Natural Resources Forum Watershed Science, Policy, Planning, and Management Can We Make It Work In Florida?
Hosted by: Center for Natural Resources	Embassy Suites Tampa Busch Gardens Tampa, Florida June 19-21, 2001

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Overview

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Conference Theme

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Conference Purpose

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Who Should Attend

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Guided Poster Session

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Tentative Agenda

Wednesday, June 20, 2001
AM

7:00-5:00	Registration Desk Open
7:00-8:00	Poster Presenters to Set-up Displays
8:00-8:15	Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15-8:30	Dedication to Dr. Garald Parker, Sr.
8:30-9:15	Political/Policy Approach in Watershed Management  Keynote Speaker:   Wayne Daltry, Executive Director, Southwest Florida Regional Planning            Council  Moderator: Jerry Scarborough, Executive Director, Suwannee River Water Management District
9:15-9:30	Refreshment Break
9:30-10:15	Panelist/Speaker Interaction:    Rick Garrity, Director, Hillsborough County Environmental Protection   George O’Connor, Professor, Soil & Water Science Dept., Univeristy of Florida   Ward Brewer, Founder & President, Pensacola Bay Ecosystem Management Advisory Council   Richard Gragg, Associate Director, Center for Environmental Equity and Justice,            Environmental Studies Institute, Florida A&M University
10:15-10:45	Audience/Panel/Speaker Interaction
11:00-12:15	Guided Poster Tour*

PM

12:15-1:30	Lunch on your own
1:30-2:15	Scientific Approach in Watershed Management  Keynote Speaker: Terry Logan, President, N-Viro International and Emeritus Professor,            Ohio State University  Moderator: Julie Morris, Commissioner, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission            and Coordinator, Environmental Studies Program, Florida New College
2:15-2:30	Refreshment Break
2:30-3:15	Panelists/Speaker Interaction:   Timothy Feather, Strategic Development Manager, Planning and Management Consultants,            Ltd., Illinois   Tom Swihart, Environmental Coordinator, Office of Water Policy, Division of Water Resource            Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection   Maggie Hurchalla, Former Martin County Commissioner   John Hall, Chief, Regulatory Division, Army Corp of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL
3:15-3:45	Audience/Panel/Speaker Interaction
4:00-5:15	Guided Poster Tour*
5:30-7:30	Poster and Exhibitor Reception

*Guided Poster Session — The guided poster tours play a significant role at the forum by providing information and insights that are directly related to the audience/panel/speaker sessions. Poster information will be incorporated into the panel discussions. The guided poster tours and poster reception facilitates networking and provides an opportunity for participants to share information. Guides will lead groups through posters where authors will briefly present their material.

Thursday, June 21, 2001
AM

7:30-10:30	Registration Desk Open
8:00-8:15	Opening Remarks
8:15-8:45	Collaborative Approach in Watershed Management Keynote Speaker: Tony Rosenbaum, Professor, Political Science Dept., University of Florida Moderator: Stephen Humphrey, Dean, College of Natural Resources and the Environment,            University of Florida
8:45-9:15	Case Study: Lessons Learned  Keynote Speaker: John Dohrmann, Policy Director, Puget Sound Water Quality Acton            Team, Washington
9:15-10:00	Panelists/Speaker Interaction:   Sandra Glenn, Executive Director, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council   Terry Logan, President, N-Viro International and Emeritus Professor, Ohio State University    Mary Ann Poole, Biological Administrator, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission   Ronnie Duncan, Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board and            President, Duncan Companies, Inc.
10:00-10:15	Refreshment Break
10:15-10:45	Audience/Panel/Speaker Interaction
10:45-12:30	Setting Priorities for Future Directions  Facilitator: Tom Taylor, Assistant Director, Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium
12:30	Conference Concludes
12:30-1:00	Memorial Dedication Ceremony and Press Conference

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Biographical Sketches

Pensacola Bay Ecosystem Management Advisory Council
6223 Hwy. 90Suite 182
Milton, FL 32570
(850) 623-9083
Tower1@gulf.net

Mr. Brewer grew up near Greensboro, North Carolina and studied nuclear engineering at the University of Tennessee.With over 12 years experience in management consulting and applied high technology, Mr. Brewer worked as a consultant for corporations such as Nippondenso, Panasonic and the RSA's Energia, while also providing technical support for a National Geographic Special.Business eventually moved him to Milton, Florida where he has lived since 1996.Mr. Brewer served as the Technical Advisory Committee's Chairman of the Santa Rosa and Escambia County's environmental oversight committee: The Bay Area Resource Council from 1997-1998.In 1998, at the request of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (EMAC), Mr. Brewer founded the Pensacola Bay Ecosystem Management Advisory Council.In just two years, Pensacola Bay EMAC’s efforts have been nationally recognized and the organization has received several public service awards including the Governor’s Council for Sustainable Florida Leadership Award-the first environmental organization in the Panhandle of Florida to have received this award.

