakes Basin -

Chauncey Moran,

Michelle Halley

Green Infrastructure

and CSO Abatement

Part I - Bob Newport,

Fredric P. Andes,

Marlene Sundheimer

Corporate

Responsibility - Bob

Kallen, Jay Longo,

Herb Luster, Ronald

E. Meissen

Nutrient Trading:

Friend or Foe? -

Drew Koslow, Rich

Eichstadt, Michael

Helfrich, Larry Baldwin

Major Donors -

Theresa Duncan, Tore

Steen, Diane Morgan,

Carla Zilka, Wendy

Abrams

Save the Beach: a

self-sustaining

model - Margarita

Diaz Lopez, Laurie

Silvan

10:30p10:45a

Room G03 G42 G05 G36 G43 165 G27 166

10:45 12:15p

Water Quality 201 -


Muller

Clean Water Act 101 -

Merritt Frey, Karl

Coplan

Battling

Encroaching

Invasive Species -

Theaux LeGardeur

Green Infrastructure

and CSO Abatement

Part II - Suzanne

Malec-McKenna,

Nasutsa Mabwa,

Khristopher Dodson,

Hal Sprague

Climate Change and

Water - Steve

Fleischli, Philip

Raphals, Sara

Aminzadeh

CAFO strategy

session - Kathy

Phillips, Rae

Schnapp, Larry

Baldwin

Building &

Maintaining

Foundation

Relationships - Terry

ODay, Molly

Flanagan, Grey Hecht

Healthy Beaches....

What You Don't See

CAN Hurt You -

Sarah URen, Chasidy

Fisher Hobbs, Michael

Mullen

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Room G03 G42 G05 G36 G43 165 G27 166

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Water Quality 301 -


Muller

Disaster

preparedness -

lessons learned &

roundtable

discussion- Donna

Lisenby, Paul Orr,

John Wathen, Bill

Schultz

Great Lakes Round

Table: Strategies for

Success - Cheryl

Nenn

Legal Issues in

Stormwater - Daniel

Cooper, Liz

Crosson, Layne

Fredrich

How to take on

Energy Giants: LNG,

Coal, and our new

export challenge -

Lesley Adams, Carla

Garca Zendejas,

Brett Vanden Heuvel

Becoming a Citizen

Mapper - Xin Hao, Dr.

Cynthia Annett, Bart

Mihailovich, Laura

Calwell, Ron Hall

Outreach and

Membership -

Theresa Duncan, Tina

Posterli, Captain Bill

Sheehan, John

Torgan, Sean Larkin,

Mark Rasmussen

The Dirty Lie

strategy session -

Janelle Robbins, Scott

Edwards, Allie Klein

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Fractured

Watersheds: The

Environmental

Impacts of Industrial

Gas Drilling- Tracy

Carluccio, Ned

Mulcahy, Krissy

Kasserman, Kate

Hudson

The Global issue of

Large Hydro- Philip

Raphals, Roberta

Frampton Benefiel

Stormwater: Muddy

Water Watch/Get the

Dirt Out- Sean Larkin,

Tess Sanders, Casi

Callaway, Kathy

Phillips

Storytelling - John

Bianchi, Don Francis,

John Wathen

Sewage Treatment

101- Diana Muller,

Bruce Bell

TMDLs From listing

to implementation

plans- Rick

Eichstaedt, Juliet

Cohen

10:00a10:15a

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Assessing andAdapting to Ocean

Acidification - Paul

Williams

Preparing to be a

Plaintiff or Witnessin a CWA Lawsuit-

Jane Barrett, Kathy

Phillips, Donna

Lisenby

Nutrients & NPDES -

Ann Alexander,

Sandy Bihn

De-escalation- Jim

Ace

Building an

Interactive AdvocacyCampaign- Larry

Baldwin, Tess

Sanders, Hartwell

Carson

Leveraging Social

Media for Change -

Sean Larkin

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Breakfast FosterWalkerDiningHall

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FilminCoonAuditorium:TheLastMountain

BustoKingstonMineorExploreEvanston

DinneratFosterWalker(or2BusestoDowntownat6:15)

LateNightBonding

WaterkeeperAllianceBoardofDirectors

MeetinginLSR(JacobsCenter)

LunchandBeachPartywithAnnualPhoto(busesdepartat12pm)(weatherpermitting)

EventatParkWest RobertF.Kennedy,Jr.,busesdepartat6:45pm(firstreturn9:30pm)

Break

PlenarySessioninCoonAuditorium TerryAxelrod,BenevonFundraisingSession;Raffle#3

DinneratFosterWalkerDiningHall

Break

Plenary Session in Coon Auditorium - Dr. Wade Davis: The Sacred Headwaters

Lunch - Foster Walker Dining Hall

PlenarySessioninCoonAuditorium CameronDavis;Raffle#2

Breakfast FosterWalkerDiningHall

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SuggestionsforFridayNighthttp://2011waterkeeperallianceconference.blogspot.com/

FOODANDNIGHTLIFENEARTHETASTEOFCHICAGOBACKSTAGEBISTRO

BackstageBistroisarestaurantservedbyyoungchefsintrainingfromthe

culinaryprogramattheIllinoisInstituteofArt. Ithasaglasswallallowsdinersto

watchtheirfoodbeprepared. ReservationsareRecommended.

312.777.7800180NWabash

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THEGAGETheGageisarestaurantnexttoMillenniumParkthathasawarmfeelingwithits

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24SMichiganAve

312.372.4243

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GARRETTPOPCORNGarrettPopcornisalegendaryChicagopopcornmakerwithlocations

throughoutChicago. Itdoesnotservedinner,butisworthavisit

26WRandolph,StateandRandolph

888.476.7267

www.garrettpopcorn.com

MARCBURGERThisisagreatburgerspotatthefoodcourtinsidetheiconicMacysintheloop.

111NStateStreet

312.781.2955

www.marcburger.com

PLYMOUTH

Plymouthisarestaurantandbarwithagreatrooftop.

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ROCKITBARANDGRILLRockitshasgoodfoodwithagreateveningatmosphere.

22WHubbard,DearbornandHubbard

312.645.6000

www.rockitbarandgrill.com

SWEETWATERGRILLSweetwaterGrillhasagoodbeerselectioneasywalkingdistancefromGrant

Park.

225NMichiganAve

312.698.7111

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Thereareatleast50barsaroundWrigleyFieldespeciallyagoodspotondaysof

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RedlineaccessviatheAddisonstop

N.WellsSt.betweenDivisionandW.NorthAve

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RedlineaccessviatheClarkandDivisionstop.

HubbardSt.betweenWabashandDearborn

Trendybarsandclubs.

RedlineaccessviatheGrandstop

LaSalleSt.betweenGrandandKinzie

3largetrendybarsLaSallePowerCompany,EnglishandMoe'sCantina.

RedlineaccessviatheGrandstop

DivisionSt. betweenStateandDearborn

Streetfulloflowerkeybarsopenuntil4am

LincolnPark

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CHICAGOACTIVITIESANDEVENTSARTINSTITUTETheArtInstitutehasanextensivecollectionofImpressionistandPost

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willbemusic,costumes,andfemaleimpersonatorsatthefestivalcelebratinggay

pride.

GRANTPARKGrantPark,locatedonChicagoslakefront,ishometomanyChicagoicons.

MillenniumPark,theArtInstitute,theTasteofChicago,andtheBuckingham

FountainareallwithinGrantPark. Itisaverylivelyareawithlotstodo.

GRANTPARKMUSICFESTIVALThisfreemusicfestivalbeginsat6:30pmonthelawnofMillenniumParks

PritzkerPavilion(205ERandolphSt). Itisafestivalofclassicalmusicandyou

canbringyourdinnerandblanketandenjoythescenery. Admissionisfree.

