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## Science Board Meeting Information

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2006 Meetings

                              - June 2006                                  - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Study - Science & Technology (S&T) Program 
                                  - Coastal Restoration in Louisiana  - Constance 
                                  - LCA Science & Technology Program  - Hanchey 
                                  - Louisiana Coastal Area Science & Technology Program  - Hitchings 
                                  - 2006 Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Data Collection – Statewide Barrier Shoreline Baseline Data Establishment 
                                  - Changing Restoration Philosophy?  - Reed 
                                  - Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Project (LaCPR) 
                                  - Characterizing the Immediate and Long-term Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to Support Resource Management - Decision-Making  - Perez 
                                  - Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Assessment & Restoration (CLEAR) Program 
                                - Meeting Report from Science Board    
                              - September 2006                                  - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - A Web-enabled, GIS-Integrated Coastal Restoration Information Management System  - Robertson 
                                  - Coastal Louisiana 101 
                                  - Coastal Louisiana Discussion Topics  - Lopez 
                                  - Louisiana Comprehensive Coastal Protection and Restoration Master Plan Update  - Porthouse 
                                  - "Multiple Lines of Defense" - Reaction and Refinements  - Laska 
                                  - Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Study - Science & Technology (S&T) Program  - Rayine 
                                  - Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LaCPR) 
                                  - Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act Activities in Louisiana  - Llewellyn 
                                  - Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force Results 
                                - Meeting Report from Science Board 
                                - S&T Office Response to Science Board Report – include Attachments 1 & 2    
                              - December 2006                                  - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Study - Science & Technology (S&T) Program  - Clairain 
                                - Meeting Report from Science Board 
                                - LDNR Response to Science Board Report 

2007 Meetings

                              - March 2007                                  - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Project (LaCPR) 
                                  - S&T Office Update  - Kleiss 
                                  - Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDMAT) Program Feasibility Study 
                                  - Mississippi River Gulf Outlet  - Miller 
                                  - MRGO Integrated Protection & Restoration  - Mashriqui 
                                - Meeting Report from Science Board on Louisiana State Master Plan    
                              - June 2007                                  - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - S&T Office Update 
                                  - Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) Program 
                                  - BICM in a Historical Perspective 
                                  - BICM Shoreline Change Analysis 
                                  - BICM Bathymetric Baseline And Analysis 
                                  - BICM Lidar Surveys 
                                  - BICM - 2006 Statewide Barrier Shoreline Baseline Data Establishment 
                                  - Global Climate Change, Relative Sea-Level Rise, and Potential Effects on Louisiana 
                                - Meeting Report from Science Board    
                              - September 2007                                  - Science Board Report 
                                - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - S&T Office Update 
                                  - Mitigating Storm Surge with Vegetation 
                                  - Impacts of Wetland Degradation and Restoration on Storm and Restoration on Storm Surge and Waves 

2008 Meetings

                              - January 2008                                  - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Report from Science Board on Louisiana State Master Plan 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - S&T Office Update  - Barb Kleiss 
                                  - Caernarvon Impacts  - J. Day 
                                  - CLEAR  - Robert Twilley 
                                  - HET Recap for Science Board 
                                  - Katrina and Rita Impacts  - Steyer 
                                  - LCAST Data Management  - S. Wilson 
                                  - Modeling Issues Input  - Barb Kleiss    
                              - April 2008                                  - Science Board Report 
                                - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - S&T Office Update 
                                  - State of LA  - Garret Graves 
                                  - Chenier Plain  - Ehab Meselhe 
                                  - Chenier Sediment Budget  - A. McCorquodale 
                                  - LA RSM Data Management  - Rose Dopsovic 
                                  - National RSM  - Jeff Waters    
                              - BUDMAT Review - May 2008                                  - Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDMAT) Program Feasability Study 
                                - Section 204, Water Resources Development Act of 1992, as amended - Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material 
                                - Federal Standard CFR 
                                - The Federal Standard 
                                - EPA Beneficial Use Planning Manual , October 2007    
                              - August 2008                                  - Science Board Report 
                                - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - S&T Office Update  - Barb Kleiss 
                                  - Discharge and Sediment Trends  - C. Demas 
                                  - Draft MS River Delta Management Action Plan 
                                  - Geomorphology and Sediment Trends 
                                  - LA State Gov't Science  - James Pahl 
                                  - MVN RSM Support for LACPR  - Cherie Price 
                                  - Sediment Response for LACPR Review  - Axtman 
                                  - Toward and Understanding of Sediment DynamicsIn the Lowermost Mississippi River: New Observational Data  - Mead A. Allison 
                                  - Sediment Dynamics of the Lower River: Numerical Modeling  - Alex Ioannis 
                                  - Toward an Understanding of Sediment Dynamics in the Sediment Dynamics in the Lowermost Mississippi River: New Lowermost Mississippi River: New Observations and Modeling Direction                                                 - Overview 
                                    - Full Presentation    
                              - December 2008                                  - Science Board Report 
                                - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - S&T Office Overview 
                                  - The Coastal Impact Assistance Program  - Robert J. Martinson 
                                  - Coastal Restoration & Enhancement Through Science and Technology (CREST) 
                                  - Gulf of Mexico Alliance 
                                  - Gulf of Mexico Initiative - NASA Stennis Space Center  - Jean Ellis 
                                  - Gulf of Mexico Program 
                                  - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s Support of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Program  - Dugan Sabins 
                                  - What is the Louisiana Sea Grant What is the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program? 
                                  - Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries 
                                  - Louisiana Applied Coastal Engineering & Science 
                                  - Conneting the Dots: Mississippi’s Approach to s Approach to Reducing Nutrient Pollution and Reducing Nutrient Pollution and Its Impacts InIts Impacts In--Basin and to the Basin and to the Gulf of Mexico 
                                  - Modified Myrtle Grove Diversion Modeling Effort: Purpose and Scope 
                                  - Mississippi Katrina Recovery 
                                  - NOAA Programs and Projects Relevant to LA Restoration  - Todd Davison 
                                  - Northern Gulf Institute - A NOAA Cooperative Institute 
                                  - NRCS Programs  - John Jurgensen 
                                  - Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration 
                                  - Louisiana Coastal Wetlands: Achieving Sustainability  - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Presentation 
                                  - USGS Coastal Louisiana Science Activities - A Science Partnership  - Stanley L. Ponce 

