Managing the Impacts of Residential Docks and Piers

In Mississippi and Alabama

 

Gautier Convention Center

Gautier, Mississippi

 

February 15, 2006  

8:30 am – 4:00 pm

 

AGENDA

 

8:30 – 9:00     Registration

 

9:00 – 9:15     Introduction and Local Importance of Issues

                                    Marian Dicas (GNDNERR) and Cheryl McClary (WBNERR)

 

9:15 – 9:30     National Dock and Pier Issues

                                     Ruth Kelty (NOAA OCRM)

 

9:30 – 10:45   Environmental Issues Related to Dock and Pier Use

                                    Mark Woodrey (MSU/GNDNERR)

  Cumulative Impacts on Coastal Resource Sustainability: The Organism to the Landscape

Mark Peterson (USM/GCRL)  

                                   

10:45 – 11:00  Break

 

11:00 – 11:30  Navigation Issues

                                    Steve Bliven (Bliven and Sternack)

                        Public Access Issues

                                    Margaret Bretz (Mississippi SOS)

 

11:30 – 12:30  Visual Impacts of Docks and Piers

                                    Ruth Kelty (NOAA OCRM)

                        State Perspectives

                                    Sharon Hodge (DMR) and Scott Brown (ADEM)                    

                                   

12:30 – 1:15    Lunch

(Selections include chicken salad, ham, roast beef, turkey, or vegetarian boxed lunches)

 

1:15 – 2:45     Overview of Management Techniques

                                    Steve Bliven (Bliven and Sternack)

           Dock and Pier Management Panel Discussion

                                    Scott Brown (ADEM)

Joy Earp (USACE, Mobile District)

Bradley Ennis (DMR)

                                    Willa Henriksen (DMR)

                                    Jeff Jordan (ALDCNR)  

                                    Munther Sahawneh (USACE, Mobile District)             

 

2:45-3:00        Break   

                                  

3:00 – 3:30      Best Management Practices for and Alternatives to the Construction of Docks and Piers

                                    Steve Bliven, Bliven and Sternack       

                                 

3:30-4:00         Wrap Up and Where to Find Additional Information

                                    Ruth Kelty, NOAA OCRM