Tentative Agenda*

*all times subject to change please check back here for updates.  Today's Agenda is current as of 10/10/2007-2:01PM EDT

 

10th ANNUAL WATERSHEDS & WETLANDS WORKSHOP
OCTOBER 22 - OCTOBER 25, 2007
OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

Monday, October 22, 2007

8:00 am Registration – Ocean City, Maryland

9:00 am Welcome and Workshop Logistics:
Frank Reilly, Executive Director
Wetlands and Watersheds Workgroup
 

Session I: IMPLICATIONS OF THE “RAPANOS” SUPREME COURT CASE

Moderator: Tom Slenkamp, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III
9:15 am Russ Kaiser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, Navigating the Clean Water Act After Rapanos: Implementation Challenges: Part 1

9:45 am Donna Downing, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Headquarters, Navigating the Clean Water Act After Rapanos: Implementation Challenges: Part 2

10:15 am Break

10:45 am Jeffrey Lapp, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, A Regional Perspective on the Implementation of Rapanos

11:15 am Peter Stokely, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Headquarters, Tools and Information to Aide in Jurisdictional Determinations After Rapanos

11:45 pm Question and Answers

12:15 pm Lunch

Special Topic Presentation:

1:15 pm Jeffrey Hartranft, Bureau of Waterways Engineering, Pennsylvania, The Innovative Floodplain and Riparian Wetland Restoration Best Management Practice: Addressing Legacy Sediment and the Legacy of Early American Dams

Session II: AQUATIC CONSERVATION, EDUCATION AND RESTORATION

Moderator: Ryan Szuch, ENVIRON International Corporation
Part I
2:00 pm Brandon Ghrist, Maryland Environmental Service, AnOverview of the Swan Creek Mitigation Wetland – Construction, Monitoring and Community Involvement

2:15 pm Susan-Marie Stedman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, A National Action Plan for Fish Habitat and an Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership

2:30 pm Kirk Mantay, Ducks Unlimited, Putting Science into Practice: Ducks Unlimited Conservation Practices in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

2:45 pm Shufen Ma, University of Delaware, The Investigation of Fe Cycling with Voltammetric Au/Hg Microelectrodes in a Fresh Water Wetland

3:00 pm Questions & Answers

3:15 pm Break

Part II
3:45 pm Elizabeth Habic, Maryland Environmental Service, Hart-Miller Island (HMI) Dredged Material Containment Facility (DMCF) South Cell Environmental Restoration Project (SCERP)

4:00 pm Anna Compton, Maryland Environmental Service, Wetland Development in Dredged Material at the Paul S. Sarbanes Environmental Restoration Project at Poplar Island

4:15 pm Ellen Hartig, NYC Dept. of Parks, Natural Resources Group, Sea-Level Rise and Implications for Regional Salt Marsh Submergence

4:30 pm Doug Samson, The Nature Conservancy, Rapid but not “Natural” Seasonal Wetland Vegetation Establishment in Restored Former Farm Fields on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

4:45 pm Question and Answers

5:00 pm Social
 

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
 

Session III: INTEGRATING WETLAND AND STREAM ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE DOWNSTREAM WATER QUALITY

Moderator: David Rider, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III

8:30 am Erik Michelsen, Underwood and Associates,
Environmental Impacts Existing Stormwater Outfall Practices

8:45 am Joe Berg, Biohabitats, Inc, A New Paradigm: The Benefits of Integrated Stream and Wetland Stormwater Outfall Practices

9:00 am Keith Underwood, Underwood & Associates, Design and Construction of the Integrated Stream and Wetland Stormwater Outfall

9:15 am Ron Bowen, Anne Arundel County, Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works Perspectives on the Integrated Stream and Wetland Stormwater Outfall Approach

9:30 am Steve Barry, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, The Process of Developing Workshops for Training Practioners as a Method to Change the Status Quo

9:45 am Sally Hornor, Anne Arundel Community College, Using Enterococci Population Levels in Water Quality Monitoring as a Metric for Stormwater Treatment

10:00 am Questions and Answers

10:15 am Break

Session IV: WORKING WITH THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE TO IMPROVE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY: Part 1

Moderator: Frank Reilly, LMI

10:45 am Steve Williams, Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, Creating an “Outdoor Classroom” at Christ the Teacher Catholic School, Delaware

11:00 am G.W. Fairchild, West Chester University, Constructed Ponds in Southeast Pennsylvania: Their Limnology and Role in Modifying Stream Water Quality

11:15 am Kevin Magerr, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Mimicking Natural Hydrology for Stormwater Management

11:30 am Questions & Answers

11:45 am Poster Session - Student Poster Competition and luncheon Sponsored by SWS Mid-Atlantic Chapter.

