Natural Resources Leadership Institute

NRLI Alumni

Class VIII

Participants

Name
Practicum
Organization
Steven Allen Recreational Boating in Florida:  The Issues of Public Access, Water Quality, and Policymaking The Capstone Group, Inc
Elena Bastidas Community-based Conservation in Afro-Colombian Territories: Reaching Consensus Through Conflict Maps Nova Southeastern University Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Tatiana Borisova St. Johns River Water Quality and Stakeholders University of Florida Food and Resources Economics Department
Kevin Brown Water Bottling Plants in the Santa Fe River Farm Credit of North Florida
Debra Butler St. Johns River Water Quality and Stakeholders Johnson Engineering, Inc.
Diana Ferguson St. Johns River Water Quality Florida Association of Counties
Bryan Fluech Organizing Community Stakeholders to Discuss the Emergency Dredging of Matanzas Pass UF/IFAS Extension Collier County
Kevin Hennessy St. Johns River Water Quality and Stakeholders Lewis, Longman & Walker, PA
Chrissy Hensel Living Shorelines – Promoting a Softer Approach than Coastal Hardening Earth Balance
Dianne Hughes Sea turtles and coastal roadway lighting, reaching a balance for sea turtle survival Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Peter Johnson Audubon of Florida Climate Change Forum St. Johns River Water Management Distrtct
Jennison Kipp St. Johns River Water Quality and Stakeholders University of Florida Program for Resource Efficient Communities
Carol Lippincott Scenarios: Developing a Community Vision of the Future of Florida Springs Lippincott Consulting, LLC
Tyler Macmillan Access Management Strategy for Florida River Island Northwest Florida Water Management Distrct
Lisa Marie Phillips Recreational Boating in Florida:  The Issues of Public Access, Water Quality, and Policymaking City of Bradenton Beach
Jane Provancha Sea turtles and coastal roadway lighting, reaching a balance for sea turtle survival Dynamac Corporation
Melody Ray-Culp Living Shorelines – Promoting a Softer Approach than Coastal Hardening U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Joanne Semmer Organizing Community Stakeholders to Discuss the Emergency Dredging of Matanzas Pass Ostego Bay, Inc.
Charles Shinn, III Florida Farm Bureau and Community Supported Agriculture: Can They Complement Each Other? Florida Farm Bureau Federation
Jennifer Winters Sea turtles and coastal roadway lighting, reaching a balance for sea turtle survival County of Volusia, Environmental Management

Schedule

Session Topic & Report Dates Location
1 Everglades Restoration: The Kissimee River System January 17-19, 2008 Sebring
2 Legislative Process and the Role of State Agencies February 21-23, 2008 Tallahassee
3 The Farmworker and the Future of Florida Agriculture March 20-22, 2008 Immokalee
4 Public and Commercial Access to the Florida Coast April 17-19, 2008 Ft. Lauderdale
5 Sustaining Rural Communities: Balancing Agriculture, Development and Environmental Protection May 15-17, 2008 Palatka
6 Species Protection: Sea Turtle Habitat and Coastal Development August 14-16, 2008 Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge, South Melbourne
7 Florida’s Freshwater Springs: Collaborative Approaches to Protecting a Unique Natural Resource September 18-20, 2008 Ichetucknee Springs, Live Oak/
Hendry
8 Graduation: “Pulling It All Together” and Presentation of Practicum Results October 16-18, 2008 Gainesville/
Alachua