The 2018 Spring Workshop (South) will be held on April 30^th, 2018 at the beautiful Graham Creek Nature Preserve in Foley, Alabama.  Registration includes a full day of speakers, great food/drink amenities, and a tour of the Nature Preserve.  This year’s speakers will include updates on Low Impact Development, the NFIP, FEMA mapping updates in coastal Alabama, an update on the Weeks Bay Watershed Management Plan, stream restorations and more.  This year’s program is anticipated to include 5 CECs for CFMs and 7.5 CECs for AICPs at a great low price.  The Graham Creek Nature Preserve located in Foley, Alabama can be found at 23030 Wolf Bay Drive.  (Foley, AL 36535). Stay Tuned for the North Seminar announcement and registration link.

To ensure proper planning for the event and ordering sufficient food for the breakfast, we strongly that you pre-register using the online registration. Here is the planned workshop agenda:

8:00 - 8:45      Check-in & Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00      Welcome
9:00 - 9:45      Leslie Gahagan (City of Foley Environmental Manager) - Low
                        Impact Development
9:45 - 10:30    Amy Gohres (ADCNR) - FEMA Community Rating System
10:30 - 10:45  Break
10:45 - 11:30  Ashley Campbell (City of Daphne Environmental Programs
                        Mgr) - Tiawasee Creek - Benefits of Floodplain & Stream
                        Restoration
11:30 - 12:30  Lunch
12:30 - 1:15    Michael Eubanks (Thompson Engineering) - Weeks Bay
                        Watershed Management Plan
1:15 - 1:45      Clay Campbell (Amec Foster Wheeler) - New Flood Maps
1:45 - 2:00      Break
2:00 - 2:45      Corey Garyotis (State NFIP Coordinator) - National Flood
                        Insurance Program
2:45 - 3:15      Northern Gulf of Mexico Sentinel Site Cooperative
                        Representative - Gulf TREE      
3:15 - 3:30      Closing Remarks
3:30 - 6:00      Graham Creek Nature Preserve Tour