Everglades Water Supply Summit to Be Webcast

The Everglades Water Supply Summit on Tuesday, Jan. 17, that is to include a panel discussion featuring Gov. Rick Scott, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and Hall of Fame golfer Jack Nicklaus, will be webcast.

NBC News chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd will moderate the event being held at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center in Tallahassee that is set to begin at 2 p.m.

According to organizers, the panels include:

Water Supply Panelists:
Kimberly Mitchell, West Palm Beach city commissioner.
Mike Sole, vice president, Florida Power & Light.
Will Weatherford, state representative, District 61.
Melissa Meeker, Executive Director, South Florida Water Management District
Jack Nicklaus, chairman, Nicklaus Cos.

Water Quality Panelists:
Sen. Paula Dockery.
Herschel Vinyard, secretary, Department of Environmental Protection.
Jim Harvey, co-chair, Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation.
Tamara Pigott, executive director, Lee County Tourism Board.
Gwendolyn Fleming, Region 4 administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.

What's Next Panelists:
Gov. Rick Scott.
Adam Putnam, commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Sen. Mike Haridopolos, Senate president.
Secretary Ken Salazar, Department of the Interior.
Paul Tudor Jones, chairman, Everglades Foundation.

For information, go here.