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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

 

OPENING PLENARY SESSION
MODERATOR: Mark Wingate,
CEER 2014 Co-chair, Program Committee, USACE, New Orleans District

K. Ramesh Reddy, Chair, University of Florida/IFAS Soil and Water Science Department
Cara Nelson,
Chair, Society for Ecological Restoration and CEER 2014 Co-Chair

Charles Allen, City of New Orleans

R. King Milling, CEER 2014 Honorary Chair, -and- Chair, Louisiana Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection, Restoration and Conservation      ● PRESENTATION ●
Board Member, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Chair, America's WETLAND Foundation, New Orleans, LA

Cheryl Ulrich, CEER 2014 Co-Chair, and Ecosystem Restoration Department Manager, Dewberry   ● PRESENTATION ●

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

Session 5

Session 6

Session 7

Session 8

Session 9

Session 10

Session

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill NRDA Trustee Early Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico
Part 1

Emerging Water Resources Policy

Regime Changes, Resilience & Restoration - The Evolving Dialogue

Ecosystem Restoration - Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

National Parks and the Gulf Coast: Protecting, Restoring, and Growing for the Second Century

Coastal Ecosystem Services

Using the Target Plant Concept to Improve Restoration Planting Success

Collaborative Adaptive Management

Nutrients - Effects and Management

Restoration to Support Fisheries Habitat

Moderator

John Isanhart
● PRESENTATION ●

Karen Gautreaux

Stephen Murphy

Jennifer Mouton

Sarah Barmeyer

Ann Redmond

Anthony Davis
● PRESENTATION ●

Chad Smith

Richard Pfingsten

Jerry Kenny

 

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

 

Colette Charbonneau
Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment Early Restoration Overview
● PRESENTATION ●

Chris Dalbom
Managing Water for a Sustainable Coast

Richard Hobbs
From Slippery Concept to Effective Tools: Developing an Operational Approach to Resilience
● PRESENTATION ●

Kelly Moores
Scenario Building for Climate Change Management in Bruce Peninsula National Park
● PRESENTATION ●

John Adornato III
Restoring Great Waters and National Parks for the Second Century of the National Park System - A National Overview

● PRESENTATION ●

Ann Speers
The Change in Ecosystem Services Values and Long Term Economic Impact Resulting From Coastal Restoration Investments

Jeremiah Pinto
How Plants Establish, or Fail To, In Restoration Projects
● PRESENTATION ●

Jim Berkley
Contrasting Roles in Collaborative Adaptive Management: A Potential Key to Progress
● PRESENTATION ●

Emma Giese
Evaluating Best Management Practice Effectiveness to Inform Decision Making in the Chesapeake Bay
● PRESENTATION ●

Rolando Santos
Linking Everglades Restoration Effects To Fisheries Habitat: Influence Of SAV Seascape Structure And Fish Predation Risk
● PRESENTATION ● 

 

Kelly Samek
Restoring Lost Recreational Use of Natural Resources After the DWH Oil Spill
● PRESENTATION ●

Heath Kelsey
Report Card Supports Integrated Management in the Mississippi River Basin
● PRESENTATION ●

Rachel Standish
How Do Ecologists Measure Resilience?
● PRESENTATION ●

Amanda Pruzinsky
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Analysis of Climate Change Effects on State-Basin Nutrient and Sediment Loadings
● PRESENTATION ●

Mark Ford
National Park Service Restoration in Gulf of Mexico Coastal Parks
● PRESENTATION ●

Maria Cristina Infante
Ecosystem Services Value at Risk: Towards Marine Ecosystem Restoration

Karma Bouazza
Stocktype Development and Selection for Improved Restoration Success in Lebanon
● PRESENTATION ●

Kent Loftin
Integrating Adaptive Management Into Project Lifecycle Processes
● PRESENTATION ●

Joseph Pfeiffer, Jr.
Engineered Ecosystems, a Cyborg Approach to Ecosystem Restoration - Grand Lake St. Marys Littoral Wetland Restoration

● PRESENTATION ●

Dawn York
A First in the Cape Fear River - Enhancing Anadromous Fish Spawning Habitat
● PRESENTATION ●

 

William Brantley
An Overview of the DWH Incident Natural Resource Damage Assessment Early Restoration Program in Alabama
● PRESENTATION ●

Bryan Piazza
The Louisiana Freshwater Assessment: Scientific Decision Support for Freshwater Conservation and Policy Development
● PRESENTATION ● 

James Hallett
Incorporation of Resilience as a Goal in Ecosystem Restoration: A Pacific Northwest (USA) Perspective
● PRESENTATION ●

James Pahl
Incorporating Sea-Level Rise in Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan
● PRESENTATION ●

William Finch
The Mobile-Tensaw Delta: A New Conservation Matrix for One of North America's Most Diverse Landscapes
● PRESENTATION ●

Michael Leff
Cutting-Edge Tools for Assessing Ecosystem Services and Managing Restoration Projects
● PRESENTATION ●

Owen Burney
Biotic Factors Limiting Outplanting Success of the Target Plant
● PRESENTATION ●

Craig Allen
Developing an Adaptive Management Framework for the Nebraska State Wildlife Action Plan
● PRESENTATION ●

Gary Shaffer
The Influence of Nutrients on the Sustainability of Coastal Wetlands
● PRESENTATION ●

Wendy Katagi
Physical Hydraulic Modeling Tools for Restoration of Endangered Southern Steelhead Habitat
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Benjamin Frater
Technological Advances in Sea Turtle Restoration: The DWH NRDA Program and Coastal Lighting
● PRESENTATION ●

Dennis Duke
Emerging Policy - Post Marks from the Bleeding Edge
● PRESENTATION ●

Cara Nelson
Operationalizing Resilience for Ecological Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Timothy Osborn
NOAA - Sea Level Trends - Putting Sea Level Rise Curves Into Operational Practice
● PRESENTATION ●

Michele Archie
Potential Economic Impacts of National Park Units at Galveston Bay and Mobile-Tensaw Delta
● PRESENTATION ●

Marla Stelk
Ecosystem Service Valuation for Wetland Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Simon Landhäusser
Fitness for Purpose: Tree Seedling Quality in Forest Restoration

Ahjond Garmestani
Green Urban Stormwater Management: A Fertile Ground for Collaborative Adaptive Management
● PRESENTATION ●

William Crumpton
Water Quality Performance of Wetlands Receiving Nonpoint Source Nitrogen Loads: Benefits of Targeted Wetland Restorations

Daniel Bottom
Wetland Recovery and Salmon Population Resilience
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 11

Session 12

Session 13

Session 14

Session 15

Session 16

Session 17

Session 18

Session 19

Session 20

Session

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill NRDA Trustee Early Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico
Part 2

Integrating Adaptive Management into NEPA Planning to Expedite Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration / Recovery Implementation

Community Engagement for Ecosystem Restoration and Resiliency

Global Perspectives on Restoring Waterways Affected by Industrial Contamination
Part 1

Restoring Water Quality along with Restoring the Gulf of Mexico
Part 1

Principles to Practice: Implementing Regional Sediment Management on the Gulf of Mexico Coast

Think Like a Watershed: Urban Restoration in the Nation's Capital

Sustaining Coastal Landscapes and Community Benefits: Ecosystem Service Valuation to Improve the Use of Science in Policy