Mr. Brewer currently serves on several boards and committees serving the environment, education, and various social causes. He is a nationally red-carded Wildland Firefighter, and when not fighting wildfires, volunteers his time as a search & rescue/fire fighter with the Munson Volunteer Fire Department.

Born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky in 1947, Wayne E. Daltry completed the bachelors program from The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina in 1969 and his masters in planning program from Florida State University in 1973.

Mr. Daltry joined the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council (SWFRPC) in 1975 as a Coastal Planner.In 1977, he became the Planning Director and since 1982 he has been the Executive Director.Before joining SWFRPC, Mr. Daltry was chief of Long Range Planning for Manatee County from 1973-75.

Some of the past/present honors and associations held by Mr. Daltry are the following: Vice Chair, CREW; Vice Chair, Everglades Restoration Working Group; Trustee, Calusa Nature Center, Lee Children’s Science Museum, Sons of American Revolution, Lee County Planning Advisory Committee; Lee County Charter Commission; Lee County United Way; Lee County Chapter National Red Cross; Florida Growth Management Conflict Resolution Consortium; Former Chair of the Southwest Chapter Florida Planning and Zoning Association; Former Chair of the Florida Promised Lands Section Chapter American Planning Association; Former Conference Chair of the Florida Chapter American Planning Association; Former Chair of the Staff Directors Florida Regional Councils Association; Former Chair of the Governor's Coastal Resources Citizens Advisory Committee; Former President of the Florida Chapter American Planning Association; Former Chairman of the Lee County Community Coordinating Council; Former Chairman of the Southwest Florida Regional Harbor Board.

John Dohrmann is the Policy Director for the Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team and has been with the agency in various planning positions since its formation in 1985.He is responsible for policy issues covering all aspects of estuary management.He was Planning Director during development of the 1991 Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan which was the first plan approved by EPA under the National Estuary Program.Currently he is working on management of contaminated sediments and recovery of threatened salmon stocks and serves as the Washington co-chair of the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin International Task Force.John has a bachelor’s degree in fishery biology from New College and studied biological oceanography at the University of Washington.

Ronnie E. Duncan is a Founder and President of The Duncan Companies, Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based commercial real estate firm with regional offices in Fort Myers and Boca Raton, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; and Atlanta, Georgia. 

Currently, Mr. Duncan serves as a Member and Treasurer of the Governing Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District in charge with the balancing of responsible preservation of today’s water and natural resources and the continued economic growth and development within the Region.He is the co-chair ex officio of the Pinellas-Anclote River Basin Board and serves as Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee.

In addition, Mr. Duncan is a member of the National Board of Directors for the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and Vice President of Public Affairs for the State of Florida Chapter of NAIOP.Mr. Duncan also serves as a member of the NAIOP Tampa Bay Board of Directors and represents all local and state members as a part of the Executive Committee.Mr. Duncan received the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) "Building the Bridge" National Award for building the bridges of understanding and education between the development community and the natural resources at the chapter, state and federal levels.

Mr. Duncan serves on the Pinellas County/Florida Department of Transportation U.S. Highway 19 Task Force and the Pinellas County Economic Development Task Forces. 

Timothy D. Feather presently serves as the Strategic Development Manager at Planning and Management Consultants, Ltd. (PMCL) where he evaluates the water resources planning research needs in seeking consulting opportunities for PMCL. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Florida in Geography with minor concentration in Environmental Engineering.Dr. Feather's professional and academic focus has been on the development of interdisciplinary solutions to environmental challenges.

