Nominate a Best Restored Shore!
This event is not sponsored by ASBPA or the Central Gulf Coast Chapter, but it may be of interest to many of our members…
Please join the BARC/PPBEP and UWF Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences for a half day of Living Shorelines best practices, lessons learned, and community engagement at the University of West Florida on Friday, August 3rd, 8am-12:30pm. Elected officials are encouraged to attend (this event is publicly advertised).
Presentations include:
- Milestones and Needle-movers for Living Shorelines in the Florida Panhandle: Melody Ray-Culp, Coordinator, US FWS Coastal Program
- Living Shorelines in the Florida Panhandle: FDEP Perspective (pending approval): Beth Fugate/Zach Schang, FDEP Northwest Florida Aquatic Preserves (pending)
- About Florida Master Naturalist Program: Coastal Shorelines Restoration Course: Rick O’Connor, Carrie Stevenson, and Chris Verlinde; UF|IFAS Sea Grant, Escambia & Santa Rosa Counties
- Concerns and Realism with Living Shorelines, Seagrass Restoration, and Oyster Restoration in Northwest Florida: Year-round Field Observations and Studies Since 2003: Heather Reed, Ecological Consulting Services Inc
- Escambia County’s Living Shoreline Projects: Robert Turpin, Escambia County Marine Resources Division
- Title TBD: Mobile Bay National Estuary Program: Paul Lammers, Restoration Program manager; or Tom Herder, Watershed Protection Coordinator;
- Lessons Learned from Alabama’s Living Shorelines: Dottie Byron, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
- Living Shorelines at Lightning Point, Bayou La Batre, Alabama: Meg Goecker, Moffatt & Nichol
- Restoration Solution: Community Engagement: Casi (kc) Callaway, Mobile Baykeeper Executive Director
More information is available on their website: http://www.wfrpc.org/events/environmental-symposium. Registration is available at the door.