Recommendations for Everglades Restoration under a Future Climate Scenario

USGS, CES, Florida Sea Grant Sponsored Meeting
April 28 & 29, 2014
Florida Atlantic University Boca Campus

GOAL:

The goal of this technical meeting was to follow up on the previous one that identified the potential impacts of sea level rise, temperature change, and changes in evapotranspiration and rainfall parameters for seven selected topics:
A. Landscape
B. Vegetation
C. Wildlife
D. Northern Everglades
E. Biogeochemical
F. Water management
G. Coastal
Read more about the resources the groups used to prepare for the meeting and the members of each group.

OUTCOMES:

The key challenge addressed was:

How can we effectively enhance the work of Everglades Restoration through an adaptive management process that incorporates the current scientific knowledge of climate-related impacts into the restoration process?

STEERING COMMITTEE:

Nick Aumen, Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystems Science, USGS
Leonard Berry, Director, CES, FAU
Karl E. Havens, Florida Sea Grant, UF
Glenn Landers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
Sue Newman, Senior Scientific Section Lead, SFWMD
Reed Noss, FL Institute for Conservation Science,UCF
Martha Nungesser, Senior Environmental Scientist, SFWMD
Leonard Pearlstine, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior
Jayantha Obeysekera, Hydrologic & Environmental Systems Modeling, SFWMD
Stephanie Romanach, U.S. Geological Survey
Dave Rudnick, Regional Coordinator, Everglades National Park
Steve Traxler, Senior Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Joel Trexler, Professor of Biological Sciences, FIU
John C. Volin, Professor of Ecology,University of Connecticut
Russell Weeks, Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

This technical meeting is sponsored by:

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For more information contact:

MaryBeth Hartman Kerber, Conference & Outreach Coordinator
Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic University
mhartman@fau.edu or (954) 236-1203