Dr. Feather has been involved in projects nationwide servicing federal and state water resource agencies with special planning and policy studies.Recently, Dr. Feather has worked with stakeholder groups to surface the strategic balance between growth and the environment in south Florida and the Everglades. As part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Evaluation of Environmental Investments Research Program, Dr. Feather has researched methods for monetary and non-monetary valuation of environmental project features and developed an overall evaluation framework for environmental plan formulation. For the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Dr. Feather managed a legal assessment of Illinois water quantity law where problem areas were developed through focus groups of key water stakeholders and optional legal responses were developed.

Environmental planning tools and projects that Dr. Feather has supervised and/or developed include environmental resource valuation, environmental law review/assessment, outdoor recreation analysis, water demand and conservation analysis, economic base analysis, water and wastewater quality analysis, survey and statistical evaluation, and group process design and facilitation.

Ms. Sandra Glenn, whose political career includes four years as an Altamonte Springs commissioner and 12 years as a Seminole County commissioner, is no stranger to regional planning. Prior to her position as Executive Director, she had more than 14 years experience on the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, first as an elected official and then as a governor's appointee. She served as chairman of the 38-year-old agency from 1982 to 1984. In addition, she was a representative to the National Association of Regional Planning Councils (NARC) where she served a four-year term on the Board of Directors representing Florida and Georgia and now serves on NARC's Board of Executive Directors.

Over the years, Ms. Glenn has dedicated her time, energy and leadership to a multitude of agencies and civic organizations. These include chairman of the Orlando Sanford Airport Authority, of which she is still a member; immediate past president of the Sanford Chamber of Commerce; board member of the Central Florida Sports Commission; and board of trustees member of the Police Officers and Firefighters Pension Plan for the City of Altamonte Springs. Ms. Glenn has served on the Orlando Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (now MetroPlan Orlando) and the governor's regional advisory board to the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. She is also presently chairing the Eco-Heritage Corridor Planning Committee of the St. Johns American Heritage River Initiative and is a member of the Governance Board of the Metro Orlando International Affairs Commission.

On the national level, Ms. Glenn was one of three persons chosen by the National Planning Council to represent them on a national Transportation Study Commission to write the legislation for the enacted transportation policy (ISTEA). 

The selection of Ms. Glenn as the Council's executive director was part of a comprehensive restructuring process the agency began in March of 1998. The Council organized the area's first-ever Regional Summit June 5 of that year at the Disney Institute, gathering 100 of the region's elected officials and community leaders to talk about regional issues and new roles for the Council.

Dr. Richard D. Garrity was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated form Boston Latin School.He moved to Florida in 1967 and presently lives in Lakeland.He received his B.S. in Biological Science form Boston University in 1965, his M.S. in Biological Science from Northeastern University in 1967, and his Ph.D. in Biological Science from Florida State University in 1974.

Dr. Garrity is presently the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County.This position is responsible for an agency charged to set, implement and enforce standards that protect the air, water and soils of Hillsborough County Florida from pollution and contamination harmful to the health and welfare of residents and visitors to the county.From 1999 - 2000, he was Water Resource Team Administrator for Hillsborough County where he was responsible for coordinating review of all water supply projects proposed for Hillsborough County.From 1984-1999, Dr. Garrity was Director of District Management for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Southwest District office in Tampa serving under four gubernatorial administrations. This office oversees environmental concerns in twelve Florida counties with a population of 3,500,000 and is responsible for the protection, conservation and management of air, water, and natural resources in these counties. From 1977-1984, he was the Urban Environmental coordinator for the City of Tampa.In this capacity, he served as environmental advisor to all City departments and as special projects administrator.He was the Principal Environmental Scientist with Conservation Consultants Inc. from 1974 to 1977 and from 1972 to 1974 was the National Teaching Fellow at FAMU.

Richard D. Garrity has twenty-five years of experience managing environmental projects and directing the activities of professional staff. Experiences include: environmental impact assessments, municipal utility issues, resource regulation programs and innovative approaches to achieving regulatory compliance.

