November 14, 2011 |
| 5:30 PM |
Registration begins, exhibitors & posters can start set up |
November 15, 2011 |
| 8:30 AM |
Pre-conference Workshops |
| 1. |
The Stream Functions Pyramid: A Conceptual Model for Setting Goals and Evaluating the Functional Improvement of Stream Restoration Projects |
| 2. |
Introduction to Stream Project: Decision Analysis and Design Guidance for Stream Restoration |
| 3. |
Regenerative Design: Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance, Sand Seepage Wetlands, and Base-flow Channel Design |
| 12:00 PM |
Lunch on Your Own |
| 1:30 PM |
Opening Plenary Session – Stream Corridor Functions and Processes
Welcome – Tom Busiahn, Assistant Director – Fisheries and Habitat Conservations, USFWS
Keynote – Ellen Wohl, PhD, Colorado State University. Disconnected Rivers
Will Harman, Stream Mechanics – Stream Functions Pyramid
Craig J. Fischenich, CEERUS Army Engineer Developmental and Research Center Environmental Laboratory– Engineering and Geomorphology Functions and Processes
Michael Barbour, Tetra Tech – The Relationship of Biological Monitoring to Ecological Restoration and Ecological Recovery
Open Discussion |
| 5:00 PM |
Adjourn |
| 6:00 PM |
Social & Exhibitor Session
Hors d'oeuvres, carving stations and cash bar |
November 16, 2011 |
| 7:00 AM |
Registration/Info desk opens & Continental Breakfast |
Breakout Group 1 |
| 8:30 AM |
Session A: Innovative Restoration Design Tools, Methods, Adaptions |
| 8:40 AM |
Beargrass Creek Revisited– A Perspective on the Evolution of Stream Restoration over the Past 15 Years
George Athanasakes, Stantec |
| 9:00 AM |
Environmental Visualization and 3D Modeling to Support Stream and Watershed Restoration in the Appalachians
Charles Yuill, West Virginia University Landscape Architecture Program |
| 9:20 AM |
2D Modeling Sounds Impressive, But is it Useful?
Bruce Cole, San Antonio River Authority |
| 9:40 AM |
Applying Principles for the Ecological Restoration of Aquatic Resources to Legacy Sediment Problems in Pennsylvania
Jeffery Hartranft, PA DEP |
| 10:00 AM |
Break |
| 10:25 AM |
Watts Branch Stream Restoration
Mark Secrist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
| 10:45 AM |
Lone Oak Stream Mitigation Bank: Instream Structure Innovations, Construction, Challenges and Field Fits
Dan Sweet, Wildlands Engineering Inc. |
| 11:05 AM |
Does Stream Restoration Really Create Habitat? - Quantifying Instream Habitat Using Two-dimensional Hydrodynamic Analysis
Gerald Bright, Philadelphia Water Department, Office of Watersheds |
| 11:25 AM |
Use of a Rapid Visual Assessment to Monitor In-Stream Structure Success
Karen Jennings, Coastal Resources, Inc. |
| 11:45 AM |
Discussion & Q/A |
| 12:00:00 PM - 1:15 PM |
Lunch Provided - Speaker Dave Rosgen, Wildland Hydrology
A Perplexing Challenge Amongst Mixed Messages |
| 1:30 PM |
Evolution of the Constructed Riffle
Shawn Wilkerson, Wildlands Engineering, Inc. |
| 1:50 PM |
Adaptive Management in an Urban Stream Restoration: A Case Study
Kathleen Anderson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District |
| 2:10 PM |
Retrospective Evaluation of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects Completed By The US Army Corps Of Engineers
Erynn Maynard, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Environmental
Laboratory |
| 2:30 PM |
Discussion Innovative Design |
| 2:50 PM |
Break |
| 3:10 PM |
Session E: Communities and Stream Restoration |
| 3:30 PM |
The use of low head weirs to reconnect floodplains in severely entrenched perennial streams: An Anne Arundel County TMDL Watershed Implementation Plan Strategy.
Hala Flores, Department of Public Works Anne Arundel County Government, MD |
| 3:50 PM |
North Fork Roanoke River voluntary watershed restoration in Virginia through grant funded public-private partnerships.
