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This agenda will be up-dated as new information becomes available.

Thursday, March 15

1:00pm Exhibitors begin setting up exhibits at Ramada Inn
6:00pm Ice-Breaker Social, Ramada Inn


Friday, March 16

7:00am Registration
8:30am Welcome and Acknowledgments
Dan Smith, Director
Cooperative Extension Service
Clemson University
8:45am SETC 2001 -- Purpose and Goals
Gene Wood
Extension Trails Specialist
Clemson University
9:15am Keynote Address
Lisa Ann (Kelly) McKinley
Extension/Environmental Protection Agency Liaison
EPA Region IV, Wetlands
Atlanta, Georgia
10:00am Break
10:30am Panel Presentations: Trails and Water Quality Protection
Jack Holcomb, Hydrologist, USDA-Forest Service, Region 8 National Forests, Atlanta, Georgia

Wallace Brittain, Landscape Architect, National Park Service, Region 4, Atlanta, Georgia

Morris Flexner, Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, Atlanta, Georgia
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Western Surveys for  Cryptosporidium and   Giardia in Trail Horses
Mylon Filkins, DVM, Backcountry Horsemen of America, Bakersfield, California
2:15pm Designing Trails for Prevention of Erosion and Stream Sedimentation
Walter Cook, Professor of Forestry (retired), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
3:00pm Break
3:30pm Small Stream Fish Responses to Changes in Water Quality
Jeff Foltz, Professor of Fisheries, Dept. Aquaculture, Fisheries and Wildlife, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
4:15pm Small Stream Mollusk Responses to Changes in Water Quality
Arnie Eversole, Professor of Fisheries, Dept. Aquaculture, Fisheries and Wildlife, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
5:00pm Adjourn
6:00pm Social hour at Ramada Inn
7:00pm Barbecue at Ramada Inn


Saturday, March 17

8:30am State Presentations on Trails and Water Quality Protection
8:30am Alabama
Moderator: Brian Bourne, War Eagle Trail Association, Notasulga, Alabama

Speaker: Ray Alright, Forest Hydrologist, USDA-Forest Service, National Forests in Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama
9:00am Florida
Moderator: Helen Pankratz-Koehler, Sunshine State Horse Council, Morriston, Florida

Speaker: Barbara Cook, Wilderness and Trails Coordinator, USDA-Forest Service, National Forests in Florida, Tallahassee, Florida
9:30am Georgia
Moderator: Joan Grant, Georgia Horse Council, Hoschton, Georgia

Speaker: Charlene Neihardt, Forest Hydrologist, USDA-Forest Service, National Forests in Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
10:00am North Carolina
Moderator: To be announced

Speaker: To be announced
10:30am Break
11:00am South Carolina
Moderator: Larry Hudson, South Carolina Horsemen's Council, Central, South Carolina

Speaker: Virgil Quisenberry, Professor of Crop and Soil Environmental Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

11:30pm Tennessee
Moderator: Joanne Grimes, Tennessee Horse Council, Knoxville, Tennessee

Speaker: Steve Bakaletz, National Park Service, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Oneida, Tennessee
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Virginia
Moderator: Sally Aungier, Virginia Horse Council, Richmond, Virginia

Speaker: David Brickley, Director, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Richmond, Virginia
 2:00pm Equestrian Trail Safety
Steve Bennett, Executive Director, Horsemanship Safety Association, Lake Placid, Florida
2:45pm "Leave No Trace" Horse Trail Use and Horse Camping
Virgil Mink, Wilderness Manager, USDA-Forest Service, Tonepah National Forest, Tonepah, Nevada
3:30pm Break
4:00pm Trail Bridge Construction Using Composite Materials
Eric Johansen, President, E.T. Techtonics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4:45pm Synthetic Cellular Confinement System for Low Water and/or Bog Crossings
Vicki Ginter, Stable Soil Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia


Sunday, March 18
7:30am SETC Planning Team Breakfast
9:30am Optional tour of selected sites on the Clemson Experimental Forest Trail System stream crossing and erosion control designs
12:00pm Adjourn SETC 2001


For additional information contact:
Dr. Gene W. Wood
E-mail Dr. Wood
Department of Aquaculture
Fisheries & Wildlife