Dr. Richard Gragg is responsible for directing the Center for Environmental Equity and Justice, which was established by the Florida legislature in 1998 following a recommendation by the Florida Commission on Environmental Equity and Justice.The Center conducts research, training and education on the adverse environmental impacts of facilities and infrastructure in low-income and minority communities. The Center is housed in the Environmental Sciences Institute, which offers the bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in environmental science. Dr. Gragg currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental toxicology and human health, environmental toxicology, and environmental ethics. Dr. Gragg’s research interests include [a] the impact of photochemical transformation on the toxicology of environmental contaminants; [b] environmental equity and justice; and [c] human health, risk factors for contaminant exposure. Dr. Gragg is a member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) and its Health and Research Subcommittee. The NEJAC provides independent advice to the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator on areas relating to environmental justice including, among other things “advice for improving how EPA and other participate, cooperate, and communicate within the Agency and between other Federal agencies, State, or local governments, Federally recognized Tribes, environmental justice leaders, interest groups and the public.”Dr. Gragg also serves on the Audubon of Florida Board of Directors.

Dr. John R. Hall manages the Corps’ regulatory program in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.He leads a staff of more than 70 individuals who process close to 8,000 permit applications annually.These applications range from minor single-family docks to complex fill proposals for residential development, major port expansion, landfills, phosphate and rock mining, and large commercial projects.Regulatory Division staff also maintains an active enforcement program for both unauthorized activities and compliance with issued permits.

Prior to this position, Dr. Hall was chief of the District’s North Permits Branch for two years.He also had held positions in the District as senior project manager, section chief and biologist in the Environmental Branch.In addition to these positions, Dr. Hall has worked in Washington, D.C., as a research fisheries biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service, and chief, technical unit in the Regulatory Branch, Office of the Chief of Engineers.In 1989 and 1990, he served as acting branch chief in the regulatory branch in Washington while on a developmental assignment.He has been in his present position since September 1990.

Dr. Hall was born in St. Louis, Mo. and graduated from high school in Alexandria, VA.He received a BS in biology from George Washington University in 1961 and a doctorate in biology (marine ecology) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1971.

Stephen R. Humphrey received a BA in Biology from Earlham College, a MA in Zoology from Southern Illinois University, and a Ph.D. in Zoology form Oklahoma State University in 1971.

Dr. Humphrey is founding Dean of the College of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida. The college has 180 undergraduate students in the Environmental Science degree program and 47 graduate students in the MS or Ph.D. degree programs in Interdisciplinary Ecology. 

He conducted research on systematics and ecology of mammals at the Florida Museum of Natural History for 22 years and published 2 books and more than 60 technical articles, mostly on endangered species.

He is chief financial officer of the Society for Conservation Biology.He also has been a member and chair of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Environmental Regulation Commission and trustee and chair of the Florida Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

Born in Miami Florida in 1940, Maggy Hurchalla graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Swarthmore College.She served asMartin County Commissioner from 1974 to 1994.From 1993-97 she served on the Governor’s Commission for a Sustainable South Florida.She worked on the Indian River Lagoon Study Team for Everglades Restudy.

In 1981, she won the Florida Audubon Environmentalist of the Year.Some of the committees she participates in are the following:
Martin County Comprehensive Plan
Martin County Save Our Coast beach acquisitions
Martin County Wetlands Protection
Lands for You Wilderness Acquisitions

Dr. Terry Logan is the President and Chief Operating Officer of N-Viro International (a firm that develops and licenses technology worldwide to treat organic wastes and convert them into soil amendment products). Dr. Logan is a Soil Chemist and retired Professor Emeritus of The Ohio State University. He served on the faculty for 28 years, during which time he was one of the leading U.S. scientists studying Great Lakes pollution. He served on the team that developed the 1978 International Agreement for restoration of the Great Lakes.

Julie Morris lives in Sarasota and coordinates the Environmental Studies Program at New College, the honors undergraduate liberal arts college of the state university system.She has held many state and national volunteer leadership positions in Sierra Club. Since 1991, she has served on the Board of The Myakka Conservancy, Inc., a local land trust.

Julie was a charter member of Florida's Nongame Wildlife Advisory Council in the 1980's.In 1992 she was appointed Commissioner of the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, and reappointed in 1997 for a term that will expire in 2002.She served as Chairman of the newly created Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission from July, 1999 - December, 2000.

George A. O’Connor is Professor of Environmental Soil Chemistry in the Soil and Water Science Department (SWSD) at the University of Florida. He has researched and taught contaminant fate and transport in the environment for 30 years, the last 10 years at the University of Florida. His current research interests deal with land application of non-hazardous wastes. He is a past Chair of the SWSD at the University of Florida.

