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MONDAY |
Monday, August 1, 2011 |
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9:00am-12:00pm |
Pre-Conference Technical Workshop:
Assessing Cumulative Ecosystem Effects of Multiple
Restoration Projects
[Presentation 1] |
[Presentation 2] |
[Presentation 3]
[Presentation 4] |
[Presentation 5] |
Pre-Conference
Technical Workshop:
Challenges and Opportunities Common to Large-Scale Adaptive
Management Programs
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1:00pm - 3:00pm |
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
(Harborside Ballroom - Level 4)
MODERATORS: Suzette Kimball,
Deputy Director, US Geological Survey
- and
-
Don Boesch, President, University
of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Plenary Speakers:
The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy,
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Benjamin Cardin,
Senator, State of Maryland
Martin O'Malley,
Governor, State of Maryland
[Presentation]
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary, Department of the
Interior |
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Concurrent Sessions |
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3:30pm-5:00pm |
Challenges & Lessons Learned: Everglades, Louisiana Coastal
Area and Great Lakes Restoration |
Regulatory Pollution Diet for the Six-State Chesapeake Bay
Watershed |
Ecosystem Services: Integrating Ecology and Economics |
Integration of Science and Engineering I |
Coastal Habitat Restoration |
Adaptive Management toward Restoration Objectives |
Urban Ecosystem Restoration |
Riverine Recovery |
|
Moderator |
Cheryl Ulrich |
Richard Batiuk
[Presentation] |
Carl Shapiro |
Ricardo Calvo |
Robert Pace |
Katelyn Lynch |
Mark Jaworski |
Chris Weber |
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3:30pm-3:40pm |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
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3:40pm-4:00pm |
Moderated Panel Discussion:
Lessons learned related to
improved cooperation at State and Federal levels in dealing
with implementation and political challenges of large-scale
restoration.
Panel members:
Kim Taplin
(USACE WPB Deputy Program Manager for Restoration)
Larry Gerry
(SFWMD Chief Scientist & STA Issues Coordinator)
Mark Wingate
(USACE New Orleans Chief Projects Branch)
Bren Haase
(LA OCPR, Planning Section)
Jan Miller
(USACE ORD, Great Lakes Coordinator) and
Jeff Skelding
(Director for the Healing our
Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, National Wildlife Federation)
[Presentation] |
Gary Shenk -
Components of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL
[Presentation] |
Stephen Faulkner -
Integrated Modeling Framework for
Forecasting Ecosystem Services
[Presentation] |
Jon Hendrickson -
Island Construction-Rebuilding
Natural Levees to Restore Hydrologic Connectivity
[Presentation] |
Bowdoin Lusk -
Restoring Functional Oyster Reef Habitat in the Coastal Bays
of Virginia
[Presentation] |
Andrew Tyre -
Under What Conditions Might Ecologists
Provide Evidence that Influences Decision Making?
[Presentation] |
Brian Murphy -
A Past River for a Future Arizona
– Salt River Environmental Restoration Project: Rio Salado
Oeste Reach
[Presentation] |
Mark McKinstry -
Recovering Endangered Fish in the San
Juan River—Snatching Success From the Jaws of Nonnative
Fish
[Presentation] |
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4:00pm-4:20pm |
Jeni Keisman - Not All Loads Are Equal:
Assigning Regional Pollutant Reductions in a Multi-State
TMDL
[Presentation]
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Richard Bernknopf -
Estimating the Supply of Ecosystem
Services for a Carbon Resource Assessment
[Presentation] |
Mike Collis -
Integration of Science and Engineering
into Innovative Ecosystem Restoration Concepts for the CERP
C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project
[Presentation] |
Robert Orth -
Seed Addition Facilitates
Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.)
Recovery in a Coastal Lagoon System (USA)
[Presentation] |
Jim Vearil -
Use of Robustness and Flexibility in
Adaptive Management for Addressing Uncertainty
[Presentation]
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John O'Meara -
Improving an Urban Ecosystem for
Recreational Uses: The Carpenter Lake Restoration Project
[Presentation] |
Charles Young -
Case Study: Riparian Habitat Restoration
for Improved Water Quality and Habitat in Highly Developed
Suburban Watershed, West Whiteland Township Park, Exton, PA
[Presentation] |
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4:20pm-4:40pm |
Katherine Antos - A Roadmap and Weigh
Stations: Creating an Accountability System for Implementing
a Multi-Jurisdictional TMDL in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
[Presentation] |
Darius Semmens -
Assessment of Goods and Valuation of
Ecosystem Services (AGAVES) in the San Pedro River Basin,
Arizona and Mexico
[Presentation] |
David Smith -
Choosing One Stream Restoration
Alternative Among Many
[Presentation] |
Morris Perot -
Habitat Improvements to the Motor Island Shoreline in the
Upper Niagara River, NY: A Collaborative Approach
[Presentation]
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Dan Salas -
Urban Coastal Wetland Restoration
Planning in America’s Birthplace: Lessons from the John
Heinz NWR and 300 Years of Urbanization
[Presentation] |
Jill Stachura -
Urban Ecosystem Restoration: An
Example of Stream and Lake Restoration in Metropolitan
Atlanta, GA
[Presentation] |
Christopher Svendsen -
Yellowstone River - Intake Dam Fish
Passage and Entrainment Prevention
[Presentation]
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4:40pm-5:00pm |
Jennifer Volk -
Delaware's Role in Restoring the
Chesapeake Bay
[Presentation] |
Jonathan Winsten -
Ecology, Economics, and Psychology (Psychoecoloconomics):
Motivating Farmers Toward Cost-effective Actions Through
Performance-based Incentives
[Presentation] |
Larry Gerry -
Everglades Stormwater Treatment
Areas: Two Decades of Integrating Science and Engineering
for Ecosystem Restoration
[Presentation] |
Eric Swain -
Estimation and Prediction of
Coastal Landscape Changes Utilizing a Hydrodynamic Simulator
and Aerial Photogrammetry
[Presentation] |
Timothy Fleeger -
Big Muddy Metrics: Adaptive Management
on the Missouri River
[Presentation] |
Mike Fowler -
Comprehensive Watershed Planning
for Nutrient Reduction in Ellerbe Creek, Durham, NC
[Presentation] |
Douglas Baughman -
Chattahoochee River Dam Removal and Ecosystem Restoration
Project: Meeting Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Goals
[Presentation] |
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TUESDAY |
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 |
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8:30am-10:00am |
