Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
Biloxi Task Force Meeting Agenda/Presentations
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
Task Force Meeting Agenda
August 30, 2011
Biloxi Convention Center, Biloxi, MS
10:00am Welcome and Introductions
Lisa P. Jackson, EPA Administrator, Task Force Chair
Garret Graves, LA Coastal protection Authority, Task Force Vice-Chair
Mississippi: The people are the Story
10:15am Welcome
Trudy Fisher, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
10:45am Coast Restoration: Shared Vision Shared Results
Susan Rees, program Manager, Mississippi Coastal Improvements program, US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile PDF (18pp, 4MB, About PDF)
11:15am partnering for a Better Mississippi
Melissa Collier, Director, Office of Community Engagement, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Bishop James Black, Executive Director, Center for Environmental & Economic Justice, Inc.
Jonny Truong, program Coordinator, Asian Americans for Change
Coen Perrott, Coastal Basin Coordinator, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
11:55am Seeing the Gulf from Iowa: Farmer to Farmer Exchange
Dean Lemke, P.E. Chief, Water Resources Bureau, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship PDF (64pp, 5MB, About PDF)
12:30pm Break for Lunch
1:30pm Strategy Development Update
Bryon Griffith (EPA) & Buck Sutter (NOAA), Task Force Deputies
1:50pm Update on NRDA process
Trudy Fisher, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
2:15pm Chair & Vice Chair Closing
2:30pm Meeting Adjourn - Transition to public Listening Sessions
2:45pm Concurrent (General public) Listening Sessions
Community Resilence Listening Session PDF (5pp,33K, About PDF)
Habitat Listening Session PDF (7pp,40K, About PDF)
Living Coastal and Marine Resources Listening Session (4pp,32K, About PDF)
Water Quality PDF (6pp,37K, About PDF)
4:15pm Listening Sessions Adjourn