THURSDAY OCTOBER 18 2012

ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL WETLANDS IN MEXICO
Maria Hernandez, Ph.D., Environmental Biotechnology Unit, Institute of Ecology, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

SATURDAY JANUARY 12, 2013 (collaboration with Naples Botanical Garden)
WORKING WORLDWIDE TO CONSERVE CRANES AND THE WETLAND, GRASSLAND AND OTHER ECOSYSTEMS ON WHICH THEY DEPEND
George Archibald, Director, International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin

THURSDAY JANUARY 24 2013
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING OF THE BEST KIND: RESTORING RIVERS, WETLANDS, AND THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES
William J. Mitsch, Ph.D., Juliet C. Sproul Chair for Southwest Florida Habitat Restoration and Management and Director, Everglades Wetland Research Park, Florida Gulf Coast University, Naples, Florida

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7 2013  (AT FT. MYERS CAMPUS)
SAMSØ—A DANISH ISLAND BASED ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
Sven Erik Jørgensen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Location: Room 114 of Academic Building 7 on Campus of Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft Meyers

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21 2013
FLORIDA’S ENDANGERED MANGROVES AND THEIR PROTECTION AND RESTORATION AS A LESSON FOR MANGROVE MANAGEMENT AROUND THE WORLD
Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III, M.A., P.W.S., President, Lewis Environmental Services, Inc. President, Coastal Resources Group, Inc., Salt Springs, Florida

THURSDAY MARCH 7 2013
FACTORS AFFECTING SUSTAINABILY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA AND BASIN
John W. Day, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, School of Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

THURSDAY MARCH 21 2013  (AT SANIBEL ISLAND)
NUTRIENT FARMING IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST TO PROTECT THE GULF OF MEXICO
Donald L. Hey, Ph.D., Founder, The Wetlands Initiative and Des Plaines River Wetland Demonstration Project, Chicago and Lake County, Illinois

Location: SCCF Nature Center, 3333 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel, FL  33957