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DETAILED AGENDA: Everglades ecosystem for UNESCO engineering students
Tuesday, May 20, 2014:
Lecture 1: The KOE and Water Management in South Florida: Evolving to Managed Systems
10 AM 10 min. Introductions, Objectives & the Florida ecosystem overview
40 min: Redfield & Rizzardi
Era of Politicos: Early history, politics, reclamation, TIFF, hurricanes
Era of Engineers: Dike, ENP, C&SF, Kissimmee
Era of Biologists: Barge Canal, Jetport, Everglades, Restoration
Era of All of the Above?
10 min: Q & A (examples of nations undoing past engineering projects?)
11 AM BREAK
Lecture 2: U.S. Law and Implementation
11:15 AM 20 min: Rizzardi
Governmental layers: federal/CWA, state/EFA, local/land use
Approaches: regulation, public works, preservation
Goals: process (NEPA) vs. criteria (CWA) vs. projects (WRDA) vs. ideal place (Park)
The U.S. Department of Justice & the settlement agreement
20 min: Redfield
Science disputes: what is imbalance of flora & fauna?
10 min: Bronson - Value Disputes: litigation and the stakeholder community
10 min: Q & A (examples of nations struggling with ineffective regulations?)
12:15 PM LUNCH
Lecture 3: Florida Water Resource Law & Implementation
1:30 PM 20 min: Rizzardi
The Florida Water Resources Act (water supply permitting, wetland protection)
The Everglades Forever Act (project implementation, funding)
20 min: Redfield Nutrient management: STAs & BMPs successes & failures
20 min: Conclusions
The challenges of multi-objective management
Water supply: Urban vs. agricultural water supply
Flood control systems vs. environmental needs
The QQTD problem
Climate Change
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Date | Time | Event |
Wednesday, May 21 | All Day | Flight to Tampa, Florida |
Thursday, May 22 | Morning | Orientation at Crystal Springs Preserve |
Afternoon | Bill Young Reservoir, Tampa Bay Water Desal Plant | |
Friday, May 23 | Morning | Babcock Ranch |
Afternoon | Babcock Ranch, C-51 Project, Arrive West Palm | |
Saturday, May 24 | All day | Free time |
Sunday, May 25 | All day | Free time |
Monday, May 26 | All Day | Biscayne National Park, Everglades National Park |
Tuesday, May 27 | All day | Lectures at PBAU by SFWMD |
Wednesday, May 28 | All day | Lectures at PBAU by SFWMD |
Thursday, May 29 | All day | Lectures at SFWMD |
Friday, May 30 | All day | Lectures at SFWMD |
Saturday, May 31 | All day | Kennedy Space Center |
Sunday, June 1 | All day | Free time |
Monday, June 2 | All day | Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee Dike |
Tuesday, June 3 | All day | USGS Lectures in Fort Lauderdale |
Wednesday, June 4 | All day | USGS Lectures in Fort Lauderdale
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Agenda Thursday, May 22, 2014, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
1609 Crystal Springs Preserve, Crystal Springs, FL 33524
9:10 AM Welcome to Crystal Springs – Robert Thomas, Crystal Springs Preserve and Stan Bronson, Executive Director, Florida Earth Foundation
9:20 AM Welcome from SWFWMD – Randy Maggard, SWFWMD Governing Board
9:20 AM SWFWMD Overview – Estella Gray, Government Affairs Program Manager
9:40 AM Watershed Management in central west Florida – J.P. Marchand, Engineering and Watershed Management Manager
10:15 AM Groundwater Analysis in Tampa Bay - Michael Hancock, Senior Professional Engineer
10:55 AM Crystal Springs Tour - Karen Pate, Crystal Springs Preserve
11:30 AM Lunch in the Pavillion
1:30 PM Tour of Bill Young Reservoir
3:30 PM Tour of Tampa Bay Water's Desalination Plant
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Date | Time | Subject | Instructor (s) | Location | Type of Event |
Tuesday, May 27 | 9:00 | Welcome to SFWMD-UNESCO program and Review of Schedule | Jayantha “Obey” Obeysekera, Garth Redfield & All Instructors | PBAU | |
10:00 | Overview of the Central & Southern Florida’s Water Management System | Matahel Ansar | PBAU | Lecture | |
10:55 | Break | PBAU | |||
11:05 | Modeling at the SFWMD/ Climate Change & Sea Level Rise | Jayantha Obeysekera/Akin Owosina | PBAU | Lecture | |
12:05 | Lunch | PBAU | |||
1:00 | CFD Modeling of Structures | Matahel Ansar | PBAU | Lecture | |
2:00 | Hydrometeorological Data & Monitoring | Scott Huebner | PBAU | Lecture | |
3:00 | Break | ||||
3:15 | Evapotranspiration Monitoring & Modeling | Wossenu Abtew | PBAU | Lecture | |
Wed., May 28 | 8:00 | Lake Okeechobee: Water Quality, Environmental Model and Its Applications | Kang Ren Jin/Tom James | PBAU | Lecture |
10:00 | Break | PBAUy | |||
10:10 | Lake Okeechobee Watershed Research and Modeling | Joyce Zhang | PBAU | Lecture | |
12:00 | Lunch | ||||
1:00 | Estuary Modeling | Chris Buzzelli, Peter Doering, Detong Sun, Fawen Zheng | PBAU | Lecture | |
3:45 | Break | ||||
3:55 | Inverse Modeling: iModel | Alaa Ali | PBAU | Lecture | |
Thursday, May 29 | 8:45 | Register with Security | B-2 Lobby | ||
9:00 | CEPP modeling | Walter Wilcox | Lecture (Group 1) | ||
9:00 | Intro to Modeling South Florida with the Regional Simulation Model | Randy Van Zee and Rick Miessau | EMD Training Room/Lake Okeechobee Room | Lecture (Group 2) | |
