| Tentative Agenda: |
| Tuesday, 6/28/05 |
| Time |
|
Speaker(s) |
|
Title of Presentation |
| Introduction: |
| 0830-0845 |
|
Jim Burkhart (USFWS) |
|
Welcome to Okefenokee; FWS programs |
| 0845-0900 |
|
Brian Katz/Ellen Raabe(USGS, FISC) |
|
Synopsis of Cedar Key Workshop; Workshop goals; logistics |
| Research activities in Georgia and Florida: |
| 0900-0915 |
|
Tim Strickland (USDA) |
|
USDA Conservation effects assessment project |
| 0915-0930 |
|
David Bosch/Joe Sheridan (USDA - ARS Southeast Watershed Research Lab) |
|
Watershed hydrology and climatology |
| 0930-0945 |
|
Richard Lowrance (USDA - ARS Southeast Watershed Research Lab) |
|
Watershed water quality |
| 0945-1000 |
|
George Vellidis (University of Georgia) |
|
Relationships between Dissolved Oxygen, Water Quality, and Natural Stream Ecosystems in the Upper Suwannee |
| 1000-1015 |
|
Break |
| 1015-1025 |
|
Tom Manning (Valdosta State University) |
|
Suwannee NSF proposal/ VSU research activities |
| 1025-1040 |
|
Emily Perry (South Georgia Regional Development Center) |
|
Georgia Partnership Update |
| 1040-1050 |
|
Cathy Whaley; Mike Legare (Lower Suwannee Nataional Wildlife Refuge) |
|
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge--issues |
| 1050-1105 |
|
Ellen Raabe (USGS, FISC) |
|
Seeps and Springs in the Lower Suwannee River and Estuary from Thermal Imagery |
| 1105-1120 |
|
Pete Swarzenski (USGS, FISC) |
|
Submarine Ground-water discharge in Suwannee estuary |
| 1120-1135 |
|
Suwannee River Water Management District |
|
SRWMD monitoring networks |
| 1135-1205 |
|
Discussion |
|
Break-out sessions--interstate basin research issues; data gaps, needs |
| 1205-1300 |
|
Lunch |
| Data management issues: |
| 1310-1325 |
|
Joel Lanier (NOAA) |
|
NWS Overview, climate data |
| 1325-1350 |
|
Pam Fuller (USGS, FISC) |
|
Data portal |
| 1350-1405 |
|
Mike Holmes (USGS, FISC) |
|
Data portal prototype |
| 1405-1420 |
|
Matt Cohen (University of Florida) |
|
HO update, database needs, digital watershed |
| 1420-1440 |
|
Break |
| 1440-1645 |
|
Discussion, Breakout sessions; Plans for addressing interstate basin research issues, data portal needs |
| 1645-1745 |
|
Poster session |
| 1800-2000 |
|
Dinner--Low Country Boil--Okefenokee NWR |
| Wednesday, 6/29/05 |
| Time |
|
Speaker(s) |
|
Title of Presentation |
| Coordination of activites in the basin and estuary: |
| 0830-0835 |
|
Dixie McGurn (Mayor of Folkston, GA) |
|
Welcome to Folkston |
| 0835-0845 |
|
Kirk Webster (Suwannee River Water
Management District) |
|
Suwannee Partnerships |
| 0845-0900 |
|
Lisa Robbins (USGS, FISC) |
|
USGS management perspectives/ integrated science |
| 0915-0925 |
|
Florida DEP |
|
Florida DEP activities in Suwannee basin |
| 0925-0940 |
|
Georgia EPD |
|
Georgia EPD's work in Suwannee basin |
| 0940-1000 |
|
Break |
| 1000-1200 |
|
Discussions; Breakout sessions-- preparing interagency science plan; leveraging research studies |
| 1200-1300 |
|
Lunch |
| 1300-1500 |
|
Breakout sessions (cont'd)-- preparing interagency science plan; leveraging research studies |
| 1500-1600 |
|
Wrap up |
We look forward to seeing you at the workshop! |