Integrating Ecological Restoration Projects into a Regional Framework

Application of Evidence-Based Evaluations (EBE) for Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration Programs
Part 1

Moderator

John Isanhart
● PRESENTATION ●

Tom St Clair

Bryon Griffith

Richard Wenning

Troy Pierce and Matt Harwell

Mikell Smith

Peter Hill

Christine Feurt
● PRESENTATION ●

Paul Bovitz

Heida Diefenderfer

 

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

 

Amy Mathis
Enhanced Management of Avian Breeding Habitat Injured by Response in the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, and Mississippi
● PRESENTATION ●

PANELISTS:
Steve Bartell, Cardno ENTRIX
● PRESENTATION ●
 

Shane Cherry
● PRESENTATION ●
 

Kate Engel, Confluence Environmental Company
● PRESENTATION ●

April Fitzner, USACE
● PRESENTATION ●

Our panel will examine a growing trend within large-scale ecosystem restoration/recovery programs involving the integration of adaptive management principles into NEPA planning and documentation. The session will involve a combination of brief presentations from four large-scale restoration/recovery programs (i.e., Everglades, Louisiana Coastal Area, Missouri River, and Upper Mississippi River) followed by discussion to address issues common to each program. The intended audience is managers, restoration/recovery practitioners, planners, and others who prepare NEPA documentation for large-scale restoration programs.

Adrienne Mason
An Interface Of Community Wellbeing And Watershed Restoration In Southern Bruce County
● PRESENTATION ●

Danny Sherban
Environmental Remediation and Restoration of the Kishon River, Israel
● PRESENTATION ●

Jane Morse
Innovative Approaches, Methods and Techniques for Improving Water Quality
● PRESENTATION ●

Syed Khalil
Gulf Regional Sediment Management Master Plan (GRSMMP): An Overview of the Sediment Resources of Northern Gulf of Mexico
● PRESENTATION ●

Josh Burch
Restoring Ecological Function to Zero-Order Urban Streams Using Regenerative Stream Channel Designs
● PRESENTATION ●

Kristin Wilson
Ecosystem Services of Riparian Buffers
● PRESENTATION ●

Christina Kaunzinger
Ecological and Administrative Constraints to Restoring Coastal Habitats Along Jamaica Bay, NY
● PRESENTATION ●

Andy LoSchiavo
Role of System-wide Ecosystem Restoration Assessments in the Everglades Adaptive Management Program
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Brian Spears
Rebuilding an Island to Restore Bird Nesting Habitat for Species Injured by the DWH Spill
● PRESENTATION ●

Alek Modjeski
Post-Sandy Bradley Beach Maritime Forest Creation: A Small Scale Project With Large Scale Application Potential
● PRESENTATION ●

Timothy Iannuzzi
Considerations for Restoration of Heavily Industrialized Rivers in the United States: A Case Study of the Lower Passaic River in the New York/New Jersey (NY/NJ) Harbor Estuary, USA
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Alma Robichaux
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program – Cleaning Up Our Waterways
● PRESENTATION ●

Larry Parson
Policy Issues and Recommendations for the Implementation of Beneficial Use of Management Sediments
● PRESENTATION ●

Andrew Oetman
LID in Washington D.C.: True Data from the Trenches
● PRESENTATION ●

Verna DeLauer
Using Mental Modeling and Communication Audits to Link Ecosystem Service Valuation to Restoration Goals
● PRESENTATION ●

John Champion & Gwen Macdonald
Urban River Restoration Success: Collaborating with Local Communities
● PRESENTATION ●

Christopher Hathcock
Evolution of Inventory and Monitoring Strategies and Using Qualitative Data to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Long-Term Woodland-Restoration Efforts Along the Lower Rio Grande

● PRESENTATION ●

 

Don Blancher
Restoring Ecosystem Services in Mississippi Coastal Water by Enhancing Secondary Productivity using Oyster Cultch and Artificial Reefs
● PRESENTATION ●

Darin Stringer
Fusing Eastern And Western Outplanting Practices For Success: The Lebanon Reforestation Initiative
● PRESENTATION ●

Rebecca Gardner
Integrated Approaches to Achieving Environmental Goals in Norway's Fjords
● PRESENTATION ●

Andrew Stoddard
Davis Pond River Diversion: Pre-and Post-Diversion Trends for Salinity Intrusion and Nutrients
● PRESENTATION ●

Ray Newby
State Implementation of Regional Sediment Management: Economic, Environmental, and Collaborative Success Stories from Texas and Mississippi
● PRESENTATION ●

Rebecca Stack
Can Urban Redevelopment Restore Aquatic Resources with Standards for Stormwater Retention and Landscape Performance?
● PRESENTATION ●

Christine Feurt
Challenges and Rewards of Transdisciplinary Collaboration to Sustain Ecosystem Services
● PRESENTATION ●

Ed Morgereth
Adaptively Restoring and Managing Urban Riparian Areas for Ecological Improvement, Resiliency & Planning Integration
● PRESENTATION ● 

Denise Reed
Striving for System Change: Setting Objectives and Measuring Response

● PRESENTATION ●
 

 

Alyssa Dausman
Science and Monitoring to Assess the Success of Restoration Projects Related to the DWH Oil Spill and Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Stephen Murphy
Regime Changes, Resilience, and Restoration: No Reverse Gear
● PRESENTATION ●

Nuno Caiola
Environmental Restoration of the Lower Ebro River and its Delta (Catalonia, Spain)
● PRESENTATION ●

Troy Pierce
Community Driven Water Quality Improvement to Benefit Gulf Ecosystems: EPA Funded Projects 1987-2013
● PRESENTATION ●

Carl Ferarro
Strategies for Implementing Regional Sediment Management: Using a Collaborative Approach to Implementing RSM Principles in Alabama
● PRESENTATION ●

Peter Hill
Adding up the Benefits of Three Integrative Programs for Water Quality and Habitat Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Panel Discussion:
Interdisciplinary Panel & Audience Engagement to Discuss Benefits and Barriers of Ecosystem Service Valuation for Ecosystem Restoration Practice and Policy

Margaret Glowacki
Incentivizing Low Impact Development: Developing and Piloting Green Shores for Homes
● PRESENTATION ●

Gary Johnson
An Evidence-Based Evaluation of the Cumulative Effects of Ecosystem Restoration in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary

● PRESENTATION ●

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 21

Session 22

Session 23

Session 24

Session 25

Session 26

Session 27

Session 28

Session 29

Session 30

Session

Deepwater Horizon-Related Programs in the Gulf of Mexico: An Overview of Program Goals and Activities

Post Hurricane Sandy - Increasing Resilience: Lessons Learned

The Central Everglades Planning Project: The Application of Key Scientific Products Developed By the RECOVER Science Program to the Accelerated Planning Process

Global Perspectives on Restoring Waterways Affected by Industrial Contamination
Part 2

Restoring Water Quality along with Restoring the Gulf of Mexico
Part 2

The Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP): Strengthening the Relationships Between Modeling, Monitoring, Adaptive Management and Planning

Restoration in Action - Case Studies

Involving Stakeholders in Planning for Restoration- Rationale, Constraints, Innovation, and Best Practices

