2025 CAWS ANNUAL MEETING
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Aqua Turf Club
556 Mulberry St, Southington, CT 06479
AGENDA
SPONSORS
8:00 - 8:30​
​Registration / Continental Breakfast / Exhibitors
8:30 - 8:45
​Welcome / Opening Remarks and Announcements
8:45 - 9:15

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Funding Spotlight: Opportunities for Connecticut with the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) and Long Island Sound Futures Fund (LISFF) 
​9:20 - 10:35
Connecticut DEEP and Connecticut DOT
​10:35 - 10:55
**BREAK** (Visit our Exhibitors!)
​11:00 - 12:00
Regulatory Updates — ​U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ​
12:00 - 1:00
**LUNCH** — CAWS Annual Business Meeting 12:30-1:00
​1:00 - 1:30




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2024 Michael LeFor Grant: Hormonal response to overwintering conditions in freeze tolerant Wood Frogs — Samantha Tracy (Yale University – School of Environment)
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2024 Les Mehrhoff Grant: First Meadows Invasive Plant Management — Rory Larson (Steep Rock Association)
​1:35 - 1:50
Connecticut In-Lieu-Fee Program — Anthony Zemba (LandTech)
​1:55 - 2:35
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Restoration of the Hammock River Wildlife Management Area — ​
​Bri Benvenuti (Ducks Unlimited, Inc)
​2:35 - 3:05
​**BREAK** (Visit our Exhibitors!)
​3:10 - 3:40
The Ecological Consequences of Light Pollution
3:45 - 4:15
Climate Impacts in Connecticut and Adaptation Solutions — ​
Juliana Barrett, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut)
​4:15 - 4:30
​Final Remarks and Close
2025 Platinum Sponsor

​2025 Gold Sponsors
2025 Silver Sponsors
2025 Supporters
Additional Exhibitors
Dexsil Corporation
Earth Tones LLC
​Farmington River Watershed Association
HOBO Data Loggers
The Pond and Lake Connection
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Interested in sponsoring the CAWS Annual Meeting?
Check out our Sponsorship/Exhibitor Opportunities.
  • Check-in begins at 8:00 a.m. Opening comments and introduction of first speaker at 8:30 a.m. 
  • Last session will be complete by 4:30 p.m. 
  • Continental breakfast and lunch provided. 
  • Questions and Answers during the final minutes of each presenter.
  • Exhibitors will be on site with products and services of interest to wetland professionals. 
  • Certificates of Completion (CEUs) provided at the end of the conference. 
  • PowerPoint Presentations will be posted to CAWS website after the conference.​

Cost is $100 for members and $130 for non-members (students $50.00 with ID) and includes continental breakfast and lunch!
 
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