10:30 | Break | ||||
10:45 | CEPP modeling | Walter Wilcox | EMD Training Room/Lake Okeechobee Room | Lecture (Group 1) | |
10:45 | Intro to Modeling South Florida with the Regional Simulation Model | Randy Van Zee and Rick Miessau | EMD Training Room/Lake Okeechobee Room | Lecture (Group 2) | |
12:15 | Lunch | ||||
1:00 | Groundwater Modeling | Jeff Giddings | EOC Training Room | Lecture | |
2:30 | Flood Modeling - applications | Ruben Arteaga and Chen Qi | EOC Training Room | Lecture/Hands on | |
3:30 | Break | ||||
3:45 | Operations Control Room | Susan Sylvester | Control Room | Lecture / Tour | |
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Friday, May 30 | 9:00 | Kissimmee Basin Modeling | Ken Konyha & Rama Rani | EOC Training Room | Lecture /Hands On |
11:30 | Group Photograph | All Instructors and Students | Outside B-1 Lobby | ||
11:45 | Lunch | ||||
1:00 – 2:30 Group A 2:30 - 4:00 Group B | Modeling for Stormwater Permitting & Regulations | Tjerk van Veen & Dave Welter | B-2 Tech Training Room/EMD Training Room | Lecture / Hands on modeling | |
1:00 - 2:30 Group B 2:30 - 4:00 Group A | Are you smarter than a water manager? | Cal Neidrauer | B-2 Tech Training Room/EMD Training Room | Water Management Exercise | |
4:00 | Course Summary & Certificates | Jayantha Obeysekera, Akin Owosina, Stan Bronson, Garth Redfield, and members of the Executive Team and All Instructors | B-2 EMD Training Room | Closing |
USGS Agenda Day 1, Tuesday, June 3, 2013
8:30 am Coffee and doughnuts
9:00 am Welcome and introductions – Nick Aumen, Regional Science Advisor and Coordinator, USGS Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystems Science, Davie, FL naumen@usgs.gov
9:45 am Ecosystem data management success: South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) – Heather Henkel, Coordinator, South Florida Information Access (SOFIA), USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL hhenkel@usgs.gov
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Forecasting climate change impacts on subtropical threatened and endangered species ranges – James Watling, Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL watlingj@ufl.edu
11:30 am Carbon exchange between the atmosphere and subtropical forested Cypress and Pine wetlands in Big Cypress National Preserve – Barclay Shoemaker, Florida Water Science Center, US Geological Survey, Davie, FL bshoemak@usgs.gov
12:15 pm Lunch provided (sub sandwiches, chips, soft drinks)
1:15 pm The role of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) as indicators of ecological change in Everglades ecosystems – Michael Cherkiss, USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL mcherkiss@usgs.gov
2:00 pm Biscayne National Park: Challenges for restoring and managing a marine national park – Sarah Bellmund, Biscayne National Park, National Park Service, Homestead, FL sarah_bellmund@nps.gov
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Invasive species: reptiles and amphibians … Where are we now? – Brian J. Smith, USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL bjsmith@usgs.gov
3:45 pm Visit with a Burmese Python (outside)
4:15 pm End of Day 1
USGS Agenda Day 2, Wednesday, June 4, 2013
8:30 am Coffee and doughnuts
9:00 am Overview of Day 2 – Nick Aumen
9:15 am Governance: The multi-partnership challenge of Greater Everglades restoration – Shannon Estenoz, Director, Office of Everglades Initiatives, Department of the Interior, Fort Lauderdale, FL shannon_estenoz@ios.doi.gov
10:00 am Modeling sea level rise and CERP implementation – Eric Swain, USGS, Florida Water Science Center, Fort Lauderdale edswain@usgs.gov
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Water quality challenges in the Everglades ecosystem – Melissa Martin, A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Boynton Beach, FL melissa_martin@fws.gov
11:45 am Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN): providing hydrologic support for the restoration of the Everglades – Heather Henkel, Coordinator, South Florida Information Access (SOFIA), USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL hhenkel@usgs.gov
12:30 pm Lunch provided (sub sandwiches, chips, soft drinks)
1:30 pm Basic ecohydrology (and challenges) of managing a National Wildlife Refuge marsh as a Water Conservation Area – Kyle Douglas-Mankin, A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Boynton Beach, FL kyle_douglas-mankin@fws.gov
2:15 pm Use of seismic-reflection methods in the regional hydrostratigraphic and structural analysis of Floridan aquifer system in southeast Florida – Kevin Cunningham, USGS, Florida Water Science Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL kcunning@usgs.gov
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Modeling marl prairie habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow – Leonard Pearlstine, South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL leonard_pearlstine@nps.gov
4:00 pm USGS data collection activities in south Florida – Ed Patino, USGS, Florida Water Science Center, Fort Myers epatino@usgs.gov
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