TASTEOFCHICAGOTheTasteofChicagoisaneventwheremanyofChicagosbestrestaurants

gatherandsellsmallportionsoftheirbestandmostuniquedishes. Admissionis

free,butyoupayforwhatyoueat.

http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/supporting_narrative/events___special_

events/special_events/park_district/Taste_of_Chicago.html

FOODANDNIGHTLIFEINEVANSTONBARLOUIE

BarLouieisahamburgerplacewithasophisticatedvibe.

1520Sherman

847.733.8300

www.barlouieamerica.com

BAT17Bat17isabreak,lunch,anddinnerpubthatgivesoffaNewYorkCitydelivibe.

1709Benson

847.733.7117

www.bat17evanston.com

BUFFALOJOESBuffaloJoesisknownintheChicagolandareaforhavingsomeofthebest

chickenwings. Itisasmall,quickrestaurantwithgreatwingsandburgers.

821ClarkSt847.328.5525

www.buffalojoesevanston.com

DAVESITALIANKITCHENDavesisanEvanstonfavoritewithreal,homemadefoodinanaccommodating

atmosphere.

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DAVISSTREETFISHMARKETDavisStreetFishMarkethasfreshfishandshellfishflowineverydayfromacross

thecountry.

501DavisSt

847.869.3474

www.davisstreetfishmarket.com

JOYYEESNOODLESJoyYeeshasanextensivemenuincludingdishesfromacrossAsia. Theirdrink

menuisalsoimpressivelylargewithmanyoptions.

521DavisSt

847.733.1900

www.joyyee.com

KAFEINKafeinisarelaxingcoffeeshopwithafunatmosphere. Itisopenlate.

1621ChicagoAve

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KEGOFEVANSTONTheKegisvintageEvanstonandaplacewheremanyyoungpeoplego.

810Grove

847.869.9987

www.evanstonillinois.net/keg

PETESCOFFEEANDTEAPetesisoneofthefewcoffeechainsthatstillmanagestohavealocalfeel. Itis

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1622ChicagoAve

847.864.8413

www.peets.com

PETEMILLERSSEAFOODANDPRIMESTEAKPeteMillersisaupscalesteakhouse. Atnight,thereislivejazzmusic.

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1557ShermanAve

847.328.0464

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PRAIRIEMOONPrairieMoonisanAmericanrestaurantservingagreatselectionofsmallbatch

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1502Sherman

847.864.8328

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TOMMYNEVINSTommyNevinshasabitofanIrishpubfeel. Thereispoolandaliveband. There

isapopulardishcalledeggmayonnaise.

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TaxiCompanies&NURates Winter2011Survey

Note: These rates are subject to change; verify all rates directly with taxi company.

Addresses used to calculate rates:

EV address 633 Clark Street, Evanston, IL 60208

CHI address 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611

EVANSTON OHare Airport Midway Airport DowntownChicagoFlat Rate PurpleCab $31.00 $51.00 $33.00

NorthshoreCab* $33.00 $52.00 $32.00

BestTaxiServices(3

personmax) $35.00 $45.00 $35.00

303TaxiServices** $33.00 $56.00 $33.00

EVANSTON OHare Airport Midway Airport DowntownChicago

Group Rate PurpleCab$31.00 + $1 extra per

person

$51.00 + $1 extra per

person

$33.00 + $1 extra per

person

NorthshoreCab*

2 ppl $35.00

3 ppl $42.00

4 ppl $48.00

2 ppl $60.00

3 ppl $72.00

4 ppl $80.00 $35.00 (request flat rate)

4 ppl min) BestTaxiServices $60.00 $75.00 $60.00

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ordinance)

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minivan only (by

ordinance)

CHICAGO OHare Airport Midway Airport Evanston

Flat Rate PurpleCab X X $33.00

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requestflatrate) X X $42.00

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person

max) $45.00 $45.00 $37.00303TaxiServices**

(METERestimate) $43.00 $53.00 + tolls $31.00 $36.00 + tolls $39.00 (request flat rate)

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Group Rate PurpleCab X X $33 + $1 extra per person

NorthshoreCab* X X X

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ordinance)

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13thAnnualWaterkeeperAllianceConferenceChicago,IL

GreatLakesIssuesINVASIVESPECIESAbouteveryeightmonths,anew,nonnativespeciecomesintotheGreatLakes,

challengingthenaturalecosystem. Theyaresuspectedtocomeinthroughships

ballast. Recently,theinvasivezebramusselhassignificantlydecreasedtheamountof

DiporeiashrimppresentinLakeMichigan. Ninetyfourpercentofthismajorfood

source

has

been

killed

in

the

past

ten

years

and

now

Lake

Huron

has

seen

a

57%

decreaseinitsDiporeiapopulationinthelastthreeyears. Notonlydotheyhurtthe

naturalecosystemsoftheGreatLakes,invasivespeciesliketheZebramusselclogpipes

anddrains,causingdetrimentalharmtoutilityandmanufacturingindustries. TheUS

FishandWildlifeServicebelievesthattheeconomicimpactofthezebramusselinthe

nexttenyearswillbearound$5billion.Waterfleas,sealamprey,andAsiancarpalso

threatentheGreatLakes. TocombatfurtherinvasionofAsiancarpintoLakeMichigan,

theChicagoSanitaryandShipCanalsetupanelectricfencetokeepthemout,asthese

fishspreadquicklyacrosstheMississippiandIllinoisRivers.

POLLUTIONAmajorthreattotheGreatLakesispollution. Thereisalotofharmfulrunofffromsoil

andfarmchemicalsaswellaswastefromcities. Dischargefromindustrialareasand

disposalsitesnegativelyimpactstheGreatLakesaswell. Also,becausearelatively

smallamountofwaterflowsoutoftheGreatLakes,thepollutionthatentersstaysthere

andbecomesmoreconcentratedovertime. In2007,BPAmocowasgrantedpermission

toincreasetheamountofammoniaby54%andindustrialsludgeby35%itdumpsinto

LakeMichiganeachday. Itstillfellunderfederalregulations,butmanyChicago

environmentalistsprotestedthepermissionoftoxicdumpingwhichresultedinBP

promisingnottotakeadvantageofthenewlygrantedpermission. InMay2011,

environmentalgroupssuedtheChicagoWaterReclamationDistrictforthereleaseof

untreated

sewage

into

the

local

waterways.

They

claim

that

this

release

causes

algae

blooms,whichendupinhibitinganyothergrowthinMidwesternriversaswellas

contributestothedeadzoneintheGulfofMexico.

GREATLAKESWATERUSEANDDIVERSIONSBecausesomanypeople,states,andcountriesrelyonthewaterandecosystemsofthe

GreatLakes,theuseofthatwaterandplanstodivertitcancauseinternationaldispute.


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Somediversionsarepermitted,includingadiversionthroughtheChicagoRiverforthe

IllinoisWaterway. Therewasaplanin1998fortheCanadiancompanyNovaGroupto

take158,000,000USgallonsofLakeSuperiorwatereachyearandbringittoAsia.

However,duetogreatpublicopposition,theplanwasdiscontinued. Sincethen,the

GreatLakesgovernorsandthePremiersofOntarioandQuebechaveagreedtoprevent

almostallfuturediversionproposals,especiallylongdistanceones,throughtheGreat

LakesSt.LawrenceRiverBasinSustainableWaterResourcesAgreementandtheGreat

LakesSt.LawrenceRiverBasinWaterResourcesCompact. In2005,thoseagreements

weresigned.

COASTGUARDLIVEFIREEXERCISESIn2006,theUnitedStatesCoastGuardproposedaplantohaveapracticerangefor

machineguns5milesoffshorein34areasintheGreatLakes. Theirplanwasto

designatethisareaaslivefireshootingrangeandholdpracticesthereafteratwohour

warningtothepubicwasissued.WhentheUSCGwouldnotbeusingthearea,itwould

beopentothepublic. AccordingtostudiesdonebytheUSCG,leadlevelimpactsasa

resultoffiringpracticewouldbenegligibleoverafiveyearperiod. However,because

peopleopposedtheplanduetounknownlongertermresultsofthefiringpractice,the

USCGwithdrewtheplaninlate2006.