Plenary Session - Restoration
Priorities
(Harborside Ballroom - Level 4)
MODERATOR: Don Boesch,
President, University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Plenary Speakers:
The Honorable
Robert
Graham,
Former Senator, State of Florida
Barry Gold,
Program Director, Marine Conservation
Initiative,
Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
[Presentation]
Larry Schweiger,
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Wildlife
Federation
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Concurrent Sessions |
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10:30am-12:00noon |
Establishing Successful Science/Policy Linkages |
Climate Change Impacts on Chesapeake Bay Restoration |
Principles and Guidelines for Water Resources Planning and
Implementation |
Governance and Management Decision Making |
USDA NRCS Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watershed
Initiative |
Our Resilient Waterways: Balancing Urban Growth While
Maintaining Sustainable Ecosystems |
Lake Restoration |
Incorporating Invasive Species Management in Ecosystem
Restoration |
|
Moderator |
Matt Harwell |
Kevin Sellner
[Presentation] |
Dave Tazik |
Dennis Kamber
[Presentation] |
Danielle Flynn |
Andrew LoSchiavo |
Chris Ross |
Bill Zattau |
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10:30am-10:40am |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
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10:40am-11:00am |
Matt Harwell & John Ogden
- This session addresses the issue of
establishing successful linkages between policy and science
in restoration efforts. A panel of experts involving both
scientists and policy makers will
1) discuss current challenges seen in restoration practices;
2) explore proposed mechanisms to improve linkages; and
3) outline next steps beyond NCER dialogue, followed by
structured Q&A.
PANELISTS:
David Galat
Robert Twilley
Don Boesch
Lynn Scarlett
[Presentation]
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Raymond Najjar
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Potential Climate Change Impacts on the Chesapeake Bay
[Presentation] |
Robyn Colosimo,
PE, Deputy Associate Director of Natural Resources, Council
on Environmental Quality, will address the process of
revising the P&G; policy, science and engineering issues,
and emerging procedural guidelines and methodologies; P&G
background, principles of modernization, an overview of the
process, public comment perspectives, writing and vetting;
she will also present results to date and status of the
signed P&G, and applicability and guidelines under public
review. Audience Q&A will follow. |
Pervaze Sheikh -
Implementation and Governance of Large-Scale Ecosystem
Restoration Initiatives: A Congressional Perspective
[Presentation] |
Chris Hartley -
Overview of the Mississippi River Basin
Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI)
[Presentation] |
Wolfgang Wolter-
Balancing Competing Priorities in an Urban Creek Restoration
in Toronto Ontario Canada
[Presentation]
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Andrew Hannes -
Benthic Ecological Assessment for
the Great Lakes Method
[Presentation] |
Matthew Shanks -
Interagency Monitoring of Bighead and
Silver Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area
Waterways
[Presentation] |
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11:00am-11:20am |
Robert Wood -
Using Historic Analogy to Evaluate How Future Climate
Changes May Affect Chesapeake Bay and its Restoration
Trajectory
[Presentation] |
Igor Linkov -
Decision Analysis and Ecosystem
Restoration: Framework and Application Case Studies
[Presentation]
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Robert Kellogg-
The Effects of Conservation Practices on
Environmental Quality in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
[Presentation] |
David Gorman-
Lower Columbia River Pile Dike Assessment
[Presentation] |
Tim Fobes -
Improving NEPA Alternatives
Documentation for Objective Decision Making in Ecosystem
Restoration and Endangered Species Recovery on the Missouri
River: The Benedictine Bottoms Case Study
[Presentation] |
Dave Wethington -
The Great Lakes & Mississippi River
Interbasin Study (GLMRIS)
[Presentation] |
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11:20am-11:40am |
William Stiles
- Developing a “Toolkit” for Climate Change
Adaptation in Virginia’s Tidal Shoreline Communities
[Presentation] |
Kenneth Mierzwa -
Restoration Policy: A City Council
Perspective
[Presentation] |
Mike Sullivan -
A Progress Report for Mississippi River
Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative Implementation in
Arkansas
[Presentation] |
Kathryn Barnicle-
Ups and Downs of a Salt Marsh Restoration Project in an
Urban Setting
[Presentation] |
Carla Duncan -
Lake Rehabilitation Options for
the Machado Lake Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project
[Presentation] |
Jon Lane -
Everglades Restoration, Swamped by
Invasive Species
[Presentation] |
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11:40am-12:00noon |
Mike Barnes -
Downscaled Regional Climate Models and
Future Chesapeake Bay Loads
[Presentation] |
Jessica Weatherby -
How to Proceed with Restoration
Construction When Agricultural Chemicals Pose Ecological
Bioaccumulation Concerns
[Presentation] |
Trey Cooke -
Mississippi River Basin Healthy
Watersheds Initiative: Impacts in the Yazoo Basin
[Presentation] |
Steve Wolf-
Balancing the Development and Maintenance of Waterways with
Ecosystem Protection and Restoration
[Presentation] |
Nick Jokay -
Geomorphological Interpretation of High Resolution DEMs from
the GIS Desktop: A Case Study
[Presentation] |
Ondrea Hummel -
Invasive Species Management in the
Southwestern United States
[Presentation] |
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1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Comparison and Contrast of Six Large-scale Ecosystem
Restoration Programs |
Lessons Learned and New Opportunities for Restoring Water
Quality in Chesapeake Bay |
Approaches to Environmental Benefits Assessment |
Integration of Science and Engineering II |
Ecosystem Restoration with Private Landowners through
Partnerships |
Decision Support Tools to Establish Restoration and
Preservation Priorities |
Restoring the New York Harbor Estuary |
Invasive Species |
|
Moderator |
Brad Thompson |
Peter Tango[Presentation] |
David Escude |
Tim Feather |
Philip Barbour |
David Hanson |
Lisa Baron[Presentation] |
Dave Koran |
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1:30pm-1:40pm |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
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1:40pm-2:00pm |
This session
provides a forum for comparison and contrast of a number of
the nation’s largest ecosystem restoration efforts.
