Public session hosted by The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and NOAA, part of a three-day workshop, Sea
Level Rise Adaptation in the Florida Keys: Conserving
Terrestrial and Intertidal Natural Areas and Native Species.
Florida Keys natural area managers, regulators and the
scientific community will share information and discuss
strategies with the public for minimizing the consequences of
sea level rise on the native wildlife and their habitats in the
Florida Keys. Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Hawks Cay Resort
ballroom, Duck Key, Mile Marker 61, oceanside To allow the
public to learn about the sea level rise work under way in the
Keys and for experts to learn about the concerns and ideas of
Keys citizens related to this issue. The public session will
start with a summary of the first days' presentations and main
discussion points of the workshop, which had closed attendance
due to space constraints. A moderated Q&A between the audience
and the subject matter experts will follow. The Nature