2009 Meetings

                              - April 2009                                  - Science Board Report 
                                - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - Everglades 
                                  - Great Lakes 
                                  - Chesapeake Bay 
                                  - Optimizing Restoration Benefits in Coastal Louisiana with Dredged Material Management 
                                  - Modeling Landscape Impacts on Storm Surge 
                                  - The California Bay--Delta System Delta System CALFED Science Program    
                              - Jul 2009                                  - Science Board Report 
                                - S&T Office Update 
                                - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - LCA Amite River Diversion Canal Modification Project 
                                  - Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) 
                                  - Bayou Lafourche Reintroduction Project 
                                  - Perspectives from Developing CLEAR (Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem and Assessment) 
                                  - Coastal Louisiana Desktop Modeling 
                                  - Conceptual Sediment Budget for Coastal Louisiana 
                                  - Convey Atchafalaya River Water to Northern Terrebonne Marshes (LCA-ARTM) and Multipurpose Operation of Houma Navigation Lock 
                                  - CPRA UpdateInclusion of LACES 
                                  - A Data and Information Gap Analysis Tool (DIGIT) to Support SWAMP–A System-Wide Assessment and Monitoring Plan 
                                  - An Assessment Of ‘Lessons Learned’ From The Operation Of Existing Freshwater Diversions In South Louisiana 
                                  - Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Program Update 
                                  - Medium Diversion at White Ditch (MDWD) 
                                  - MRGO Ecosystem Restoration Plan Feasibility Study & EIS 
                                  - USGS monitoring activities for the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet pre-barrier construction 
                                  - Toward an Understanding of Sediment Dynamics in the Sediment Dynamics in the Lowermost Mississippi River: New Lowermost Mississippi River: New Observations and Modeling Observations and Modeling Directions 
                                  - Small Diversion at Convent / Blind River 
                                  - Southwest Coastal LA Feasibility Study 
                                  - Southwest Coastal Louisiana Feasibility Study 
                                  - LCA Terrebonne Basin Barrier Shoreline Restoration Project Feasibility Study & EIS 
                                  - Thin Layer Placement Of Dreged Material On Coastal Wetlands 
                                  - Understanding Subsidence in Coastal Louisiana 