-Chesapeake Bay Program - Frank
Dawson
-Coastal Louisiana Area -
Greg Miller [Presentation]
-Everglades Restoration -
Stu Appelbaum[Presentation]
-Missouri River Recovery Program -
Brad Thompson[Presentation]
-California Bay Delta -
Tom Kendall
-Upper Mississippi River -
Ken Barr[Presentation]
-CALFED ERP -
P LaCivita
[Presentation] |
Denice Wardrop -
Water Quality Challenges in the
Chesapeake Bay – The Science Dimension |
Becky Griffith -
Calculating Environmental Benefits: Goals, Performance
Measures, Performance Targets and Habitat Units
[Presentation] |
Eliza Hines -
The Real World – Merging Science
and Engineering for Ecosystem Restoration
[Presentation] |
Danielle Flynn -
NRCS National Sage Grouse Initiative:
Focused Working Lands Conservation
[Presentation] |
Joe DePinto -
Evolution of Modeling Tools to Support
Management and Restoration of the Great Lakes
[Presentation] |
Peg McBrien -
Urban Wetland and Stream Restoration in
the Hudson-Raritan Estuary |
Alfred Cofrancesco -
Restoration of Wetland Habitats
Dominated by Phragmites
australis
[Presentation] |
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2:00pm-2:20pm |
Rich Batiuk -
Putting the 17 Million Chesapeake Bay Watershed Residents on
a Regulatory Pollution Diet
[Presentation] |
Bruce Pruitt -
Development and Application of a Piedmont Stream Conceptual
Model
[Presentation] |
Wendy Katagi -
Restoration Opportunities Spurred
by Steelhead Recovery in Southern California
[Presentation] |
Dale Humburg -
Wetland Restoration on Private Lands:
Changing Perspectives and Future Challenges
[Presentation] |
David Hanson -
Use of a Medical Model to Diagnose and
Treat Ecological Systems
[Presentation] |
Terry Doss -
Restoring Coastal Habitat in the Heart
of New York City [Presentation] |
Mark Lewandowski -
Management Strategies for Water
Chestnut (Trapa natans):
A Historical Perspective
[Presentation] |
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2:20pm-2:40pm |
Scott Phillips -
Applying Adaptive Management to Improve Water-Quality
Decision Making: Implications for Restoring the Nation’s
Largest Estuary-Chesapeake Bay
[Presentation] |
Joe Berg -
Prioritizing Watershed Restoration:
Headwater versus Downstream Projects
[Presentation] |
Wayne Nelson-Stastny -
Development of the Natural
Resource Baseline Assessment for the Missouri River
Ecosystem Restoration Plan
[Presentation] |
Trey Cooke -
Partnerships Driving Ecosystems
Restoration on Private Lands in the Yazoo Basin
[Presentation] |
Denise Reed -
Using Science to Inform Decision Making
in the Face of Uncertainty: A Tool for Prioritizing Coastal
Restoration and Protection Projects in Louisiana
[Presentation] |
Roy Messaros -
The Sustainability of a Tidal Salt Marsh
Restoration Effort in Jamaica Bay, New York [Presentation] |
William Holman -
Applying Engineering Solutions to the
Science of Invasive Aquatic Species Control – Asian Carp and
Sea Lamprey
[Presentation]
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2:40pm-3:00pm |
Vicki Blazer
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Toxic Chemicals and Fish Health in Chesapeake Bay
[Presentation] |
Larry Schwartz -
Evaluation of Environmental Benefits for the Louisiana
Coastal Area (LCA) Small Diversion at Convent/Blind River
Project
[Presentation] |
Daniel Baker -
Incorporating Decision Analysis
and Predictive Design into Stream Restoration: The Stream
Project
[Presentation] |
Wes Burger -
Ecosystem Restoration Efforts on Private
Lands: The Role of Farm-scale Planning and Delivery
[Presentation] |
Panel Discussion |
Chris Cotroneo -
Harvesting Macroalgae as a Means of
Reducing Nutrients in Jamaica Bay, New York City [Presentation] |
David Bauman -
Managing Invasive Plant Species in the
Picayune Strand Restoration Project, Southwest Florida
[Presentation] |
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3:30pm-5:00pm |
Restoration Coffee House Plenary
Session on Chesapeake Bay
(Harborside Ballroom - Level 4)
MODERATOR: Tim Wheeler,
Reporter, The Baltimore Sun
Coffee House Panelists:
Jeff Corbin, Special Assistant
to EPA Administrator—Chesapeake Bay Program
Will Baker,
President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Ann Pesiri Swanson,
Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission
[Presentation]
Robert Summers,
Secretary of the Environment, Maryland Department of the
Environment |
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5:00pm - 6:00pm |
Plenary "Listening Session"
with State & Federal Agency Representatives
(This session will elicit
feedback from stake-holders, cooperators and agency
representatives as part of a "restructuring" of USGS
mission areas by the Ecosystem Science Strategy Planning
Team.)
