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Project Title:
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Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
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WSTB-U-03-04-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Water Science and Technology Board
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RSO:
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Johnson, Stephanie
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Earth Sciences; Engineering and Technology; Environment and Environmental Studies; Policy for Science and Technology
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Meeting #9
May 24, 2007 - May 25, 2007
Hilton Palm Beach Airport Hotel
150 Australian Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33406
(561-684-9400)
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Dorothy Weir
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| Email:
dweir@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-3856
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Fax:
202-334-1961
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Agenda:
Wednesday, May 23
OPEN SESSION: FIELD TRIP
7:45 a.m. Begin boarding bus at Hilton Palm Beach Airport
8:00 a.m. Depart
8:30 a.m. Stormwater Treatment Areas
• Inflow point at ARM Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge
• Tower
9:30 a.m. Everglades Agricultural Area
• Drive through discussions
• Soil subsidence issues, subsidence pole
10:30 a.m. Depart EAA for Pahokee Marina
11:00 a.m. Pahokee Marina on Lake Okeechobee and Herbert Hoover Dike repair
11:30 a.m. Depart for Moore Haven
12:30 p.m. Lake Okeechobee (depart from Alvin Ward Park or Moore Haven City Dock)
• Lunch on Boat
• Ride up Lake Okeechobee rim canal
• Boat to Southwestern Marsh Levee
• Pass through lock to/from Caloosahatchee for short river trip
3:00 p.m. Depart for Hilton
~5:00 p.m. Arrive back at Hilton Palm Beach Airport
Thursday, May 24
OPEN SESSION
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions Will Graf, Chair
Overview of day’s agenda
Briefings: Lake Okeechobee and the Northern Estuaries
8:40 a.m. Key Processes and Functions of Lake Okeechobee and
Management Implications Thomas James, SFWMD
9:05 a.m. Restoration Plans and Progress for Lake Okeechobee
Susan Gray, SFWMD
9:25 a.m. Lake Okeechobee Restoration Challenges
Paul Gray, Audubon
9:40 a.m. FWS Perspectives on the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule
Doug Chaltry, FWS
9:50 a.m. Fisheries Perspectives on Lake Okeechobee Restoration
Don Fox, FWC
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Ecological Conditions in the Northern Estuaries
Peter Doering, SFWMD
10:40 a.m. Restoration Plans and Progress Affecting the Northern Estuaries
Dewey Worth, SFWMD
11:00 a.m. Open Discussion on Restoration of Lake Okeechobee
and the Northern Estuaries All speakers to participate
12:00 noon Working Lunch
Briefings: Restoration Overview
1:00 p.m. New Developments in CERP Planning Dennis Duke, USACE
Briefings: Human Dimensions of Everglades Restoration
1:30 p.m. Forecasting Population Growth and Water Demand
Jim Jackson, SFWMD (invited)
Chris Graham (invited), USACE
2:00 p.m. Balancing Human Demands against Ecosystem Needs
Susan Sylvester, SFWMD
2:20 p.m. Lee County Development Pressures and Ecosystem Restoration
Ray Judah,
Lee County Commissioner, District #3
2:50 p.m. Assessing the Changing Human Drivers behind the Stressors
on the Everglades Ecosystem Greta von Unruh,
Economic Development Research Institute of Palm Beach County
3:10 p.m. Break
3:25 p.m. Agricultural Information Used for CERP Planning
Linda McCarthy,
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
3:45 p.m. Update on Land Acquisition
Wanda Simpson, SFWMD
4:15 p.m. Open Discussion on Human Dimensions of Restoration
All speakers to participate
5:00 p.m. Public Comment
(Members of the public interested in addressing the committee for 3-4 minutes
should sign up during the meeting before 5:00 p.m.)
5:15 p.m. Adjourn***
*** The committee meeting will be extended as necessary to accommodate those wishing to make a public comment.
Friday, May 25
CLOSED SESSION
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
William Graf
Chair
Steve Beissinger
Linda Blum
Don Boesch
Bill Boggess
Joan Ehrenfeld
Chris Hendrickson
Bill Horn
Wayne Huber
David Moreau
Ramesh Reddy
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
The committee discussed areas of focus for the report and discussed and modified a preliminary report outline. Plans were made for the 10th committee meeting to be held in Miami at the end of August.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
May 31, 2007
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