33rd Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 2015

Agenda and Materials

Please click below for the 33rd USCRTF meeting agenda.

Meeting Agenda

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DC Science Cafe Event

Registration

Meeting Registration

Presentations

USCRTF Steering Committee Update

• Shannon Simpson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Liza Johnson, Department of the Interior (DOI)

All Islands Committee Update

• Fran Castro, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and AIC Chair, "U.S. All Islands Coral Reef Committee (AIC) Chair’s Report"

Ocean Acidification Panel

• Dr. Mark Eakin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "Ocean Acidification and Coral Reefs"
• Dr. Dwight Gledhill, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Dr. Liz Whiteman, California Ocean Science Trust, "Ocean Acidification & Hypoxia on the US West Coast"
• Dr. Kenli Kim, Department of State
• Sarah Dunham, Environmental Protection Agency

Injury Response and Mitigation Handbook Update

• Gerry Davis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Paige Rothenberger, "DRAFT Handbook on Coral Reef Impacts: Avoidance, Minimization, Compensatory Mitigation and Restoration"

Sunia Internships

• U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Sunia Interships (2014 and 2015)

Climate Change Working Group Update

• Britt Parker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Climate Change Working Group History and Accomplishments
• Jordan West, Environmental Protection Agency, Corals & Climate Adaptation Planning Project

Steering Committee Presentations

• Shannon Simpson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Liza Johnson, Department of the Interior (DOI), "U.S.Coral Reef Task Force 101"
• Fran Castro, AIC Chair, Guam, "All Islands Committee 101"
• Lance Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "Potential “4(d) Ruleâ€� for ESA Listed Corals in Pacific Islands Region"
• Lance Smith and Jennifer Moore, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "Update on Coral ESA Listings"
• Education and Outreach Working Group Update

Department of Justice Update

• John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General, "Recent Coral-related Litigation"

Public Comment

Rachel Silverstein, Executive Director, Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper, "Dredging-Related Sediment Impacts on Coral Reefs near the Port of Miami Channel