[Presentation 1] |
[Presentation 2] |
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WEDNESDAY |
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 |
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8:00am-9:30am |
Ecosystems of National Significance |
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration under the Executive Order |
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Session 1 |
Louisiana Coastal Restoration & the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)
Projects |
Building with Nature: Combining Ecological and Economic
Interests |
The Baltimore Watershed Agreement: An Interjurisdictional
Approach to Watershed Restoration |
Managing the Science of Everglades Restoration |
Water Quality Nutrients, Contaminants and Sustainable
Sediment Management |
|
Moderator |
Roselle Henn |
Bruce Vogt |
Michael Hooper |
Mark Wingate
[Presentation] |
Barry Dubinski |
Nicole Stern |
Gretchen Ehlinger[Presentation] |
Wendy Sotera
[Presentation] |
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8:00am - 8:10am |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
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8:10am - 8:30am |
James Edward
-
Vision for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Restoration and Measuring Success
[Presentation] |
Bruce Vogt-
Collaborative Approach to Bay Oyster
Restoration
[Presentation] |
Steve Glomb -
Overview of Natural Resource Damage
Assessment and Restoration
[Presentation] |
Darrel Broussard
-
Coastal Restoration and Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)
Overview, US Army Corps of Engineers
[Presentation] |
Huib de Vriend -
Building with Nature: Nature Beyond
Restoration
[Presentation] |
Nicole Stern -
An Introduction to the Baltimore
Watershed Agreement Action Plan
[Presentation] |
Dave Tipple -
Interagency Scientific Oversight of
Everglades Restoration: RECOVER Ten Years Later
[Presentation] |
Zhonglong Zhang -
Development of SWAT Models to
Quantify Sediment and Nutrient Losses from Missouri and
Upper Mississippi River Basins |
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8:30am-8:50am |
Kelly Baxter-Osborne -
Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project:
Defining Restoration Vision and Measuring Success
[Presentation] |
Angela Sowers-
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration: The
USACE Perspective - Past, Present and Future
[Presentation] |
Kristin Skrabis -
The Role of Economics in the Natural
Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Process
[Presentation] |
Bren Haase -
Louisiana Coastal Restoration and LCA Overview, State of
Louisiana’s Perspective
[Presentation]
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Q & A |
Steven Stewart -
The Baltimore Watershed Agreement: Challenges & Successes
of Collaborative County, City, & NGO Monitoring Efforts
[Presentation] |
Fred Sklar -
A Conceptual Ecological Model for
Everglades Tree Islands
[Presentation] |
John Brakebill -
Supporting Chesapeake Bay
Restoration by Modeling Nutrient and Sediment Sources and
Transport
[Presentation] |
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8:50am-9:10am |
Peter Weppler
-
Restoration Planning for the Hudson-Raritan Estuary – An
Example of Collaboration
[Presentation] |
Eric Weissberger-
Maryland's Role in Chesapeake Bay Oyster
Restoration
[Presentation]
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Janet Whitlock -
The Nexus Criterion: Linking Resource
Injuries to Restoration Projects
[Presentation] |
Karen Gautreaux
-
Disconnect Between Restoration Planning And Restoration
Needs: Advocating a Different Timeline
[Presentation] |
Kevin Brennan and Mark Mendelsohn -
Remote Island Restoration in the
Chesapeake Bay Through the Beneficial Use of Dredged
Material
[Presentation] |
Duncan Stuart -
Baltimore Watershed Agreement (BWA): Challenges & Successes
of Collaborative Planning
[Presentation] |
Susan Kemp -
Setting Salinity Targets for Restoration
in South Florida’s Estuaries
[Presentation] |
William Orem -
Sulfate as a Contaminant in
Freshwater Ecosystems – Sources, Impacts and Mitigation
[Presentation] |
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9:10am-9:30am |
Tom Smith -
Gulf Coast Restoration Mississippi Style: Achieving the
Philosophy of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance through
Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program
[Presentation] |
Howard Townsend-
The Oyster Data Tool: Compiling State
and Federal Oyster-related Data into a Single Database
[Presentation] |
Molly Sperduto -
Benefits of Monitoring Common Loon
Restoration Following the North Cape Oil Spill
[Presentation] |
Barbara Kleiss
-
Promoting Science-based Decisions: The Louisiana Coastal
Area (LCA) Science and Technology (S&T) Program
[Presentation] |
Alex Brunton -
Analysis of Flooding and Sediment
Transport by Numerical Modeling as Part of the Don River
Mouth Naturalization Project, Toronto
[Presentation] |
Nancy Pentz -
BWA: Challenges and Successes of Collaborative County, City,
and NGO Public Outreach and Awareness Efforts
[Presentation] |
Agnes McLean -
Adaptive Management in Everglades
Restoration: Decompartmentalization of Water Conservation
Area 3
[Presentation] |
Nicholas Albergo -
Latex Recovery and Process Water Treatment, Liberia, West
Africa
[Presentation] |
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10:00am-11:30am |
Facilitating Environmental Restoration through the
Application of Ecosystem Services |
Stormwater Management and Water Quality Challenges in
Chesapeake Bay |
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Session 2 |
Louisiana Coastal Restoration |
Overcoming Institutional Barriers for Effective
Implementation of Adaptive Management |
Ecosystem Restoration Program Management and Large Scale
Project Management I |
Ecosystem Restoration and Large-Scale Project
Implementation: The Ohio River Basin |
Use of Remote Sensing and Mapping in Ecosystem Restoration |
|
Moderator |
David Moore |
Andrea Ryon
[Presentation] |
Susan Kennedy |
Rob Daoust
[Presentation] |
Tom St Clair |
Eric Hughes |
Beth Cade |
Joanne Chamberlain |
|
10:00am-10:10am |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
|
10:10am-10:30am |
Lisa Wainger -
