 Graphic by Sydney Bacchus, PhD
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First International Conference on Mining Impacts to the Human and Natural Environments March 15, 2008 Best Western Conference Center Punta Gorda, FL
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Record of Program- with audio and power point presentations
Welcome!
Thank you for your interest in the conference. Below you will find hyperlinks for the presentations - both in power point and an audio file. Check back to this site periodically for more related links and resources. The conference was held on the Ides of March, and we believe that this page contains valuable resources to help John Q Public inform and engage our elected officials in ensuring that Florida remains a desirable place to live. Thanks for all you are doing in that regard.
Click here for Biographies of the Conference speakers
Schedule of Events
Morning Group Sessions – Human and Wildlife Impacts
8:00-9:00 Welcome and Session Moderator – Bill Wilcox, Edison College
Northern Florida
“Regulatory Inadequacies and Mining Impacts in the Lower Withlacoochee River Watershed”
Citrus and Levy Counties – Ron Armstrong, P.E. & Jack McCarthy, Withlacoochee Area Residents website
Listen to these resident's presentation
“Mine Activities in the Ocklawaha Basin: Inadequate Disclosure and Improper Siting”
Putnam County–Rob Brinkman, the Suwanee-St. Johns Group of the Florida Chapter of the Sierra Club
Listen to Mr. Brinkman's presentation
9:00-10:00 Central Florida
“Inadequate Public Input on Offsite and Long-term Adverse Impacts of Phosphate Mining in the Peace River Basin: Lake Hancock to Charlotte Harbor Estuary”
Hardee County – Dennis Mader, People for Protecting Peace River
Listen to Mr. Mader's presentation
“Phosphate Mining Impacts, Gyp Stacks and Gaps in Agency Regulation“
Manatee and Sarasota Counties – Glenn Compton, ManaSota-88
website maintained by ManaSota-88 http://www.ourphosphaterisk.com
Listen to Glenn's presentation
10:00-11:30 Southern and Coastal Florida
“Threats to Lives and Lifestyles from Industrial Mining in a Rural Southwest Florida Community”
Lee County – Peggy Apgar-Schmidt & Kevin Hill, Corkscrew Road Rural Community
oops! We don't appear to have the audio for this one- sorry! Maybe next conference.
Brooks Concerned Citizens advocacy website - sign up for e-mail notices and e-action alerts
“Gulf Coast Impacts from Inland Mining”
Gulf Coast – Joe Murphy, Gulf Restoration Network " If the earth came with an instruction manual, it would have said
DONT TOUCH THE KNOBS!"
Southeast to Southwest – Tom Warnke, Surfrider Foundation & the Eastern Surfing Association
- look especially for their "Position Statement on Coastal Armoring".
11:30-12:00 Morning Session Speakers’ Panel Discussion
Ron Armstrong, P.E. & Jack McCarthy, Withlacoochee Area Residents
Rob Brinkman, the Suwanee-St. Johns Group of the Florida Chapter of the Sierra Club
Glenn Compton, ManaSota-88
Peggy Apgar-Schmidt, Corkscrew Road Rural Community
Dennis Mader, People for Protecting Peace River
Joe Murphy, Gulf Restoration Network
Tom Warnke, Surfrider Foundation & the Eastern Surfing Association
Lunch Best Western Conference Center Restaurant or Your Choice
Afternoon Technical Sessions – Science, Technology and Alternatives
Session Moderator – Nora Demers, Ph. D., Florida Gulf Coast University
1:00-2:00 Monitoring Inadequacies and Alternatives
Bill Dunson, Ph. D., Penn State University
Listen to Dr. Dunson's presentation
“High Performance Wireless Networks: Realtime Data Access for Monitoring Mine Sites” (see the video at the link)
Hans-Werner Braun & Pablo Bryant, University of California San Diego Learn more about HPWREN
“Applications for Glass Cullet as an Alternative to Mined Sand for Construction Aggregate” *
Charles W. Finkl, Ph. D. & C. Makowski, Coastal Planning & Engineering
2:00-3:00 Air and Water Quality, Remote Sensing and Economic Impacts
Bill Louda, Ph. D.,
Florida Atlantic University,
and Councilman of
Loxahatchee Groves
see Dr. Louda's CV
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." (Isaac Asimov)
“Monitoring Open Pit Mining Operations Using Aerial Photographs and Google Earth” *
Tommy Jordan, Ph. D. & Marguerite Madden, Ph. D., University of Georgia Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science
“Economic Analysis of Mining Impacts: Flaws and Inadequacies”
Richard Weisskoff, Ph. D., University of Miami
technical difficulties - click here for Dr. Weiskoff's T/F test
3:00-4:00 Soils and Geology
Lew Carter, Polston Engineering
James Flocks, USGS
“Controls on the Depositional Balance Between Carbonates and Siliciclastics on the Southeastern Florida Platform: Applicability To Mine Site Evaluations”*
Kevin J. Cunningham, USGS Miami; Stanley D. Locker and Albert C. Hine, University of South Florida; David Bukry and John Barron, USGS Menlo Park & Laura Guertin, Penn State University Delaware County
4:00-5:30 Hydrology and Hydroperiod
Todd Kincaid, Ph. D., H2H Associates "Don't do the pink underwear test"
listen to Dr. Kincaid's presentation
“Groundwater Modeling to Assess Impacts from Mining in Karst Aquifers”
Tim Hazlett, Ph. D. & Todd Kincaid, Ph. D., Hazlett-Kincaid
“Field Assessments of Landscape-scale Mining Impacts Based on Spectroscopic Analyses”
Sydney Bacchus, Ph. D., Applied Environmental Services
listen to Dr. Bacchus' presentation
5:30-6:00 Afternoon Session Speakers’ Panel Discussion
Sydney Bacchus, Ph. D., Applied Environmental Services
Lew Carter, Soil Scientist, Polston Engineering
Bill Dunson, Ph. D., Penn State University
James Flocks, USGS
Todd Kincaid, Ph. D., H2H Associates
listen to the afternoon panel discussion
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go to the NETWORKING PORTAL (this page is sun-setting in May of 2008)- see instead the following go to the compilation entry page to find additional related resources for speakers and attendees who are looking forward to sharing skills and stories. Please contact each other, and expand this citizen advocacy network so we can more effectively engage and educate each other and our elected representatives. Thanks |
The conference focused on adverse impacts from mining currently not addressed or evaluated by regulatory agencies and municipalities, as well as alternatives to mining and approaches for improved monitoring and evaluation of existing and proposed mine sites and mine-related impacts. Thanks to the volunteer efforts of scientists, other professionals and citizens, combined with sponsorship by the organizations below to cover conference costs, this conference is free and open to the public. This conference strives to be 100% carbon neutral and environmentally friendly.
Please enjoy your visit, and contact me with your thoughts.
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Last updated November 1, 2013
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