Justin Laughlin, VA Department of Game & Inland Fisheries |
| 4:10 PM |
Jackson Creek Mitigation Bank
Daniel Johnson, Tidewater Environmental Services Inc |
| 4:30 PM |
Stream Restoration: Linking Environmental Benefits to Economic Benefits and Valuing Environmental Benefits
Danielle Schwarzmann, University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| 4:50 PM |
Discussion - Communities |
| 5:10 |
Adjourn |
Breakout Group 2 |
| 8:30 AM |
Session B: Monitoring |
| 8:40 AM |
Mechumps Creek Corridor Restoration Project, Ashland, Virginia
Josh Running, Williamsburg Environmental Group, Inc. |
| 9:00 AM |
Stream and Wetland Restoration at Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest
Greg Jennings, North Carolina State University |
| 9:20 AM |
Application of the Watershed Assessment of River Stability and Sediment Supply (WARSSS) to the design of a Salmonid Habitat Improvement and Passage Project.
Mike Adams, Stantec Consulting, Inc. |
| 9:40 AM |
Built to Last? An Evaluation of Aging In-stream Structures.
Scott Hunt, Michael Baker Engineering, Inc. |
| 10:00 AM |
Break |
| 10:25 AM |
An interactive spatial database of compensatory stream mitigation projects in the southern West Virginia coalfields
Catherine Artis, West Virginia University |
| 10:45 AM |
Can the BANCS model parameters be use to predict streambank erosion at an actively eroding and restored stream reach of Horseshoe Run: Tucker County, WV
Abby McQueen, Canaan Valley Institute |
| 11:05 AM |
The effects of stream restoration on streambank migration, water quality, and macroinvertebrate communities in the Cacapon River, West Virginia
Jonathan Pitchford |
| 11:25 AM |
Ecological Benefits of Compensatory Stream Mitigation in Southern West Virginia
Watersheds
Eric Miller, West Virginia University |
| 11:45 AM |
Discussion, Q&A |
| 12 PM - 1:15 PM |
Lunch Provided - Speaker Dave Rosgen, Wildland Hydrology
A Perplexing Challenge Amongst Mixed Messages |
| 1:30 PM |
Our Best Chance to Show Restoration Success: Comprehensive Monitoring in Red Hill Branch Subwatershed, Howard County, Maryland
Mike Pieper, KCI Technologies, Inc. |
| 1:50 PM |
10 year Monitoring Study of Habitat, Fish and Macroinvertebrate Response to a Natural Channel Design Stream Restoration Project in North Central PA
Melvin Zimmerman, Lycoming College |
| 2:10 PM |
Geomorphic Monitoring of the Patapsco River Following the Removal of the Simkins Dam, Patapsco River, Maryland
Graham Boardman, McCormick Taylor Inc |
| 2:30 PM |
Rapid Stream Restoration Monitoring Protocol
Sandra Davis, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| 2:50 PM |
Discussion - Monitoring |
| 3:10 PM |
Break |
| 3:30 PM |
Session F: Stream Impacts Session |
| 3:50 PM |
Transportation Mitigation
Nathan Ober, Stantec |
| 4:10 PM |
Impacts of Coal Mining to Receiving Streams and Associated Remediation, Reclamation and Mitigation
Joshua B. Gilman, Stantec Consulting, Inc. |
| 4:30 AM |
Discussion Stream Impacts |
| 5:00 PM |
Adjourn |
Breakout Group 3 |
| 8:30 AM |
Session C: Headwater Streams |
| 8:40 AM |
The Road to Brook Trout Recovery
Kenneth Anderson, II, PA Fish & Boat Commission Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission |
| 9:00 AM |
How Much is Enough? Flow Duration as a Parameter for Determining Mitigation Success in Headwater Stream Systems
Kevin Tweedy, Michael Baker Engineering, Inc. |
| 9:20 AM |
Unassessed Water Program in Pennsylvania
Melvin Zimmerman, Lycoming College |
| 9:40 AM |
Headwater Stream Restoration
Thomas Graupensperger, Dewberry |
| 10:00 AM |
Break |
| 10:25 AM |
Discussion Headwater Streams |
| 10:45 AM |
Session G: Watershed Scale Planning and Restoration |
| 10:55 AM |
Retrofitting Urban Stormwater Infrastructure for Treatment and Ecological Enhancement in Philadelphia, PA
Rick Howley, PWD-Office of Watersheds |
| 11:15 AM |
Cumulative-Effects assessment and implementation of multi-stressor mitigation approaches in an intensively mined central Appalachian watershed.