Shoreline Green Infrastructure: The Next Generation of Resilient Techniques

Application of Evidence-Based Evaluations (EBE) for Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration Programs
Part 2

Moderator

Rebecca Allee

Sarah Murdock
● PRESENTATION ●

Patrica Gorman
● PRESENTATION ●

Richard Wenning

Troy Pierce and Matt Harwell

Craig Fleming

Eddy Carter

Maura Wood

Beth Spalding

Heida Diefenderfer

 

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

 

Julien Lartigue
NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program: Advancing a Holistic Understanding of the Gulf of Mexico
● PRESENTATION ●

Sarah Miller, on behalf of Roselle Henn
Nature-Based Features in a Systems Approach to Coastal Storm Risk Management
● PRESENTATION ●

Agnes McLean
Use of Ecological Models in Project Planning

● PRESENTATION ●

David Moore
Plenty of Eels: Industrial Activity, Environmental Quality and Ecological Restoration in the Parramatta River, Australia
● PRESENTATION ●

Melissa Pringle
Alternative Shoreline Management Guidance Manual for Coastal MS
● PRESENTATION ●

Kate Buenau
Evaluating the Effects of Current and Potential Restoration Management Actions for Least Terns (Sternula antillarum) and Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) on the Missouri River

● PRESENTATION ●

Cris Weber
Port Alto Beach Wetland Restoration and Conservation Project
● PRESENTATION ●

Bethany Kraft
Public Engagement and the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
● PRESENTATION ●

Terry Doss
Nature-Based Shoreline Restoration Techniques
● PRESENTATION ●

David Marmorek
What It Really Takes To Test Hypotheses Concerning Ecosystem Restoration and Species Recovery

● PRESENTATION ●
 

 

Chris Elfring
The NAS Gulf Research Program: An Overview

● PRESENTATION ●

Greg Guannel
Nature Reduces the Impacts of Storms. What's Next?
● PRESENTATION ●

Christopher Buzzelli
Forecasting Estuarine Responses to Altered Freshwater Inflow
● PRESENTATION ●

Wayne Landis
A Tale of Two Rivers - Evaluating Restoration Methods with Bayesian Networks in the South River (VA) and Puyallup River (WA)
● PRESENTATION ●

George Guillen
Multipurpose Wetland Creation and Restoration to Improve Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat in Coastal Urban Bayous
● PRESENTATION ●

Craig Fleming
Structured Decision Making, Adaptive Management and Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee: A Path Forward
● PRESENTATION ●

Jamie Bartel
Non Rock Alternative to Shoreline Protection
● PRESENTATION ●

Craig Colten
Scenario Building Workshops
● PRESENTATION ●

Marit Larson
Restoring Urban Wetlands for Increased Coastal Resiliency: Assessing Needs and Priorities in NYC

● PRESENTATION ●

Leska Fore
Approaches to Evidence-Based Evaluation of Puget Sound Ecosystem Recovery
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Charles Wilson
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative; a New Research Paradigm

● PRESENTATION ●

Elizabeth Schuster
Adaptation Solutions and Ecosystem Service Benefits at Cape May Meadows
● PRESENTATION ●

Susan Kemp
Everglades Connectivity Through the Eyes of the South Florida Estuaries

● PRESENTATION ●

Hany Elwany
Engineering and Construction of Southern California Lagoons with Emphasis on San Dieguito, Lagoon
● PRESENTATION ●

James L. Cummins
Restoring the Lower Mississippi River Batture
● PRESENTATION ●

Aaron Quinn
Monitoring and AM in the MRRP; Lessons Learned and Transition to a More Integrated Program
● PRESENTATION ●

Joe Wagner
Eau Gallie River & Elbow Creek Muck Dredging & Environmental Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Matthew Bethel
Sci-TEK: Integrating TEK into Restoration Decision-Making
● PRESENTATION ●

Christopher Streb
Green Bulkheads in the Cuyahoga River

● PRESENTATION ●

Benjamin Zelinsky
Managing the Multi-Agency Columbia Estuary Ecosystem Restoration Program

● PRESENTATION ●

 

Ben Scaggs
Update on Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Activities

● PRESENTATION ●

Timothy Osborn
SLR and Subsidence Effects on the Coastal Landscape and the Rise in Vulnerability to Coastal Natural Resources, Communities
● PRESENTATION ●

Andrew LoSchiavo
Development of Adaptive Management Strategies to Improve Central Everglades Planning Project Implementation

● PRESENTATION ●

Katie Bland
Selenium Reduction In Constructed Wetland Treatment Systems
● PRESENTATION ●

Kathryn Meaux
Red Bug Slough Ecosystem Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Craig Fischenich
Conducting an Effects Analysis for System-Wide Evaluation of Endangered Species Status on the Missouri River
● PRESENTATION ●

Rusty Feagin
Removing Barriers to Tidal Hydrology at Marshes in Magnolia Beach and Indianola, Texas
● PRESENTATION ●

Camille Manning- Broome
Engaging the Public in Planning and Implementation
● PRESENTATION ●

Bill Young
Living Shorelines and Wave Attenuation Devices: A Hybrid System

● PRESENTATION ●

Ronald Thom
Evaluating Effects of Actions Across a Range of Uncertainty

● PRESENTATION ●

 

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

 

PLENARY SESSION: Mississippi River Restoration
MODERATOR: Val Marmillion, America’s Wetland Foundation

Edward E. Belk, Jr., P.E., SES, Director of Programs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division   ● PRESENTATION ●

Kirk Hanlin, Assistant Chief Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) USDA

Gary LaGrange, President and CEO, Port of New Orleans   ● PRESENTATION ●

Robert Twilley, Executive Director, LSU Sea Grant College Program   ● PRESENTATION ●

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 31

Session 32

Session 33

Session 34

Session 35

Session 36

Session 37

Session 38

Session 39

Session 40

Session

Mississippi River Initiatives

Louisiana Coastal Restoration: Planning, Permitting, and Implementing Mississippi River Diversions

Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration
Part 1

Innovative Coastal Habitat Restoration

Adaptive Management and Monitoring

Beneficial Reuse of Dredged Material - Linking Navigation Dredging to Ecosystem Restoration

Economics and Ecosystem Services

Innovative Terrestrial Restoration and Partnerships
Part 1

Opportunities and Challenges for Blue Carbon Sequestration and Application

Ecosystem Restoration on the Lower Colorado River

Moderator

Sidney Coffee

Daniel Maher
● PRESENTATION ●

Steve Hall

Chris Warn

Bridget Barron

Dilip Trivedi

Gary Oates

David Ross
● PRESENTATION ●

Jeffrey Supak

Matthew Grabau
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

 

Sidney Coffee
The Big River Works
● PRESENTATION ●

Elizabeth Davoli
Soliciting Stakeholder Input to Inform the Permitting Process: Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion and Maurepas Swamp Diversion
● PRESENTATION ●

Matt Campbell
Coastal Engineering Design Criteria for Living Shorelines
● PRESENTATION ●

Francisco Vilella
The Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative: Managing Waterbird Habitats After The 2010 Gulf Oil Spill
● PRESENTATION ●

Stacy Vynne
Applying a Common Adaptive Management Framework to Chinook and Ecosystem Recovery in Puget Sound
● PRESENTATION ●

Cassandra Carr
Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island – Beneficial Use Of Dredged Material

● PRESENTATION ●

Ivan Medel
Post-Restoration Ecosystem Service Evaluation of a Seasonally Closed Estuary: Malibu Lagoon Case Study
● PRESENTATION ●

Therese Glowacki
Healthy Forests and Renewable Energy
● PRESENTATION ●

Hongqing Wang
Landscape Effect of Mississippi River Diversions on Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Louisiana Deltaic Wetlands
● PRESENTATION ●

Terry Murphy
Habitat Management and Creation to Balance Anthropogenic Requirements and Species Conservation in the United States
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Jennifer Browning
1 Mississippi: Can the River Count on You?
● PRESENTATION ●

David Muth
Louisiana Coastal Restoration: Planning, Permitting, and Implementing Mississippi river Diversions
● PRESENTATION ●

Christine Shepard
Aligning Restoration and Risk Reduction Objectives? We’ve Got an App for That!