Mary Ann Poole received her Bachelors from Duke University and her MS from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, both degrees in botany.

She entered rather late into the world of government employment, starting in 1987 at the Florida Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Preserves program, after spending a number of years as a freelance biological illustrator.In 1990, She took a position with the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission's (now the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) Office of Environmental Services field office in Vero Beach, where she worked on the development of projects in the Central Florida Regional Planning Council counties.She also participated in developing a multi-agency report on the Green Swamp.In 1995, she was asked to lead and develop a program aimed at participating in the growing multi-agency planning efforts to restore the Everglades.She participated in a number of projects, including the development, and the implementation, of CERP; the Lower East Coast Regional Water Supply Plan; Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park; the development of the Lake Okeechobee regulation schedule and other lake issues; and operations to protect the Cape Sable seaside sparrow.She currently sits on the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force's Working Group as the representative for the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Walter Rosenbaum received his Ph.D. from Princeton and is a Professor of Political Science

at the University of Florida and Adjunct Research Professor in School of Public Health, Tulane University Medical College.He has been a consultant to the Office of the Executive Director, South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Project, the Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Governor's Commission for a Sustainable South Florida. His recent work includes a year as a Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and Public Policy, Harvard University.

He has also served as a Special Assistant to Assistant Administrator for Policy Planning, U.S. EPA.His research and writing concern national environmental policy, energy policy and risk management. 

Mr. Jerry Scarborough joined the SRWMD staff as executive director on January 1, 1990.He was Suwannee County Clerk of the Court for 14 years and former editor of the Suwannee Democrat newspaper.

Mr. Scarborough grew up in the area, graduating from Branford High School and then the University of Florida in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Before his appointment to executive director, he was involved in water resource management issues.Mr. Scarborough served on the District's Surface Water Improvement and Management advisory committee, and as chairman of the Suwannee River Resource Planning and Management Committee, a panel appointed by former Governor Bob Graham to develop ways to protect the Suwannee River.

Mr. Tom Swihart regrets that he is not a native Floridian, but he did persuade his parents to move to Florida when he was ten years old.He is a graduate of the University of South Florida and the Florida State University, with degrees in Interdisciplinary Science and in Urban and Regional Planning.Mr. Swihart is the Administrator of the Office of Water Policy in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.His duties include preparation of the Florida Water Plan and close coordination with Florida's water management districts in district planning, policy development, and rule adoption.

Dr. Tom Taylor, AICP, is the Assistant Director of the Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium (CRC) since 1990. For twelve years he has been teaching dispute resolution courses and has worked with public and private parties to seek solutions to situation-specific and policy disputes and to reach consensus on strategic plans and visions for organizations and communities.This program was created by the legislature to address critical problems facing Florida by promoting and supporting the use of mediation, facilitation and other collaborative processes. Dr. Taylor has worked with public and private parties to seek solutions to case-specific conflicts and policy disputes, and to reach consensus on strategic plans and visions for organizations, communities and counties. His projects range from facilitating a few people for a few hours to multi-meeting processes that take over a year, large groups with as many as 2000 in one meeting and one with a settlement of over five hundred million dollars. Hundreds of elected officials, administrators, staff, mediators, attorneys and others have participated in his training.

Dr. Taylor has a Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning and is an adjunct professor of Urban Planning at Florida State University.He facilitated the Governor's Water Supply and Development Workgroup, Santa Fe and Silver Springs working groups and meetings of several DEP water-related units.Prior to coming to the CRC he was a professor at the University of Oklahoma, a practicing planner, consultant and trainer.

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Registration Information

Participant Registration

Early Registration (On or before May 1, 2001)	$150
Regular Registration (After May 1, 2001)	$200

Student Registration (Student ID must be presented at conference)

Early Registration (On or before May 1, 2001)	$75
Regular Registration (After May 1, 2001)	$125

Exhibitor Registration

Includes one registration fee and 6’ table with two chairs. Space is limited, so it is first come, first served.

$500

NOTE: Payment must accompany your registration and be postmarked by the deadline to qualify for the early registration fee.

To register -- ONLINE registration has closed you may still register onsite at the conference.

OR, click here to load a form that can be printed to your printer, then return the form with payment to the Office of Conferences and Institutes. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print the PDF form file.)

