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Fourth Annual State of Our Watershed Conference
The Tallapoosa River Basin
Central Alabama Community College
April 11, 2008
Sponsored by:
The
Middle Tallapoosa River Basin Clean Water Partnership,
Auburn University Water Resources Center
Central Alabama Community College
Alabama Water Watch
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8:30 Registration
9:00 Conference Welcome
(pdf) - Barbara
Young, Mayor of Alexander City
- Dr.
Steve Franks, President, Central Alabama
Community College
Morning Session
Moderator:
David Rouse, Head, Auburn University Department of Fisheries and
Allied Aquacultures
9:10 Conference Overview
(pdf)
– Bill Deutsch, TWP Project Director, AU Department of Fisheries
9:20 Impacts of the Drought of 2007
(pdf) –
J. Brian Atkins, P. E., Division
Director, Office of Water
Resources, Alabama
Department of Economic and Community Affairs
9:40 Does Lake Martin Measure Up to Outstanding
Alabama Waters?
(pdf) –
Lynn Sisk,
Chief, Water Quality Branch, Water Division, Alabama Department
of Environmental Management
10:00 Community-Based
Initiatives in the Tallapoosa River Basin:
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Clean Water Partnership
(pdf), Tommy Futral, Chairman, MTRBCWP
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Lake Martin HOBO
(pdf), Jesse Cunningham, President
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Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association
(pdf), Charles Smith,
Coordinator, UTRBCWP
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Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance
(pdf),
Don McClellan, Executive Director, LMAEDA
10:40 Break - Poster Session
11:10 Lake Martin Dam Relicensing
(pdf)
– Jim Crew, Hydro Licensing Project Manager, Alabama Power Co.
11:30
Keynote Speaker: Need for a
Comprehensive Water Plan for Alabama
– Betty
Carol Graham,
Alabama State Representative of the 81st
District
12:00 Lunch at CACC Deli
Afternoon Session
Moderator:
Stan Cook, Chief, Fisheries Section, Alabama Dept. of
Conservation and Natural Resources
1:10 Rumblin' Bumblin' Stumblin' -- A Showdown of Water Policy on the
Tallapoosa
(pdf)
–
Donn Rodekohr,
Spatial Analyst, Auburn University Department of Agronomy and Soils
1:30 Role of the AU Water Resources Center in Sustainable
Water Management
(pdf)
–
Leslie Parsons and
Michael
Kensler, Auburn University Water Resources Center
1:50 The Tallapoosa Watershed Project
(pdf) – Bill Deutsch, TWP Project
Director
2:10 Break - Poster Session
2:45 Panel Discussion/Q & A
(pdf):
Science needs, Community involvement, Policy & management
challenges
Moderator: J. Brian Atkins, P. E., Division
Director, Office of Water Resources, ADECA
Panelists: ADEM, APCo, AL DNR, ARA
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