Pine Rockland Working Group (PRWG)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Workshop on Conservation of Florida Key's Pine Rocklands, March 28-29, 2007

Agenda and Presentations:

• Agenda FWS Workshop on Conservation of Keys Pine Rocklands
• Chris Bergh - Community Wildfire Protection Plan - Lower Florida Keys
• Chris Bergh - Prescribed Fire, Mechanical Pre-fire Fuel Treatment and Huricane Wilma's Storm Surge -
  Long Term Vegetation Community Monitoring at Terrestris Preserve, Big Pine Key, Florida
• Jeanette Hobbs - Hydrological Restoration and Monitoring on Big Pine Key
• Jim Snyder - Ecological Criteria for Implementing Prescribed Fire in Lower Keys Pine Roclands
• Jon Wallace - National Key Deer Refuge - Fire Managment Tools and Strategies
• Kathy Wheeler - Migratory birds of Pine Rocklands
• Keith Bradley - Rare Pine Rockland Plants of Big Pine Key
• Keqi Zhang - Airborne LIDAR Mapping of Big Pine Key
• Mike Ross - Sea Level Rise and Pine Forest Loss in the Florida Keys
• Nova Silvy - Keynote Presentation (Summary)
• Paula Cannon - Photo-Monitoring:
  Part 1: Effects of Prescribed Burning on Pine Rockland Habitats in the Lower Keys
  Part 2: Effects of Hurricane Wilma. A Series of Photos from Specific Locations Documenting On-going Changes
• Phillip Hughes - Fire and Biogeography in Pine Rocklands of the Keys: an Overview
• Robert Ehrig - Effects of Hurricane Storm Surge on Lower Keys Habitats
• Roel Lopez - Key Deer and Pine Rocklands: A Historical Perspective
• Tom Wilmers - Managing Pine Rockland - a Conundrum and Paradox