Attached is the agenda for our meeting in Asheville. If there are any last-minute additions, please let me know and I’ll add them and send out an updated agenda.
Also attached is the final version of the Reservoir Habitat Strategic Plan, developed by the Reservoir Fish Habitat Partnership. Jeff Boxrucker and Steve Miranda will be giving us an overview of the Partnership and how the RC can be involved in this effort, so it may be worthwhile to familiarize yourselves with this plan.
Looking forward to seeing you in Asheville, come ready for a meeting packed with good information. I have lined up two presentations on methods currently used to map aquatic habitats in the southeast, including reservoirs. After these presentations, be prepared to ask questions and discuss these methods in a roundtable format with the presenters. For the recent habitat partnerships (SARP and RFHP) to succeed, they must first be able to measure habitat successfully: both before and after any restoration. We have spoken at length in various RC meetings over the last decade about the difficulties in measuring habitat in our reservoirs; I believe that both presentations will show you ways that we can economically and quickly measure habitat in a quantitative manner in even our largest reservoirs.
I look forward to a productive meeting….
Steven M. Sammons, PhD
Department of Fisheries
203 Swingle Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-4058
SAMMOSM@auburn.edu