GREATLAKESCOLLABORATIONIMPLEMENTATIONACTIn2006,USSenatorsMikeDeWineandCarlLevinandUSRepresentativesVernEhlers

andRahmEmanuelintroducedtheGreatLakesCollaborationImplementationActinto

CongressinordertorestoreandmaintaintheGreatLakesasrecommendedbythe

GreatLakesRegionalCollaboration. Asevidencefortheneedforrestorationand

maintenance,thebillusedtheclosingofover1,800beaches,the6,3000squaremile

deadzoneinLakeErie,andthe$500millionyearlydamagethatthezebramussel

causes. Thebillalsowasdesignedtostopthespreadandintroductionofinvasive

speciesincludingAsiancarp,phaseoutmercury,restoreanimalecosystems,and

preventsewagecontamination. Unfortunately,thebilldidnotpass. Subsequentefforts

topassthebillhavealsofailed.

ADDITIONSTOTHEFIVEGREATLAKESInMarch1998,PresidentClintonnamedLakeChamplainthesixthofGreatLakes.

Howeverwithinthemonth,thatnamewasrescindedduetopublicoppositionand

skepticism,bothCanadianandAmerican.

AREASOFCONCERNINLAKEMICHIGAN ManistiqueRiver MenomineeRiver FoxRiver(SouthernGreenBay) SheboyganRiver MilwaukeeEstuary


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WaukeganHarbor GrandCalumetRiver KalamazooRiver MuskegonLake WhiteLake


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13th

AnnualWaterkeeperAllianceConference

ChicagoIL,PANELDESCRIPTIONS

WEDNESDAY,June22th

SESSION1,12:00pm2:00pm

WATERQUALITYFORLATINAMERICANWATERKEEPERS

Panelists:DianaMuller,AndrewMuller

Room:G03

Anoutdoor,handsonsessionforLatinAmericanWaterkeepers

WEDNESDAY,June22th

SESSION2,2:00pm5:00pm

DEALINGWITHBURNOUT

Panelists:MarkAlston,JulieBarrettONeil

Room:G36

MeetwithfellowWaterkeeperstodiscussissuessurroundingburnout.

Friday,June24th

SESSION1,9:00am10:30am

CORPORATESOCIALRESPONSIBILITY

Panelists:BobKallen,JayLongo,HerbLuster,RonaldE.MeissenPh.D

Room:G43

Representativesfromcompaniesindifferentsectorswilldiscusswhattheyaredoingthrough

theirbusinesspracticestoachieveenvironmentalimprovements.

GREEN

INFRASTRUCTURE

AND

CSO

ABATEMENT

PART

I

Panelists:BobNewport,FredricP.Andes,MarleneSundheimer

Room:G36

CleanWaterActCSOEnforcementandhowgreeninfrastructureisbeingincorporatedina

detailedwayintoconsentdecreenegotiationsbetweentheEPA,statesandlocalmunicipalities

includingthespecificsofwhatisbeingrequiredintheseagreementsandtrendsin

negotiations.


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MAJORDONORSPROGRAMS

Panelists:TheresaDuncan,ToreSteen,DianeMorgan,CarlaZilka,WendyAbrams

Room:G27

WKAtrusteeswillshareexpertiseandwhytheysupportWKAandotherorganizationsBuilding

aprogramandhowtocultivateandcommunicatewiththem,bestpracticesandstrategies.

MEDIAMESSAGING

Panelists:JohnBianchi

Room:G42

Honeyourmessageformaximumpower! Learnhowtomaximizeyourcommunications

potentialbydevelopingresonantmessages,handlingtoughinterviewswithconfidence,and

creatinginitiativesthatwillattractthemedia'sattention.

MINERALRESOURCEEXTRACTIONINTHEGREATLAKESBASIN

Panelists:ChaunceyMoran,MichelleHalley

Room:G05

AstheimportanceoftheGreatLakesbecomesmoreapparenttothenation,afocusononeof

themostpotentiallythreateningindustriesshouldbepresented.Numerousprojects

throughoutthebasinposeseriousilleffects.

NUTRIENTTRADING:FRIENDORFOE?

Panelists:DrewKoslow,RickEichstadt,MichaelHelfrich,LarryBaldwin

Room:165

EPAandmanystateshaveembracednutrienttradingasanapproachtoimprovingwater

quality. Thispanelwilldiscussthechallengesassociatedwiththismarketbasedapproach,and

whethernutrienttradinghasproveneffectiveonthegroundforcleaningupourwaterways.

SAVETHEBEACH:ASELFSUSTAININGMODEL

Panelists:MargaritaDiazLopez,LaurieSilvan

Room:166

SharewithotherWaterkeepersaselfsustainingmodelandselfmanagingmovementfroma

watershedlevel,whichbindsandmobilizesthousandsofpeopletwiceayeartocleanand

celebratethecollectivespiritofcommitmenttowardsprotectingourwaterresourcesagainst

thethreatofsolidwaste.Thismodelhassucceededincreatinganexpansivecoalitionwhich

hassuccessfullyled21campaignsinvolvingmorethan25,000volunteers,removing 180metric

tons oftrashfromtheTijuanaWatershed.Fromagroupof20volunteerscleaningthebeach

ten

years

ago,

today

it

has

grown

to

more

than

4,000

volunteers

per

campaign

cleaning

several

beaches,theriverandotherareasinland,expandingfromonebeachinTijuanatothewhole

watershedwhichembraces4municipalities.

WATERQUALITY101


Room:G03


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Learnthe5Wsofwaterqualitymonitoring:who,what,where,whyandwhenofwaterquality

monitoringinbothriverineandestuarinesystems.Gethelpsettingupyourownwaterquality

monitoringprojectswithpracticalexamples,bringmapsofyourwatershedandwecanhelp

youdevelopaplanbasedonwhatitisyouwanttomonitor.

FRIDAY,June24th

SESSION2,10:45am12:15pm

BATTLINGENCROACHINGINVASIVESPECIES

Panelists:TheauxLeGardeur

Room:G05

Aninformationsessionontheidentificationandmitigationofencroachinginvasivespeciesin

yourwatershed.

BUILDING&MAINTAININGFOUNDATIONRELATIONSHIPS

Panelists:

Terry

ODay,

Molly

Flanagan,

Grey

Hecht

Room:G27

Terrywillmoderateadiscussionabouthowtoinitiatecommunication,approacheswithvarious

typesoffoundations,andbestpracticesforgrantwriting,reporting,andfoundation

stewardship. Terrywillalsotouchonhowtheeconomyhasaffectedfoundationgivingoverall

recently,andwhattoexpectinnextfewyears.Thisisintendedasabeginnermoderatelevel

panelforWaterkeeperswhomayhavenoorlimitedexperienceinthisaspectoffundraisingfor

theirorganization

CAFOSTRATEGYSESSION

Panelists:KathyPhillips,RaeSchnapp,LarryBaldwin

Room:165

Thelongest,currentlyactiveWaterkeepercampaignisbuiltaroundtheissueConcentrated

AnimalFeedOperations(CAFOs)andtheirdevastatingimpactsonwaterways.Withtherecent

5thCircuitrulingshrinkingtheuniverseofpermittedCAFOs,citizenenforcementoftheCWA

againstthesefacilitieshasbecomeevenmorecrucial.Thissessionwillexplorethecurrent

regulatorylandscapeanddiscussthemosteffectiveapproachtotacklingthisindustryand

forcingchangestothewayindustrialagoperatesinourwatersheds.

CLEANWATERACT101

Panelists:MerrittFrey,KarlCoplan

Room:G42

CometothissessiontolearnthebasicsofCleanWaterActliability,citizensuitsandNPDES

permits. Inaddition,wewilldiscusswaterqualitystandardsandmethodsfordevelopingan

effectiveThreatenedandImpairedWaterslist(303(d)list).

CLIMATECHANGEANDWATER

Panelists:SteveFleischli,PhilipRaphals,SarahAminzadeh


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collaboration.Thewholeprocessisbasedonfreeware,makingiteconomicallyviableonlimited

budgets,itappealstoyoungerpeopleandisavailableworldwide.

