Sunday, September 11, 2011

Be At Deering Estate September 17th! By Geniusofdespair

You're Invited! Annual Conservation Workshop, free and open to the public
Sat., Sept. 17 - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. - The Deering Estate

Get involved and participate by helping set TAS' Conservation Agenda in the coming year! Tropical Audubon Society's Annual Conservation Workshop will be held at The Deering Estate Visitor Center from 9-3 p.m.

It will open with a Networking Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and follow with speakers on these topics: Southern Everglades Restoration, FP&L Land Swap & other Park Concerns, Growth Management, Biscayne Bay Issues, and Bird Conservation!

This workshop is free and the public is highly encouraged to attend and participate. No RSVP required. Please e-mail or call Tropical Audubon Society at 305.667.7337 with any questions or comments.

Here is the agenda for the meeting -- you might want to attend just some of it:

8:30 a.m. -9:30 a.m. Networking Breakfast & Optional Bird Walk

9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Southern Everglades
Melissa Meeker, Executive Director, South Florida Water Management District

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. FP&L Land Swap & other Park Concerns
Bob Johnson, Director, South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Lunch 12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. Growth Management Panel: Miami-Dade’s Future
Jim Murley, Richard Grosso, Mark Woerner

1:30 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Biscayne Bay has Reached a State of Critical Harm
Mark Lewis, Superintendent, Biscayne National Park

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Urban Bird Conservation Practices
Roger Hammer & Brian Rapoza

3:30-5:00 p.m. Nature Walk

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Could Biscayne National Park Superintendent Mark Lewis address the environmental impacts of the proposed Port of Miami expansions in his talk on Biscayne Bay reaching a state of "critical harm." Wondering if the Dept. of Interior has weighed in on the potential impacts of the super-freighters - potential for groundings, oil spills, impacts to coral reefs?