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Monday February
8, 2010
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FRESHWATER INFLOWS: 2010 AND BEYOND
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ROOM
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NUECES BALLROOM A
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1:00
-1:30 pm
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Introduction and Welcome
- Carter Smith, Executive Director, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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1:30 - 2:00 pm
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Value of
inflows - David Yoskowitz, Harte Research
Institute
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2:00 - 2:30 pm
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Indicators of
estuarine health - Paul
Montagna, Harte Research Institute
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2:30 - 3:00 pm
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Break - Foyer
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3:00 - 3:30 pm
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Threats to
inflows: climate change, hydrologic alteration, increasing consumptive use - George Ward, University of Texas,
Center for Research of Water Resources
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3:30 - 4:30 pm
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What is being
done? How has science driven policy and how do we implement science to
protect estuaries? Cindy
Loeffler, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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4:30 - 5:00 pm
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Wrap up of
day 1 and Preview for day 2 - Larry McKinney, Executive Director, Harte
Research Institute
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ROOM
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NUECES BALLROOM B
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5:00 - 7:00 pm
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Poster Session and Reception
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Tuesday February
9, 2010
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ROOM
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NUECES BALLROOM A
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7:30
- 8:30 am
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Continental Breakfast -
Foyer
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8:00 - 10:00 am
(20 min. each)
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What are
various states doing to address freshwater inflow management issues?
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Southwest
Florida - Sid Flannery, Southwest Florida Water Management District
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Texas - Myron
Hess, National Wildlife Federation
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Apalachicola
Bay, Florida - Robin Craig, Florida State University
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San Antonio
Bay - Todd Swannack, Texas A&M University
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Alabama -
Marlon Cook, Geological Survey of Alabama
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California -
Dr. Cliff Dahm, CALFED Bay-Delta Program
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10:00 - 10:30 am
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Break - Foyer
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10:30 - 11:00 am
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Changes in
catchment to the coast: tradeoffs in eutrophication and ecosystem
restoration as defined by Florida Coastal Everglades and Mississippi River
Delta, Robert Twilley, Louisiana State
University
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11:00am-12:00 pm
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Panel
Discussion among speakers with prepared questions (e.g. what are your
management goals? How are management goals developed? Are you doing
adaptive management? Lessons learned?) Questions from the audience. Cindy
Loeffler, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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ROOM
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NUECES BALLROOM B
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
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Lunch - Predicting
and managing hydroecological effects: coping with complexity and
uncertainty, Ed Lowe, St John's River Water Management District,
Florida
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ROOM
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ARANSAS, COPANO, LAGUNA MADRE, NUECES BALLROOM A
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1:30 - 4:00 pm
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Facilitated
breakout group discussions to target various issues. Topics include:
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1. data and monitoring
needs, including innovative studies and monitoring
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technologies
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2. successful or new
inflow recommendation methodologies
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3. stakeholder
involvement and policy implementation
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4. new modeling
developments and analysis techniques
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4:00 - 5:00 pm
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Facilitated
breakout groups present discussion highlights
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ROOM
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NUECES BALLROOM B
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5:00 - 7:00 pm
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Reception
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Wednesday
February 10, 2010
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FRESHWATER INFLOWS: 2010 AND BEYOND
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ROOM
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NUECES BALLROOM A
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8:30 - 9:15 am
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Putting the
dead to work: historical ecology and restoration of the Colorado River
delta and estuary, Karl Flessa,
University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences
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9:15 -10:15 am
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Plenary
session with questions about breakout sessions
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10:15 -10:45 am
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Break
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10:45 -11:30 am
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Review and
summarization of potential solutions from breakout call to action, Larry
McKinney, Harte Research Institute
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11:30
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Adjourn
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1:00 - 5:00
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Optional
Field Trips (wetlands boat tour, Padre Island National Seashore)
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