Wednesday, Feb. 28

morning Check-in to accomodations at Archbold Biological Station

12:00 Lunch (station cafeteria)
12:30 Travel to ranch
1:00 Tour of pasture sites; discussion including, but not limited to,
pasture design and construction; flume location and elevation;
general location of various structures; pasture maintenance;
pasture composition.
5:00 Travel to station
6:00 Dinner (station cafeteria)

Thursday, Feb. 29

7:00 Breakfast (station cafeteria)
8:00 Travel to ranch
8:30 Introductions; review and modifications of agenda; overview of
MOU for new participants (Bancroft, Werner, and Aumen)
9:00 Status of decision suppport system development; discussion (Campbell)
10:15 Break
10:30 Status of DEP and USACE permits; pasture design and construction
instrumentation needs; discussion (Bancroft and Collins)
12:00 Lunch (at ranch)
1:00 Discussion of pasture flume heights (Campbell and Capece)
1:45 Status of biological monitoring; discussion (Tanner and Werner)
2:45 Break
3:00 Discussion of Florida Cattlemen's Association and their potential participation in program (Stikes, Aumen, Bancroft, and Werner)
3:30 Review and discussion of production information to be used in SPA program (Bancroft and Collins)
4:15 FHANTM sensitivity analysis; use of pasture experiments to
provide better estimates for FHANTM parameters (Gornak)
5:00 Travel to station
6:00 Dinner (station cafeteria)

Friday, Mar. 1

7:00 Breakfast (station cafeteria)
8:00 Travel to ranch
8:30 Pasture management (fertilization and fire regimes, controls);
cow management (selection of animals for experiments, herd
management during experiments)(Bancroft)
10:00 Discussion of future activities; funding sources; experimental
design (All participants)
11:30 Adjournment
11:30 Travel to station (for those wanting lunch)
12:00 Lunch (station cafeteria)