THEDIRTYLIESTRATEGYSESSION

Panelists:JanelleRobbins,ScottEdwards,AllieKlein

Room:166

Thisisourannual,DirtyLiestrategysession.Thepurposeofthissessionistodiscussanddesign

tangiblecampaigngoalsandstrategiesfortheupcomingyear.

DISASTERPREPAREDNESSLESSIONLEARNED&ROUNDTABLEDISCUSSION

Panelists:DonnaLisenby,PaulOrr,JohnWathen,BillSchultz

Room:G42

JoinusforaroundtablediscussionofWaterkeeperswithdisasterresponseexperiencethat

rangefrommanurespillstocoalashtooildisasters.

GREATLAKESROUNDTABLE:STRATEGIESFORSUCCESS

Panelists:CherylNenn

Room:G05

Anetworkingopportunityandroundtablediscussionontheuniquechallengesofbeinganon

governmentalorganizationintheGreatLakesandhowwecanworktogethertoachieve

fishable,swimmable,drinkablewatersintheGreatLakes.

HOWTOTAKEONENERGYGIANTS:LNG,COAL,ANDOURNEWEXPORTCHALLENGE

Panelists:LesleyAdams,CarlaGarcaZendejas,BrettVandenHeuvel

Room:G43

LiquefiedNaturalGasdevelopmenthasatremendousecologicalimpactonspecies,waters,

wildlandsandhumancommunities.LNGalsohasacentralseatintheenergydebateasnew

proposalsintheU.S.seektoexportLNG,whichwoulddramaticallyincreasegasdrilling.The

LNGexportboomparallelsnewproposalstoexportmassivevolumesofU.S.coaloffthewest

coast.WaterkeepersfromtheU.S.andMexicowilldiscusscampaignstoprojectpublicwaters

andchallengeLNGandcoalproposalsthroughavarietyoftactics,includingpublicmobilization,

legalactions,politicalpressure,andstrategicalliances.Thesestrategiescanbeappliedtoother

destructiveprojects.

LEGALISSUESINSTORMWATER

Panelists:DanielCooper,LizCrosson,LayneFredrich

Room:

G36

Thepanelwillgiveanoverviewoflegalissuesinstormwaterlitigationincludingcaseworkup

andsamplingtoidentifyviolations;pleadingrequirementsandadequatenoticeofintenttofile

suitletters,andestablishingliabilityforpermitviolationsand/orforunpermitteddischarges.

OUTREACHANDMEMBERSHIP GROWTHSTRATEGIESANDCAMPAIGNS

Panelists:TheresaDuncan,TinaPosterli,CaptainBillSheehan,JohnTorgan,SeanLarkin,Mark

Rasmussen


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Room:G27

Strategiesforincreasingvisibilityinyourcommunity,increasingmembershipandsuccessful

campaigns,andhowtouseonlinetoolsandtechnologyforoutreach.TheresaDuncanto

moderate.

WATERQUALITY301


Room:G03

ThissessioniscoversQualityAssuranceProjectPlans,reportcards,statistics,identifyinghot

spotsandbacterialmonitoringandotheradvancedwaterqualitymonitoringmethods.Water

QualityMonitoring201isstronglysuggestedasaprerequisite.

SATURDAY,June25th


FRACTUREDWATERSHEDS:THEENVIRONMENTALIMPACTSOFINDUSTRIALGASDRILLINGPanelists:TracyCarluccio,NedMulcahy,KrissyKasserman,KateHudson

Room:G03

Acrosstheglobecommunitiesarefacingsevereenvironmentalimpactsassociatedwith

industrialgasdrilling,includingthoseoperationsthatutilizehydraulicfracturingtechnology

(fracking).

THEGLOBALISSUEOFLARGEHYDRO

Panelists:PhilipRaphals,RobertaFramptonBenefiel

Room:G42

WaterkeeperAlliancehasrecognizedlargehydroasaninternationalissuebyinvitingChinaand

Indiatomakepresentationsinpreviousyears. Ourpanelwillexpandonthisandpresent

statististsontheCanada/USexperience.Thelackofsustainabilityofdamsaselectricproviders,

therelationbetweendamsandclimatechange,theimpactonwatershedsandthehumanright

towater.Damsareafalsesolutioninthefightagainsttheclimatecrisis.

SEWAGETREATMENT101

Panelists:DianaMuller,BruceBell

Room:G43

LearnthebasicsofWasteWaterTreatmentplants fromlowtechnologytohighertechnology

andwhatquestionsthataWaterkeepershouldaskaWastewaterEngineer/Managerwhenyou

getintoaplant; QA/QC,whatmonitoringdoestheplantdo(ifany),whathappenswhenthe

pumpingstationsfail,howisthepublicinformedifafailureoccurs. Also,performthecorrect

samplingandwhattosampleforatthe"endofpipe",tomonitorifthewastewatertreatment

plantisleaking.

STORMWATER:MUDDYWATERWATER/GETTHEDIRTOUT

Panelists:SeanLarkin,TessSanders,CasiCallaway,KathyPhillips


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Room:G05

ReplicatingthesuccessoftheWaterkeeperorganizationsinGeorgia,anumberof

WaterkeepersinNorthCarolina,AlabamaandtheChesapeakehavedevelopedcampaignsto

traincitizensonhowtoidentifyandproperlydocumentstormwaterviolationsatconstruction

sites,andtousethatdatatoadvocateforstrongerconstructionstormwaterregulationsand

enforcement. ThisroundtablediscussionwillfocusonhowWaterkeepersinotherstatesand

regionscancontinuetobuildonthissuccessfulcampaignandexistingcampaigntools.

STORYTELLING

Panelists:DonFrancis,JohnWathen,JohnBianchi

Room:G36

WewouldliketoconvenethispaneltohelpourWaterkeepersidentifytheenvironmental

storiesintheirrepertoireswithbroadpublicappealandhelpthemfigureouthowtoputthose

storiesontopaperoronthescreen(writing)inengagingways. Someoftheissueswethought

wemightdiscussincludeprioritizingthebeststoriesforthegreatestimpact,writingforanon

scientificornonlegalaudience,movingfromarawproducttoafinishedone,andestablishing

thevalueof(orreturnon)thestorytellinginvestment(i.e.,whatsgainedbyorganizationsand

individualswhotakealittleextratimepolishingtheirnarrativesandtellingothersabouttheir

work).

TMDLsFROMLISTINGTOIMPLEMENTATIONPLANS

Panelists:RickEichstadt,JulietCohen

Room:G27

ThepanelwilldiscussstepsinvolvedintheTotalMaximumDailyLoaddevelopmentprocess

includinghowtoidentifyimpairedwaters,howtolistimpairedwatersonthe303(d)list,

developingawatershedmodel,developingtheTMDL,andimplementingtheTMDLtoattain

waterqualitystandards.Panelistswillexplainthisprocessbywayoftwocasestudies:Spokane

Riverkeeperinariver/impoundedwaterbodydealingwithphosphorusandUpper

ChattahoocheeRiverkeeperinalakewatershed.Sometimewillbereservedtodiscussthe

problemssurroundingandalternativetreatments fornutrientoverloadinginwaterbodies

SATURDAY,June25th


AssessingandAdaptingtoOceanAcidification

Panelists:PaulWilliams

Room:G03

Thelinkbetweenfossilfuels,globalclimatechangeandoceanacidificationareclear:rising

atmosphericCO2ismakingouroceansmoreacidic.Thequestionsremainingarehowtoassess

thetrends,biologicaleffectsandculturalimpacts,andhowcoastalcommunitiescanadapt.We

willreviewwhatisknown,whatisnotknown,andwewhatwedontneedtoknowabout

oceanacidification. Thechemistryofoceanacidificationandtheresultingpotentialeffectson

plantandanimalphysiologywillbediscussed. Inaddition,wewilldiscusswhythelowestpH


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levelsarefoundinWashingtonStateandexplorethelinkbetweenlowpHandmassiveoyster

larvalmortalities.

