| Monday, October 31, 2005 | Tuesday, November 1, 2005 | |||
| 8:00-8:30 | Registration and breakfast at Aquarena Center Shuttle service to LBJ Center (ongoing) |
8:30-9:00 | Shuttle service to LBJ Center (ongoing) Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | OPENING EVENTS Welcome Address Andrew Sansom, River Systems Institute Perry Moore, Provost, Texas State University - San Marcos Dedication to Joe Moore Todd Votteler, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Keynote Speaker Justice Gregory Hobbs, Colorado Supreme Court |
9:00 | OPENING EVENTS: Guest Speaker MORNING PLENARY Management Strategies: Cases of Implications, Ingenuity, Implementation Chair: Cindy Leoffler, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Caddo Lake Dwight Shellman, Caddo Lake Institute Galveston Bay Glenda Callaway, Ekistics Corporation Environmental Flows: Texas Estuaries Case Study Bruce Moulton, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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| 9:30 | Break | 10:45 | Break | |
| 9:45 | MORNING PLENARY: Current Texas Flow Programs Chair: Myron Hess, National Wildlife Federation Texas Instream Flow Study Program and NAS Review Barney Austin, Texas Water Development Board David Maidment, University of Texas at Austin & Member of NAS Review Committee Thomas Hardy, Utah Center for Water Resources & Member of NAS Review Committee Texas Bay and Estuary Study Program Cindy Loeffler, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Environmental Flow Protection in TCEQ Permitting Todd Chenowith, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
11:00 | MORNING PLENARY - INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT: Providing a Nexus for Surface Water, Groundwater, and Watershed Management Chair: Mary Sahs, Sahs & Associates Inflow Water Quality/Watershed Management Richard Kiesling, US Geologic Survey Integration of Surface Water & Groundwater Management John Ashworth, LBG-Guyton Associates Land Stewardship, Watershed Management and In-stream Flows Bradford Wilcox, Texas A&M, Department of Rangeland Ecology & Management |
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| 11:30 | LUNCHEON FEATURE: Legislative Panel on Texas Flow Policy (12 noon) Representative Robert Puente, Texas House of Representatives Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Texas Senate |
12:30 | LUNCHEON SPEAKER (1:00pm) Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature Brian Richter, The Nature Conservancy |
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| 1:00 | AFTERNOON PLENARY: Ecosystem Context of Environmental Issues Chair: Warren Pulich, River Systems Institute Freshwater Flows to Bays and Estuaries Paul Montagna, Department of Marine Science and George Ward, Center for Research in Water Resources, UTA Biotic Responses to Instream Flow Variation Kirk Winemiller, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University Spring Ecosystems, Geochemistry and Flow Dynamics Glenn Longley, Edward Aquifer Research and Data Center, Texas State University - San Marcos |
1:45 | AFTERNOON PLENARY - PLANNING FOR HUMAN NEEDS AND WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION Chair: TWDB Carolyn Brittin Regional Water Planning Group - Region K John Burke, Chair of Region K WPG, Aqua Water Supply Corporation Jennifer Benaman, Quantitative Environmental Analysis, LLC Regional Water Planning Group - Region M Glenn Jarvis, Chair of Region M WPG, Attorney at Law Bob Brandes, RJB Consultants |
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| 2:30 | Break | 2:45 | Break | |
| 2:45 | AFTERNOON PLENARY (Cont.): Broadening the Understanding of Texas Systems Chair: Kevin Mayes, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Blanco/Brazos/Independence River Systems Tim Bonner, Texas State University - San Marcos, Department of Biology Physical, chemical, and biological responses to inflow events in the Galveston and San Antonio Bay Systems Steve Davis, Texas A&M, Texas Agricultural Extension Service Colorado River Flow Relationships to Aquatic Habitat and State Threatened Species: Blue Sucker Ed Oborney, Bio-West, Inc. Bays In Peril Study Dr. Norman Johns, National Wildlife Federation |
3:00 | AFTERNOON PLENARY - FLOW PROTECTION FOR THE FUTURE: Where are we and where do we go from here? Chair: Andrew Sansom, River Systems Institute Policy Development Processes Myron Hess, National Wildlife Federation Dean Robbins, Texas Water Conservation Association Agency Commissioners Panel Honorable Joseph Fitzsimmons, Chairman, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Jack Hunt, Vice Chairman, Texas Water Development Board Commissioner Larry Soward, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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| 4:15 | Closing Remarks | 4:15 | Closing Remarks | |
| Wednesday, November 2, 2005 | |
| 7:30-8:00 | CEU Course Check-In at Aquarena Springs |
| 8:00-12:00 | CEU Course I: Introductory to Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) Program with Brian Richter, The Nature Conservancy |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:30-4:30 | CEU Course II: Flow Needs Process In the Field with Kevin Mayes, Texas Parks and Wildlife |
Enjoy a late afternoon reception on the beautiful grounds of Aquarena Center, future home of the Texas Rivers Center. Located at the headwaters of the San Marcos River, the Aquarena Center features glass-bottom boat tours of Spring Lake, wetlands boardwalks, and a 9-hole golf course. The reception will be held from 4:30-7:00 and feature live music and complimentary glass-bottom boat tours (boats will run until dusk).
The highlight of the evening is the Authors Roundtable starting at 5:45pm The following authors of the literary works featured during the conference will be available to discuss their work and sign books:
Joe Nick Patoski, Author- Texas Coasts
Laurence Parent, Photographer and Author - Texas Coasts, Official Guide to Texas State Parks
Jan Reid, Editor and Author - Rio Grande
Brian Richter, Co-author- Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature
Tom Wassenich, San Marcos River Foundation-Freshwater Inflow to the Bays and Estuaries of Texas
James Kimmel, Author and Jerry Touchstone Kimmel, Photographer - The San Marcos: A River's Story
Charles Kruvand, Photographer-Texas Waterways (under development)