9:00 Welcome and Announcements

Lisa Beever, Director, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

Camilo Azcarate, Director, Conflict Resolution Institute, Florida Gulf Coast University

9:20 Overview of Wetlands. Description of wetlands, their function and their importance (Powerpoint @ 1,906 KB)

Dr. Mark T. Brown, Associate Director, Center for Wetlands, University of Florida

10:20 Questions of Clarification

10:30 BREAK

10:50 Federal Perspective of Wetland Mitigation, its intent, its strengths and its weaknesses (Powerpoint @ 42 KB)

Charles Schnepel, US Army Corps of Engineers

11:10 Florida's Perspective of Wetland mitigation: it's regulatory history, intent, strengths and weaknesses. (Powerpoint @ 307 KB)

Janet Llewellyn, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

11:30 National Research Council on Wetland Mitigation--their findings on its strengths and weaknesses (Powerpoint @ 744 KB)

Ann M. Redmond, WilsonMiller, Inc, and Wetland Mitigation Committee, National Research Council

11:50 Questions of Clarification7

12:15 LUNCH

Session 1 : Wetlands 101--What are they? How do they function? Why are they important?

1:50 Overview of CSAs: Reasons for their Construction, types of CSAs, where they are located and reasons behind this (PDF @ 3,662 KB)

Robert "Bob" Goodrich, Reclamation Manager, IMC Phosphates Company

2:10 Dams, clay consolidation, hydrology and long-term management of CSAs (Powerpoint @ 2,104 KB)

Steve Partney, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Mine Reclamation

2:30 Soils of Clay Settling Areas and how they differ from non-disturbed areas (Powerpoint @ 663 KB)

Richard Ford, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

2:50 Wetlands on CSAs: what we know and what we need to know (No Powerpoint was provided.)

Dr. Mark T. Brown, Associate Director, Center for Wetlands, University of Florida

3:10 Ecological Evaluation of Wetlands on Reclaimed Clay Settling Areas (Powerpoint @ 1,498 KB)

Doug Durbin, Biological Research Associates

3:30 Questions of Clarification

3:50 BREAK

4:10 Discussion

4:50 First Day Summary

Wednesday, November 13, 2002

9:00 Reminder of Workshop Ground Rules

Camilo Azcarate, Director, Conflict Resolution Institute, Florida Gulf Coast University

Lisa Beever, Director, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

9:20 Central Florida Hydrology, including Clay Settling Areas (Powerpoint @ 843 KB)

Patrick Tara, University of South Florida

9:40 Matching Tree Species to Site Conditions in Phosphate Clay Settling Areas (Powerpoint @ 2,269 KB)

Betty Rushton, Southwest Florida Water Management District

10:00 Experiences from Teneroc (Powerpoint @ 5,544 KB)

Tim King, Reclamation Biologist, FWC-Division of Fisheries-Teneroc

10:20 Hines Energy Complex-A Partnership in Environmental Resource and Wildlife Conservation (Powerpoint @ 4,718 KB)

Randall Melton, Florida Power Corporation

10:40 Bureau of Mine Reclamation's Perspective of Wetlands on Clay Settling Areas (Powerpoint @ 2,255 KB)

Joseph Bakker, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Mine Reclamation

11:00 BREAK

11:15 Questions of Clarification/ Discussion

12:00 LUNCH

1:30

1. Does the technical community have sufficient information at this time to make a decision regarding the suitability of CSAs as locations for wetland mitigation?

2. What research needs to be done to better understand the suitability of CSAs as locations for wetland mitigation?

3. What are the outstanding concerns regarding the use of CSAs as locations for wetland mitigation?

4. What are the possible solutions?

4:00 Presentations of Small Group Discussions

4:30 Workshop Wrap-Up