Wetlands Work Group

Final Agenda

Tuesday March 25

1:00 - 1:15     Workshop Staff Welcome and Workshop Announcements

1:15 – 2:00    Tom Slenkamp & Rich Pepino US EPA Region 3, and Ifeyinwa Davis US EPA HEadquarters, Office of Science and Technology. Opening Remarks

2:00 – 2:30    Amanda Parker, University of Georgia The State of Wetland Science (Module 3 not available in print)

2:30 – 3:00    Naomi Detenbeck, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth Laboratory Wetlands Classification (Module 7) 

3:00 – 3:30    Break 

3:30 – 4:00    R. Jan Stevenson, Michigan State University An Introduction to Wetlands Biological Assessments (Module 1)

4:00 - 4:30     Billy Teals, Wetland Science Institute Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (Presented by R. Jan Stevenson) Developing Metrics and Indices of Biological Integrity (Module 6)

4:30 – 5:00    Amanda Parker, University of Georgia Study Design for Monitoring Wetlands (Module 4)

Wednesday March 26

9:00 – 9:30    Amanda Parker, University of Georgia Introduction to Wetland Nutrient Assessment (Module 2 not available in print)

9:30 – 10:00   Arnold van der Valk, Iowa State University Land-Use Characterization for Nutrient and Sediment Risk Assessment (Module 17)

 10:00 - 10:30  Break

 10:30 – 11:00 U. Sunday Tim & Bill Crumpton, Iowa State University Nutrient Loading Models (Module 19 not available in print)

11:00 – 11:30 R. Jan Stevenson, Michigan State University Using Algae to Assess Environmental Conditions in Wetlands (Module 11)

 11:30 - 1:00   Luncheon

 1:00 – 1:30    Jeff Thompson, Maryland Department of the Environment, Hydrology (Module 21 not available in print)

1:30 – 2:00    Ramesh Reddy, University of Florida Biogeochemical Indicators (Module 18 not available in print)

2:00 – 2:30    Mark Clark, University of Florida Database of Biogeochemical Indicators and Data Analyses (Proposed Module 22 not available in print)

2:30 – 3:00    Break

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