● PRESENTATION ●

Shaye Sable
Using an Individual-Based Model to Evaluate Effects of Changing Habitat and Multiple Factors on Tidal Marsh Fishes
● PRESENTATION ●

Lea Rubin
Building and Sustaining Integrated Monitoring Networks in the Face of Decreasing Federal and State Funding
● PRESENTATION ●

Brad Inman
Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation (Gulf Coast, Louisiana)
● PRESENTATION ●

Richard Weisskoff
Economic Modeling for Everglades Restoration: A Ten-Year Perspective
● PRESENTATION1 ●
● PRESENTATION2 ●

Sarah Hall
Restoring Forests on Mine Land In Appalachia
● PRESENTATION ●

Sarah Mack
Wetland Carbon Offsets of the Mississippi River Delta

Karen Schlatter
A Landscape-Scale Restoration Experiment: The 2014 Spring Flood Flow Release to the Colorado River Delta, Mexico
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Colin Wellenkamp
The Mississippi River: On the Cutting Edge of Place-Making and Advanced Regional Collaboration in the U.S.
● PRESENTATION1 ●
● PRESENTATION2 ●

Steve Wilson
A Levee Board's Perspective and Role in Mississippi River Diversions
● PRESENTATION ●

Josh Carter
Living Shoreline Demonstration Project - Analysis of Concept Performance
● PRESENTATION ●

Fabien Dubas
Innovative Solution for Coastal Fish Nursery Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Molly Middlebrook Amos
Application of Quality Assurance Concepts From Chemical Measurements to Ecological Measurements Conducted During Monitoring
● PRESENTATION ●

Michael Cho
Port Metro Vancouver Habitat Enhancement Program
● PRESENTATION ●

David Hanson
Incorporating Connectivity and Spatial Dynamics in Restoration Plans
● PRESENTATION ●

Lesley DeFalco
Emerging Restoration Approaches for Disturbed Mojave Desert Shrublands and the Search for Suitable Native Plant Materials
● PRESENTATION ●

Jessica Davis
Carbon Storage in an Old-Growth, Temperate Deciduous Forest: Understanding the Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function Relationship

Francisco Zamora
Restoration Challenges and Successes in Mexico: Planning, Partnerships, and Community Engagement
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Denise Reed for Karen Gautreaux
Envisioning Future Management of the Lower Mississippi
● PRESENTATION ●

Mark Wingate
US Army Corps of Engineers Perspective of Mississippi River Diversions
● PRESENTATION ●

Discussion

Joe Berg
An Innovative Technique for Gas Canal 'Restoration'
● PRESENTATION ●

Discussion

Dilip Trivedi
Beneficial Reuse of Dredged Material – The San Francisco Bay Experience
● PRESENTATION ●

Colleen Bronner
Critical Evaluation Of Stream Restoration Practice Using Semi-Structured Interviews, Surveys And Field Case Studies
● PRESENTATION ●

David Ross
Implementing a Landscape-Level Oak Habitat Restoration Initiative with Local Workforce Partnerships
● PRESENTATION ●

Jorge Lima
Amazon Biomass in the Carbon Cycle
● PRESENTATION ●

Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta
The Ecosystem Response to Restoration: Birds and Vegetation in the Colorado River Delta
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 41

Session 42

Session 43

Session 44

Session 45

Session 46

Session 47

Session 48

Session 49

Session 50

Session

Landscape-Scale Restoration in Coastal Louisiana: The Use of Data-Driven Science Applications to Support Planning and Assessment

Advances in Science / Modeling in Louisiana

Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration
Part 2

Earth without Art is just Eh!

Utilizing Wetlands and Marshes for Mitigation

Reef Restoration

Woodland Ecosystem Restoration

Innovative Terrestrial Restoration and Tribal Partnerships
Part 2

River, Stream and Lake Ecosystem Restoration

Real-Time Evaluation, Reporting, and Modeling of Ecosystem Restoration
Part 1

Moderator

Gregory Steyer

John Foret

Steve Hall

Nanciann Regalado
● PRESENTATION ●

Karen Appell

Brant Richard

Alton James

David Ross

Jamil Ibrahim

Paul Conrads
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

 

Angelina Freeman
Predictive Models to Support Evaluation and Selection of Restoration and Protection Alternatives
● PRESENTATION ●

John Nyman
Models to Predict the Effects of Coastal Restoration in Louisiana on Fish and Wildlife
● PRESENTATION ●

Jeff DeQuattro
Making The Case For Bringing Natural Infrastructure To Scale
● PRESENTATION ●

Nanciann Regalado, US Fish and Wildlife Service
● PRESENTATION ●
Stuart Appelbaum, ARCADIS
● PRESENTATION ●
Gwen Eyeington, J. Ross Publishing
● PRESENTATION ●
Lucy M.F. Keshavarz, Art and Culture Group, Inc.
● PRESENTATION ●

This panel will focus on the importance of art in communicating restoration, an often over-looked component.
Appelbaum will share struggles of implementing the large multi-decade Everglades restoration program. Regalado will discuss challenges of running a large outreach program for the Everglades. Eyeington, an Everglades artist will discuss her perspective of being a “pure artist” in the restoration community. Finally, Keshavarz, an artist and arts consultant will discuss her EcoArt projects that involve collaboration with scientists and engineers in creating unique restoration projects that make the invisible visible and offer cross-audience pollination opportunities.