Measuring Economic Benefits of
Restoration for Spatial Targeting and Ecosystem Service
Trades or Offsets
[Presentation] |
Pete Hill
Stormwater Management and Habitat
Restoration for the Benefit of the District of Columbia and
the Bay
[Presentation] |
Jennifer Hill-Kelley -
Assessment and Restoration of Tribal
Cultural Resources
[Presentation] |
Yvonne Allen -
Using Systemwide Assessments of
Habitat Condition in the Atchafalaya Basin to Identify and
Evaluate Management Improvements
[Presentation] |
Kenneth Barr -
Towards Effective Adaptive Management on
the Upper Mississippi River System
[Presentation] |
Megan Roessing -
An Overview of the Collaborative Forest
Landscape Restoration Program
[Presentation] |
Beth Cade -
Watershed Planning for Restoring
Sustainable Ecosystems in the Ohio River Basin
[Presentation] |
Raul Mercado -
HyperSpectral / LIDAR/RADAR Imagery for
Water Quality Monitoring and Environmental Assessment in
Ecosystem Restoration
[Presentation] |
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10:30am-10:50am |
Wayne Munns-
Improving Hazardous Waste Site Remediation and Restoration
Decisions Using Ecosystem Services
[Presentation] |
Stephanie Johnson - Achieving Nutrient
and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay:
An Evaluation of Program Strategies and Implementation
[Presentation] |
Michael Hooper -
Confronting Climate Change through
Restoration - Department of the Interior NRDAR Program
[Presentation] |
Melissa Kenney -
Integrating Delta Building
Physics & Economics: Optimizing Engineered Avulsions in the
Mississippi Delta
[Presentation] |
Craig Fleming -
Organizational Restructuring has
Facilitated Implementation of AM for MRRP
[Presentation] |
Betty Dehoney -
Bay Delta Conservation Plan
[Presentation] |
Rob Simmonds -
The Ohio River Basin Fish Habitat
Partnership and Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
[Presentation] |
Lawrence Spencer -
Responses of Floodplain Wetland
Vegetation to Kissimmee River Restoration Project Phase I
[Presentation] |
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10:50am-11:10am |
Matthew Wartian -
Role of Ecosystem Services in Habitat
Equivalency Analysis
[Presentation] |
Alexis Coplin - A Landscape Assessment
of Nutrient Loading Potential to the Chesapeake Bay
[Presentation] |
Bruce Bayne -
A Company Perspective on Cooperative
Assessment and Restoration: A Case Example from a CERCLA
Site
[Presentation] |
Jason Farmer -
Ecosystem Planning at Warp Speed:
The LCA Medium Diversion at White Ditch Story
[Presentation] |
Andy LoSchiavo -
Everglades Restoration AM Program:
Challenges and Solutions
[Presentation] |
David Galat -
Great Rivers that Work for People and
Nature
[Presentation] |
John Stark -
The Nature Conservancy's
Ecosystem Strategies and Objectives for the Ohio River Basin
[Presentation] |
Holly Beck -
Accessing Biophysical Signatures
in Remote Sensing Data to Inform Eco-hydromorphic
Characterization of the Louisiana Coastal Landscape
[Presentation] |
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11:10am-11:30am |
Steve Gruber -
Role of Ecosystem Services in
Watershed Management
[Presentation] |
Justin Lennon - Trash Talk: Cleaning up
the waters in Baltimore City and the Watershed 263 Trash
Collection Program
[Presentation] |
John Schmerfeld -
Restoration Options for Neotropical
Birds: A Look Toward the Future
[Presentation] |
Lawrence Haase & Lucila Silva -
Louisiana Coastal Restoration and
Protection Planning Strategies: Projects to Implementation
[Presentation] |
Jennifer Pratt Miles –
Designing Collaborative Approaches for
Effective Adaptive Management
[Presentation] |
Christopher McVoy -
The River of Grass Paradigm: Everglades
Restoration Planning through Model-Assisted, Interactive
Public Engagement
[Presentation] |
Richard "Gus" Drum -
Using Section 729 Watershed Assessments
for Ecosystem Restoration in the Ohio River Basin
[Presentation]
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Amanda Oliver -
Bathymetric Data and Aerial Photography
Provide Insight into Five Decades of Lower Mississippi River
Side Channel Change
[Presentation] |
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6:00pm - 7:00pm |
PUBLIC LECTURE HOSTED BY US Geological
Survey (Harborside Ballroom A & B - Level 4)
"Science to Inform Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts:
A Discussion of Land Use, Water Quality, Fish and Wildlife
Conditions" |
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THURSDAY |
Thursday, August 4, 2011 |
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8:30am-10:00am |
Plenary Session - Linking Land and
Ocean
(Harborside Ballroom - 4th
Floor)
MODERATOR: Suzette Kimball,
Deputy Director, US Geological Survey
Plenary Speakers:
Larry Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere,
NOAA
Kameran Onley,
Director of US Marine Policy, The
Nature Conservancy
Dave White,
Chief, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) |
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Implementation and Political Challenges to Ecosystem
Restoration |
Assessing Ecosystem Service Benefits of Ecosystem
Restoration and Management |
Planning and Design for Climate Change Impacts: Ebb and
Flood |
Implementing Restoration: Progress in the Light of Process |
Ecosystem Restoration Program Management and Large-Scale
Project Implementation |
Real Estate Challenges Within Large Scale Ecosystem
Restoration Programs |
Resilience of Integrated Coastal Systems |
Instream and Freshwater Inflow Development |
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Moderator |
Scott Slocum |
Dennis King |
Karen Appell |
Casey Kruse |
Brian Files |
Chuck Padera |
S. Kyle McKay |
Laura Stroup |
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10:30am-10:40am |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
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10:40am-11:00am |
Eliza Cava -
Evolution of an Idea and an Institution: Assessing Army
Corps of Engineers Progress in Large-Scale Ecosystem
Restoration in the Florida Everglades
[Presentation] |
Todd Gartner -
Using Incentives to Connect Forests,
Water, and Communities in the Northeast United States
[Presentation] |
This session features presentations by
multi-disciplinary experts followed by Q&A.
