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Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting Alpine, Texas October 24-26, 2006
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AGENDA
Sul Ross University
Alpine, Texas
October 24-26, 2006
Updated: 10/13/06
Meeting Theme: Big Bend / El Gran Recodo
| DAY 1- October 24, 2006 | |
| 8:00 a.m. – | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. – | Welcome Remarks |
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Rafael DeLeon, Director, EPA Office of Cooperative Environmental Management Paul Ganster, Chair, Good Neighbor Environmental Board |
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| Opening Remarks Vic Morgan, President, Sul Ross University  Mickey Clouse, Mayor of Alpine Judge Val Clark Beard, Brewster County |
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| Self Introductions | |
| 9:15 a.m. – | Speaker Presentations Begin |
| 9:15 a.m. – Keynote: Dr. Ernesto Enkerlin, President, National Commission on Protected Areas, Mexico | |
| 10:00 a.m. – Keynote: Russ Whitlock, Texas National Parks State Coordinator, National Park Service | |
| 10:45 a.m. – | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. – Paul Silver, private landowner - Wild & Scenic Rivers program | |
| 11:45 a.m. - Tom Beard, Far West Texas Water Planning Region – Regional Water Planning and Water Availability | |
| 12:30 p.m. – | Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. – | Public Comment Session, including Tenth Report Input |
| 2:45 p.m. – | Speaker Presentations Continue |
| 2:45 p.m. – David Schanbacher, TCEQ Cheif Engineer - Regional Haze in Texas | |
| 3:30 p.m. – | Break |
3:45 p.m. – Jack Schmidt, Professor, Utah State University |
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| 4:30 p.m. – Mark Briggs, World Wildlife Fund– Controlling Invasive Plants Along the Rio Grande |
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| 5:15 p.m. – | Additional Business |
| 5:30 p.m. – | Day One of Meeting Ends |
| DAY 2 - October 25, 2006 - Full Day Board Field Trip to Big Bend National Park | |
| (October 25, 2006 – Board Field Trip to Big Bend National Park; will include briefings from National Park Service officials and a presentation from Billy Pat Mckinney on the CEMEX El Carmen Conservation Project, located on adjoining land in Mexico) | |
| DAY 3 - October 26, 2006 | |
| Business Meeting | |
| 7:30 a.m. – | Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. – | Welcome |
| 8:05 a.m. – | Discussion/Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting |
| 8:15 a.m. – | Invitation for Public Input on Tenth Report Draft Recommendations |
| 8:30 a.m. – | Selection of Meeting Locations, Dates for 2007 |
| 9:30 a.m. – | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. – | Board Member Report-outs |
| 10:45 a.m. – | Selection of Theme for Eleventh Report |
| 11:30 a.m. – | Standard Operating Procedures for Board and Council on Environmental Quality |
| 12:00 a.m. – | Meeting Ends |