Name: Lake Okeechobee And The Estuaries: A Water Management Balancing Act (Part 1 of 2)
Start: 2025-07-17T13:30:00-0400
End: 2025-07-17T15:10:00-0400

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Thursday July 17, 2025 1:30pm - 3:10pm EDT

Caxambus 1-2

In this extremely popular panel of experts on Lake Okeechobee, the panel is again presenting on critical issues affecting Lake Okeechobee and the Northern Estuaries.
Part 1 This year, numerous developing issues are affecting the Lake, including the new lake schedule “LOSOM” being implemented by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the ASR program north of the lake. In this 2-part course, the panel will focus on these latest developments, as well as the Herbert Hoover Dike Rehabilitation, endangered species, water quality, and the status of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan projects that affect the Lake.
Part 2 The panel represents a diverse cross-section of government, private landowners, tribal entities, and environmental and agricultural interests. The panel will discuss how Lake management decisions affect their differing interests and obligations and the varying issues that must be balanced to make effective decisions.

Speakers

Luna E. Phillips

Shareholder, Gunster

Luna Phillips is a Florida Bar board certified Gunster shareholder who practices in the area of environmental, administrative and governmental law. She leads the firm’s Environmental practice.Prior to joining the firm, Luna was a senior attorney for the South Florida Water Management... Read More →

Ernie Barnett

Owner, Water and Land Advisors, Inc.

Michelle Diffenderfer

President, Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.

Michelle Diffenderfer is the President and a Shareholder of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., a statewide environmental law firm. Mrs. Diffenderfer assists landowners, businesses and governments with local, state and federal, environmental, natural resource and land development legal... Read More →