AGENDA - September 24-25, 2016 – LAFAYETTE, LA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 7:00 AM: Texans Depart from Houston via Chartered Bus Tentative departure location: Rice University’s Greenbriar lot, 2243 Rice Boulevard, Houston 77005 8:00-8:25 AM Louisiana Volunteer Check-in at the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, USGS Address: 700 Cajundome Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70506 8:30-9:00 AM Set up and open walk up registration / check-in Table at the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, USGS 9:00-10:30 AM: Louisiana Volunteers set up: booths presentation rooms refreshment table(s) Rest up Lunch distribution tables 10:30 AM: Texans Arrive at Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, USGS and check-in 11:00-11:50 AM: Keynote address – “A Prairie Fire” by Jaime Gonzaá lez, Katy Prairie Conservancy Abdalla Hall University of Louisiana Lafayette, Campus Address: 635 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70506 12:00 PM: Box lunch at Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, USGS or Abdalla Hall ULL, Campus 1:00-5:00 PM: Presentations (see next page)
Tentative Presentations Agenda for Saturday, September 24, 2016
Note: Speaker lineup subject to some change 5:00 PM: Break until CEET tours Texans check into hotel 6:15 PM: Tour of CEET Center and seed plots 6:45 PM: Awards Ceremony 7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Cajun party and Fais-do-do and dinner! 9:15 PM: Bus transport to Hilton Garden Inn, Lafayette Address: 2350 W Congress St, Lafayette, LA 70506 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 7:30 AM: Depart Hilton Garden Inn for Eunice Prairie 8:30 AM: Depart for Duralde Prairie Address: Navy Road, Mamou, LA 70554 10:00 AM: Eunice Prairie tour Address: 600 block of Magnolia Ave., Eunice LA 70535
11:30 AM: Transport to Rocky’s cafeá 1415 E Laurel Ave, Eunice, LA 70535 12:00 PM: Lunch at Rocky’s and wrap-up 1:30 PM: Depart for Houston 4:10 PM: Return to Houston