Brewster Ponds Coalition's 10th Annual Pond Summit
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SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2024: 9:30 - 11:30 AM
THE BREWSTER BAPTIST CHURCH (1848 MAIN STREET, BREWSTER)
Join the Brewster Ponds Coalition at our 10th Annual Pond Summit. Two speakers will be presenting at this year's event: Bryan Horsley from the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC) who will describe how innovative toilets can remove nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater, and Hilary Sandler from the UMass Cranberry Station in Wareham who will talk about the impact of cranberry bogs on pond health. We will wrap up with BPC Board member Marty Burke explaining how to bring the Pond Protection Pledge Program to your neighborhood.
The Pond Summit is being held at the Brewster Baptist Church, Main Street, Brewster, and will begin with registration, coffee, and pastries at 9:30 AM, followed by the presentations starting at 10 AM. More details on the speakers and their presentations will follow on our website, https://www.brewsterponds.org, and monthly newsletters. Please use the link above to register for this event on June 8th, 9:30 - 11:30 AM, to help us with planning...walkins are welcome!
This event is being sponsored by Agway of Cape Cod, a BPC business partner.
About our speakers:
Bryan Horsley
Bryan joined the MASSTC team in 2020 as the site operator and has since been promoted to project assistant. A lifelong Cape Codder and avid outdoorsman, he is passionate about protecting the local environment. Although relatively new to the wastewater field, he has significant environmental science related work experience including coastal ecology research, ecological restoration, stormwater management, eco-toilet design and construction, and monitoring lakes and ponds for harmful algal blooms. He earned a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and completed his certification as a Massachusetts Grade 4 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator in 2021.
Hilary Sandler
Hilary Sandler is Extension Professor in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Director of the UMass Cranberry Station in East Wareham, MA. She provides leadership for the development, coordination and delivery of activities related to the adoption and implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) for specialty crops in Massachusetts. She joined the UMass Cranberry Station as an IPM Specialist in 1990. Since the late 1990s, she has addressed the Weed Science needs for cranberry and small fruit growers in the U.S. and Canada. Her research interests include an ecosystem approach to the management of perennial weeds and dodder, agrivoltaics (dual-use solar energy) and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for pest monitoring and herbicide applications. In her role in Extension, Hilary translated and edited an identification guide for weeds in cranberry and has been IPM Coordinator for Massachusetts for 10 years. Hilary received her Ph.D. in Plant and Soil Sciences from UMass-Amherst in 2004, her M.S. in Plant Pathology from University of Delaware in 1983 and her B.S. in Biology and Environmental Science from University of Pennsylvania in 1981.
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