Center
for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science
Department of Geography «» The University of Georgia
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First
International Conference on
March 15, 2008 Morning Group Sessions – Human and Wildlife Impacts 8:00-9:00 Welcome and Session Moderator – Bill Wilcox, Edison CollegeNorthern Florida "Mine Activities in the Ocklawaha Basin:
Inadequate Disclosure and Improper Siting" 9:00-10:00 Central Florida "Inadequate Public Input on Offsite and Longterm
Adverse Impacts of Phosphate Mining in the Peace River Basin: Lake
Hancock to Charlotte Harbor Estuary" "Phosphate Mining Impacts, Gyp Stacks and Gaps in
Agency Regulation" 10:00-11:30 Southern and Coastal Florida "Threats to Lives and Lifestyles from Industrial
Mining in a Rural Southwest Florida Community" "Gulf Coast Impacts from Inland Mining" "South Florida’s Dredge & Fill Projects for Beach
Dunes Ignore Impacts of Source Material from Inland Mines" 11:30-12:00 Morning Session Speakers’ Panel Discussion Ron Armstrong, P.E. & Jack McCarthy, Withlacoochee Area ResidentsRob Brinkman, the Suwanee-St. Johns Group of the Florida Chapter of the Sierra Club Glenn Compton, ManaSota-88 Pastor Bill Lytell, Corkscrew Road Rural Community Dennis Mader, People for Protecting Peace River Joe Murphy, Gulf Restoration Network Tom Warnke, Surfrider Foundation & the Eastern Surfing Association Lunch - Best Western Conference Center Restaurant or Your Choice Afternoon Technical Sessions – Science, Technology and Alternatives Session Moderator – Nora Demers, Ph. D., Florida Gulf Coast University 1:00-2:00 Monitoring Inadequacies and Alternatives "Designing a Water Quality Monitoring Plan for
Phosphate Mining: A Critique of the Horse Creek Stewardship Program" "High Performance Wireless Networks: Realtime Data
Access for Monitoring Mine Sites" "Applications for
Glass Cullet as an Alternative to Mined Sand for Construction Aggregate"
* 2:00-3:00 Air and Water Quality, Remote Sensing and Economic Impacts"Predicted Pulmonary Impacts Associated with Mining" "Spatial and Temporal
Monitoring of Phytoplankton in Waters Affected by or within Open Pit Mining
Operations Using Pigment-Based Chemotaxonomy"
* "Monitoring Open Pit Mining Operations Using GIS and Historical Aerial Photographs" *Tommy Jordan, Ph. D. & Marguerite Madden, Ph. D., University of Georgia Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science "Economic Analysis of
Mining Impacts: Flaws and Inadequacies"
* 3:00-4:00 Soils and Geology "Comparative Analysis of Physical, Chemical and
Hydrological Characteristics of Native and Reclaimed Phosphate Mine Soils in
Hardee, Hillsborough and Polk Counties, Florida, USA" "The Use of Seismic Profiling To Identify
Subsurface Fluid Migration Pathways at Proposed Mine Sites in Florida, USA" "Controls on the
Depositional Balance Between Carbonates and Siliciclastics on the Southeastern
Florida Platform: Applicability To Mine Site Evaluations"
* 4:00-5:30 Hydrology and Hydroperiod "Understanding the Floridan Aquifer System: Dye
Tracing Challenges Conventional Wisdoms of Mining Impacts" "Field Assessments of Landscape-scale Mining Impacts
Based on Spectroscopic Analyses" "Groundwater Modeling to Assess Impacts from Mining
in Karst Aquifers" 5:30-6:00 Afternoon Session Speakers’ Panel Discussion Sydney Bacchus, Ph. D., Applied Environmental
Services * Due to authors’ schedule conflicts and/or preference, these presentations will be offered in the scientific poster session rather than presented orally.The conference focuses on adverse impacts from mining currently not addressed or evaluated by regulatory agencies and municipalities, as well as alternatives to mining and approaches for improved monitoring and evaluation of existing and proposed mine sites and mine-related impacts. Thanks to the volunteer efforts of scientists, other professionals and citizens, combined with sponsorship by the organizations below to cover conference costs, this conference is free and open to the public. This conference strives to be 100% carbon neutral and environmentally friendly. |
