Florida Earth presents is Natural Systems Module for 2013 on Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15. Thursday's sessions will be at ARM Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Friday's Session will be held at the South Florida Science & Research Center in Homestead and at Everglades National Park. See below for the agenda. For more information, call Stan at (561) 686-3600 or email stan@floridaearth.org. A registration fee of $200 covers transportation, lunches and materials. Online registration is http://www.floridaearth.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.one_event&event_id=135.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 ARM Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome & Introduction - Stan Bronson, FEF
8:45 - 9:45 AM Defining the System - Stan Bronson, Executive Director, Florida Earth
9:45 - 10:45 AM Nutrients in the Natural System - Dr. Melissa Martin, National Park Service
10:45 - 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Wading Bird Research in South Florida - Dr. Mark Cook,12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Walking tour of ARM Lox NWR Boardwalk
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Issues, Management and Monitoring of ARM Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - Silvia Pelizza, Superintendent, ARM Lox NWR
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM The LILA Project - Dr. Tom Dreschel and Eric Cline, SFWMD
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Airboat Tour of WCA2 - Lyle Thomas, Loxahatchee Airboat Tours
Friday, March 15, 2012 National Park, Homestead
7:30 AM - 10:00 AM Drive to Everglades National Park
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Issues, Management and Research in Everglades National Park, Carol Mitchell, Assistant Director of Research, South Florida Natural Resources Research Center
11:30 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch, El Toro Taco, Homestead
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Tour of Anhinga Trail - Larry Perez, Everglades National Park
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Drive back to West Palm Beach
CEU's for landscape architects, engineers and planners available pending approvals
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