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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission
Co-chair Nick Wiley, Executive Director
Designee Gil McRae, Director, Fish and
Wildlife Research Institute
Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services
Charles Bronson, Commissioner
Designee Sherman Wilhelm, Director,
Division of Aquaculture
Florida Department of Environmental
Protection Appointees
Karl Havens, Director, Florida Sea Grant
John C. Ogden, Professor Emeritus, Department of Integrative Biology, University of
South Florida
Peter Ortner, Director, Cooperative Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric Studies,
University of Miami
Lisa Robbins, Senior Scientist, St. Petersburg
Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S.
Geological Survey
Thomas D. Waite, Dean, College of
Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission Appointees
James Cato, Senior Associate Dean and
Director, School of Natural Resources and
Environment, University of Florida
Billy Causey, Regional Director, Southeast
Region, National Marine Sanctuary
Program
Holly Greening, Executive Director, Tampa
Bay Estuary Program
Jerome Lorenz, Research Director, Tavernier
Science Center, National Audubon Society
Shirley Pomponi, Executive Director, Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration,
Research, and Technology, Harbor Branch
Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic
University
Acknowledgments
This document was produced by the Florida Oceans and Coastal Council in cooperation with
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Members of the Florida Oceans and Coastal Council are as follows:
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Florida Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services Appointees
Mark Carter, Member, Coastal Conservation
Association
Jane Davis, Aquarium Curator, The Living
Seas, Walt Disney World’s Epcot®
Ernest Estevez, Director, Center for Coastal
Ecology, Mote Marine Laboratory
Richard Pruitt, Director, Environmental
Programs, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Jerry Sansom, Executive Director, Organized
Fishermen of Florida
The following Council members
organized, coauthored, and edited
this report’s main sections:
Sea-Level Rise: Peter Ortner
Barrier Islands, Beaches, and Inlets:
Lisa Robbins
Estuaries, Tidal Rivers, and Coastal Forests:
Ernest Estevez and Holly Greening
Coastal Communities*: Karl Havens
The following individuals served as
contributing authors:
Barrier Islands, Beaches, and Inlets
Nathaniel Plant, U.S. Geological Survey
Estuaries, Tidal Rivers, and Coastal Forests
Courtney Hackney, University of North
Florida
Leonard Pearlstine, National Park Service
Francis E. Putz, University of Florida
Michael Savarese, Florida Gulf Coast
University
Dave Tomasko, PBS&J
Aswani Volety, Florida Gulf Coast University
Harold R. Wanless, University of Miami
Higher Storm Surge and Coastal
Infrastructure
Ricardo Alvarez, Center for Environmental
Studies, Florida Atlantic University
James Beever, Southwest Florida Regional
Planning Council
Threats to Coastal Water Supply and
Wastewater Treatment
Barry Heimlich, Center for Environmental
Studies, Florida Atlantic University
Beach Erosion and Renourishment
Gary Appelson, Sea Turtle Conservancy
Coastal Planning
James Beever, Southwest Florida Regional
Planning Council
Increased Flooding Risks
Barry Heimlich, Center for Environmental
Studies, Florida Atlantic University
The following individuals served as peer
reviewers:
Sea-Level Rise