Recommendations for Everglades Restoration under a Future Climate Scenario

Day 1

Continental Breakfast

Opening remarks and Introductions   20 minutes

Overview and big Picture—Leonard Berry, Nick Auman, Jayantha Obeysekera, Steve Traxler

• Linking this management decision process to scientific and technical information generated at the previous workshops.
• Defining need for both concrete management recommendations and identification of information gaps
• Linking conference process to adaptive management strategies familiar to participants

First breakout session—Facilitator Perran Ross

• Each group encouraged to choose one objective among several possible and explain in plenary report why this is the right one.

Plenary report and discussion. Groups report back on Objective

Instructions on next session/brainstorm—Facilitator Perran Ross

Second breakout session — Brainstorm develop draft actions 

Plenary - short report and progress

• Review of process, any changes
• Groups encouraged to conduct intersessional work in evening

Facilitator and leadership team debrief.

Day 2  

Plenary session 2:  Groups report back on Draft Actions

• Flip charts to visualize for whole group
• Discussion to align and harmonize proposed actions

Third breakout session—Refine and redraft actions and add knowledge gaps

• Ensuring that actions are specific, measurable, time-defined and amenable to adaptive analysis and modification. (This includes filling information gaps.)
• Testing actions against adaptive criteria—feasibility, cost, practicality
• Engaging practical manager/management considerations 

Begin Group Reports—20 minutes per group. 

• Present visuals (flipchart ) and written document for workshop record 

Continue Group Reports

Final Plenary

• Discussion
• Summary and conclusions
• Information on next steps

Leadership team and facilitator debrief