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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.