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Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns? (2003)

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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX A - AGENDA." National Research Council. 2003. Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10758.
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Appendix A
AGENDA

Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

Meeting #10

and

Workshop on Flows and Levels in the Ridge and Slough Region of the Everglades

October 14-16, 2002

Miccosukee Resort and Convention Center

Ballroom B

Miami, Florida

Agenda

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks Chairman Billy Cypress, Miccosukee Tribe

8:45 – 9:00

Introductions and review of motivation and objectives of workshop Jean Bahr, CROGEE Chair

9:00 – 10:15

Science supporting estimates of historical water levels (distribution, timing, etc.) in the Ridge and Slough Robert Fennema (Dhasaan, Inc.)

A major goal of the CERP has been matching historical water levels. But how well do we know these? We will review how the SFWMM (and thence the NSM) was and is calibrated for the CERP; what have we learned in the ~3 years since then? We will also examine other kinds of evidence.

Questions and discussion

Discussants: Chris McVoy (SFWMD), Tom MacVicar (MacVicar, Federico, and Lamb), Bill Loftus (USGS), Fred Sklar (SFWMD)

10:00 – 10:15

Discussion of monitoring and research needs to reduce uncertainty and test hypotheses.

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX A - AGENDA." National Research Council. 2003. Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10758.
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10:15 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 12:00

Science supporting estimates of historical flows in the Ridge and Slough, and the state of knowledge of the relationship between levels and flows in the Ridge and Slough.

Flow may be important to the ecology and geomorphology of the Ridge and Slough landscape. What are the best estimates of flow in the Ridge and Slough and adjoining areas, and how well do we know these? What have we learned in the last ~3 years since the CERP was created?

10:30 – 10:45

Chris McVoy (SFWMD)—Historical Spatial Distribution and Orientation of Flow

10:45 – 10:55

Harry Jenter (USGS)—USGS flow measurements in the Everglades wetlands

10:55 – 11:45

Questions and discussion

Discussants: Randy van Zee (SFWMD), Robert Fennema (Dhasaan, Inc.), Elizabeth Crisfield (NPS)

11:45 – 12:00

Discussion of monitoring and research needs to reduce uncertainty and test hypotheses.

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 – 2:45

Science supporting hypotheses related to the roles of levels and flows in creating and maintaining the Ridge and Slough ecosystem

What are the alternative hypotheses that would support a link between flow and the creation and maintenance of the Ridge and Slough landscape in general and tree islands in particular? What might be the relative roles of (a) flow velocity and distribution, (b) sediment transport, (c) nutrient transport, and (d) aquatic species transport?

1:00 – 1:25

Nick Aumen (NPS)

Dan Childers (FIU)

1:25 – 2:30

Questions and discussion

Discussants: Ronnie Best (USGS), Tom Van Lent (NPS), Tom Armentano (NPS), Steve Davis (SFWMD)

2:30 – 2:45

Discussion of monitoring and research needs to reduce uncertainty and test hypotheses.

2:45 – 3:00

Break

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX A - AGENDA." National Research Council. 2003. Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10758.
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3:00 – 4:30

Discussion of implications for CERP performance measures and project design in light of current scientific understanding

There are various CERP and non-CERP projects that impact, and may be impacted by, the processes discussed at the workshop. How should what we know, and what we still do not know, about flows and levels in the Ridge and Slough feed into our choice of performance measures in the area? What are the implications for CERP and related projects?

Panel discussion

Moderator: Jean Bahr, CROGEE Chair

Fred Sklar (SFWMD)

John Ogden (SFWMD)

Stu Appelbaum (USACE)

Bob Johnson (NPS)

Kim Taplin (USACE)

Dewey Worth (SFWMD)

Terry Rice (Miccosukee Tribe)

Ronnie Best (USGS)

4:30 – 5:00

Other discussion, wrap-up

Attendees:

Stu Appelbaum, USACE

Tom Armentano, National Park Service

Nick Aumen, National Park Service

Jim Baker, USACE

Ronnie Best, USGS

Kevin Burger, SFERTF

Dan Childers, FIU

Elizabeth Crisfield, National Park Service

Janet Cushing, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Chairman Billy Cypress, Miccosukee Tribe

George Dalrymple, Everglades Research Group, Inc.

Steve Davis, SFWMD

Robert Fenema, Dhasaan, Inc.

Polita Glynn,

Christina Gwaltney, Nova Southeastern

University Oceanographic Center

Harry Jenter, USGS

Bob Johnson, National Park Service

Bill Loftus, USGS

Joette Lorian, Miccosukee Tribe

Tom MacVicar, MacVicar, Federico, and Lamb

Chris McVoy, SFWMD

Martha Nungesser, Sr. Environmental

Scientist, SFWMD

Jayantha Obeysekera, SFWMD

John Ogden, SFWMD

Peter Ortner, NOAA

Richard Punnett, USACE

Col. Terry, Rice, Miccosukee Tribe

Winnie Said, SFWMD

Rock Salt, SFERTF

Jennifer Sergent, Naples Daily News

Fred Sklar, SFWMD

Kim Taplin, USACE

Joel Trexler, FIU

Tom Van Lent, National Park Service

Randy van Zee, SFWMD

Dewey Worth, SFWMD

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX A - AGENDA." National Research Council. 2003. Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10758.
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX A - AGENDA." National Research Council. 2003. Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10758.
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX A - AGENDA." National Research Council. 2003. Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10758.
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The report evaluates a White Paper written by restoration planners in South Florida on the role of water flow in restoration plans. The report concludes that there is strong evidence that the velocity, rate, and spatial distribution of water flow play important roles in maintaining the tree islands and other ecologically important landscape features of the Everglades.

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