Photo by M. Ray-Culp, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

June 13, 2008
Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, Florida

Speaker Presentations

Introduction
 • Melody Ray-Culp, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

What are living shorelines (LSLs)?
 • Dr. Chris Boyd, Mississippi State University and Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
 • Eric Schneider, PBS&J
 • Carl Ferraro, Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources

Panel – LSL regulatory issues at state, federal, and local levels
 • Ted Reese and Aimee Kirkpatrick, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, NW    District
 • Dale Beter, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
 • Carl Ferraro, Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
 • Patty Kelly, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
 • Tita Sokoloff, Bay County
 • Joy Brown, City of Fort Walton Beach
 • Robert Turpin, Escambia County, Marine Resources Division

Panel – finished LSL projects
 • Amy Baldwin, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
 • Dr. Chris Boyd, Mississippi State University Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
 • Mike Brim, BEST, Inc., Friends of St. Andrew Bay
 • Alison McDowell, Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance
 • Eric Schneider, PBS&J
 • Robert Turpin, Escambia County, Marine Resources Division

Panel – in-the-works LSL projects
 • Shelley Alexander, Office of Coastal & Aquatic Managed Areas
 • Amy Baldwin, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
 • Joy Brown, City of Fort Walton Beach
 • Mary Austill Lott, The Nature Conservancy
 • Brad Pickel, Seahaven Consulting
 • Dan Tonsmeire, Apalachicola Bay and River Keeper
 • Leslie Craig, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Other LSL topics
Plans for development of Best Management Practices
     Melody Ray-Culp, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Contractors who can provide LSL services
     EarthBalance; Ecological Consulting Services, Inc.; PBS&J; Seahaven Consulting
Plant type and planting considerations
     Dr. Debbie Miller, University of Florida
Plant suppliers
     Alison McDowell, Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance
Grasses in Classes
     Mary Gutierrez, West Florida Regional Planning Council
Funding sources
     Melody Ray-Culp, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Leslie Craig, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)