Ag Module: NWFWMD Edition & State Wrap-up

Name: Ag Module: NWFWMD Edition & State Wrap-up
Start: 2015-02-19
End: 2015-02-20
Location: Tallahassee, United States

Published on December 28, 2014 02:15 by Stan Bronson, Director of Partnerships at the Alliance for a Climate Resilient Earth (ACRE)

The Ag Modules are a series of two-day forums that look at innovation in water resources, from both water quality and quantity perspective, in the agriculture sector. Dates for The Ag Modules are:

**2014 Ag Module Series**
Dates	District	Location	Registration Webpage
January 21 & 22	SFWMD	Okeechobee
April 24 & 25	SWFWMD	Crystal Springs
September 18 & 19	SRWMD	UF's Cary Center	C lick here
December 4 & 5	SJRWMD	UNF Jacksonville	click here
February 19 & 20, 2015	NWFWMD	FSU Tallahassee

Ag Module 2014: NWFWMD Edition
February 19 and 20, 2015

Draft Agenda

Thursday December 11, 2014 A Day of Conversation at the University of North Florida Conference Center

8:45 – 9:15 AM Welcome and Description of the Day – Stan Bronson, Executive Director, Florida Earth and Brett Cyphers, Executive Director, N WFWMD

9:15 - 9:45 AM - The Year of Water: 2015 Legislative Session - Jon Steverson, Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

9:45 – 10:15 AM Agricultural Water: Protecting the Future of Our Nation – Review of 2012 Agricultural, White Paper developed by King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management. Mitch Hutchcraft, Vice President for Real Estate, King Ranch Florida LLC

10:30 – 10:45 AM Break

10:45 – 11:30 AM Innovation at NWFWMD: New Programs and Projects, Brett Cyphers, Executive Director, NWFWMD

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Moving Past Regulation to Sustainability – Moderator, Ernie Cox, Family Lands Remembered and Chair of Board, Florida Earth, The CARES Program - Scot Eubanks, Florida Farm Bureau, Gina Zirkle, Environmental Scientist, Scotts Miracle Gro

12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch Keynote: Commissioner Adam Putnam, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (Invited)

1:30 – 2:00 PM Envision Alachua - Tim Jackson, Director of Real Estate, Plum Creek

2:00 – 3:00 PM The Future of Water in Florida – Creating a Water Ethic. Moderator, Cynthia Barnett, Author, Steve Seibert, Principal, triSect Innovation, Del Bottcher, President, SWET; Pierce Jones, UF/IFAS

3:00 – 3:15 PM Break

3:15 - 4:00 Creating Public-Private Partnership based Solutions for Water Problems, TBA

4:00-4:15 PM Thoughts on the Day, George Roberts, Governing Board Chair, NWFWMD

4:15 – 4:30 PM Summary, Logistics for Next Day and Adjourn

Friday, December 12, 2014 – A Day of Explorations

8:30 AM Rendezvous and get on bus

09:00 AM– Arrive at Farm Location, TBA

11:30 AM– Depart

12:00 PM– Arrive at Wakulla Springs

12:15 – Lunch

1:00 - 4:00 PM Tour of Wakulla Springs and Stakeholder Panel

Speakers

	Stan Bronson Executive Director Florida Earth Foundation
	Brett Cyphers Executive Director NWFWMD
	Jon Steverson Secretary FDEP
	Luna Phillips Attorney Gunster Yoakley
	Steve Seibert President t riSect, LLC
	Angela Chellette Technical Manager NWFWMD
	Scot Eubanks Assistant Director Florida Farm Bureau
	Pierce Jones Director UF PREC
	Gina Zirkle Env. Scientist Scotts Miracle Gro
	George Roberts Chair, Gov. Board NWFWMD
	Del Bottcher SWET
	Bill Tredik Director Indian River Lagoon Initiative
	Tim Jackson Director, Real Estate Plum Creek