2010 Meetings

                              - January 2010                                  - Science Board Report  
                                - Meeting Agenda  
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program  
                                  - Coastal Louisiana Restoration: From Plan to Action  
                                  - How Sea Level Rise and Subsidence at the Mouth of the Mississippi Affect Management for Navigation and Restoration  
                                  - WRDA Comprehensive Plan  
                                  - WRDA Priority Projects  
                                  - Overcoming Challenges of Diversions  
                                  - Stakeholders: Impacts, Solutions, And Future Conditions  
                                  - Modeling of a Land-Building Diversion at Myrtle Grove  
                                  - Recommendations and Priorities for the LCA Science Board  
                                  - ITR Review of ERDC WorkPlan  
                                  - WBD Modeling  
                                  - Geomorphic Assessment  
                                  - Land Area Changes in the Central Louisiana Coast Over the Past Half Century: An Analysis of Land Area Trends in the Atchafalaya-Wax Lake Delta System 
                                  - A Method of estimating benefits of freshwater introduction into coastal marshes-nutrient and sediment analysis 
                                  - Sediment and Nutient Diversion (SAND) Planning Tool 
                                  - Integrated Modeling Tools to Support Ecosystem Restoration Programs: Planning-Engineering-Adaptive Assessment 
                                  - Modeling Land-Building in the Mississippi Delta Effort of the National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics 
                                  - Land Building in the Delta of the Mississippi River: Is it Feasible? 
                                  - Inundation Model for the Mississippi Delta 
                                  - Clear Landscape Change Model    
                              - June 2010                                  - Science Board Report 
                              - September 2010                                  - Science Board Report 
                                - Meeting Agenda 
                                - Meeting Presentations                                           - Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Restored Freshwater Flow: An Example From Coastal Louisiana 
                                  - An Ecological Response of the Wetland/Open Water Transition Zone to River Diversions 
                                  - Oyster Biological and Fishery Responses to Water Diversions 
                                  - Effects of River Diversions on Nekton Populations in Shallow Estuarine Habitats 
                                  - The Effects of a Freshwater Diversion on Nekton Species Biomass Distributions, Food Web Pathways, and Community Structure in a Louisiana Estuary 
                                  - Mitigating Impacts of Fresh Water Diversions: Resource Harvesters' Involvement in Diversion Implementation 
                                  - Blending Geospatial Technology and Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Enhance Restoration Decision Support Processes in Coastal Louisiana 
                                  - Louisiana's Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS)-Wetlands 
                                  - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 
                                  - Dead Zone Monitoring 
                                  - Responses of Coastal Wetlands to River Diversions and Consequences for Nutrient Loading and Hypoxia 
                                  - NOAA Perspectives on Diversions for Conserving and Restoring Habitat 
                                  - Brainstorming Sessions: LCA Demonstation Projects Which Could Augment Land Building in Coastal Louisiana 
                                  - S&T Office Update    

2011 Meetings

Meeting Agenda
- FY2008-2010 Sediment and Water Budget of the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers in Louisiana   
- Bathymetric and Sediment Transport Study of the Mississippi River Associated with the 2011 Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway   
- Using Remote Sensing to Track Inundation and Land Change in Coastal Louisiana   
- River Diversions: Principles, Processes, Challenges and Opportunities   
- "A Guidance Document for River Diversions: Concepts and Results" Baton Rouge Science Board Meeting   
- Ecological Effects of Freshwater Diversions   

## LCA Science Board

The Science Board, as part of the Science and Technology (S&T) Program, ensured the application of world-class science to the Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Plan (LCA Plan) by providing national perspective and oversight of general scientific processes and structure of the LCA Program in support of the Program Management Team (PMT) and the S&T Program Director. The specific charge of the Science Board was to: 
                              - Understand and improve the technical underpinnings of the LCA Program 
                              - Review the structure and operations of the LCA S&T Program 
                              - Review and improve the processes for integrating the S&T Program activities 

Science Board members were agents for facilitating communication between the Project Management Team (PMT) and the scientific and technical community. Board members possess the highest level of expertise and stature so that their advice is respected by the public, scientists, agency technicians, staff and management. Board members also had the ability to sustain a balanced view of issues. The Science Board members provided insights on how to improve credibility and clarity regarding LCA issues, as well as how to better connect science and management. The Science Board was directed by the U.S. Geological Survey, specifically Dr. Dawn Lavoie, Science Coordinator, Gulf Coast and LMV and Mr. Jim Stefanov, Deputy Regional Executive: South Central Area.  Board members included: 
                               
                              - Dr. Peter Goodwin, Chair                      College of Engineering, Center of Ecohydraulic Research                      University of Idaho
- Dr. Joseph Fernando                      Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences                      University of Notre Dame 
- Dr. John Wells                      Dean of the School of Marine Science and Director                      Virginia Institute of Marine Science 
-  Dr. G. Ronnie Best                      Coordinator, Greater Everglades Science Program                      USGS; University of Florida/IFAS                      Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center
-  Dr. Robert Dean                      Deptartment of Civil and Coastal Engineering                      University of Florida
- Dr. Robert P. Brooks                      Director, Riparia                      Pennsylvania State University 
-  Dr. Stephen Brandt                      Director, Oregon Sea Grant Program                      Oregon State University 
- Dr. Susan Cutter                      Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography Director                      Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute                      University of South Carolina
- Dr. John Teal                      Scientist Emeritus                      Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
-  Dr. Don Boesch, Past Chair                      President, Center for Environmental Science                      University of Maryland
- Dr. George Tanner                      Dept. of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation                      University fo Florida 
- Dr. Connor Bailey                      Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology                      Auburn University

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