Breaux Act Newsflash - Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program Management Conference Meeting # 38 Agenda 9:00AM-September 14, 2006
***********************************************************************Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
Management Conference Meeting # 38 Agenda
9:00AM-September 14, 2006
Nicholls State University Campus
Plantation Room-Student Union
Thibodaux, LA
9:00 AM-9:10 AM
I. CALL TO ORDER
A.Roll-Call
B.Reading and Approval of Minutes of the May 31, 2006 meeting
9:10 AM-9:25 AM
II.PROGRAM ACTIVITIES--Kerry St. Pe'
A. Presentations/Exhibits/Field Trips
Project Wild National Conference
NPS Summer Camps (water quality/culture)
NRCS Fourchon Ridge Planting
K-4 Teacher workshops (NSU, Hammond, Centerville, Bossier City,
Shreveport, Lafayette)
New Iberia Rotary Club
NSU Pre-Service Teachers
CWWPRA Project Dedication-Grand Isle
Outdoor Writer's Assoc.-Lake Charles
Fourchon Ridge Tour w/ UNO Pontchartrain Institute of Environmental
Studies
Lafourche Lower Conservation District- Plattenville
NPS Summer Camps (pipeline slurry)
One River, Mississippi Performance
Survey of NOAA grant work sites
Blind River RC & D Swamp Tour
Plaquemine Lock Camp Day
Manning Passing Academy
Bayou Grace
Timbelier Island Field Trip
LUMCON Coastal Marine Ecology/Coastal Restoration Panel
"Long Beach Cares" Lecture Series
NSU Dyslexia Camp
Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo
COSEE Workshop
LA Youth Environmental Summit--Chicot State Park
LUMCON World Monitoring Day Taiwanese Students
Grand Isle Beach Planting
"Managing Sediments in the Watershed" Conference -- Annual Conference on
Water Management
Fourchon Beach Planting
Patterson Junior High School
Shrimp & Petroleum Festival
B.Media Interviews
Stephanie Soileau-Voila-coastal issues
KANE Radio-New Iberia
Erica Zontek-Univ. of Michigan-stakeholder's process
HTV-Channel 10
Fox 8 News-John Snell
Peter Henderson-Reuter's
For additional interviews see press clippings
C.Meetings
LA Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force
"Envisioning The Future" Report Presentation
Lower Mississippi River Symposium
La Fete d'Ecologie Steering Committee
Bayou Lafourche Joint Legislative Comm.
Oil Spill Prevention Action Plan Team
LACPR/CPRA Strategy Meeting
Children's Museum Wetland Exhibit Planning Meeting
Governor's Environmental Ed Commission
CWPPRA Task Force Meeting
CWPPRA Outreach Committee
Thibodaux Green Space
LRA "Louisiana Speaks" Public Meeting
Wetland Assimilation Workshop
Eagle Expo Planning Meeting
Lafourche CZM meeting
Invasive Species Symposium Site Mtg.
Fourchon Regional Restoration Initiative Meeting
LA Assoc. of Prof. Biologists Symposium
Atchafalaya Basin Program Recreation/Education Comm.
Important Birding Area Meeting
LPB's "Washing Away" Documentary Premier Screening
CPRA Integrated Planning Team
D.Projects Initiated:
1."Design & Production of 2007 Tidal Graph Calendar":-Richard DeMay
2."Maritime Forest Ridge Project-Estuary Restoration Act"-Richard DeMay
3."Vegetative Model for Restoration, Conservation and Habitat Enhancement
on Beneficial-Use Dredge Sediment"-Richard DeMay
4."Oil & Produced Water Spill Prevention Measures Tidal Graph Calendar
Content"-Dean Blanchard
5."Production of 10th Annual La Fete d'Ecologie"-Joni Blanchard
6."Logistical Arrangements for Production of 10th Annual La Fete
d'Ecologie"-Joni Blanchard
7."Promotions & Production of 10th Annual La Fete d'Ecologie"-Joni
Blanchard
8."Continuation of Public Outreach Services for the Mississippi River
Water Reintroduction to Bayou Lafourche"-Joni Blanchard
9:25 AM - 9:30 AM
III. Schedule Next Meeting Date: Date Suggested is Thursday, January 18,
2007.
9:30 AM- 12:25 PM
V. Discussion Items
A."Longest Street in the World" DVD Preview--Jim Fields, Mind's Eye
Productions (40 minutes)
B.CIAP Project Update-Greg Grandy, LDNR (20 minutes)
C.K-4 Teacher Workshop Presentation-Susan Testroet-Bergeron (15 minutes)
D.LACPR Update-Bruce Baird, US Army Corp of Engineers (40 minutes)
E.CPRA Integrated Planning Team Update-Jean Cowan, LDNR (40 minutes)
V. New Business
VI. Adjourn
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