PANELISTS:
Art Miller, Christine May,
Helen K.C. McMillan,
Bethany Bearmore,
[Presentation]
Peter Weppler
& Peter Wijsman
*Planning for the Impact of Climate Change for FEMA’s
National Flood Insurance Program
*Adapting to Rising Tides: San Francisco Bay Area Climate
Change, Vulnerability, and Risk Assessment
*Addressing Sea Level Rise Impacts on Tidal Wetland
Restoration Projects: Development of NOAA Design Guidance
and Potential Applications
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Mary Roth -
Challenges of Stakeholder Engagement in
the Missouri River Recovery Program
[Presentation] |
Storm Cunningham -
Designing, Funding, Implementing and
Managing Large-scale, Long-term Ecosystem, Watershed and/or
Fishery Restoration Programs |
Sharon Conklin -
Relocating a Way of Life
[Presentation] |
Kyle McKay- Assessing Resilience of
Coastal Ecosystems
[Presentation]
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Denise Reed -
How Much Flow is Enough? Contrasting the Role of Riverine
Inputs in Estuarine Ecosystem Restoration in California
Bay-Delta and the Mississippi Delta
[Presentation] |
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11:00am-11:20am |
Eric Bush -
Managing Implementation of an Ecosystem Restoration Program
[Presentation] |
Leslie Richardson -
Benefit Transfer and Visitor Use Estimating Models of
Wildlife Recreation, Species and Habitats
[Presentation] |
Gretchen Ehlinger -
Working with FACA - Challenges to Large
Scale Ecosystem Restoration Programs
[Presentation]
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Kevin O'Donnell -
Integration of Existing EPA Authorities
and New Restoration Efforts to Accelerate Recovery of Areas
of Concern in the Great Lakes Basin
[Presentation] |
Willie Patterson -
Real Estate Acquisition: Post Hurricane
Katrina
[Presentation] |
Bhaskaran Subramanian -
Enhancing Coastal Resilience with
Integrated Planning by the State of Maryland
[Presentation] |
Danielle Kreeger
-
Importance of Freshwater Inflow for Natural Resources of the
Lower Delaware River Basin and Estuary
[Presentation] |
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11:20am-11:40am |
Jed Redwine -
Where Should We Act and at What
Scale? Defining the Meaning of Restoration from an
Ecological Perspective
[Presentation] |
Katherine von Stackelberg -
A Systematic Review of Ecosystem
Services from Green Space
[Presentation] |
Kim Dryden - Picayune Strand Restoration
Project in Southwest Florida: A Landscape Perspective and
Interagency Effort
[Presentation] |
Dan Miller & Marvin Hubbell -
Environmental Restoration on the Upper
Mississippi River System: The USACE/Contractor Relationship
[Presentation] |
Brad Thompson -
Federal Mandates and Willing Sellers:
Real Estate Acquisition for the Missouri River Recovery
Program
[Presentation] |
Leslie Suazo - Resilience in Coastal
Louisiana
[Presentation] |
Shae Luther -
The Importance of Reuse Water in Instream and Freshwater
Inflows: the Case of Texas
[Presentation] |
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11:40am-12:00pm |
Jim Henderson -
Ecosystem Services and the Corps of
Engineers: Now that We’ve Identified Them, We’re Figuring
Out What to Do
[Presentation] |
Kathy Anderson - Environmental Benefits
of an Urban Stream Restoration
[Presentation] |
Greg Miller - Effective Public
Involvement Strategies for Restoration Planning
[Presentation] |
Orlando Ramos-Gines -
Maximizing Learning and Successes of
Fast-Paced Large-Scale Projects While Adapting Bureaucratic
Processes and Practices
[Presentation] |
Bruce Sackett -
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: Real Estate
Methods of a Willing Buyer Willing Seller Acquisition
Program
[Presentation] |
Craig Fischenich -A Framework for
Adaptively Managing Restoration Projects in Coastal
Louisiana
[Presentation]
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Paul Conrads
-
Analyzing the Effects of the Hydroelectric Plant Releases on
the Hydrology of the Congaree National Park Floodplain,
South Carolina |
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1:30pm3:00pm |
Making Adaptive Management Meaningful – Bridging the Science
/ Decision-Making Gap |
Addressing Water Resources Challenges in the Sacramento –
San Joaquin Bay-Delta |
Restoration Efforts on Private Lands |
Legal Issues in Ecosystem Restoration |
Stakeholder Engagement and Perspectives |
Integrating Long-term Proxy Records of Sea-level Rise and
Climate Change into Planning |
Foundations for Large River Restoration Planning |
Dam Removal: The Goldilocks Approach |
|
Moderator |
Chad Smith
[Presentation] |
Paul Robershotte |
Erik Meyers |
Phil Steffen |
Erik Neidy |
Debra Willard |
Robert Pace |
Serena McClain |
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1:30pm-1:40pm |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
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1:40pm-2:00pm |
Ernest Clarke -
Bridging the Science / Decision-Making
Gap in the Trinity River Restoration Program
[Presentation] |
Chip Smith -
Proactive Solutions for America’s Water
Resources Needs: Planning for Tomorrow’s Challenges
[Presentation] |
Katherine Basiotis -
Protecting the Chesapeake Bay: Voluntary Projects on Private
Lands |
Katherine Chekouras -
Ecosystem Restoration on Former Agricultural Lands: The
CERP and Evolving Corps HTRW Policy
[Presentation] |
Susan Testroet-Bergeron -
Exercising Various Techniques to Engage
