2024 ACF Waters Presentations
Apalachicola River Basin Update Session
1. Kristine Morris, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Ecosystems Restoration, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Jenna Harper, Program Administrator, Florida Department of Environmental Protection / Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve; Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection
Title: Updates from the State of Florida
2. John Tracy, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Florida
Title: Investigating Hydrologic Alteration as a Main Driver of Forest Composition Shifts in the Apalachicola River Floodplain
3. Sandra Brooke, Florida State University
Title: Combining High Resolution Models with Biological Data to Create Estuarine Metrics that can be Integrated into Water Management Plans for the Apalachicola Bay
Chattahoochee River Basin Update Session
1. Linda MacGregor, P.E., Water Resources Director, City of Gainesville
Title: Current Trends in Water Quality and Treatment.
2. Kathy Hawes, Coordinator, Southeastern Partnership for Forests & Water
Title: Update on Partnerships and Collaboration for Improved Water Quality
3. Becca Risser, Headwaters Watershed Specialist, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Title: The Impact of Nutrients on Reservoirs in the Chattahoochee River basin
Flint River Basin Update Session
1. Ania Truszcynski, Chief, Watershed Protection Branch at Georgia EPD
Title: Update on Agricultural Water Withdrawal Permitting for the Flint River Basin
2. Murray Campbell, Farmer Mitchell County
Title: GA-FIT's Habitat Conservation Plan for the Lower Flint River Basin
3. Ben Emanuel, Director, Southeast Conservation, American Rivers
Title: Improving Drought Resilience of the Upper Flint