BUILDINGANINTERACTIVEADVOCACYCAMPAGIN

Panelists:LarryBaldwin,TessSanders,HartwellCarson

Room:G43

UsingthePureFarms,PureWaterscampaignasanexample,LarryBaldwin,RickDove,andTess

Sanderswilldiscusshowtobuildaninteractiveandeffectiveadvocacycampaign. Toachieve

thisgoal,thepanelwilldiscussnotonlythepiecesthatgointoaneffectiveadvocacycampaign

(suchacommunications,education,policyandlitigation),buttheywillalsodiscussnavigating

aroundsomeofthepitfallsthattheyhaveexperiencedingrowingtheirownindividual

campaignsandthejointPureFarms,PureWatersCampaign.

DEESCALATION

Panelists:JimAce

Room:G36

Ahandson,participatorytrainingemphasizingnonviolentdeescalationtacticsdesigned

specificallyforWaterkeeper'swhoanticipatedirectconflictwithaggressiveandpotentially

violentlandowners

LEVERAGINGSOCIALMEDIAFORCHANGE

Panelists:SeanLarkin

Room:G27

Socialmediaisalltherage,buthowandwhenisitusefulasagrassrootsorganizingand

fundraisingtool?Inthissession,wewillhelpyoudevelopareasonableandactionablesocial

mediastrategy.Wewillteachhowtotellcompellingstoriesquicklyandeffectivelyonlineusing

socialmediaservices,suchasFacebookPages,Twitter,YouTubeandFlickr.

NUTRIENTS&NPDES

Panelists:Ann Alexander,SandyBihn

Room:G05

InatwopartpanelAnnAlexander,SeniorAttorneyforNRDCwilldiscussNutrients&NPDES

TheBattleforMeaningfulLimits,followedbySandyBihn,LakeErieWaterkeeperpresenting

"Nutrients ADeadInlandLakeGetstheBusinessCommunitytoRaise$500,000formatchand

help."

PREPARING

TO

BE

A

PLAINTIFF

OR

WITNESS

IN

A

CWA

LAWSUIT

Panelists:JaneBarrett,KathyPhillips

Room:G42

ItisimportantforcitizenstodotheirhomeworkbeforeinitiatingaCleanWaterActlawsuit.

ThispanelwillpresentcriticalinformationabouthowtobuildandparticipateinaCWAcitizen

suit,includinghowtocollectinformationonasuspectedviolator,howtoprotectevidenceand

communicationsfrombeingdisclosedtoopposingparties,andhowtobeaneffectivewitness

inacase.


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13thAnnualWaterkeeperAllianceConferenceChicago,ILPanelistBios

JIMACE,RUKUS SOCIETYOver the last 2 years of political activism with organizations like Greenpeace, The Ruckus Society,

Rainforest Action Network, and Earth First!, Jim Ace has participated in dozens of nonviolent direct

ctions as a trainer, coordinator, and campaigner. He has direct personal experience using

onviolence tactics

a

n to transform potentially violent situations.

ANNALEXANDER,SENIOR ATTORNEY, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCILAnn Alexander is a Senior Attorney with the Midwest Program of the Natural Resources Defense

Council. She is the lead attorney at NRDC in its advocacy of improved water quality standards forthe Chicago River, and action against unlawful CSO and nutrient discharges to the River. Her other

work at NRDC covers a range of regionally significant issues, including advocacy for clean energy

and against polluting coal plants and petroleum refineries. Previously, she served as Environmental

Counsel to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, overseeing a broad range of environmental

initiatives; and as a Clinical Professor of Law at the Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic in Newark,

ew Jersey. She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1984, and he law

egree from Columbi

N

d a University in 1987.

FREDRICP.ANDES,PARTNER, BARNES & THORNBURG LLPFredric P. Andes is a partner in the Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices of Barnes & Thornburg LLP,

Chairman of the Environmental Department and the leader of the firm's water team. He wasselected by the EPA to serve on the Federal Advisory Committee on the Total Maximum Daily Load

(TMDL) Program. He is serving as coordinator for the Federal Water Quality Coalition, which is a

group of municipal and other regulated parties that is participating in EPA's rulemaking on TMDLs

and other key Clean Water Act programs. Mr. Andes graduated cum laude from Harvard Law

School in 198. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in 1977. He is

admitted to practice in the state of Illinois, the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the

orthern District of Illinois and the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the

ourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seven

N

F th, Tenth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits.

DR.CYNTHIAANNETT,SCIENCE ADVISOR, KANSAS RIVERKEEPERDr. Annett holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and specializes in the ecology of prairie rivers. As theScience Advisor to the Kansas Riverkeeper, she has helped to conduct the Kansas River Inventory

and has developed an extensive online warehouse of data on the geomorphology, hydrology, water

quality, and ecology of the Kansas River. Using freeware such as Google Sites, Maps, Earth and other

integrated programs, she is creating complex online landscapes exploring all aspects of our

relationships to the river (http://kansasriver.org , http://kansasriverinventory.org ,

http://kansasriverscience.org ). These materials have been used in K12 education, university

ourses, and for public outreach. With Ron Hall she is one of the founders of the Citizen Mapper

nitiative.

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BRUCEBELLDr. Bell is an environmental engineer with over 39 years of environmental engineering experience.

His areas of expertise include wastewater, stormwater, water quality management, facility

evaluations, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permitting, Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective measures, and litigation support. Dr. Bell has

been a systems manager for a major environmental equipment manufacturer. He has been a Project

Manager and Vice President of Flood and Associates; a regional environmental engineering

consulting firm. Dr. Bell has extensive experience in academia. He was an instructor in the CivilEngineering Department at New York University for four years where he taught numerous

undergraduate courses in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was Professor of Engineering

and directed the Environmental Engineering Program in the Department of Civil, Mechanical, and

Environmental Engineering at The George Washington University, where for nine years he

developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental engineering. During

his tenure at The George Washington University, Dr. Bell also directed and sponsored graduate

research while he served as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation. He also was an Adjunct

rofessor of Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology where he taught a graduate

ourse in Analysis of Receiving Waters

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JOHNBIANCHIJohn Bianchi is a Vice President in the New York Office of Goodman Media International, Inc. With an

extensive background media relations, communications, and public policy work, Bianchi has more

than 2 years of experience in both the business and notforprofit sectors. Prior to joining Goodman

Media, Bianchi served eight years as the Director of Communications for the National Audubon

Society, the nations leading voice in bird and wildlife conservation. While there, he created strategic

communications and media plans for the centuryold organization, helped lead an organization

wide rebranding effort, provided media support for Audubon public policy efforts, and helped

conceive and launch several new conservation programs for volunteers, driving participation in

these into the millions entirely through publicity placements. From 1993 to 1996, Bianchi was

Manager of News Information at NBC News, where he created and implemented a publicity

campaigns for Dateline NBC. By the time of his departure in 1996, Dateline had become NBCsfirst newsmagazine success, and had grown to become a thriceweekly franchise. Earlier, Bianchi

was a Press Representative for CBS News from 1992 to 1993. In that capacity, he conducted

publicity efforts for CBS This Morning and worked on coverage of the Republican and Democratic

National Conventions. He worked on CBS News coverage of the 1992 Presidential campaign,

arranging press events including several town meetings with the Bush, Clinton, and Perot

campaigns, and also provided press support for CBS This Morning Rose Garden broadcasts with

Presidents Bush and Clinton. From 1989 to 1992, Bianchi was a Senior Publicist at Turner

Broadcasting System in New York City, where he handled publicity for CNN Business News, Special

Assignment, and the Persian Gulf War. He began his career as a publicity coordinator at NBC News,

where he provided publicity support for Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw,

and Today, and worked on the networks Decision 88 Presidential campaign coverage. Bianchiraduated Cum Laude from Tufts University. A native New Yorker, he lives in Manhattan with his

ife and two daugh

g

w ters.

