Breaux Act Newsflash - LCA Science Board August Mtg Agenda
***********************************************************************The August meeting of the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Science Board will be
held in New Orleans at the Lindy Boggs Conference Center on August 27 and
August 28.
Meeting Purpose: The focus of the August Science Board meeting will be on
sediment resources available in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River
systems for coastal wetlands restoration in south Louisiana.
Meeting location:
LCA Science Board Lindy Boggs Conference Center
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148
August 27 -28, 2008
Agenda: (times are approximate)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Lindy Boggs, Room 257
8:30 Meet/Opening remarks (D. Boesch, Chair)
8:40 Update on the Science &Technology Program Office (B. Kleiss/J. Pahl.
USACE/LA DNR)
9:30 Mississippi River Geomorphology and Sediment Trends (D. Biedenharn,
Biedenharn Group)
10:30 Break
10:45 Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Discharge and Suspended-Sediment
Trends 1976-2007 (C. Demas, USGS)
11:15 Toward an Understanding of Sediment Dynamics (E. Meselhe (ULL))
in the Lowermost Mississippi River: New Observational (M. Allison (UT))
Data and Modeling Directions (S&T Ongoing Project Update) (A. McCorquedale &
I. Georgiou (UNO))
12:00 Lunch (locally)
1:30 (Cont.) Toward an Understanding of Sediment Dynamics (E. Meselhe (ULL))
in the Lowermost Mississippi River: New Observational (M. Allison (UT))
Data and Modeling Directions (S&T Ongoing Project Update) (A. McCorquedale &
I. Georgiou (UNO))
2:30 Mississippi River Delta Management Study Action Plan (related CIAP
project effort) (D. Hitchings & C. Hunt) (CH2 M. Hill)
3:30 Break
3:45 Sediment Considerations in the LACPR (Cherie Price (USACE))
Thursday (August 28, 2008)
CERM 448
8:30 Science Board working session, with S&T Program Office staff
10:30 Science Board executive session and wrap-up (D. Boesch)
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