Backbone of an Island:Raccoon Island Vegetation Change: 1956 – 2006
Authors: Larry Handley and Chris Wells, United States Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, and Jason Dugas and Kelly Mouton, IAP World Services, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA.

The FRI East Texas Forest Inventory Project: Applications for Imagery Analysis
Author: Darrel L. McDonald, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center, Nacogdoches, TX

James Tanner’s Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Habitat on the Tensas River, Louisiana
Authors: Chris Wells, Larry Handley, Wylie Barrow, and Tommy Michot, National Wetlands Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA

Spatial Modeling of Hillside Seepage Bogs: Ft. Polk, Louisiana
Authors: Steven M. Ward and Jason T. Knowles, GEC, Inc. and Dept of Geography & Anthropology, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Luncheon Presentation: GIS Data in Louisiana - Walt Simpson, TeleAtlas

Use of Geospatial Information during Response and Recovery Efforts for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005
Authors: H.L. Case III, U.S. Geological Survey, Salton Sea Science Office, La Quinta, CA, and Nina Burkardt, Joan Ratz, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO

USGS Emergency Image Acquisition Process
Authors: Brenda Jones, USGS, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD

Building Bridges between Data Sources: Moving Forward Towards Effective Emergency Responses
Authors: Darrel L. McDonald, James Kroll and P.R. Blackwell, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center, Nacogdoches, TX

Planning, Coordinating, and Executing a High Resolution Post-Hurricane Mapping Project in Southern Louisiana
Authors: Lynn Dupont, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, New Orleans, LA, and and Carter Christopher, 3001, Inc., Slidell, LA

LouisianaView as part of the AmericaView Program
Author: Brent Yantis, Regional Application Center, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

Recent Applications Utilizing the Louisiana statewide LIDAR Project Datasets
Authors: DeWitt Braud, Elaine Evers, Rob Cunningham, School of the Coast and Environment, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Spectral and Spatial Characteristics of Lost Land and Land ‘At-Risk’ in Barataria Bay
Authors: DeWitt Braud, Coastal Studies Institute, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, Brady Couvillion, USGS, National Wetlands Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, Chris Pennington, Dept. of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge, LA, and Winston McKenna, Dept. of Geography & Anthropology, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Geospatial Assessment of Coastal Louisiana Land Loss before August 2005 to Determine Whether Human Activity Contributed to Observed Landloss after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Authors: Jacquole Landry, Mykel Delandro, and Dr. Lionel Lyles, Center for Coastal Zone and Remote Sensing (CCZARS), Baton Rouge, LA

Effects of Water Depth on Remote Detection of Underwater Plants
Authors: Melissa Larmer, Jonathan Jones, and Hyun Jung Cho, Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

One Guy, Two Hats. Lincoln Parish Communications District and the Parish GIS
Author: Shane Breland, Lincoln Parish, Ruston, LA

GIS and 911 in West Baton Rouge Parish
Author: Anthony Summers, West Baton Rouge Office of Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness & 911, Port Allen, LA

Beyond Hurricane Katrina: GIS and Emergency Response in New Orleans
Author: Kathrine Cargo, Orleans Parish Communications District, New Orleans, LA

GNIS, Updating the Critical Facilities Database for Coastal Louisiana
Author: Craig Johnson, Louisiana Geographic Information Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Moving Forward – Using Technology to Streamline Processes and Facilitate Public Access
Author: Conrad Comeaux, Lafayette Parish Assessor, Lafayette, LA

Lafayette 2030, The Use of GIS and Demographics
Author: Michael LeBlanc, Lafayette Consolidated Government Traffic and Transportation, Lafayette, LA

GIS Use in the I-49 Connector Action Plan
Author: Neal LeBouef, Lafayette Consolidated Government, Lafayette, LA

Enterprise GIS - Is it possible and what does it take?
Author: Joe Werger, City/Parish GIS projects, Lafayette Consolidated Government, Lafayette, LA

Luncheon Presentation: Navigation Electronics, Inc. - William Poche

Stewardship of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) in Louisiana
Author: Bill Smith, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO

GIS Data Management and Availability
Author: David Gisclair, LOSCO / Office of the Governor, Baton Rouge , LA

Pipeline Operations: Measuring Temporal Land Change Using RS and GIS
Authors: John Evers, Sr. and Victor Leotta, C-K Associates, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA

Louisiana GIS DVD – May 2007 Compilation
Authors: David Gisclair, Dewitt Braud, and Josh Kent, LOSCO / Office of the Governor, Baton Rouge , LA

TITAN – A Mobile, Ground-Based LiDAR System
Authors: Beau Jarvis, Terrapoint USA, The Woodlands, TX

Geospatial Technologies in the K-12 Classroom: A Standards-Based Approach
Authors: M. Sean Chenoweth and Michael A. Camille, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA

Sensational Geography: Journal of Geography Cover Images
Author: Catherine M. Lockwood, Chadron State College, Nathan Handley, Larry Handley, US Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA

Teachers and Students Investigating Louisiana's Coast Using WETMAAP Materials, GIS, and GPS Technology
Author: Dinah Maygarden and Matthew Bethel, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

A First Approach to a Hydrologic Flood Forecasting System for Mesoamerica
Authors: Jose E. Villalobos-Enciso and Carol Friedland, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

The 2007 LOSCO Louisiana Quad Reference System and the LGS Louisiana Public Land Survey System
Author: R. Hampton Peele, Louisiana Geological Survey, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

GIS and Katrina Recovery Efforts in the New Orleans Unified Plan (UNOP)
Author: James A Price, GCR & Associates, New Orleans, LA

Hurricanes – Emergency Preparedness for the Coming 2007 Season, Are we any better prepared than in 2005?

Rusti Liner, FEMA
Lynn Dupont, NORPC
Lee Case, USGS
Brenda Jones, USGS
Pat O’Neil, USGS