Keynote Speaker
The keynote address at the Mohawk Watershed Symposium has been the highlight of the evening banquet. The selection of the Keynote is important for defining the direction of regional and national trends that may affect policy and decisions in the Watershed. The Keynote speaker will address the convention in the afternoon for a short overview, but the full presentation is at the Banquet.
2017 - Len Tantillo, Artist and historian
2016 - Karin E. Limburg, Professor of Env. and Forestry Biology, SUNY ESF
2015 - John Lipscomb, Captain, Riverkeeper Patrol Boat
2014 - Laura Rose Day, Executive Director, Penobscot River Restoration Trust
2013 - Rebecca R. Wodder, Senior Advisor to the US Secretary of the Interior.
2012 - Rep. Peter Lopez, NY Assemblyman, 127th District NY State.
2011 - Hon. Paul Tonko, US Representative NY 21st District (now NY 20th)
2010 - Gail Schaffer, former NY Secretary of State
2009 - Robert Boyle, Author, Environmental Advocate.