Maine Climate Council Natural and Working Lands Working Group

Date: , -

Meeting Type: In-Person

In-Person Meeting Location:

Deering Building, Room 101
90 Blossom Lane
Augusta, ME 04330

Meeting Agenda:

Desired Outcomes - By the end of this meeting, we will have:

  • Introduced the focus areas – land, food, forest carbon
  • Discussed the integration of equity considerations in the WG’s and subgroups’ work
  • Shared the deliverables template that will provide structure to the subgroups’ outcomes
  • Provided an opportunity for public input

Agenda

  • 9:00 - 9:20: Welcome - Amanda, Tom; Brief Introductions; Agenda and Updated Working Agreements Review – Jo D.
  • Focal Area Presentations and Discussion
  • 9:20 – 9:50: 30% Land Conservation – Andy Cutko, Adam Bishop
  • 9:50 – 10:20: 30% Maine-Grown Food Consumption – Craig Lapine
  • 10:20 – 10:50: Forest Carbon – Jo D.
  • 10:50 – 11:00: Break
  • 11:00 – 11:55: Reminder of Equity Recommendation Development Process – Jo D.; Recommendations of Primary Relevance to NWL – David Ludwig; Integrating Equity Considerations into the Subgroup Process – Jo D.; Discussion
  • 11:55 – 12:10: Subgroup Work: Deliverable Template – Jo D.
  • 12:10 – 12:20: Public Input
  • 12:20 – 12:30: WG and Subgroup information, subgroup membership, meeting dates:
    https://www.maine.gov/future/climate/council/workinggroups/lands 

Note: Agenda item times are subject to change based on the progress of the group

To request interpretation services (American Sign Language) or spoken language interpretation services (Somali, Arabic, French, Spanish, Chinese-Mandarin, Khmer, Russian, Vietnamese, Portuguese) for this meeting, or to request other accommodations, please email maineclimatecouncil@maine.gov. 

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Contact name: Tom Gordon

Contact email: Tom.Gordon@maine.gov

Meeting Materials: 2023.11.29 NWL Additional Slides.pdf (2.33 MB) 2023.11.29 NWL Meeting Slides.pdf (2.79 MB) 2023.11.29 NWL Working Group Meeting Notes.pdf (120.93 KB)