Agenda: April 2016 Core Team Meeting

Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting

US FWS Regional Office in Hadley, Massachusetts

April 29, 2016, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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Time	Agenda Item	Related Information
10:00	Welcome
10:10	Communications: Inreach and Outreach (Dave and Bridget; 45 minutes) New or Improved communications products available Media FWS Inreach Discussion on additional needs or interests from partners	Communications Update slides ConnecttheConnecticut.org Connect the Connecticut Overview Report [link is for final version, May 2016]
11:00	Implementation and Validation (Andrew Milliken and Scott Schwenk; 2 hours) Implementation examples from the field Model validation efforts Regional Conservation Opportunity Areas (RCOA) Process & Progress Discussion on additional needs/interests/plans for implementation and validation Concerns that may need addressing? Discussion on best way to collect and apply feedback	Map of Nulhegan Road-Stream Crossings Model Evaluation Project Implementing the LCD (Patrick Comins)
	Lunch (plan is to break during the implementation discussion)
1:30	Future Action Items (Nancy; 1 hour) Additional workshops Proposed Friends of Conte workshop/training Other? Future core team meetings and role Frequency and purpose

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