CASICALLAWAY,MOBILE BAYKEEPERCasi (kc) Callaway is YOUR Mobile Baykeeper! We are teaching local people to advocate for the

most important waterways in their worlds (the one in their front yard) and statewide and coastal

people that Alabama's 53 miles of beach front property not only protects our 67 miles of tidal

shoreline, but it also drives the economy for the state and much of the Gulf coast. If you keep

dumping dirt on our environment, we're going to have a mud fight!


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HARTWELLCARSON,FRENCH BROAD RIVERKEEPERHartwell is a native of Macon, GA. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of

Georgia studying Recreation and Resource Management. While a student there, he worked with the

Outdoor Recreation Center as an environmental educator and guide. After working for the Forest

Service in Colorado, Hartwell earned his Masters of Science from the University of Montana, where

he conducted extensive work examining social and ecological impacts on the Upper Missouri River

Breaks National Monument. Hartwell has been the French Broad Riverkeeper for the last four years,one of 19+ Waterkeepers who are networked through the Waterkeeper Alliance. As the French

Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell has worked for the last six years to monitor pollution and protect the

water quality of the French Broad River. Hartwell enjoys the French Broad Watershed by biking,

hiking , kayaking, and canoeing every chance he gets. Hartwell can often be found canoeing his

avorite stretch of the French Broad from Bent Creek to Asheville Outdoor Center with his wife

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DANIELCOOPER,STORMWATER LAWYERDaniel Cooper and Layne Friedrich formed Lawyers for Clean Water over 13 years ago and provide

legal representation to the Keeper organizations including filing suit in federal court to enforce

stormwater permits, and in state court to challenge illegal stormwater permits. Layne and Danielave successfully settled many stormwater suits and obtained court orders enforcing numeric

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DONFRANCIS,ECOTECH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESDon Francis began his grassroots environmental outreach efforts with nongovernmental

environmental and public health advocacy organizations. Beginning with GreenPeace USA, Don has

worked throughout the U.S. working with local grassroots organizations, including working with

Lois Gibbs to help stop the resettlement of the Love Canal neighborhood in Niagara Falls, NY. Dons

has worked as a community organizer and researcher for Northwest Environmental Advocates

(NWEA) in Portland. While at NWEA Don approached the Black United Front and the International

Refugee Center of Oregon to warn users of the Columbia Slough predominately lowincome andpeople of color folks about the pollution related dangers of swimming in and eating dioxin and

PCB contaminated fish. This outreach effort included posting multilingual signs along the Columbia

Slough and distributing thousands of multilingual warning pamphlets and was the first

Environmental Justice effort in Oregon (The Oregonian Editorial

http://www.ccrh.org/comm/slough/primary/door.htm also Pages 3 318 American

Environmental History By Louis S. Warren [23]). At NWEA Don also directed the organizations

Local Community Assistance Program (LCAP). LCAP assisted community groups by assisting with

echnical and regulatory assessment and advocacy strategy for people involved in local efforts to

rotect their c mmunities from toxic compounds.

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GREYHECHTGrey is a Waterkeeper Alliance Trustee and a Board member of the KlamathSiskiyou Wildlands

Center. Grey and his family have lived in southern Oregon since 1997. He is president of the

angham Foundation, an organic farmer, and owner of a green construction firm. Grey has a B.A. in

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CHASIDYFISHERHOBBS,EMERALD COASTKEEPERChasidy Fisher Hobbs draws daily inspiration from Margaret Meads famous words, Never

underestimate the power a few dedicated citizens have to change the world; indeed that is all that

ever has. Evidence of Chasidys belief in that concept and her passion for protecting the


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environment dates back to the early 199s, when a local newspaper printed a picture of her holding a

sign that read, NO Valdez in Gulf Breeze. Since those early days of concerned activism, she has

earned a masters degree in Environmental Science, provided environmental consulting services to

Northwest Florida businesses, was Director of Earthday Pensacola, and has dedicated hundreds of

olunteer hours on projects ranging from environmental justice to education and outreach to

cosystem res oration.

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BOBKALLENRobert Kallen has taught for 25 years and is currently a visiting professor of economics and Directorof the MS program in economics and policy analysis at DePaul University. He was the recipient of

the 27 Daniel SeidenAdjunct Teaching Award at DePaul and is an adjunct professor at the Lake

Forest Graduate School of Management, where he received the 22 Distinguished Faculty Award and

the 27, 28 and 29 Teaching Excellence Award. He has also developed two new courses on business

ethics, which concentrate on the critical divides of race, class and gender issues as well as a course

on business, government and democracy. Bob is currently the SecretaryTreasurer of the Concord

Coalition Citizens' Council (a notforprofit organization dedicated to deficit reduction), Treasurer of

the Integrated Pest Management Institute and Treasurer of the Barat Education Foundation Board

where he established DiversityForums.org, which provides panels to educational and corporate

institutions to discuss issues surrounding race, class, gender, and business ethics. Bob received aB.A. in History and Economics from the University of Illinois, and a M.A. in Economics and a J.D. from

ashington University in St. Louis. Finally, in 22, Mr. Kallen was awarded a Rockefeller Next

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DREWKOSLOW,CHOPTANK RIVERKEEPER, CHOPTANK RIVER EASTERN BAY CONSERVATORYDrew Koslow began as our Choptank RIVERKEEPER in April 29. Drew is a biologist and noted clean

water advocate who was instrumental in starting the successful South River Federation and served

as its president from 199922. He then went on to serve for four years as its first fulltime South

RIVERKEEPER. As Riverkeeper, Drew was successful building partnerships with local government,

communities and churches that resulted in meaningful projects getting implemented. Drew has a

masters degree in Marine Science from the University of Virginia and spent many years at both theU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources working as a clean

water advocate. He has a combined eighteen years of experience working on Chesapeake Bay

related environmental issues. At the DNR, Drew worked with commercial pound net fishermen

including many from Tilghman Island. He also worked for two years conducting water quality

onitoring throughout the Chesapeake watershed. He brings vitally important experience and

xpertise to his rol Choptank watershed.

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DONNALISENBY,UPPER WATAUGA RIVERKEEPERIn 28, Donna Lisenby became the first Upper Watauga Riverkeeper. She has produced 24 videos

about her life and work as the fulltime public advocate for the Watauga and Elk River watersheds.

In the 13 years that she has served has served as both the Catawba Riverkeeper and Upper WataugaRiverkeeper, Ms. Lisenby was named Charlottes Best Advocate by Charlotte Magazine in May, 2, a

1999 Guardian of the Environment by The Charlotte Observer and given the Best of Charlotte

Awards for Best Effort to Improve the Environment in 1999, 2 and 24. In September, 29 Donna

was chosen as an Environmental Hero by journalism students at the University of NC who produced

a video about her work. She also appeared as the environmental expert in the movie, Walmart:

The High Cost of Low Prices. Donna is a tenacious and highly experienced environmental advocate

who was recruited to Appalachian Voices to specialize in researching and stopping the polluting

impact of dirty coal on southern Appalachian waterways. She is also a national leader of the


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elped launc ticoal campaign website, The Dirty Lie.h Waterkeeper Alliances an

JAYLONGO,GENSLER ARCHITECTUREJay Longo is a Design Director, the North Central Regional Sustainable Design Director, and regional

leader for both the Headquarters and Commercial Office Building practice areas for the Chicago

office of Gensler. As a LEED AP professional since 22, his commitment to sustainable design has led

to the implementation of numerous green strategies such as green roofs, natural ventilation, daylighting, rainwater harvesting, and use of innovative green materials in different USGBC LEED rated

buildings including office buildings, research laboratories, hotels, and community centers. He has

worked with local governmental agencies, such as the Illinois Department of Public Health and City

of Chicago's Department of Construction and Permits, to advocate innovative storm water

management strategies for sewer conveyance, which are currently not addressed in the building

codes. He has been invited to participate in numerous speaking engagements and sustainable

esign programs with the University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago Historical Society, on National

ublic Radio, an al public Chicago television.

