May 25, 2017 - BREE Policy and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) Inaugural Meeting



The Inaugural Policy and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) meeting was held on May 25th, 2017. Forty-four stakeholders from around the state and region attended the very interactive session from
  • VT Agency of Agriculture
  • Quebec (MDDELCC)
  • International Joint Commission of Canada and the US
  • Lake Champlain Basin Program
  • Mad River Valley Planning District
  • Northwest Regional Planning Commission
  • Norwich University
  • University of Vermont
  • US EPA Region 1
  • US Geological Survey
  • USDA/NRCS
  • UVM Extension
  • Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets
  • Vermont DEC
  • Vermont EPSCoR
  • Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
  • Vermont Agency of Transportation
  • VTrans
The one-day meeting provided an opportunity for lots of conversation across a broad range of perspectives. Participants heard how past work has provided the foundation of VT EPSCoR BREE's future work. The morning was designed to provide a discussion around where we have been and where we are planning to go with the BREE project over the next four years.
 
The following were discussed:
  • Concerns are about extreme events and water quality
  • Critical decision points
  • Major decision criteria
  • Individual and collective goals
The meetings will be held on an annual basis.
 
Christopher Koliba, Workshop introduction.
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Andrew Schroth, Lake system/water quailty modeling results.
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Asim Zia, RACC/BREE IAM results and publication plan.
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Brian Beckage, Extreme events/dynamic regional climate models.
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Arne Bomblies, Extreme events/dynamic regional climate models.
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Asim Zia, BREE IAM Development Plan and PTAC role.
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Donna Rizzo, Framing decision problems: Optimization examples.
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Jory Hecht, Multi-objective optimization model of Lake Champlain.
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