Refund Policy: Requests for registration refunds will be honored if the Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI) receives a written notification of cancellation on or before May 29, 2001. A $25.00 processing fee will be deducted from all registration refunds. Sorry, no refunds will be honored for cancellations after May 29, 2001.

In compliance with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), participants with special needs can be reasonably accommodated by contacting the Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI) at least 10 working days prior to the conference. We can be reached by phone at 1-352-392-5930, by fax at 1-352-392-9734, or by calling 1-800-955-8771 (TDD).

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Call for Poster Abstracts

Individuals are invited to submit poster abstracts - descriptions of the project or program that will be displayed on your proposed poster. Posters should highlight a project, plan, study, existing program, or other related activity. Submissions are encouraged from a wide spectrum of perspectives (e.g. outreach/education, policy, management, regulatory, political, economic, legal, social, scientific).

If you wish to make a poster presentation, please submit an abstract no later than March 2, 2001. Abstracts MUST be submitted electronically via this web site. CLICK HERE for abstract instructions and submission.

Suggested Poster Topics:

• Local community experiences in watershed planning and management
• Water’s role in connecting ecosystems
• Watershed management – economic, political, scientific, and social perspectives
• Water markets
• Educational programs, curricula, or information resources focusing on water related topics
• Ecological health and quality of natural surface water bodies
• Water storage, recharge, use and allocation
• Drinking water and ground water quality
• Water treatment and reuse
• Total maximum daily loads (TMDL)
• Minimum flow and levels
• Best management practices (BMP)
• Global perspective on climate change and its impact on
• Florida' s water resources
• Estuarine and coastal zone issues
• Water planning examples such as regional water supply plans (Water 20/20), local comprehensive management plans
• Other related topics.

Poster Display Specifications

• Posters are limited to 4 feet high x 6 feet wide.

• The poster room will be set up with free-standing boards.

• The boards are contiguous, and presenters may not use their own self-contained displays.

• Posters must be presented using the poster boards provided by the conference.

• The boards are covered with fabric, and posters can be affixed using either Velcro or push pins.

• We recommend that you bring a box of Velcro tape, as it oftentimes requires a large quanity of Velcro to keep a poster flat.

• A 4 inch x 4 inch number will be pinned in the upper left-hand corner of your poster, so be sure to allow room for it to be displayed.

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Meeting Site

Embassy Suites Tampa Busch Gardens 3705 Spectrum Blvd. Tampa, FL 33612-9412  PH: 813-977-7066 / FAX: 813-977-7933

Located on the University of South Florida Campus, the Embassy Suites - Tampa Busch Gardens is conveniently seated in the heart of Tampa's family theme parks, Busch Gardens and Adventure Island, and business district areas. A total of 247 suites encircle the lush tropical eight-story atrium, with dancing waterfalls and babbling brooks. Your stay includes a complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast each morning and a two-hour manager’s reception every evening. With over 18,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, and outdoor pool and jacuzzi, the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center is the ideal setting for both business and pleasure.

Hotel Reservations

The Embassy Suites - Tampa Busch Gardens is offering participants of the N.R.F. a special guest room rate of $79.00 (plus 11.75% tax) with one or two people per room and $89.00 with three or four people per room. (To receive tax exempt status, payment must be made in the form of a government issued check, credit card or purchase order, and be accompanied by a Florida sales tax exemption certificate presented at check-in.) As this is a discounted group rate, it is not commissonable to travel agents.

The group rate will be honored three days prior and three days following the conference, based on availability. Contact the hotel directly at 813-977-7066 Ext. 3030 and be sure to specify you are attending the Natural Resources Forum 2001. The deadline to make your reservation and still receive the discounted group rate is Tuesday, May 1, 2001. After this date, guest rooms and the group rate may no longer be available.

Special Instructions: A credit card is required to ensure confirmation of your hotel reservation. Upon check-in you will be asked for a credit card to secure payment. For any reservations that "no show" after 6 pm the day of arrival, a first night’s room deposit will be charged to your credit card.

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Speakers and Panelists

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Sponsors

• Because of the broad scope of this conference, multiple sponsors are being invited to contribute financial support and technical assistance.

• If you wish to become a sponsor, click here for the Sponsorship Commitment Form.  (Adobe PDF file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).  Please print the form, fill it out and submit according to the instruction contained therein.

• For questions contact Nancy Peterson, the conference organizer.