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HERBLUSTER,BOEINGHerbert Luster is Director of Strategy for Global Corporate Citizenship for the Boeing Company. Hisremit is to steer the development and implementation of Boeing's Corporate Citizenship strategy

worldwide. In his previous assignment as Director of European Union Affairs, Lust was based in

elgium where he worked closely with European governments, scientists and NGOs to develop and

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BARTMIHAILOVICH,SPOKANE RIVERKEEPERBart Mihailovich was hired as Spokane Riverkeeper in August 21, bringing to the barely yearold

program over six years of environmental journalism, communication, outreach and social media

experience. As Spokane Riverkeeper Bart is combining his passion for the cause with his

communications and organizing skills to raise awareness for a cleaner Spokane River. Bart has been

recently working with Kansas Riverkeeper, Ron Hall and the Citizen Mapper project to incorporateGoogle mapping techn he Spokane Riverkeeper programology and citizen mapping to tCHAUNCEYMORAN,YELLOW DOG RIVERKEEPERChauncey Moran became part of the WATERKEEPERAlliance in the fall of 28. Since then, he has

ontinued his role in being the primary contact for water quality and violation issues. Chauncey has

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DIANEMORGANDiane Morgan is the Development and Communications Director at Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER.

She has been working to implement the Benevon model of fundraising at the organization since the

beginning of 2011. Prior to joining RIVERKEEPER Diane spent over 15 years as a National SalesManager in the consumer electronics industry working for THQ, iWin and Encore Software. In

ddition to working with major US retailers Diane also established international connections

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ANDREWMULLER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, USNAAndrew grew up in Marine Park, Brooklyn, NY, and became interested in marine science when in

junior high a teacher at PS138 took him to Garritsen Creek and explained how the water quality and

marine life is in NY. Andrew went to school for Oceanography at Beach Channel High School,

Queens, NY. He then went on to receive degrees from Adelphi and Old Dominion University in


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ceanography. His current research focuses on the physiochemical processes that affect and effect

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DIANAMULLER,SOUTH RIVERKEEPER, SOUTH RIVER FEDERATIONDiana grew up in Tumwater, WA on lower Puget Sound; her family camped for weeks on end,

fishing, and growing organic vegetable gardens; by the time she entered high school, she became an

activist for the Straits of Juan De Fuca and Puget Sound. In college she made use of her own boat to

collect water samples and oiled seabirds from oil spills. After graduating from The Evergreen StateCollege with a degree in Chemistry and Marine Science, Diana moved to the East Coast to work with

the Chesapeake Bay Long Term Monitoring Project. Since that time she has worked her way up

through laboratory and field sampling to management and environmental law. Diana, her husband

and two kids moved to the South River Watershed in SelbyontheBay. Diana brings with her 22

years of valuable experience in riverine and estuarine water quality, ecology, microbiology and

nvironmental law. Being a Riverkeeper is a more than a job: it is a lifestyle. It is her mission to

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CHERYLNENN,MILWAUKEE RIVERKEEPERMilwaukee Riverkeeper Cheryl Nenn earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of Illinois at

UrbanaChampaign in 1994 and an M.S. in Resource Ecology and Management from the Universityof Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment in 1999. Her masters thesis research

investigated the conservation and management of the Columbia spotted frog (candidate species)

and Lahontan cutthroat trout (federally threatened species) on federally managed lands in central

and northeast Nevada. Before joining FMR, her job experience included: consulting on

environmental projects and writing environmental assessments for the U.S. Forest Service, as well

as writing management plans for Wisconsin DOT wetland mitigation sites; providing forestry and

wildlife related information to private landowners in southeast Michigan for the Michigan DNR and

Dept. of Agriculture; and helping manage forest restoration, reforestation, and erosion control

projects for the City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation. She also served as a forestry

extension/environmental education Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador, and as a Crisis Corps

olunteer in Honduras, helping with community rebuilding and reforestation projects afterurricane Mitch.

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BOBNEWPORTBob Newport in a Stormwater Specialist who works in the Region 5 (Chicago) office of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency. He works with States, local units of government, and NGOs on

issues related to land use, development practices, stormwater management, and combined sewer

overflow control. He leads and participates in activities in the region related to Low Impact

evelopment and Green Infrastructure. Bob has supported EPA work on green infrastructure as an

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JANELLEROBBINS,EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETYJanelle joined Waterkeeper Alliance in 23 as a research fellow to write A Citizens Guide to Manure

Treatment Technologies. Janelle now fields scientific and water monitoring questions from our

evergrowing Waterkeeper organizations, coordinates our anticoal campaign, The Dirty Lie, covers

the scientific and engineering aspects of our other campaigns and oversees the domestic growth and

sustainability of the Waterkeeper movement in the United States. Janelle has been featured as a

Green Guru in the Green Babies books, in Glamours 29 green issue as a female ecoachiever and as

success story in the forthcoming Ten Ways to Change the World in Your Twenties and is also a

EED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional.

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BILLSCHULTZBill Schultz founded the Raritan RIVERKEEPER program ten years ago. He is a retired Captain &

shift commander in a career fire service, a certified hazardous materials technician and instructor in

ater rescue. Schultz has served with various underwater search and recovery teams. He has also

een a volunteer with the M er for many years.

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CAPTAINBILLSHEEHAN,HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPERCaptain Bill Sheehan, the Hackensack Riverkeeper, is a lifelong resident of the Hackensack Riverarea, having lived most of his life in Union City and Secaucus, New Jersey. He is a dedicated, active

conservationist who founded Hackensack Riverkeeper in 1997 and serves as the organization's

Executive Director. Captain Bill, as he is known to most people, holds a Master of Inland Waterways

license from the US Coast Guard, serves on the NYNJ Harbor Estuary Program Citizens Advisory

ommittee, is a founding (and current) member of the Bergen County Trust Fund Public Advisory

ommittee and i ation Trust.

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HALSPRAGUE, CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGYHal Sprague is Manager of Water Policy at the Center for Neighborhood Technology in Chicago and a

recovering environmental lawyer. His work at CNT focuses on the promotion of laws and policies to

increase the use of green infrastructure as a standard stormwater management approach. Prior tojoining CNT, Hal practiced environmental law for 23 years, with stints at the U.S. Environmental

rotection Agency Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a major law firm in Harford, Connecticut,

nd the last 14 years at Abbott Laboratories in Lake County, Illinois.

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BRETTVANDENHEUVELBrett VandenHeuvel is the Executive Director of Columbia Riverkeeper. Prior to Riverkeeper, he

conducted research on climate change during field expeditions to Antarctica and Alaska. For four

years, Brett also worked for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry as a naturalist and

educator at field stations outside of Fossil and Bend, Oregon. Brett graduated with honors from

ewis and Clark Law School, started a solo law practice representing environmental groups, and

oined Columbia Riverkeeper as a staff attorney. He enjoys fighting for clean water.

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JOHNL.WATHENJohn L. Wathen is the Hurricane CREEKKEEPER, born in Birmingham Alabama. He currently lives in

Tuscaloosa on Hurricane Creek. He has always been concerned about environmental issues and

became a full time activist in 1996 when poisoned by groundwater at a coke process plant. He

founded the Strokers Paddle Club in 1991, that evolved into the Friends of Hurricane Creek and

urricane CREEKKEEPER. The Friends of Hurricane Creek's mission is to restore and maintain the

reek's ecosystems through education, outreach, and advocacy for the good of the community.

