Idaho Environmental Summit 2008 » Cinnabar

Fundraising – Cinnabar – 2:15pm

Kellie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:15:30 +0000

Funder’s Panel

Traci Bier, US EPA
Lauren Carlson, Idaho Community Foundation
Joan Gagliardi,
Charlotte Martin Foundation
Jeanne Wolverton, Western Director of the Steele-Reese Foundation (invited)

The Funder’s Panel brings together representatives from various organizations that fund environmental programs. Panelists represent state and federal government, private foundations, and a community foundation. Each panelist will provide a introduction to the kinds of funding available and types of projects supported, with hints about what makes a grant a winner. Plenty of time for Q&A is planned.

Land – Cinnabar – 10:45

Kellie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:45:38 +0000

Greg Servheen hosts a Land Trust meeting

Air – Cinnabar – 9:30

lhanka — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:30:52 +0000

Where Is Mercury Coming From and What Happens Once It’s Here?

Presented by Carl Brown and Don Essig, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

There are a number of Idaho water bodies that have fish advisories for mercury. While contamination concerns for mercury focus primarily on fish and water, air deposition of mercury is the predominant source of the mercury found in water. A general discussion of mercury air sources, transport, and deposition will be presented. Specific studies concerning deposition of mercury in Idaho will be summarized. Next the fate of mercury once it has fallen on the landscape will be described, i.e. how it goes from the watershed to fish. Studies of mercury in fish tissue in Idaho water bodies will also be summarized.