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Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Conference - 2008The mission of "Greater Everglades Restoration - 2050" requires that Planning, Policy and Science lead to Advancing the Science to Achieve Success. The purpose of the GEER 2008 is to provide a forum for restoration practitioners - including private, public and tribal decision makers, engineers, planners, resource managers, scientists - to share their knowledge and challenges concerning restoration of this national treasure - the Greater Everglades. So, what is this vast and wonderful system we call the Greater Everglades? Visit the GEER 2008 website Second National Conference on Ecosystem RestorationThe purpose of 2nd NCER was to provide a forum for physical, biological, and social scientists, engineers, resource managers, planners and policy-makers to share their knowledge and research results concerning ecosystem restoration throughout the United States. The public forum allowed attendees to exchange information and "lessons learned" on opportunities for and challenges of achieving ecosystem restoration through partnership. Conference participants had the opportunity to learn about multi-scale ecosystem restoration programs (e.g., Missouri River, Great Lakes , Everglades, San Francisco Bay/Delta, Chesapeake Bay Columbia River, Louisiana Coastal Area, Puget Sound, Mississippi River) and what has contributed to success, as well as lessons learned from these programs. The roles of policy, planning and science in establishing goals and performance expectations for achieving successful and sustainable ecosystem restoration were also explored. Successful partnerships and means to leverage resources were an important component of these meetings. Visit the conference website.Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Conference - 2006Sustainable restoration of the Greater Everglades requires effective integration of Planning, Policy and Science. The purpose of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Conference is to provide a forum for restoration practitioners decision makers, engineers, planners, resource managers, scientists to share their knowledge and challenges concerning restoration of this national treasure the Greater Everglades. So, what is this vast and wonderful system we call the Greater Everglades? The Greater Everglades is an interlinked complex of natural and human ecosystems from the Kissimmee River at the top through Lake Okeechobee, the Loxahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries to the east and the Caloosahatchee Estuary to the west, southward to the Everglades and Florida Bay with the Keys at the bottom; and, from Biscayne Bay and other coastal systems on the east to Big Cypress, Ten Thousand Islands and other coastal systems on the west. Learn more about GEER 2006... Arthur R.Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Science WorkshopsIn May 2004, a science workshop was held with the purpose of provid ing a forum for discussing A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge science needs as well as providing an overview of research already being conducted on the refuge. Objectives of the workshop included making a broader audience aware of the mana gement issues on the refuge that need science support; illustrating current research on the refuge, and opportunities for others to conduct research on the refuge; and beginning (or continuing) dialog among researchers and refuge staff to provide a foundation for future collaboration and partnerships. The workshop was held again in 2005. Learn more...First National Conference on Ecosystem RestorationThis First National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration (NCER) was held December 6-10, 2004 in Orlando, Florida at the Wyndham Palace. It enabled national and international information exchange on many issues involved in landscape-scale ecosystem restoration. Fellow scientists, educators, and restoration planners, managers and decision-makers met to discuss similarities and differences and successes and failures of ecosystem restoration programs throughout the country. Learn more...
William B. Robertson, Jr., Memorial Pineland Fire Ecology and Management WorkshopThis meeting reviewed and discussed current fire management and research in pineland ecosystems, with an emphasis on pine rocklands, in South Florida and the Bahamas. The results of these discussions will be used to create a vision, goals, and action items for a new working group focused on fostering pine rockland fire ecology research and informed management practices. A workshop Summary now available from this meeting.
Annual Technical Presentations Meeting - SFWMD/USGS Cooperative ProgramWednesday, October 1, 2003 Several presentations from this meeting are available online.
Joint Conference: Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Science Conference and the Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science ConferenceHeld April 13-18, 2003The Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (G.E.E.R.) Science Conference was, for the first time ever, held in conjunction to provide a joint forum for the exchange of information among physical, biological and social scientists. The Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem was conducted April 13-18, 2003 at the Westin Innisbrook, just 25 miles from Tampa. Learn more...
Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Informational Workshop SeriesApril 29-May 29, 2002 The Informational Workshop Series was a series of five meetings conducted by USGS's South Florida Ecosystem Program to present current research and receive comments on future direction. Through interactions at these Informational Workshops, attendees helped guide the USGS in its mission of providing science information, modeling and decision support tools relevant to the CERP and GEER. Learn more about this workshop... Topics included:
*USGS and SFWMD models presented
Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration ConferenceHeld December 11-15, 2000The purpose of the GEER conference was to provide a forum for physical, biological, and social scientists to share their knowledge and research results concerning Everglades restoration. The objectives of the conference was to define specific restoration goals, determine the best approaches to meet these goals, and provide benchmarks that could be used to measure the success of restoration efforts over time. To these ends, the conference recognized the need to synthesize information gathered since the first Everglades conference, the interdisciplinary nature of Everglades restoration, and the need to adapt scientific understanding to management action. Learn more...
USGS Water Quality WorkshopHeld October 23-24, 2000 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) held an informational workshop on water quality investigations conducted under the USGS South Florida Ecosystem Program. Eleven principal investigators presented the results of their projects. Learn more ....
South Florida Restoration Science Forum
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