Joseph Shisler
Application of HGM in the Evaluation of the Success of a Mississippi Tidal Marsh Mitigation Project
● PRESENTATION ●

Paul Jensen
Oyster Reef Restoration: Restoring Ecological Function
● PRESENTATION ●

Kurt Dreisilker
Enhancing Establishment of White Oak and American Hazelnut Enrichment Plants in a Mesic Forest Using Understory Removal and Group Selection
● PRESENTATION ●

Samira Omar Asem
Establishment of Rhanterium Epapposum Community as Fundamental Step to Mitigate Climate Change in Kuwait
● PRESENTATION ●

Robert Beduhn
The Great Lakes Commission Has Embarked On An Ambitious Study To Restore The Natural Divide Of The Great Lakes/Chicago River
● PRESENTATION ●

Matt Neilson
Real-time monitoring and reporting of the leading edge of aquatic invasions: the USGS NAS Alert System.
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Ehab Meselhe
Mississippi River Hydrodynamic Study: Understanding Sediment Availability and Delivery for Land Building

● PRESENTATION ●

Kenneth Rose
Modeling the Effects of Diversions: Can the Biology and Data Keep Up with Computers?
● PRESENTATION ●

Tyler Ortego
An Overview of Oyster Reef Shoreline Projects on the Gulf Coast and Beyond
● PRESENTATION ●

John Tobe
Restoration at the Landscape Scale, Sweetwater Mitigation Bank, Northwest Florida, USA
● PRESENTATION ●

William Precht
Rebuilding Coral Reef Structure And Complexity
● PRESENTATION ●

Jeff Kelly
Nursery Production of High Quality Aspen Seedlings: Alternative Techniques in the Forest Reclamation and Restoration Process
● PRESENTATION ●

Don Hankins
Restoring Indigenous Fire to California Oak Woodlands

● PRESENTATION ●

Mike Eggleston
Restoration of a Great Lakes Coastal Wetland: Measuring Ecological Response and Function
● PRESENTATION ●

Stephanie Romañach
Real-Time Biological Data Viewer
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Dona Weifenbach
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System-Wetlands: Providing Data for Louisiana's Restoration and Protection Programs

● PRESENTATION ●

Ron Boustany
Estimating Benefits of Hydrologic Restoration and Freshwater Introduction Projects in Coastal Wetlands
● PRESENTATION ●

Seth Blitch
Successes and Challenges of Oyster Habitat Restoration in Louisiana
● PRESENTATION ●

Brian Murphy
Aquatic Mitigation for the Modified Central City Project: Riverside Oxbow and Sycamore Creek Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Stephanie Schopmeyer
Lessons Learned Over 7 Years Of Acropora Restoration And Propagation In Florida And The Caribbean
● PRESENTATION ●

Steven Rogstad
Restoring the American Chestnut: Optimizing Founder Spacing to Promote Population Growth and Genetic Diversity Retention
● PRESENTATION ●

Melvin Yazzie
Navajo AML Reclamation Projects, Navajo Nation
● PRESENTATION ●

Bernd Cyffka
Restoration of Ecosystem Functions at a (New) Danube Side Channel (Bavaria/ Germany)
● PRESENTATION ●

Pamela Telis
Real-Time Reporting of Inundation on Tree Islands in the Florida Everglades

● PRESENTATION ●

 

Gregory Steyer
An Adaptive Management Framework Driven by Comprehensive Monitoring and Modeling Investments
● PRESENTATION ●

Alisha Renfro
Lessons Learned From Legacy Structures
● PRESENTATION ●

Discussion

Kathryn Sommo
Maritime Grassland Creation and Shoreline Stabilization
● PRESENTATION ●

Bill Sharp
Understanding the Role of Herbivory and Predator/Prey Interactions to Guide Coral Reef Ecosystem Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Will Russell
Assessing Restoration Potential of Sequoia Sempervirens Forests Using Chronosequence
● PRESENTATION ●

Kingsley Dixon
Challenges Facing Shrubland Rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia: Insight Gained from Precision-Seeding and Greenstock Trials
● PRESENTATION ●

Marie-Claude Roy
The Oil Sands of Alberta (Canada); Marsh Reclamation
● PRESENTATION ●

David Sibley
Integration of Disparate Data Sources for Real-Time Beach Water Quality Modeling on the Great Lakes
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 51

Session 52

Session 53

Session 54

Session 55

Session 56

Session 57

Session 58

Session 59

Session 60

Session

Louisiana's Barrier Islands & Coastal System: Status and Restoration

PANEL SESSION: SPEAK UP! Share your Perspectives on the Current State of Knowledge and Practice in Ecological Restoration

Urban Ecosystem Restoration

A "Campaign" Approach to Outreach and Information Using Media Across Multiple Platforms to Maximize Audience and Impact

Mitigation - Innovative Approaches

Interface of Monitoring with the Adaptive Management of Ecosystem Restoration Projects

Exotic and Invasive Species

Landscape Conservation Cooperatives: Setting the stage for Landscape Level Conservation

Ecological Restoration on Working Lands: Opportunities and Challenges

Real-Time Evaluation, Reporting, and Modeling of Ecosystem Restoration
Part 2

Moderator

Brad Inman

Aida Farag

Heath Kelsey

David Donnenfield and
Kevin White

Sarah Peterson

Raed El-Farhan

Bridget Zachary

Cynthia Edwards

Margaret O'Gorman

Pamela Telis
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

 

Steve Auernhamer
Construction Challenges in Restoring Louisiana's Barrier Islands
● PRESENTATION ●

Cheryl Ulrich, Dewberry, and SER Science and Policy Chair
David Ross, DOI Office of the Secretary
Judy Haner, The Nature Conservancy
Dale Gawlik, Florida Atlantic University

This session seeks your input on the current state of knowledge and practice in ecological restoration globally to inform a draft document by the Society for Ecological Restoration. An overview of key elements of the document will be provided, and panelists will raise questions for the audience and each other to consider. This is an interactive session to share your ideas, lessons learned, and on-the-ground case examples.
● PRESENTATION ●

Katerli Bounds
Measuring Success in Urban Forest Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

David Donnenfield
Creating and Using Media (Video, Print Copy, Photos, Websites, etc.) Effectively and Economically

Christopher Benosky
A Large-Scale Northeastern Ecosystem Restoration Project: Seeing the Design Through Construction
● PRESENTATION ●

Robert Bevilacqua
Implementation of Adaptive Management Strategies for Bio-Engineered Shoreline Stabilization in Great Egg Harbor Bay
● PRESENTATION ●

Michael McTavish
Impacts of Exotic Earthworms on Plant Communities: Implications for Restoration and Invasive Species Management
● PRESENTATION ●

Steve Traxler
Landscape Conservation Design and Statewide Sea Level Rise and Urbanization Scenarios for the Peninsular Florida LCC
● PRESENTATION ●

Timothy Bent
Ecological Restoration of Bridgestone’s New Beginnings Woodlawn Wildlife Area and Warren County Manufacturing Plant
● PRESENTATION ●

Sarai Piazza
The Details of Real-Time Report Carding Through Louisiana's Coastwide Reference Monitoring System
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Peter Hahn
Louisiana’s Barrier Islands: The First Line of Defense for Coastal Communities
● PRESENTATION ●

Kathryn Terblanche
Functional Forest or Green Desert: Is Durban's Flagship Reforestation Project Meeting Stated Targets?
● PRESENTATION ●

Kevin White
Strategies for using STORY and LANGUAGE to Galvanize Support for Restoration and Conservation Efforts

Natasha Bankhead
Cost-Effective Stream Restoration: Principles and Tools

● PRESENTATION ●

Lori Visone
10 Years Of Stream Bank Monitoring In Metro Atlanta
● PRESENTATION ●

Christopher Gabler
Moisture Regime Governs What Drives Reinvasion during restoration; Evidence of Cryptic Opportunities for Easy Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Hilary Morris
The South Atlantic Conservation Blueprint 1.0: A Large-Scale Collaborative Response to Change
● PRESENTATION ●

Jeffrey Popp
Case Studies of the Baltimore Second Harbor Project
● PRESENTATION ●

