LCA Science Board Meeting
Capital Park Welcome Center
702 North River Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Draft Agenda
(Times are approximate)

8:30 - 8:45 Welcome and Introductions Peter Goodwin, Chair
Review of meeting objectives

8:45 - 10:00 LCA S&T Program Office Project Progress Report: Mead Allison, UT-Austin
2008-2010 Sediment and Water Budget of the
Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers

10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 11:00 LCA S&T Program Office Project Progress Report: Allison
Bathymetric and Sediment Transport Study of the
Mississippi River Associated with the 2011 Opening of
The Bonnet Carré Spillway

11:00 - 11:45 Update on the Wax Lake Delta Land Gain Study Yvonne Allen, USACE-ERDC

11:45 - 1:15 Lunch (on your own)

1:15 - 2:30 LCA Science Board Synthesis Report: Bob Dean, UF
River Diversions: Principles, Processes, Challenges John Wells, VIMS
and Opportunities - A Guidance Document

2:30 - 2.45 Break

2:45 - 3:15 Update of the NOAA/LCA Science Board Panel Report: John Teal, WHOI
Ecology of Diversions

3:15 - 4:00 Open Discussion of All Presentations

4:00 - 4:15 Presentation of Service Awards to the Board Members Jim Stefanov, USGS

4:15 - 4:30 Closing Comments and Adjourn Barb Kleiss, USACE-MVD
Jim Pahl, CPRA
 

Directions to the Capital Park Welcome Center

From Interstate 10

• Take Interstate 110 North
• Take Exit 1D for North Street (one way towards the River)
• Proceed in the right lane to the Capital Park Welcome Center parking garage between Lafayette Street and River Road
• Enter the garage via the front entrance on North Street.
• Park, walk out the back door of the garage toward the State Capitol, then walk down the sidewalk 100 feet to the Welcome Center.
• The Welcome Center is immediately north of the garage
• The Welcome Center will validate your parking ticket after two hours of parking.