1:00 pm F. Lubnow, Princeton Hydro, LLC, Integrating Streambank Stabilization, Wetland Protection and Enhancement and the Maintenance of Existing Best Management Practices with an established Phosphorus TMDL

1:15 pm Ward Hickman, U.S. Geological Survey, Relations Between Water Quality and Basin Characteristics for Streams in and Near the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

1:30 pm Donald Ferlow, Stearns & Wheler LLC, States Mandate Stormwater Runoff Control, Can Viable Created Wetlands Play a Role?

1:45 pm Jerry Mead, University of Pennsylvania, Riparian Forests, Litter Based Carbon Inputs, and Channel Erosion Across the Delaware River Basin

2:00 pm Questions & Answers

Session V: MINI TRAINING SESSIONS

2:15 pm
1. Ralph Spagnolo, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III Identification of Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes
2. Lenore Vasilas, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Introduction to the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils’ Indicators
3. Jeff Thompson, Maryland Department of the Environment, Winter Plant Identification
4. Tom Barthelmeh, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, and Al Rizzo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Restoration Techniques, Build Your Own Sand Box Wetland

5:30 pm Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Society of Wetlands Scientists:
Business Meeting

6:30 pm Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Social - Snacks Provided

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Session VI: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATERSHED INTEGRITY

Moderator: Ed Ambrogio, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III

8:30 am Christine Conn, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, The Concept of Green Infrastructure

8:45 am Christine Conn, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland’s Green Infrastructure Assessment: Planning into Practice

9:00 am Cecilia Lamers, Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Implementation of Green Infrastructure Planning at the Local level

9:15 am Ted Weber, Conservation Fund, Development and Application of a Statewide Conservation Network in Delaware

9:30 am Questions and Answers
9:45 am Break
 

Session VII: REMOTE SENSING AND CASE STUDIES IN METASCALE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF WETLANDS AND WATERSHEDS

Moderator:
10:15 am Victor Klemas, University of Delaware, Remote Sensing of Coastal Wetlands and Watersheds: A Status Report

10:30 am Hyojin Ahn, City University of New York, Coastal Wetland Inventory with Thematic Mapping from Satellites

10:45 am Robert Nuzzi, State University of New York, Remote Sensing Aspects in Wetland Management

11:00 am Karl Szekielda, City University of New York, Detection of Harmful Algae Blooms with Remote Sensing Techniques

11:15 am David Legates, University of Delaware, Watershed and Estuarine Monitoring Using Delaware Environmental Observing System (DEOS)
11:30 am Keota Silaphone, Worcester County, Maryland, NPS BMP Implementation Modeling Efforts

11:45 noon Questions and Answers

12:00 pm Lunch
 

Session VIII: DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGY FOR MONITORING AND ASSESSING THE CONDITION OF TIDAL WETLANDS IN THE DELAWARE ESTUARY AND VICINITY
 

Moderator: Danielle Kreger, The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
1:15 pm
Tidal wetlands are regarded as one of the signature natural resources in the Delaware Estuary ecosystem, important as nursery and forage habitat for fish and wildlife, flood protection, water quality, and other benefits. For these reasons, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (a National Estuary Program) considers tidal marsh extent and health to be one of the leading environmental indicators for the “State of the Estuary.” To date, we have not developed a coordinated and consistent approach to monitoring their extent and condition throughout the region. The goal of this workshop will be to engage interested scientists and managers to help develop a 3-tier monitoring and assessment strategy that considers both core (national or regional relevance) and supplemental (sub-regional refinements) measurements for tidal wetlands in the Delaware Estuary and vicinity (e.g. other areas of NJ and DelMarVa). A Delaware Estuary Wetland Workgroup is being formed to further develop, fund, and implement this strategy, and to help set environmental targets for wetland extent and condition.

2:15 pm Questions and Answers
 

Session IX: MARYLANDS COASTAL BAYS NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGAM RESTORATION
Moderator: David Blazer, Maryland Coastal Bays Estuary Program
 

2:45 pm
3:00 pm
3:15 pm
3:30 pm
3:45 pm Questions and Answers
4:00 pm Social/Adjourn
 

Thursday: FIELD TRIPS
9:00 am – Bus departs
Field Trips: Assateague Island Tour
Maryland Coastal Bays Tour