Craig Conzelmann
Using Coastal Monitoring Data to Build Dynamic Reports and Visualizations Through the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System Website
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Jason Shackelford
Development Of The CPRA Oyster Lease Acquisition And Compensation Program OLACP – From Litigation To Legislation
● PRESENTATION ●

Wes Michaels
Urban Grasslands: Strategies for Vacant Lots at the City Scale
● PRESENTATION ●

David Donnenfield and Kevin White
Planning for a Media Campaign on Steroids with a Budget on Life Support

Timothy Love
Hymenoxys texana - Endangered Plant Mitigation for New Road
● PRESENTATION ●

Karina Johnston
4-Year Ecological Assessment of the Ballona Wetlands to Inform Restoration Planning
● PRESENTATION ●

Brooklyn Krings
The Pteridophyte Fights Back! Competition between the Invasive Exotic Eichhornia crassipes and the State-endangered Ceratopteris Pteridoides
● PRESENTATION ●

John Tirpak
Establishing Desired Ecological States for Priority Habitat Types to Guide Conservation and Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Marcy Twete
Ecological Restoration of Black Oak Savannas and Sand Prairies Inside A Steel Mill: Arcelormittal Burns Harbor
● PRESENTATION ●

Leonard Pearlstine
Automated Online Ecological Modeling and Evaluation for Everglades Management and Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Kathryn Rose
Capturing A Holistic Understanding Of A Large Marine Ecosystem - NOAA’s Gulf Of Mexico Data Atlas
● PRESENTATION ●
 

Eileen Straughan
Restoring Fish Passage on Whitemarsh Run
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Ben Nash
Tropical Stream Channel Relocation Design to Achieve RCRA and Section 404 Clean Water Act Objectives
● PRESENTATION ●

Tim Purinton
Creating & Sustaining a Government Ecological Restoration Program
● PRESENTATION ●

Mike Eggleston, on behalf of Kurt Kowalski
A Novel Approach to Wetland Habitat Restoration: Maximizing Collective Impact Through the Phragmites Symbiosis Collaborative
● PRESENTATION ●

Amanda Watson
Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment: An Approach to Assess Key Drivers of Ecological Change in the Gulf of Mexico
● PRESENTATION ●

Margaret O'Gorman
Ecological Restoration on Working Lands: Stakeholder Discussion
● PRESENTATION ●

Teresa Rasmussen
Continuous, Real-Time Nutrient Data and Regression Models
● PRESENTATION ●

 

PLENARY SESSION: ANNOUNCING . . . LERS - The NEW Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration Section of SER
● PRESENTATION ●

MODERATOR: Cheryl Ulrich, Dewberry, LERS pro-tem President
LERS provides a forum for exchanging ideas, approaches, lessons learned, and data relevant to the planning, policy, science, and engineering of large-scale ecosystem restoration programs. All CEER attendees involved in large scale restoration are invited to attend this session and learn how you can collaborate with the best and brightest from across the globe to advance ecosystem restoration. Please join us!

 

Thursday, July 31, 2014

 

PLENARY SESSION: Around the World Restoration   ● PRESENTATION ●
MODERATOR: Cheryl Ulrich, CEER 2014 Co-Chair, and Ecosystem Restoration Department Manager, Dewberry
Kingsley Dixon, SER Regional Representative, Australasia   
● PRESENTATION ●
Samira Omar Asem, SER Regional Representative, Asia  
● PRESENTATION ●
Vera Lex Engel, SER Regional Representative, Latin America/Caribbean
Robert Daoust, ARCADIS, on behalf of Kris Decleer, SER Regional Representative, Europe

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 61

Session 62

Session 63

Session 64

Session 65

Session 66

Session 67

Session 68

Session 69

Session 70

Session

Lower Mississippi River Restoration

Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM): Plan Development, Implementation, and Adaptation

Region-Wide Restoration of a Rare Forest Type: Science and Practice in the America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative

Large-Scale Remediation and Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems in Saudi Arabia Damaged by the 1991 Gulf War Oil Spill

Aquatic Plant Species Restoration

Urban Ecosystem Restoration: Greenspace Planning and Management

Ridge and Shoreline Restoration

Documenting Carbon Sequestration through Restoration Monitoring

Restoring Longleaf Pine Ecosystems: Linking Science and Practice

The Role of Innovation and Partnership in the USDA NRCS Approach to Landscape Conservation in the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico Basins

Moderator

Carol Parsons Richards

Steve Mathies

Steve Jack

Jacqueline Michel
● PRESENTATION ●

Kate Healy
● PRESENTATION ●

Scott Courtright

Scott Bartkowski

Mike Hooper

Ajay Sharma

Martin Lowenfish

 

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

 

Carol Parsons Richards
Restoration in the Mississippi River Delta: Old River Control Structure to the Gulf of Mexico
● PRESENTATION ●

Michael Gabaldon
Colorado River Basin Management – Supply and Demand
● PRESENTATION ●

Glen Gaines
An Overview of the America's Longleaf Restoration Initiative

Martin Guard
Overview of UNCC Coastal Remediation Programme in Saudi Arabia
● PRESENTATION ●

Brooke Sullivan
Labyrinthula: An Overlooked Agent of Global Seagrass Decline and Potential Inhibitor of Seagrass Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Jeff Kuehny
Restoration of our Urban Ecology to Improve Water Quality
● PRESENTATION ●

Brett McMann
Plaquemines Parish Programmatic Ridge Restoration, Design, and Management
● PRESENTATION ●

Michele Abbene
Beyond Remediation: Designing an Alternative Landfill Cover for Habitat Restoration and Carbon Sequestration in an Industrial Corridor

Joan Walker
Evolving Reference Systems for Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Restoration

● PRESENTATION ●

Terrell Erickson
Innovative Ways of Conservation
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Brian Vosburg
The Role of CWPPRA in Mississippi River Resource Based Coastal Restoration Projects
● PRESENTATION ●

Dick Kevalam
Utilization of an Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) Approach for the Mekong Delta Development Plan

● PRESENTATION ●

Vernon Compton
The Role of Local Implementation Teams in Advancing Longleaf Conservation and Restoration

Jason Hale
Importance of Adaptive Management in Developing Effective Restoration Methods
● PRESENTATION ●

Prince Emeka Ndimele
Effects of Organic Fertilizer Amendment on Phytoremediation of Cu and Fe-Contaminated Aquatic Environment by Water Hyacinth

Keith Villere
Accomplishing Sustainability in our Urban Ecology through Planning, Maintenance and Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

David Polster
Natural Processes for Shoreline Stabilization
● PRESENTATION ●

Guerry Holm, Jr
Reducing Scientific Uncertainty of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Mississippi River Delta Wetland Projects

● PRESENTATION ●

Ajay Sharma
Restoring Southern Pine Plantations to Multifunctional Uneven-Aged Forest Ecosystems
● PRESENTATION ●

Mike Daniels
Utilizing the MRBI and the Arkansas Discovery Farm Program to Monitor Conservation
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Angeline Rodgers
Restoring America's Greatest River: Collaborative Efforts Along the Lower Mississippi
● PRESENTATION ●

Michael Reuter
Engaging Diverse Stakeholders in a Collaborative, Integrated Management Approach to America’s Watershed

● PRESENTATION ●

Kevin McIntyre
Wildlife Responses to Longleaf Pine Habitat Structure Restoration

Linos Cotsapas
Restoration of Heavily Oiled Tidal Flats and Salt Marshes 18 Years After The Gulf War Oil Spill
● PRESENTATION ●