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CARLAGARCAZENDEJASCarla Garca Zendejas is a recognized environmental attorney from Mexico whose expertise isrespected internationally. Her knowledge and perspective derives from her extensive work for

international and national organizations on economic, environmental and social issues. In the past

fifteen years she has achieved numerous successes in cases involving energy infrastructure, water

pollution, environmental justice and development of government transparency legislation. Carla has

empowered activists with critical knowledge to fight environmentally damaging and potentially

hazardous liquefied natural gas terminals not only on the Baja California peninsula but also on the

U.S. Pacific Coast and in Spain. As a Fulbright Scholar she earned a Masters in Law from the

Washington College of Law at American University. Carla currently serves as the Senior Program

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regional nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. devoted to promoting the rule of law and

uman rights in Latin America. Carla is a board member of the Madgalena Baykeeper and Tijuana

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TERRYAXELROD,FOUNDER AND CEO OF BENEVONTerry Axelrod, founder and CEO of Benevon, has worked in the fund development field for over 30years. In the early 1990s, she served as development consultant to an innercity school in Seattle, whereshe designed and implemented the fundraising and marketing programs which raised over $7 million in

years, including a onehour breakfast event which raised over $1 million. This program was featured2as a cover story in the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

A dynamic, soughtafter speaker both nationally and internationally, Terrys highenergy trainingstake the fear out of individual fundraising and give participants a practical, doable system for longterm financial sustainability. Benevon trains and coaches nonprofit organizations to implement a

issionbased system for raising sustainable funding from individual donors. This system ends theuffering about fundraising and builds passionate and committed lifelong donors.

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CAMERONDAVIS,SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE ADMINISTRATORCameron Davis is Senior Advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator. In thatcapacity he provides counsel to Administrator Lisa Jackson on the Obama Administrations Great

Lakes Restoration Initiative. His job includes coordinating Great Lakes policy and funding initiativeswith more than one dozen federal agencies and with state, municipal, tribal, business and civicstakeholders. The focus of this work involves restoring habitat, reducing pollution, preventing theintroduction of invasive species, reducing runoff and enhancing coastal health for people, fish andwildlife.

For more than two decades, Mr. Davis has worked to develop and implement water quality andquantity policy. Starting as a volunteer, he served as a litigating attorney and law teacher at theUniversity of Michigan Law School before serving as president and CEO of the Alliance for the GreatLakes. Under his leadership, the organization won the American Bar Associations DistinguishedAward in Environmental Law & Policy, the first time for a public interest organization in the honors

history. He earned his law degree, including certification in environmental and energy law, from theChicagoKent College of Law and a B.A. from Boston University in International Relations. He is theauthor ofConfluence (BookSurge 2009), the first of a new genre, the genoir.

While working in Washington, D.C., Chicago and throughout the eight Great Lakes states, Cam livesacross the street from Lake Michigan with his wife, Dr. Katelyn Varhely, and son, where they try toswim in the lake several times a week, but only when its warm enough.
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WADEDAVIS,EXPLORERINRESIDENCE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETYWade Davis has been described as a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet, and passionatedefender of all of lifes diversity. An ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker, Davis

olds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from HarvardhUniversity.

Currently an ExplorerinResidence at the National Geographic Society, his recent work has takenhim from the Amazon to Tibet, from the Arctic to Africa, from Australia to Mongolia, from Polynesiato New Guinea, living for extended periods among indigenous communities, learning and recordingheir complex rituals and customs, and their uses of plants as food, medicine and psychotropict

agents.

Davis is the author of 14 books including TheSerpentandtheRainbow(1986), OneRiver(1996), TheCloudedLeopard(1999), LightattheEdgeoftheWorld(2001), and TheLostAmazon(2004). In 2009

e delivered the CBC Massey Lectures, Canadas most prestigious intellectual forum, which werehyAncientWisdomMattersinthe

hpublished as TheWayfinders:W ModernWorld(2009).

His many film credits include Light at the Edge of the World, an eighthour documentary seriesproduced for the National Geographic Channel. He is one of 20 Honorary Members of the Explorer'sClub, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an Honorary Member and Fellow of the RoyalCanadian Geographical Society. In 2009 he received the Gold Medal from the RCGS for hiscontributions to the fields of anthropology and conservation, and he is the 2011 recipient of theExplorers Medal, the highest award of the Explorers Club. In 2012 he will receive the DavidFairchild Medal for Plant Exploration. In fall 2011 Knopf will publish his latest book, IntotheSilence:

heGreatWar,MalloryandtheConquestofEverest. Also appearing in the fall of 2011 will be TheacredHeadwaters:TheFighttoSavetheStikine,SkeenaandNassRivers.

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TIMOTHYFEDDERSEN,KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTProfessor Timothy Feddersen joined the faculty at the Kellogg School ofManagement in 1995. He isthe Wendell Hobbs Professor of Managerial Politics and Director of the Social Enterprise at KelloggProgram (SEEK). Professor Feddersens research centers on the manner in which elections aggregatedispersed information; the linkage between information and participation in elections; modelingethically motivated agents in games; bargaining in legislatures; and the informal role of activists in theeconomy. He is currently investigating models of whistleblowing and the way in which the need torationalize choice constrains decision making. Professor Feddersen also teaches several classes atKellogg including Strategy in the Nonmarket Environment, ValuesBased Leadership and Values and

Strategic Crisis Management. All of these classes focus on the way leaders must anticipate thereaction of stakeholder groups within the firm, in the media, in legislatures, courts and in publicopinion broadly.

ICHAELKOBORI,VICEPRESIDENT, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, LEVIMSTRAUSS & CO.Michael Kobori leads social and environmental sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co. Under his tenure,the company has pioneered industry efforts to establish a more sustainable and transparent endto
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end supply chain; engage consumers with more sustainably designed products; and improve the livesof people making its products.

Michael has 25 years of experience in sustainability and human rights. He previously served as VicePresident at Business for Social Responsibility and spent nearly a decade at The Asia Foundation,supporting human rights and economic development in Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam. Michaelserves on the boards of the Levi Strauss Foundation and the Better Cotton Initiative, and on the ILO

etter Work program advisory committee. He has his Masters in Public Policy from the University ofalifornia, Berkeley, where he also received his undergraduate education.

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KEVINMCMAHON,WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCERKevin McMahon began his career as a newspaper journalist at the St.CatharinesStandard beforeshifting his focus to documentary film in the mid1980s. His films have been described as visually

tunning and brilliantly conceived (The Globe and Mail); poetic and ironic, they deal withrk the difficultie h

simportant topics and never shi s in erent in complex issues (Take One Magazine).

Kevin is currently producing Canadian Made, a 14part television series exploring the nationalsyche through technological innovation. He is also at work directing PlanetZero, an interactive

eapons.pwebbased documentary about nuclear wRecent films Kevin has directed include StandingWave, part of Primitives NationalParksProject, a26part television, music and film series, and Waterlife, an exploration of the Great Lakes which

roduced a feature documentary (Earth Prize, Tokyo Film Festival 2010; Hot Docs Special Jurya; Webby Award 2010).

pPrize, 2009) and an online interactive experience (http://waterlife.nfb.cFeature documentaries that Kevin has written and directed include: The Face of Victory, StolenSpiritsofHaidaGwaii,AnIdeaofCanada,McLuhansWake, InTheReignofTwilightand TheFalls.

Kevins documentaries for television include Yo YoMa:InspiredbyBach:TheMusicGarden,LiftingThe Shadow, TruthMerchants and the threepart series Cod: The Fish ThatChanged The World, acollaboration with comedian Mary Walsh. As a producer, Kevin oversaw the 50episode seriesThings That Move, about the history and science of motion, and Working Over Time, a fourhourhistory of Canada, as seen through manual labour. Kevin is theauthor ofArcticTwilight,about thempact of the Cold War on the Inuit,and a contributor to POVMagazine, TheTorontoStarand CBCi

Radios Ideas.

Kevins work has garnered a variety of awards, including several Geminis, a top prize from theCanadian Centre for Investigative Journalism, a nomination for a Governor Generals Award inpublic service journalism and honors from film festivals around the world. The Canadian Film

Institute and Hot Docs have both held retrospectives of Kevins work. In 2006 Kevin served as thefirst Official Mentor at the Hot Docs festival; in 2009 he was asked to mentor Canadian actor and

irector Sarah Polleys first foray into documentary in a program sponsored by the Canadian FilmdCentre and the National Film Board of Canada.

Kevin holds degrees from Brock and Carleton universities and the University of Bristol in England.He is a partner in Primitive Entertainment a Toronto production company specializing in high

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