Breaux Act Newsflash - Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program MC Meeting # 40 Agenda 9:00 AM May 10, 2007
***********************************************************************Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program MC Meeting # 40 Agenda 9:00 AM
May 10, 2007 Nicholls State University Campus Plantation Room-Student Union
Thibodaux, LA
9:00 AM to 9:10 AM
I. CALL TO ORDER
A. Roll-- Call
B. Reading and Approval of Minutes of the January 18, 2007 meeting
9:10 AM to 9:25 AM
II. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES-Kerry St. Pe'
A. Personnel Changes
Resignation of Joni Blanchard
New Hires:
Mel Landry -- Public Involvement Coordinator
Shelly Sparks -- Media Coordinator
Gary Fine
Presentations/Exhibits/Field Trips
Houma RV & Boat Show
NOAA Senior Executive Service Retreat
Western Reserve Historical Society
Wisconsin Wetlands Assoc -- Wetlands Science Forum
NSU Preservice Teachers
Eagle Expo
St. Landry Parish K--4 Teacher workshop
Plover Survey
Bayou Lafourche: The Longest Street in the World DVD Premier
Lake Verret Field Trip for Legislative Assistants
LSU Culture Awareness Day
Atchafalaya Commission Educ. Committee to Barataria NPS
Coastal Conservation Assoc. Conference
NSU Jubilee/Cajun Culture Day
Citizen's Monitoring Workshop
LSU Forum on Climate Change
Native Garden at Lumen Christi
Terrebonne/LDWF Aquatic Clinic
Lafourche Parish Bicentennial
B. Media Interviews
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Advocate: "Spirit of the Estuary: Using Art to Understand Ecology."
The Daily Comet-oil companies helping to restore Louisiana's wetlands;
potential loss of funding for estuary programs across the nation.
Gumbo Entertainment Guide -- 2007 Paddle Bayou Lafourche
The Houma Courier -- pipeline sediment delivery.
KLRZ -- 2007 Paddle Bayou Lafourche event.
Plaquemines Gazette -- Louisiana's proposed coastal restoration plan.
The Times Picayune: 3 part series on problems facing Louisiana's Wetlands;
potential funding cut for estuary programs across the nation.
For additional interviews see press clippings
C. Meetings
Coastal Forestry Advisory Comm.
Bayou Lafourche DVD Premier Planning Meeting
Migratory Bird Action Plan Team
Woody Gagliano -- Conveyance Channel
Iberville Parish Environmental Dept.
Children's Discovery Center
GOMA Underserved Underrepresented Populations
CPRA Scoping Meeting
CWPPRA Public Outreach Committee
La Fete Steering Committee Meeting
LDNR Coastal Non--Point Source Meeting
Louisiana Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force Meeting
CWPPRA Task Force
WETSHOP Planning Meeting
Education Action Plan Team Meeting
LDWF Grand Isle Lab Groundbreaking Ceremony
Bayou Region Drinking Water Protection Meeting
EPA/ANEP Spring Meeting
Pipeline Slurry Video Meeting
Governor's Comm. On Environmental Education
Governor's Coastal Advisory Committee
D. Projects Initiated:
1."Distribution and Abundance of Larval Fishes: Transfer of Scientific
Data to the Public Through a Multiuse Web Page"-Susan Testroet-Bergeron
2."Go Native: Discovering and Planting Native Trees in Terrebonne Parish"
No cost time extension-Susan Testroet-Bergeron
3."False River Wetland Education through Maps and Aerial Photography
(WETMAAP) Product Development"-Susan Testroet-Bergeron
4."Louisiana Wetland Library Collection Enhancement for L.E. Fletcher
Technical Community College"-Susan Testroet-Bergeron
5."Graphic Design and Artwork for BTNEP Children's Booklet"-Susan
Testroet-Bergeron
6."Manual of Rare Plants, Animals and Natural Communities of the Louisiana
Coastal Zone"-Susan Testroet-Bergeron
7."Development of the 2008 Bird Calendar Text"-Richard DeMay
8."Design and Layout of 2008 Bird Calendar"-Richard DeMay
9."Breeding Biology Study of Wilson?s Plovers in Coastal Louisiana-Year
2"-Richard DeMay
10."Development of Text for a Series of Wood Plant Species
Pamphlets"-Richard DeMay
11."Layout and Design of both the Wading Bird Publication and Woody Plant
Pamphlets"-Richard DeMay
12.Contractual marine Debris Removal in Barataria Perserve Projects (Gulf
of Mexico Foundation)-Joni Blanchard/Mel Landry
9:25 AM - 9:30 AM
III. Schedule Next Meeting Date: Date Suggested is Thursday, August 9,
2007.
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
V. Action Items
A. FY 2008 Workplan (1 hr.)
This draft workplan for fiscal year 2007(October 1, 2007- September 30,
2008) will be submitted to EPA in June. The workplan describes a budget
request to EPA for executing 27 contractual projects and several
administrative type budgets.
ACTION: The MC is requested to approve the FY 2008 Workplan (Enclosure: FY
2008 Workplan)
10:00 AM - 12:00 noon
VI.Discussion Items
A. Louisiana Source Water Protection Program. - Howard Fielding, LA Dept. of
Environmental Quality (20 minutes)
B. Presentation on La CPR Plan-Edmond Russo, US Army Corps of Engineers (1
hour)
C. 2007 Paddle Trip Update-Shelley Sparks (15 minutes)
D. Grand Isle Bird Celebration Update-Richard DeMay (10 minutes)
E. "Trees Make a World of Difference" Mini-Grants Project Update-Ellen
Doskey, Terrebonne Parish Tree Board (10 minutes)
VI. New Business
VII. Adjourn
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