2019 Deepwater Horizon Restoration Summit

Morning Session

DWH Overview and Status Update Panel

Moderator: Phil Coram, Program Administrator, Deepwater Horizon program, DEP   

Topic: RESTORE - Pot 2
Presenter: Ben Scaggs, Executive Director, RESTORE Council

Topic: Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)
Presenter: Ben Frater, Assistant Restoration Manager, DOI

Topic: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund
Presenter: Mike Sharp, Director, NFWF-GEBF

Topic: State Expenditure Plan – Pot 3
Presenter: Dan Dourte, Balmoral Group
 

National Estuary Programs
 

Moderator: Jessica Bibza, National Wildlife Federation

Topic: Coastal and Heartland National Estuary Partnership
Presenter: Jennifer Hecker, Executive Director, CHNEP

Topic: Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Presenter: Maya Burke, Science Policy Coordinator, TBEP

Topic: Sarasota Bay Estuary Program
Presenter: Mark Alderson, Executive Director, SBEP

Restoration Project Case Studies Panel

Moderator: Lisa Robertson, Environmental Administrator, DEP

Topic: RESTORE Gulf of Mexico Habitat Restoration via Conservation Corps Partnership Project

Presenter: Katie Flowers, GulfCorps Education and Outreach Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy/AmeriCorps

Topic: RESTORE Apalachicola Region Restoration Initiative (ARRI)

Presenter: Ben Battle, Gulf of Mexico Forest Restoration Program Manager, USDA

Topic: RESTORE Apalachicola Region Restoration Initiative (ARRI)
Presenters: Anne Birch, Marine Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy

Living Coastal and Marine Resources Project Case Studies Panel

Moderator: Gareth Leonard, Gulf Restoration Coordinator, FWC

Topic:  GEBF Increased Capacity for Marine Mammal Response
Presenter: Anna Panike, Marine Mammal Biologist, FWC

Topic: GEBF Eliminating Light Pollution on Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches
Presenter: Rachel Tighe, M.S., NAILD LS I, Lighting Project Manager, Sea Turtle Conservancy

Topic: GEBF Restoring Florida's Shorebird & Seabird Populations
Presenter: Marianne Korosy, Ph.D., Director of Bird Conservation, Audubon Florida

Afternoon Session

Recreation Project Case Studies Panel

Moderator: Jim Reynolds, Environmental Consultant, DEP

Topic: NRDA Florida Coastal Access project
Presenter: Doug Hattaway, Senior Project Manager, The Trust for Public Land

Topic: NRDA Florida Artificial Reef Creation and Restoration
Presenter: Keith Mille, Biological Administrator, FWC

Topic: NRDA Norriego Point Restoration and Recreation project
Presenter: Pearce Barrett, NRDA Project Manager, DEP
 

Panhandle Estuary Program Panel

Moderator: Darryl Boudreau, Watershed Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy

Topic: Perdido/Pensacola Estuary Program
Presenter: Matt Posner, Matt Posner, Interim Director, Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program

Topic: Choctawhatchee Estuary Program
Presenter: Melinda Gates, Environmental Coordinator, Walton County, Acting Staff for the Choctawhatchee Bay Estuary Coalition

Topic: St. Andrew/St. Joe Bays Estuary Program

Presenter: Jim Muller, RESTORE Act Coordinator, Bay County Board of County Commissioners

Techniques and Strategies for Coastal Resiliency Panel

Moderator: Leslie Ames Reed, Deputy Chief of Staff, DEP

Topic: Vulnerability Assessments and the Resiliency types and techniques

Presenter: Whitney Gray, Florida Resilient Coastlines Program, DEP

Topic: Land Acquisition for Resiliency

Presenters: Callie DeHaven, Director, Division of State Lands, DEP

Topic: Living Shorelines role in Coastal Resiliency

Presenter: Matt Posner, RESTORE and Resilience Program Manager, Natural Resources Management Department, Escambia County

Science Panel

Moderator: Becky Prado, Deputy Director, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, DEP

Topic: Frequently asked questions about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Presenter: Monica Wilson, Ph.D., Oil Spill Research Extension Specialist, Florida Sea Grant

Topic: RESTORE Pot 5 Research - Florida Centers of Excellence
Presenter: Elizabeth Fetherston-Resch, Program Director, FLRACEP

Topic: RESTORE Pot 4 Research – RESTORE Science Program
Presenter: Julien Lartigue, Director, NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program

5:30 – 6 pm Public Meeting:
Florida Deepwater Horizon Restoration Priorities
Presenter: Leslie Ames Reed, Deputy Chief of Staff, DEP

6 – 7 pm Open House and Exhibit Hall