The next event is: Pumped Storage Webinar - Tuesday, November 18 from 9:00 to 12:00. 

Maine Rivers and Trout Unlimited have hosted a series of events for Maine’s conservation community in March and November for the last six years. These events are designed to inform and foster improved communication, cooperation, and coordination. Cianbro's proposed pumped storage in Dixfield would be the first of its kind in Maine and, like any project involving major construction, would have environmental impacts. We would like to get basic information disseminated to inform and enable more intelligent conversation and action going forward. We all need to know what this is and what it is not.

Agenda:
9:00 Welcome - Steve Heinz, Trout Unlimited
9:10 Project Proposal inc. anticipated permitting requirements - Lauren Walsh, Cianbro
9:50 Forest and wildlife concerns - Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry rep TBA
10:20 Impacts of pumped storage projects in other New England states - Andrew Fisk, American Rivers
10:40 Break
10:50 LIHI pumped storage policy - Shannon Ames, Low Impact Hydro Institute
11:10 Effects of project on New England energy grid - Eve Vogel, UMA
11:30 Battery storage - Kevin Lewis, Hydropower Consultant
11:50 General discussion - all
12:00 Summation and close - Steve
Technical details for the teleconference will be promulgated at a later date. 

We hope you can join us. Please contact Steve Heinz for information on participating.