2008 Southern and Caribbean Regional Coastal Management Meeting
Austin, TX
October 28-30, 2008
Welcome to the website of the 2008 Southern and Caribbean Coastal Management Regional Meeting. We have posted all of the meeting materials and presentations on this website for your reference. Thank you to everyone who made this meeting a success and to everyone who participated! Contact Josh Lott if you have any questions.
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Tuesday, October 28
Shoreline Management
Moderator: Barbara Neale, South Carolina Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
- Carolyn Currin, NOAA Center for Coastal Habitat and Fisheries Research
- Robert Turpin, Escambia Count Florida, Marine Resources Division
- Dr.Jae-Young Ko, Assistant Professor in the Dept of Marine Sciences at Texas A&M in Galveston
Promoting Collaboration among Coastal Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves
- Kate Barba, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
- Rebecca Ellin, North Carolina Coastal Reserve Program Manager
Regional Sediment Management
Moderator: Steve Underwood, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Regional Sediment Management and the Army Corps of Engineers, Jeff Waters, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Texas Regional Sediment Management, Ben Rhame, Texas General Land Office and Robert Heinly, Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District
- North Carolina Regional Sediment Management
- Gulf of Mexico Alliance Regional Sediment Management Master Plan, Carl Ferraro, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and Larry Parson, Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Alternative Energy
Moderator: Ben Rhame, Texas General Land Office
- Alternative Energy in the Coastal Zone: A Coastal States Organization Inventory, Ben Rhame, Texas General Land Office
- Alternative Energy on the OCS: An Update, Bonnie Laborde Johnson and Gary Goeke, Minerals Management Service
- Fish and Wildlife Perspectives on Coastal Windpower, Dawn Whitehead, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Offshore Renewable Energy in Massachusetts: Current Project Updates and Development of a Comprehensive Ocean Plan, Bruce Carlisle, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Wednesday, October 29
NOAA Program Updates
Federal Consistency
Introduction to State Set-Back Policies
Hurricane Recovery and Community Post-Disaster Planning
Moderator: Ben Rhame, Texas General Land Office
- Maryellen Sault, NOAA National Geodetic Survey, Remote Sensing Division
- Gary Zimmerer, FEMA Region 6, Project Lead for Coastal Mapping for Louisiana and Texas
- Shoshana Resnick, FEMA Region 6, Public Assistance Specialist, Public Assistance Pilot Project
- Greg Pekar, State of Texas Hazard Mitigation Officer, Division of Emergency Management
- Susan Reese, Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Panel Discussion on Hurricane Recovery and Post-Disaster Planning
- Maryellen Sault, NOAA National Geodetic Survey, Remote Sensing Division
- Gary Zimmerer, FEMA Region 6, Project Lead for Coastal Mapping for Louisiana and Texas
- Shoshana Resnick, FEMA Region 6, Public Assistance Specialist, Public Assistance Pilot Project
- Ivy Frances, FEMA Region 6, ESF-14, Long-Term Recovery Planning
- Greg Pekar, State Hazard Mitigation Officer, Division of Emergency Management
- Susan Reese, Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
- Mike Howard, State NFIP Coordinator, Texas Water Development Board
- Jim Weatherford, Hazard Mitigation Program, Texas General Land Office
- Alton E. Porter, Mayor, City of La Porte
- Guy R. Jackson, Mayor, City on Anahuac
- Carlos Cascos, County Judge, Cameron County
Thursday, October 30
Sea Level Rise
Moderator: Josh Lott, NOAA OCRM
- Overview of Sea Level Rise Policy Responses by Coastal States, Julia Wyman, Coastal States Organization
- Sea Level Rise: Planning for Adaptation in the Houston-Galveston Region, Jeff Taebel, Director of Community and Environmental Planning, Houston-Galveston Areas Council
- Adaptation to Climate Change: Developing a Model Local Government Comprehensive Plan Element for Coastal Counties, Isabel Cosio Carballo, Legislative & Public Affairs, South Florida Regional Planning Council
CZMA Performance Measures Workshop
- Coastal Zone Management Act Performance Measurement System, Laurie Rounds, NOAA OCRM
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