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7/6/2016
<br />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 />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 Floriaa'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
<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 />Habitat Equivalency Analysis and UMAM. This course provides excellent coverage of very complex
<br />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 Cutt; Jackie Keiser, Lainie Edwards
<br />** IMPERILED SPECIES **
<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 Cassler
<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 />its surprising findings, with commentary from other scientists with expertise in this area. The
<br />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, Daniel Judy, Austin Carroll, Jeff Collier, Bud vielhauer, Annie
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