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Appendix C: Speakers Bios
Pages 17-20

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... Burkett's current research involves climate change impacts in coastal regions and bottomland hardwood regeneration in Eequently flooded sites of He Mississippi River Alluvial Floodplain. Burkett was Assistant Director of the Louisiana Geological Survey, Director of the Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Program, and Deputy Director and Director/Secretary of He Louisiana Deparunent of Wildlife and Fisheries.
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... She is responsible for overseeing a variety of coastal research and applied engineering work. This includes coastal geology, dredging engmeertng; monitoring and evaluating coastal project performance, coastal wetlands, shore protection strategies and Fictional design critena, and developing coastal punning and design guidance.
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... Ells research interests include coastal zone resources and water quality management issues, ecology of marsh and sea grass systems, effects of sea-level rise on wetlands and coastal shorelines, and environmental history of Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. James G
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... Geological Survey. He specializes in coastal, estuarine and inner shelf geologic framework history and processes with over 30 yrs experience in understanding the geologic omens and evolution of coastal and espouse and Great Lakes systems, late Quatemary sea-level history, and geologic character of modern shelf sand bodies.
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