the Public in Louisiana's Coastal Restoration
[Presentation] |
Laura Brandt -
Reconstructing Vegetation Response to Altered Hydrology and
its Use for Restoration - Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge
[Presentation] |
Robert Jacobson -
Conceptualizing and Communicating Ecological River
Restoration
[Presentation] |
Jennifer Bountry -
Guidelines for Assessing
Sediment-related Effects of Dam Removal
[Presentation] |
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2:00pm-2:20pm |
Dennis Kubly -
The Intersection of Science and Decision
Making in the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program
[Presentation] |
Paul Robershotte -
A Systems Framework for the Bay-Delta: A
Regional Perspective
[Presentation] |
Frank Casey -
Implementing Landscape Conservation
Cooperatives: Science and Policy Implications of Payments
for Ecosystem Services Programs
[Presentation] |
Herman Jarboe -
Legislative Drafting Service
Fundamentals for Ecosystem Restoration Projects
[Presentation] |
Karla Sparks -
Innovative Methods for Incorporating
Tribal Natural Resource Information into the Missouri River
Ecosystem Restoration Plan
[Presentation] |
Ellen Thomas -
Long Island Sound: Relative Sea Level
Rise over the Last Millennium
[Presentation] |
John Nestler -
The River Machine: A Conceptual Model
for Large Rivers Integrating Fish Movement and Habitat,
Fluvial Geomorphology, Fluid Dynamics and Biogeochemical
Cycling
[Presentation] |
Adam Pearson -
Geomorphic Response of the Souhegan
River to the Removal of the Merrimack Village Dam
[Presentation] |
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2:20pm-2:40pm |
Kent Loftin -
The Science-Decision Making Interface of
the Kissimmee River Restoration Program
[Presentation] |
Brooke Schlenker and Josephine Axt -
Integrated Flood Risk Management and
Ecosystem Restoration on McCormack-Williamson Tract
[Presentation 1]
[Presentation 2] |
Anthony St. Aubin -
Skokie River Woods Wetland Restoration
and Enhancement Project
[Presentation] |
Cheryl Ulrich -
Endangered Species Act's Implementation
Challenges to Large Scale Ecosystem Restoration Programs
[Presentation] |
Kelly Brennan -
The Importance of Stakeholder
Involvement in Small Watershed Action Plans & Maintaining
Stream Health
[Presentation] |
Lynn Wingard -
Potential Impacts of Climate Change and
Sea Level Rise on South Florida’s Coastal Wetlands
[Presentation] |
Kelly Burks-Copes -
Ecosystem Modeling for the Missouri
River Cottonwood Management Plan
[Presentation] |
Mary Andrews -
Designing and Implementing Dam Removal Projects in the
Context of the Regulatory Climate: The Simkins Dam Removal
Case Study
[Presentation] |
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2:40pm-3:00pm |
David Marmorek -
What Determines Whether or Not Adaptive
Management Programs Affect Management and Policy Decisions?
[Presentation] |
Paul Robershotte -
Integrated Sustainable Water Management
for California: Addressing Current Physical and
Institutional Challenges to Meeting Future Needs
[Presentation] |
Jeffrey Lee -
Valley Creek Watershed and Stream Restoration
[Presentation] |
Althea Hotaling -
Policy and Permitting Recommendations
to Promote and Increase the Effectiveness of Submerged
Habitat Restoration Efforts in Southwest Florida
[Presentation] |
Cynthia Wood -
The NRCS/USACE Partnership Handbook: A Field Guide to
Working Together Toward Shared Goals
[Presentation] |
Christopher Bernhardt -
Marl Prairie Vegetation Response to 20th
Century Land Use and its Implications for Management in the
Everglades
[Presentation] |
John Nestler -
Reference Condition Approach to Large
River Restoration Planning
[Presentation] |
Mathias Collins -
Improving Implementation and
Effectiveness Monitoring at Dam Removal Sites and their
Integration with Project and Program Planning
[Presentation] |
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3:30pm |
Restoration Coffee House Plenary
Session on Communication in Ecosystem Restoration
MODERATOR:
Terence Smith,
PBS Award-winning Journalist
Coffee House Panelists:
Tom Horton, Author
Chris Mooney,
Freelance Writer
David Fahrenthold,
The Washington Post
Christopher Joyce,
National Public Radio
Katie Basiotis
[Presentation] |
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FRIDAY |
Friday, August 5, 2011 |
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8:30am-10:00am |
Climate Change and Restoration |
Pieces of the Puzzle: Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem |
Management Aspects of Large Scale Ecosystem Restoration |
Environmental Benefit Justification on Ecosystem Restoration
Projects |
Great Lakes Restoration Initiatives and Approaches |
Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Adaptive Management in
Southwest U.S. |
Estuarine Ecosystems Restoration |
Dam Removal |
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Moderator |
Glenn Landers |
Rich Batiuk |
Peyton Robertson |
Susan Conner |
Joe Pfeiffer |
N. Kennedy & L. Skaggs |
Scott Phillips |
Heather Day |
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8:30am - 8:40am |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
Introduction & Overview |
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8:40am - 9:00am |
Matthew Goldman -
Mitigation, Adaptation, Resilience: The
Evolving Role of Climate Change in Restoration
[Presentation] |
John Shuman -
