Session Two

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Session Two(A) - SUSTAINABILITY / CONSERVATION
Session Chair: Charles Stover, Alabama Power Company
Life Span and Time-to-maturity of the Obligate Cave Crayfish Orconectes australis australis, Michael Venarsky, University of Alabama.
Using Occupancy Rates of Selected Shoal Dwelling Fishes to Evaluate Flow Management in the Tallapoosa River Basin, Kathryn Mickett Kennedy, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
Alabama Power Company's Proposed Mitigation and Enhancement Measures Resulting From the Relicensing of the Coosa and Warrior River Projects, Jim Crew, Alabama Power Company.
Developing a Dam Inventory Geospatially: An In-depth Look at Two Alabama Counties, Wardell Edwards, Alabama Office of Water Resources, ADECA.

Session Two(B) - COASTAL ZONE ISSUES
Session Chair: Todd Boatman, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
The Coastal Diagnostic and Forecast System (CDFS) for Assessing Impacts of Human Activities and Climate Change on Water Resources and Ecosystem Health: The Wolf Bay Project, Hanqin Tian, Auburn University.
Regional Sediment Management - A Total Watershed Approach, Larry Parson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP), Todd Boatman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Inland Storm Surge Data from Hurricane Rita in Southwestern Louisiana and Southeastern Texas, September to November 2005, Benton McGee, U. S. Geological Survey, LA.

Session Two(C) - CLIMATE CHANGE
Session Chair: Kenneth Odom, U.S. Geological Survey, AL
What Can We Learn from Past Rapid Climate Reversals in Alabama? Paul Aharon, University of Alabama.
Reconstruction of Vegetation History and Accretion Rates in Two Brackish Marshes: Understanding Past Responses to Climate Change, Rebecca Cripps, University of Alabama.
The Impact of Global Climate Change on Managing Water Supply, Erin Cox, CH2M HILL.
The Effects of the Renewable Portfolio Standards in the State of Alabama, Candace Watson, University of Alabama at Birmingham.