Stacey Blersch, on behalf of David Blersch
Algae Cultivation for Great Lakes Pollution Recovery
● PRESENTATION ●

Brian Early
Exotic and Invasive Vegetation Species Control and Impacts to the Urban Ecosystem
● PRESENTATION ●

Melinda Donnelly
Application of Living Shoreline Stabilization Methods to Protect Coastal Shell Middens in Mosquito Lagoon, FL
● PRESENTATION ●

Phillip van Mantgem
Estimating Ecosystem Carbon Stocks at Redwood National and State Parks

Jeff Glitzenstein
Effects of Establishment Treatments on Longleaf Groundlayer Plants

● PRESENTATION ●

James Bergan
NRCS and TNC Partnership for Landscape Conservation in Louisiana

● PRESENTATION ●

 

Kenneth Bahlinger
Riverine Sand Mining/Scofield Island Restoration (BA-40)
● PRESENTATION ●

Jerome Zeringue
Louisiana’s Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast: Using IRBM to Assimilate Priorities of Multiple Stakeholders

● PRESENTATION ●

Robert Sutter
Ecological Restoration Over Space and Time

Lincoln Smith
Use of Multimetric Indices to Monitor Ecological Recovery
● PRESENTATION ●

Nicole Carlozo
Integrating Water Quality And Natural Filters Into Maryland’s Marine Spatial Planning Efforts
● PRESENTATION ●

Scott Courtright
Assessing and Managing the Urban Forest and Calculating the Benefits
● PRESENTATION ●

Matthew Clark
Wave Barrier Island Chain Restoration: From Concept To Construction
● PRESENTATION ●

Sarah Mack
Overview of the Luling, Louisiana Wetland Carbon Credit Pilot Project

Shibu Jose
Cogongrass Invasion of the Southeastern Forests: Impacts on Resource Availability, Species Diversity and Productivity
● PRESENTATION ●

Galon Hall
The Working Lands for Wildlife Partnership - A New Paradigm in Conservation
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 71

Session 72

Session 73

Session 74

Session 75

Session 76

Session 77

Session 78

Session 79

Session 80

Session

Key Drivers of the Mississippi River

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Challenges and Successes

Governance and Management Considerations in Ecosystem Restoration and Recovery

Words Matter: Using Communications to Improve Restoration Efforts

Restoration of Wetland Plant Communities

The Practical Application of Ecosystem Restoration – Learning What to Replicate and What to Avoid

Hydrologic and Vegetative Restoration of Urban Affected Parks: Approaches and Outcomes

International Restoration Efforts

Reef Restoration

Importance and Role of Groundwater in Restoration

Moderator

Carol Parsons Richards

Gregory Miller

Ed Theriot

Rebeca Bell

Steve Crooks
● PRESENTATION ●

Britt Paul

Jere Boudell

Patrick Pitts

Jason Shackelford

Adrienne Mason

 

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

 

Mead Allison
Key Controls on Sediment Budgeting in the Mississippi River from Source to Sink
● PRESENTATION ●

John Lopez
for
Paul Connor
Biweekly Coastal Monitoring Using Hydrocoast Maps in the Pontchartrain Basin in Southeast Louisiana
● PRESENTATION ●

Lynn Wingard
The Role of Paleoecology in Planning for Future Management Scenarios: Examples from the Greater Everglades, Florida

Restoring our natural areas requires people to make specific changes in their behavior. We must use communication techniques to reach target audiences with specific values-based messages. This session will show how communication strategies can make or break efforts to change behaviors and promote sustainable decision-making. We will demonstrate how organizations of all sizes can build messages, make public education and outreach efforts more effective, and strategically integrate communications into their program and restoration work to achieve their environmental goals.

Julie Whitbeck
Getting to the Roots of Successful Coastal Bald Cypress Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Kevin Roy
CWPPRA: Programmatic Lessons Learned
● PRESENTATION ●

Beth Middleton
Freshwater Restoration of Tidal Swamps: Lessons from Remediation During the Deepwater Horizon Incident
● PRESENTATION ●

Yosihiro Natuhara
Biodiversity Restoration in Intensive Rice Fields in Japan
● PRESENTATION ●

Susan Conner
Evaluating Success on Restored Oyster Reef Sanctuaries in the Chesapeake Bay
● PRESENTATION ●

Monica LaSelva
Iterative Planning of Ecological Restoration and its Incorporation into Soil and Groundwater Remediation
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Brian Vosburg
Influence of the Major Drainages to the Mississippi River and Implications for System Level Management
● PRESENTATION ●

Theryn Henkel
Use of Applied Science for Coastal Restoration in the Pontchartrain Basin of Southeast Louisiana
● PRESENTATION ●

Nigel Pontee
Overcoming Barriers to Wetland Restoration - An International Perspective

Whitney Thornton
How do Restoration Site Characteristics, Plant Caging, and Parental Source Affect Native Pacific Cordgrass Establishment?
● PRESENTATION ●

Kenneth Bahlinger
Lessons Learned on Coastal Restoration Projects
● PRESENTATION ●

Bryan Brown
Spatial Context Alters Efficacy of Stream Biodiversity Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Donald Rayome
Novel Ecosystem Management Strategies in Borneo
● PRESENTATION ●

Linda Walters
Oyster Reef Restoration and Boating Activity
● PRESENTATION ●

Dan Billman
Innovative Water Solutions and Restoration Using the Envision™ Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System
● PRESENTATION ●

 

John Anfinson
Driven Into a Corner: How the Mississippi's Past Will Define Its Future
● PRESENTATION ●

Amanda Moore
Public Engagement in Pontchartrain Basin Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Jeremy Hanson
The Counting Challenge: BMPs In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Christopher May
Erie Marsh Preserve Coastal Wetland Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Loland Broussard
Restoration of an Important Coastal Seabird Habitat in Louisiana - The Raccoon Island Project
● PRESENTATION ●

Jere Boudell
Urban Stream Restoration in the Georgia Piedmont: Policy, Practice, and Novel Ecosystems
● PRESENTATION ●

Meshal Abdullah
Assessing the Current Condition of Damaged Ecosystem - Case Study for UMM Negga Site in the State of Kuwait
● PRESENTATION ●

Jim McFarlane
22 Years of Worldwide Reef Ball Coastal Restoration
● PRESENTATION ● 

Lisa Tenning
Life to Ad(d)mire; Mire Restorations in Sweden
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Gretchen Benjamin
An Overview of 40 Years of Protection and Restoration on the Mississippi River Mainstem
● PRESENTATION ●

Madeline Goddard for Charles Allen
City of New Orleans Coastal Restoration Efforts

● PRESENTATION ●

Ryan Clark
The Water Institute of the Gulf Innovation Program

Loretta Battaglia
Assisted Colonization Of Coastal Communities
● PRESENTATION ●

Darryl Clark
Coastal Louisiana Restoration Project Lessons Learned – 1990-2013
● PRESENTATION ●

Brad Herrick
Challenges and Opportunities to Managing an Urban Natural Area: Perspectives from the University Of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
● PRESENTATION ●

Swidiq Mugerwa
Evaluation of Pasture Restoration Techniques on Degraded Bare Surfaces in the Rangelands of Uganda
● PRESENTATION ●

