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April 23-27,
2007
Hyatt Regency
Crown Center
Kansas City,
Missouri |
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Panel Session Summaries
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 9:50am-12:00pm
Mississippi River Basin Panel: The Pros and Cons of Scaling-up
Stream Restoration in the Mississippi River Basin
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 9:50am-10:40am
Adaptive Management I Panel: Evolution and Success of the Glen
Canyon Adaptive Management Program
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 1:00pm-3:30pm
Economic and Environmental Quality Panel: Achieving Balance Between
Economic Development and Environmental Quality
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Wednesday April 25, 2007, 10:00am-12:00pm
Restoration Planning Panel: A Framework for Success in Designing and
Implementing Ecosystem Restoration Efforts
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Thursday, April 26, 2007, 9:50am-12:00pm
Ecosystem Restoration in Silicon Valley Panel: Adaptive Management
and the South San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 9:50am-12:00pm
Mississippi River Basin Panel: The Pros and Cons of
Scaling-up Stream Restoration in the Mississippi River Basin
Moderator: K. S. Lubinski,
U. S.
Geological Survey and The Nature Conservancy
Facilitator: Brian Stenquist,
Meeting Challenges, Minneapolis, MN
Listening Panel Members:
Larry Beran,
Agriculture Coalition on Environment, Stephenville, TX
Craig Cox,
Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, IA
David L. Galat,
U. S. Geological Survey, Cooperative Research Units, University of
Missouri, Columbia
The
Mississippi River basin, like most large river systems, exemplifies
many issues that need to be resolved to achieve integrated ecosystem
restoration objectives across scales. Many watershed projects exist
but few are linked to main stem river programs or the rest of the
system. Responsibilities for restoration are spread across numerous
government agencies and non-profit organizations.
This session will explore the concept of integration within and
among watersheds. Participants will discuss the value of
integration, the constraints they face in achieving integration, and
ideas for future collaboration.
A listening panel will provide expert responses to the audience’s
ideas. Highlights of the discussion will be recorded in a
communication to high level decision and policy makers.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 9:50am-10:40am
Adaptive Management I Panel: Evolution and Success of the
Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Program
Moderator: Barbara Stinson, Meridian Institute, Dillon, CO
Panel Members:
Dennis Kubly, Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix, AZ
Theodore S. Melis, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ
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panel session will explore the evolution of the Glen Canyon Dam AM
Program including discussion of the successes already achieved by
this mature AM program and the challenges yet to be overcome. The
objective of this panel session is to inform conference attendees
that AM is successfully being implemented at the Glen Canyon Dam;
but just like any dynamic and evolving natural resource management
program, the program is encountering obstacles that must be
addressed in a collaborative manner to ensure success. Two different
perspectives of the Glen Canyon Dam AM Program will be explored
(i.e., the managerial and the scientific) as an independent
moderator facilitates the discussion and asks the panelists
questions about how this AM Program has evolved and will be further
implemented in the future.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 1:00pm-3:30pm
Economic and Environmental Quality Panel: Achieving
Balance Between Economic Development and Environmental Quality
Moderator:
Bill Dawson,
Brown and Caldwell, Raleigh, NC
Panel Members:
Fred Caver,
Caver and Associates, Austin, TX
Jim Tripp,
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY
Denise Reed,
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Tom Kornegay,
Port of Houston, Houston, TX
Larry Gerry, South Florida Water
Management District, West Palm Beach, FL
Economic development interests tend to minimize environmental
quality considerations. Voluntary consideration of the environment
is often limited to legal compliance with NEPA requirements so that
development can occur. Environmental interests tend to overstate
mitigation requirements to maximize environmental quality outputs.
This contrast in approach frequently leads to a focus on the
conflicts between economic development and environmental quality,
and a lack of attention to the potential synergies that can be
realized through well framed ecosystem restoration.
Restoration can provide opportunities for economic development
interests, and vice versa. These opportunities will be considered in
the context of efforts that include consideration of both
environmental and economic outputs. Panelists will identify common
ground from their experiences, and identify ways to move from
compliance and mitigation to a balanced approach, where both
environmental quality and economic development can be sustainable.
Potential examples include the Florida Everglades, the Upper
Mississippi Basin, and Coastal Louisiana efforts.
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Wednesday April 25, 2007, 10:00am-12:00pm
Restoration Planning Panel: A Framework for Success in
Designing and Implementing Ecosystem Restoration Efforts
Moderator:
Gail Bingham,
RESOLVE, Washington, DC
Panel Members:
Marci Dupraw,
RESOLVE, Washington, DC
Denise Reed,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New
Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Reggie Parrish,
Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, MD
Ben Wigley,
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. (NCASI),
Clemson, SC
Patty Dornbusch,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Portland, OR
Drawing
on over 30 years of experience in helping diverse groups reach
consensus on landscape-scale restoration challenges in a range of
geographic areas, including the Lower American River (DuPraw), the
Gulf of Mexico (Reed), Chesapeake Bay (Parrish), the Great Lakes
region (Wigley), and the Columbia River Basin (Dornbusch), the
panelists will discuss a framework for planning collaborative
processes. This framework consists of ten key ingredients that
should be considered in process design, including approaches for
keeping the group focused and engaged, as well as for ensuring that
the process is both transparent and effective. Illustrating with
examples from their experience, each panelist will briefly address
the successes and challenges of putting these principles into
practice, followed by a facilitated, lively discussion of how they
can help overcome obstacles in ecosystem restoration planning.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007, 9:50am-12:00pm
Ecosystem Restoration in Silicon Valley Panel: Adaptive
Management
and the South San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds
Moderator:
Steve Ritchie,
Executive Project Manager, South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project,
California Coastal Conservancy, Oakland, CA
Panel Members:
Lynne Trulio,
South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Department of Environmental Studies,
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Michelle Orr, Philip Williams & Associates, San Francisco, CA
Bryan Plude, Brown and Caldwell, Davis, CA
The
panel will present the work that shaped the restoration planned for
the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, a 15,000-acre ecosystem
restoration project in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley. The
Project is poised to begin implementing a 30-year program that will
be based on adaptively managing the system. The large-scale,
long-term nature of the project and its location in a highly
urbanized setting, presents significant challenges for
implementation. Each panel member will present an aspect of project
planning that is essential in preparing the project to meet its
objectives.
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