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7/6/2016 Topic Descriptions—Florida Environmental Network
<br /> Coastal Construction Control Line permitting for oceanfront structures and activities.Covers current
<br /> agency procedures and practices with respect to structure siting and design,including respective
<br /> responsibilities of state and local agencies;emerging agency policy;special permitting considerations
<br /> for storm impact planning and emergency response,including appropriate use of coastal armoring
<br /> structures.Always a timely and informative course.Instructors: Steve Lewis(moderator),Christy Brush,
<br /> I Darwin Stubbs,Rick Chitwood,Patrick Krechowski
<br /> MMM. COASTAL CONSTRUCTION"HOTSPOTS"Current Coastal Real Estate Development trends in
<br /> Florida are driving emerging agency policy discussions regarding the Florida Department of
<br /> Environmental Protection Coastal Construction Control Line(CCCL)permitting program.The FDEP's
<br /> ' policy on armoring,sand management,exterior lighting for protection of marine turtle habitat,and
<br /> the Statewide Habitat Conservation Plan for Florida's beaches will be the some of the topics covered
<br /> by this dynamic discussion panel.Audience participation encouraged.Instructors: Danielle Irwin
<br /> (moderator),Reggie Bouthillier,Carol Knox,Jane Herndon
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<br /> NNN.SEAGRASSES AND MANGROVES This session will present the types of permits(CCCL,ERP,
<br /> jCP)as they apply to marine-related projects. Issues addressed will include:how the ecology and
<br /> biology of Florida's seagrasses and mangroves drive the reality of regulatory responses;what
<br /> restoration options and assessment strategies are available;the pitfalls of the permitting process,
<br /> particularly with respect to monitoring and permit/mitigation compliance;and restoration site
<br /> selection,techniques and monitoring includes in the context of the regulatory environment,including
<br /> Ii Habitat Equivalency Analysis and UMAM.This course provides excellent coverage of very complex
<br /> t subject.Instructors: Ed Steinmeyer(Moderator),Mark Fonseca,Roy Dennis, Tim Rach,Kevin Claridge
<br /> 000. BEACH RENOURISHMENT AND NEAR SHORE HARD BOTTOMS Beach renourishment
<br /> project occur frequently in Florida and often these activities cause hardbottom impacts to the
<br /> nearshore habitat. This session will examine the impact considerations of a renourishment project.
<br /> Issues addressed will include:the associated hardbottom,mixing zone,and down current drift;
<br /> hardbottom mapping techniques and pre-and post-nourishment monitoring methods;and
<br /> regulatory challenges for permitting and determining mitigation. Examples of renourishment
<br /> projects impact and the regulatory challenges will be discussed.Come prepared to listen,learn,and
<br /> participate!Instructors: Erin Hodel,Penny Curt,Jackie Keiser,Lainie Edwards
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<br /> PPP. FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR SPECIES MITIGATION AND CONSERVATION BANKING This panel
<br /> will provide the latest information on Candidate Species Updates,State and Federal current and
<br /> future mitigation policies related to species,and the implications for both public and private
<br /> infrastructure projects.Course covers new mitigation policy related to species impacts for all USFWS
<br /> agency actions under both the CWA and ESA. Discussion of updated Imperiled Species Action Plans.
<br /> Get the latest information and hear the discussion on the implications for Florida.Instructors:Sheri
<br /> Lewin(Moderator),Steve Collins,Xavier Pagan,Scott Sanders,Connie Cossler
<br /> QQQ.&RRR. EMERGING ISSUES AFFECTING CONSERVATION OF FLORIDA'S IMPERILED
<br /> WILDLIFE SPECIES,INCLUDING POTENIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WILDLIFE
<br /> COMMUNITIES Never have the costs and risks of conservation been so high nor the opportunities
<br /> for establishing a new conservation vision for Florida as great as they are today.No less than a dozen
<br /> landscape-scale wildlife and habitat planning programs are currently being implemented
<br /> collaboratively in most cases by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,US Fish and
<br /> Wildlife Service,other regulatory agencies and conservation organizations.These initiatives generally
<br /> involve development of state-wide management plans for high profile wildlife species,
<br /> implementation of a revised state listed process for imperiled wildlife species,habitat identification
<br /> and ranking analyses for preservation under projects that include the Conservation Cooperative
<br /> Blueprint and the Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative,best management
<br /> practices for wildlife on agricultural lands and consolidation of regulatory processes.Each of these
<br /> programs has potential to profoundly affect the ways we conserve listed species and the habitats
<br /> upon which they depend.They also will affect each of us in our responsibilities as regulators,land
<br /> managers and consultants.Additionally,there is a possibility that changes to our climate may be
<br /> affecting Florida's terrestrial and aquatic wildlife communities.The Florida Fish and Wildlife
<br /> Conservation Commission has taken the time to study this issue and will come prepared to present
<br /> i its surprising findings,with commentary from other scientists with expertise in this area.The
<br /> f( presenters in this session will provide salient overviews of these programs and issues with
<br /> information regarding how to participate and acquire additional information.Instructors: Doug _
<br /> Rillstone(Moderator),Colleen Reilly,Doniel Judy,Austin Carroll,Jeff Collier,Bud Vielhauer,Annie 67
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