• Sponsors enlisted prior to March 1, 2001 will be recognized in the final program.

Center for Natural Resources	Florida Center for Environmental Studies	Army Corps  of Engineers Jacksonville District
Southeast Fisheries Science Center	South Florida Water Management District
	University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Bureau of Watershed Management

Exhibitors

Steering and Program Committee Members

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Dedication to "Jerry" Parker

Jerry is rightfully known as the “Father of Florida groundwater hydrology.” He started his hydrogeologist career in 1940 by driving his family all the way across the country to help save the Miami water supply. There he identified sources of saltwater intrusion into the well fields and developed protective measures. During this time, (1940-1947) Jerry identified and named the Biscayne aquifer, the Floridan aquifer and defined the geologic structure of southern Florida.

Additionally, he was instrumental in teaching Marjory Stoneman Douglas about the Everglades - a “River of Grass” - in preparation for her 1947 book. He also discovered the Peninsular Florida Hydrologic Divide which results in the southern portion of Florida being entirely dependent on rainfall for its freshwater. Jerry devoted his life to protecting the waters and landscapes of Florida and many other states during his half century career as a hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey (1940-1969) and then as being the first hydrologist and senior scientist for the Southwest Florida Water Management District (1969-1975).

The following statements are from Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998)

“When Hervey Allen asked me to do this book, I was overwhelmed with the realization that although I had lived in South Florida for many years and had known some parts of the Everglades, I had no idea at all what they were or where I could begin to write about them. So I began, as I often have done, by asking John Pennkamp, editor of the Miami Herald and now a member of the Everglades National Park Commission. He sent me directly to Garald G. Parker, head of the U.S. Geological Survey [Miami study group], whose remarkable studies of the geology and ground water of the Everglades are the first thorough studies ever made. Mr. Parker gave me my first clear idea of the single nature of the Glades area, with its characteristic, the saw grass. …”

Acknowledgements
The Everglades: River of Grass
January 1947

In 1943, after being asked to contribute to a series on American rivers, she began writing the Everglades book for which she is best known.

“I went right up and started working with Garald Parker, the great hydrologist who discovered and named the Biscayne Aquifer. He was working on his report on the groundwater of southeastern Florida. He had told me it was running water and that its sources are the rivers flowing into Lake Okeechobee,  though he didn’t say then that its ultimate source is rainwater. I thought, well you’ve got the east bank, the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, and the Big Cypress for the west bank. And I remembered that the Indians call it pa-hay-okee, grassy waters. So I said ‘Mr. Parker do you think I could get away with calling it a river of grass?’ And he said ‘Well, I think you could.’”

"Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Glades Crusade"
By Steve Yates
Audubon magazine
March 1983

NOTE: Marjory was under contract to write about the Miami River. Garald Parker helped to make it possible for her to write a book about the Everglades instead.

(L to R) Garald G. Parker (Sr.), Kenneth S. Love,
Wm. P. Cross, Edwin W. Reed, Herbert A. Swenson,
Russell H. Brown, Wm. J. Drescher.  This group of
men were attending an American Water Works
Association, at the Osceola Hotel, Daytona Beach, FL.
The date was November 14, 1941.

To read more about Dr. Parker’s impressive career and to view photos of his life, please visit:
http://sofia.usgs.gov/memorials/parker

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Collaborating Partners

Florida Center for Environmental Studies	Center for Natural Resources	Center for Wetlands at the University of Florida	UF/IFAS Soil and Water Science Department
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services	St. Johns River Water Management District, Division of Environmental Sciences	Army Corps  of Engineers Jacksonville District	Everglades National Park
Southwest Florida Water Management District	Tampa Bay Water	Restoration Ecology Branch	National Forests of Florida, USDA Forest Service
Genesis Group	Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission	Entomology and Nematology Department	Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Marston Science Library	Civil and Coastal  Engineering	Bureau of Wateshed Management, Florida DEP	UF Agricultural & Biological Engineering Dept.
College of Natural Resources and the Environment	Center for Natural Resources - South Florida, Ft. Lauderdale REC	Florida Local Environmental Resource Agencies	Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants	UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County	Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, UF	League of Women Voters
Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium	Florida Sea Grant College	School of Forest Resources and Conservation	School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
Walt Disney Imagineering	Water Issues Coalition		Archbold Biological Station

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