Baruch Rinkevich
Rebuilding Coral Reefs Through the Gardening Concept: Active Reef Restoration May Lead to Sustainable Reefs
● PRESENTATION ●

Matthew Grabau
Managing Salinity and Soil Moisture Along Regulated Rivers: Applied Research to Enhance Restoration Success
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session 81

Session 82

Session 83

Session 84

Session 85

Session 86

Session 87

Session 88

Session 89

Session 90

Session

Using the Mississippi River for Large Scale Ecosystem Restoration: Innovations in Land Building

Community Approaches to Restoration

Restoring Water Quality in the Florida's Everglades and Florida Keys

Indicators of Functional Equivalency for Assessing Restoration Success

Innovative Approaches, Methods, and Techniques

Stream Restoration Strategies and Considerations

Ecosystem Assessment and Restoration: Current Principles and Practices, Innovative Tools and Emerging Trends

Gulf Coast Mangrove Restoration: A Regional Perspective for a Changing World

Land Conservation in the Age of Shrinking Budgets

Coastal Modeling and Mapping

Moderator

Cynthia Duet

Nick Aumen

Henry Briceño

Matthew Harwell

Chuck Perrodin

Kelly Mattfield

Sarah Miller

Carey Perry

Juan Moya

Michelle Orr

 

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

 

Neil McLellan
Engineering and Design of Mid Barataria Sediment Diversion Project
● PRESENTATION ●

Stan Wilson
Discovery Hill: A Public Demo Garden Using Restoration Principles

Diego Lirman
Salinity and Nutrient Impacts on SAV Abundance and Distribution in Biscayne Bay

Kevin Dillon
Assessing Ecosystem Functional Equivalence between Constructed and Natural Oyster Reefs with Stable Isotopes
● PRESENTATION ● 

Euan Reavie
Restoration Requires Retrospection
● PRESENTATION ●

Ted Shear
The Impacts of Stream Restoration on the Soils and Vegetation of Riparian Zones in Central North Carolina, USA
● PRESENTATION ●

Sarah Miller
Reference Concepts in Ecosystem Restoration and Environmental Benefits Analysis: Principles and Practices
● PRESENTATION ●

Michael Osland
Mangrove Restoration and Migration In a Changing Climate: Climatic Drivers and Shifting Ecotones
● PRESENTATION ●

Michael Sullivan
Targeted Approaches for Private Lands Conservation
● PRESENTATION ●

Tracy Drury
Geddes Brook and Ninemile Creek Channel and Wetland Restoration at Onondaga Lake

● PRESENTATION ●

 

Bill Hanson
What's Next For Louisiana Barrier Island Construction
● PRESENTATION ●

Robert Wright
Living on the Water's Edge - A Neighborhood Approach to Stormwater Management
● PRESENTATION ●

Frank Marshall
Improvements to FATHOM a Salinity and Water Quality Model for Florida Bay: Lessons Learned for Everglades Restoration

● PRESENTATION ●

Susan Bell
Seagrass Restoration and Ecosystem Services: Challenges of Measuring the Necessary Ecosystem Functions

David Kaplan
Ground Fire Effects and Implications for Fire Management
● PRESENTATION ●

Karen Hall
A Five Year Study of Container and Bareroot Tree Survival on a Stream Restoration Project in Central North Carolina
● PRESENTATION ●

Richard Rheinhardt
What is an Appropriate Reference Framework for Ecological Assessment, Restoration and Monitoring?
● PRESENTATION ●

Anna Armitage
The Ecological Benefits and Potential Risks of Mangrove Restoration within the Texas Salt Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone
● PRESENTATION ●

Garrett Wallace
Protecting Panther Habitat in Florida
● PRESENTATION ●

Kate Shepard Watkins
Development and Adaptation of the CASM to Evaluate Food Web Dynamics and Species Responses in Barataria Basin

● PRESENTATION ●

 

Paul Tschirky
Sustainably Building Wetlands with River Sediment: the Mississippi River Long Distance Sediment Pipeline
● PRESENTATION ●

Arlene Hopkins
Community Redevelopment of Social Ecological Systems to Enhance Community Resilience Using Ecological Restoration

Patrick Pitts
Application of a Salinity Performance Measure for Everglades Restoration Planning
● PRESENTATION ●

Nicole Cormier
Surface Elevation Change and Vertical Accretion in Created Mangroves in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Michael Burton
Creating Intertidal Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Habitat From Fallow Farmland
● PRESENTATION ●

James Olson
Assessing the Impact of Culvert Design on Three Ecosystem Functions in Northern Wisconsin Streams
● PRESENTATION ●

Tom Herder
Mobile Bay National Estuary Program Three Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan
● PRESENTATION ●

Jonathan Willis
Environmental Constraints on Black Mangrove Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Keith Bowers
Trophic Cascades, Habitat Fragmentation and Climate Change - The Need to Reconnect, Rewild and Restore Terrestrial Landscapes
● PRESENTATION ●

James Beerens
Modeling Spatio-Temporal Responses of Wading Bird Indicator Species Across Resource Gradients for Wetland Restoration

 

John Lopez
Analysis and Lessons Learned from Mardi Gras Pass (MGP) within the Bohemia Spillway, SE Louisiana
● PRESENTATION ●

Simeon Hahn
Federal Urban Water Partnership-Philadelphia and the Urban Delaware River
● PRESENTATION ●

Henry Briceño
Assessing Water Quality Changes Due to Restoration Alternatives: Coastal Everglades, Florida

● PRESENTATION ●

John Callaway
Measuring Functional Equivalency in Restored Tidal Wetlands: Are We There Yet?

● PRESENTATION ●

Jennifer Pierre
Habitat Conservation Plans and Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration in California’s Bay Delta Region
● PRESENTATION ●

Bryan Dick
Schoharie County Stream Restoration Project: Restoring Natural Stream Function
● PRESENTATION ●

Charles Theiling
Topographic Diversity Index for Floodplain Forest Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III
Hydrologic Restoration is Critical, Planting Mangrove Seedlings is Not
● PRESENTATION ●

Maksym Polyakov
Accounting for Private Benefits in Targeting Ecological Restoration
● PRESENTATION ●

Mark McKelvy
Visualizing Climate Change Scenarios for Florida’s Restoration and Conservation Efforts
● PRESENTATION ●

 

Friday, August 1, 2014

 

PLENARY SESSION: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration – RESTORE – Deepwater Horizon
MODERATOR: Don Boesch, President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Justin Ehrenwerth, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council

Kyle Graham, Executive Director, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Baton Rouge, LA

Tanner Johnson, Director, Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund Director (Louisiana and Texas)

 

PLENARY SESSION: Advancing Policy for Ecosystem Restoration
MODERATOR: Steve Cochran
, Environmental Defense Fund
Gerald Edward Galloway
, Research Professor, University of Maryland, Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering

Dan Mecklenborg, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Ingram Barge Company   ● PRESENTATION ●

Lynn Scarlett, Managing Director for Public Policy, The Nature Conservancy and Former Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior

 

CLOSING SESSION: Recognition & Awards Ceremony   ● PRESENTATION ● 
MODERATOR: Cheryl Ulrich, Dewberry, and CEER 2014 Co-Chair