October 30, 2024 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

Wednesday, oct 30, 2024
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

South Florida Water Management District
3301 Gun Club Road, Building B-1, Governing Board Auditorium
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whip-Around

3. July 23, 2024 Meeting Summary

4. Integrated Delivery Schedule

   • Draft IDS 2024 Placemat - For Viewing

   • Draft IDS 2024 Placemat - For Printing

   • Presentation - Draft IDS 2024 Update

5. Executive Director’s Report

6. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Program and Project Update

7. South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Program and Project Update

8. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER) – Update

9. Task Force Directive

10. National Research Council (NRC) Report

    • Presentation

    • Highlights - The Tenth Biennial Review 2024

    • Full Report - The Tenth Biennial Review 2024

11. Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Gradient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network (GARDEN)

12. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team (FCRCT)

13. Invasive Species Team

July 23, 2024 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

tuesday, July 23, 2024
9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center
3501 SW 130th Avenue, Davie, FL 33330

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whip-Around

   • COL Brandon Bowman Bio

3. March 20, 2024 Meeting Summary

4. Executive Director’s Report

5. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Program and Project Update

6. Chairs’ Facilitated Discussion

7. South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Program and Project Update

8. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER) – 2024 System Status Report

9. Everglades and Big Cypress Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (REMAP) Update

10. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team (FCRCT)

11. Invasive Species Team

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March 20, 2024 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center
3501 SW 130th Avenue, Davie, FL 33330

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whip-Around

3. Approval of January 16, 2024 Meeting Summary

4. Executive Director’s Report

   • Task Force Reporting Requirements

   • Implementing Sec. 504, Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020 - Invasive Species Risk Assessment, Prioritization, and Management

   • Memo from the Invasive Species Advisory Body to the Working Group

5. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER)

6. Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK)

   • Indigenous Knowledge as Evidence in Federal Rule-Making (University of Miami Law Review Article by Edward Randall Ornstein)

   • Statement of ITEK regarding Historic Miccosukee Water Conservation Area 3-A Conditions (Letter from Chairman Cypress, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida)

   • Statement of ITEK regarding S-12 A and S-12 B Structure Operations (Letter from Chairman Cypress, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida)

7. Environmental DNA (eDNA) Analyses to Inform the Geographic Range of Burmese Pythons in Florida

8. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Program and Project Update

9. South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Program and Project Update

10. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team (FCRCT)

11. Florida’s Coral Reef: 2023 Marine Heatwave Impacts and Response

    • 2023 Marine Heatwave Impacts and Response

    • Florida's Coral Reef: 2023 Coral Bleaching Response

12. Watershed Restoration and Juvenile Fish Communities in the Ten Thousand Islands

    • Will Watershed Restoration Impair or Improve Juvenile Fish Communities in the Ten Thousand Islands? (Presentation by Matt Kendall, NOAA)

    • What Controls Home Range Relocations by Estuarine Fishes Downstream from Watersheds with Altered Freshwater Flow? (Article by Matthew Kendall et al., in Hydrobiologia)

    • How Are Man-Made Changes in Freshwater Flow Related to the Abundance of Juvenile Estuarine Fishes? (Article by Bethany Williams et al., in Estuaries and Coasts)

    • Too Much Freshwater, Not Enough, or Just Right? Long‑Term Trawl Monitoring Demonstrates the Impact of Canals that Altered Freshwater Flow to Three Bays in SW Florida (Article by Matthew Kendall et al., in Estuaries and Coasts)

January 16, 2024 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2024

South Florida Water Management District
3301 Gun Club Road, Building B-1, Governing Board Auditorium
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

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CLICK HERE to view the recorded webcast.

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whiparound

3. September 2023 Meeting Summary

4. Executive Director’s Report

   • Task Force Reporting Requirements

   • Implementing Sec. 504, Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020 - Invasive Species Risk Assessment, Prioritization, and Management

5. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Program and Project Update

6. South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Program and Project Update

7. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team (FCRCT)

8. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER)

9. Open Discussion on Future Science Topics