Tenth Tidally United: Cultural Resources Shoreline Monitoring and Public Engagement Summit

Tenth Tidally United: 

Cultural Resources Shoreline Monitoring and Public Engagement Summit 

Hospitality Suite, Abare Hall, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL 

August 7, 2026 

 

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***PRELIMINARY PROGRAM***

8:30am Registration, Ringhaver Student Center, Flagler College 

9:00am Welcome from FPAN - Mary Minkoff 

              Introductions – Sarah Miller 

9:30am Keynote Speaker - “This Place is Past Meeting Future:” Emerging Patterns in Coastal Cultural Heritage Vulnerability across the Apalachicola System, Nicole Grinnan 

10:00am 10 years of HMS Florida, Sarah Miller 

10:20am Break 

Theme I: HMS with the Public 

10:40am Through the Eyes of a Scout: Site Stewardship of Historic Cemeteries across Florida, Chris Nolan 

11:00am HMS to the Rescue! Opportunities and Challenges of Heritage Monitoring Scouts on Private Lands, Mike Thomin, Rachel Hines, and Courtney Boren 

11:20am TBA

11:40am Open Discussion 

12:00pm Lunch Break 

Theme II: HMS with Public Lands 

1:20pm Partnership with the St. Johns River Water Management District, Brent Bachelder and Christopher Kinslow

1:40pm Partnership with the BLM Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area, Sara Ayers-Rigsby 

2:00pm TBA

Theme III: Training and Data Management 

2:20pm Scouts are the Heart: Training Volunteers using the HMS Florida Scout Portal, Rachael Kangas 

2:40pm Working with Arches to Support HMS Florida Over the Years, Adam Cox 

3:00pm If Scouts are the Heart, the Database is the Memory: Managing Data with the HMS Florida Monitoring Database, Kassie Kemp 

3:20pm Break 

Theme IV: Research projects 

3:40pm Monitoring Shorelines, Emily Jane Murray 

4:00pm Day in the Field with the District, Robbie Boggs 

4:20pm Open Discussion 

4:50pm Closing Remarks