Eric Merriam, West Virginia University |
| 11:35 AM |
Beyond Channel Protection Volume (CPv): Moving From Stormwater Management to Integrated Restoration
Erik Michelsen, South River Federation |
| 12 PM - 1:15 PM |
Lunch Provided - Speaker Dave Rosgen, Wildland Hydrology
A Perplexing Challenge Amongst Mixed Messages |
| 1:30 PM |
Watershed Approach to Restoring Streams and Wetlands in the Urban Upper Sandy Creek Watershed
Joshua White, Michael Baker Engineering |
| 1:50 PM |
Assessing Watershed Scale Responses to BMP Implementation in Urban Watersheds
John Jastram, USGS Virginia Water Science Center |
| 2:10 PM |
The City of Austin - Stream Restoration Program
Morgan Byars, City of Austin Watershed Protection |
| 2:30 PM |
Assessing Surface Runoff as a Tool for Evaluating Watersheds and Stream Restoration
Pamela Dodds, PhD |
| 2:50 PM |
Discussion: Watershed Scale Planning and Restoration |
| 3:10 PM |
Adjourn |
Breakout Group 4 |
| 8:30 AM |
Session D: Aquatic Species Habitat Restoration |
| 8:40 AM |
Guadalupe Bass Restoration Initiative
Gary Garrett, Ph.D, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dep |
| 9:00 AM |
Wild Trout Habitat Enhancement Project Beaver Creek, MD
Doug Hutzell, Environmental Services, Inc. |
| 9:20 AM |
Riparian Ecological Community Assessment of a Restored Reach of the Cacapon River, West Virginia
Kathryn McCoard, West Virginia University Division of Forestry & Natural Resources |
| 9:40 AM |
Comparing the Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Diversity of Restored Urban Streams to Reference Streams
Scott Stranko, Maryland DNR |
| 10:00 AM |
Break |
10:30 AM |
Tout Unlimited presentation -- Warren Colyer |
| 10:50 AM |
Discussion Aquatic Species |
| 11:10 AM |
Session H: Functional Stream Assessment & Restoration |
| 11:30 AM |
Creative Design: The Handmaiden of Restoring Hydrologic Connectivity and Ecological Function
Ellen McClure, Biohabitats |
| 12 PM - 1:15 PM |
Lunch Provided - Speaker Dave Rosgen, Wildland Hydrology
A Perplexing Challenge Amongst Mixed Messages |
| 1:30 AM |
Stream Channel Succession and Sediment Yield : Black Vermillion River, KS
Tim Keane, Kansas State University |
| 1:50 AM |
Stream Restoration Design and Environmental Benefit
Joe Berg, Biohabitats |
| 2:10 PM |
Spring Branch, Baltimore County, Maryland: A Bright Spot in Urban Stream Restoration
Mike Trumbauer, Biohabitats |
| 2:30 PM |
Assessing the Hydrologic and Hydraulic Processes and Connectivity in Altered Riverine Systems
Ward Oberholtzer, Landstudies & Century Engineering |
| 2:50 PM |
Functional measures of biotic recovery in an acid mine impacted stream remediated by alkaline addition: a five year study
Kelly Johnson, Ohio University |
| 3:10 PM |
Discussion, Q&A, announcements |
| 3:30 PM |
Adjourn |
November 17,2011 |
| 7:00 AM |
Registration/Info desk opens
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM |
Panel Discussion - The Future of Stream Restoration
Featuring representatives of state and federal and State agencies |
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The objective of the panel discussion is to have Federal and State agencies provide a brief presentation regarding their agency’s/organization’s involvement in stream related activities. Panelists will discuss:
• Agency role/objectives in stream restoration/dam removal
• Programs within the agency that relate to streams
• Current stream activities (e.g., assessment, restoration, research, etc.)
• Future stream needs and opportunities
• Partnering efforts with other agencies and organizations
• Agency funding availability
Panelists:
Kerry Robinson, NRCS
Tamara McCandless, USFW
Palmer Hough, EPA
Craig J. Fischenich, Army COE
George Kelly, Environmental Banc & Exchange
Justin Laughlin, VA Game & Inland Fisheries
Tim Schaeffer
Sandy Hertz
Danny Bennett, WV DNR |
| 12:00 PM |
Conference Adjourns |
