The Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program (CHNEP) will host a workshop on reservoirs . . .

Monday and Tuesday, April 13–14, 2009

8:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Please arrive early to register.

While some refreshments will be available, lunch will not be provided.

Lunches will be available for sale onsite.

Charlotte County Event and Conference Center (75 Taylor St, Punta Gorda)

Reservoir Workshop Report (PDF @ 606 KB)

Presentations

Presentations are available as PDF files.

Presentations given on Monday and Tuesday are available as a recording.

The recordings are saved as South Central District Training and the creation times are 4/12/2009 at 20:45 EDT and 04/14/2009 at 7:43 EDT. (Look for the largest recordings!)

Agenda with Abstracts and Pre-Workshop Reading (PDF @ 860 KB)

If you prefer, you can access the three components of the larger PDF file separately.

Agenda (PDF @ 96 KB)

Abstracts (PDF @ 148 KB)

Pre-workshop reading (PDF @ 642 KB)

In order to make the two days as productive as possible, CHNEP has prepared a document that highlights concepts that are specifically relevant to the workshop, including general reservoir ecology, reservoir habitat in Florida, water supply plan summaries and much more. We ask each participate to review this document prior to the workshop.

Keynote Presentation

Cynthia Barnett’s presentation, Water Sustainability and the Future of Florida, will be held on Monday, April 13 from 12:30 to 1 p.m. The public is welcome to attend this presentation without having to register for the two-day workshop.

Written comments are welcome.

The CHNEP has developed this workshop with many of its partners who have worked to incorporate opportunities for the public to better understand reservoirs and their benefits and impacts to the natural environment within the CHNEP study area. Because the workshop itself is limited to two days, we’d like to provide everyone with an opportunity to have their written comments incorporated in the final report. Please send up to 500 words by email to Judy Ott (jott@swfrpc.org) by 5 p.m. on April 21. Please add “CHNEP Reservoir Comments” to the subject line. Your comments will not be edited. Only the first 500 words will be printed along with your name.

Workshop Sponsors

CHNEP

CF Industries ($1,500)

PBS&J ($1,500)

Scheda Ecological ($500)

Lemon Bay Conservancy ($100) Coastal Wildlife Club ($100), Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves ($100) and the Greater Charlotte Harbor Sierra Club ($100).

The CHNEP is a partnership working to protect the natural environment in Florida from Venice to Bonita Springs to Winter Haven. The partnership is supported financially by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Southwest Florida Water Management District, South Florida Water Management District, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Coastal Zone Management Program, Peace River/Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority, the counties of Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee, Polk, Manatee, and Sarasota, and the cities and towns of Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, North Port, Punta Gorda, Sanibel, Venice and Winter Haven, and the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council. The CHNEP thanks these entities for their financial support in the program’s research, restoration, legislative and education efforts, including this workshop. The CHNEP is seeking additional sponsors.