A History of Agricultural BMPs in the
Octoraro Creek Watershed and Associated Nutrient Load
Reductions to Chesapeake Bay
[Presentation] |
Todd Hopkins -
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives:
Working Together to Sustain America’s Land, Water, Wildlife
and Cultural Resources
[Presentation] |
Brad Foster-
Tamiami Trail: Comparison of Ecological
Benefit Methods Used by Different Federal Agencies
[Presentation] |
Mike Greer -
US Army Corps of Engineers Role in the Great Lakes Ecosystem
Restoration Initiative
[Presentation] |
Ondrea Hummel -
Evaluating Restoration Success and
Applying Adaptive Management in the Middle Rio Grande Bosque
[Presentation] |
Laura Lee Wilkinson & Lee Walker -
Planning Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction: Minimizing
Impacts to Lake Pontchartrain
[Presentation] |
David Huntress -
“Natural” Riverine Recovery Following
Dam Removal
[Presentation] |
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9:00am - 9:20am |
Cindy Barger -
Thinking Ahead: Incorporating
Climate Change into Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Planning
for the Ala Wai Watershed Project
[Presentation] |
Rebecca Golden -
Maryland’s Large-scale Eelgrass
(Zostera marina) Restoration: A
Retrospective Analysis of Techniques, Costs and Monitoring
[Presentation] |
Sarah Miller-
Defining the Spatial and Temporal Extent
of Ecosystem Restoration Project Environmental Benefits
[Presentation] |
Richard Cole -
A Case Study Comparison of Two
Indices for Ranking Ecosystem Restoration Projects Based on
National Benefit
[Presentation] |
Burton Suedel -
Concept and Approaches for Adding
Environmental Enhancements to Great Lakes Breakwaters and
Jetties
[Presentation] |
Daniel Artho -
Ecosystem Restoration on the Truckee
River, Nevada: Integrating Ecosystem Restoration with Flood
Risk Management in High-desert Landscape
[Presentation] |
Michael Rounds -
Wapato Access Feasibility Study: Restoring Columbia River
Salmonid Rearing Habitat
[Presentation] |
Shane Cline -
Gold Ray Dam Removal – Removal of the
Last Fish Barrier on the Lower Rogue River
[Presentation] |
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9:20am - 9:40am |
Randy Davis -
Wildland Forest Soil Carbon
Management
[Presentation] |
Sharon Madden -
Environmental Management at DoD Facilities in the Chesapeake
Bay Region
[Presentation] |
Brian Mastin -
Bioremediation’s Integral Role in Ecosystem Restoration and
Rehabilitation
[Presentation]
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Joe Berlin -
Estimating Recreational Benefits from Coastal Restoration
Projects in Louisiana
[Presentation] |
Don Schloesser-
Restoration of Burrowing Mayflies
(Hexagenia spp.)
in the Laurentian Great Lakes
[Presentation] |
Tiffany Bostwick & Pete Tomsovic -
Endangered Species Ecosystem: Striking a
Balance Using Flood Risk Management
[Presentation] |
Frank Marshall - Setting Restoration
Targets in Florida Bay Using Paleoecology and Salinity /
Hydrology Models
[Presentation] |
Mark Riedel -
Marion Mill Pond Dam Removal and Stream
Restoration for Great Lakes Fisheries Restoration
[Presentation] |
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9:40am - 10:00am |
Fred Bloetscher -
Fighting Water with Water: Counteracting
the Impact of Sea Level Rise on South Florida Waters
[Presentation] |
Greg Noe -
The Effects of Riparian Ecosystem
Processes on Water Quality: Nutrient Mineralization and
Budgeting
[Presentation] |
Jeff Couch -
Central and Southern Florida: West Palm Beach Canal (C51)
STA 1-East Improvements
[Presentation] |
Dennis Duke -
Challenges in Benefit Analysis and
Project Justification
[Presentation] |
Q &A |
Peter LaCivita -
Estuarine Restoration in San Francisco
Bay: Design and Adaptive Management
[Presentation] |
Kat Morgan -
Fish and Floods – Where Trackhoes Hit the Mud in Puget
Sound’s Stillaguamish Estuary
[Presentation] |
Jock Conyngham -
Rethinking Instream Structures
[Presentation] |
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10:00am - 10:20am |
Steve Traxler -
Addressing the Challenge of Climate
Change in the Greater Everglades Landscape |
Kennedy Paynter -
Oyster Restoration in Maryland |
Jeremy Crossland -
USACE Moves Toward Improved Invasive Species Management
Activities
[Presentation] |
Jeffry Tripe -
Integrating Conservation Planning Methods, Conceptual
Models, USACE Planning Requirements and NEPA
[Presentation] |
Q &A |
Brian Luke -
Forecasting Fish Response to Habitat Features in Developing
Riparian Project Design Alternatives
[Presentation] |
Chris Cotroneo -
Working Towards Nutrient Reduction in
Eutrophic Urban Estuary: Ribbed Mussel Biofiltration in
Jamaica Bay
[Presentation] |
Elvidio Diniz
-
Dam Removal Impacts – Planning Considerations
[Presentation] |
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10:30am-12:00pm |
Closing Plenary Session - Restoration
After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
(Harborside Ballroom A & B - 4th
Floor)
MODERATOR: Suzette Kimball,
Deputy Director, US Geological Survey
Plenary Speakers:
Lisa Jackson,
Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Garret Graves,
Chair, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of
Louisiana (CPRA)
[Presentation]
Don Boesch,
President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental
Science (UMCES) |
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12:00noon |
CONFERENCE CONCLUDES |
