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Monday, October 21, 2002
SESSION I: EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS IN WETLAND PROTECTION
Candace Blumenfeld, State University of New York, Evaluating the Wetlands
Reserve Program in New York State: A Survey of Landowner Wetland Attitudes and
Their Reasons for Enrollment
Robert Tucker, StonyBrook-Millstone Watershed Association, Integrating Models of
Citizens Perceptions, Metal Contaminants, and Wetlands Restoration in an
Urbanizing Watershed
Richard White, Allegheny Ecological Consulting, Inc., An NGO and the USDA-NRCS
Wetland Reserve Program Collaborate to Establish an Environmental Education
Facility in Rural Southwestern New York
Julie Hajdusek, StonyBrook-Millstone Watershed Association, Educating the Public
About Wetlands
SESSION II: WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECTS: CASE STUDIES
Lenore P. Tedesco, Purdue University at Indianapolis, The LILLY ARBOR
Project: An Experiment in Urban Riparian Restoration
Eric Schrading, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Landowner Friendly Habitat
Restoration-Build It and They Will Come
Rich K. Mogensen, Marsh Resources, Inc. Bottomland Hardwood Wetland/Stream
Restoration - 2 Case Studies in North Carolina
Tom Barthalmeh, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control, Wetland Restoration in Marginal Agricultural Fields
Carole KeAlohi, Friends of Heeie State Park, Restorative Efforts in Heeie
Watershed, Hawaii
SESSION III: EVALUATION OF COMPENSATORY MITIGATION
Paul Minkin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Studying
Success of Federally-Required Wetland Mitigation in New England
Dave Fanz, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Evaluation of
Mitigation Success in New Jersey
David S. Morgan, Halff Associates, Status and Effectiveness of Wetland
Mitigation Banking in Texas
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
SESSION IV: WETLAND IDENTIFICATION: HYDRIC SOILS AND HYDROLOGY ISSUES
Katy Read, Aston University, Evapotranspiration Rates of Wet Woodland Habitat
in England
Marty Rabenhorst, University of Maryland, Hydric Soils Derived from
"Problematic" Red Parent Materials
Kelly Smith, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Correlation Between Hydric Soil
Field Indicators and Water Table Height in Southeast VA
Marty Rabenhorst, University of Maryland, Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils of the
Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
SESSION V: WETLAND ASSESSMENT METHODS AND SOILS
Mary S. Peterson, Tennessee Technological University, Modification of an HGM
Low Gradient, Riverine Guidebook to Facilitate Rapid Assessment of Routine
Wetland Projects
Lenore Vasilas, National Resources Conservation Service, Physical and Chemical
Properties of Soils in Mid-Atlantic Piedmont Wetlands
Leander Brown, National Resources Conservation Service, HGM and Microdepressions
of Wetlands in the Coastal Plain
Marty Rabenhorst, University of Maryland, Hydric Soils of Flood Plains in the
Mid-Atlantic Piedmont
Paola Gastezzi, Characterization for Five Different Habitats in the Surroundings
of the Gandoca Lagoon and Use Evaluation for the Associated Bird Communities in
the Wildlife National Refuge Gandoca Manzanillo in Costa Rica
SESSION VI: EXPLORING INDICATOR STATUS CHANGES FOR SELECTED WETLAND PLANT
SPECIES
Steve Martin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, Testing
Proposed Changes to the Northeastern Wetland Plant list in the Virginia Coastal
Plain
Bruce Vasilas, University of Delaware, Woody Plant Species Important to Wetland
Delineations on the Delmarva Coastal Plain
Ralph Spagnolo, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Interagency
Comments to the Proposed Revisions of the National Wetlands Plant List
James A. Schmid, Schmid & Company, Inc., NWI Wetland Indicator Status-What
Are the Differences Between 1988 and 1997 Indicators for Plants in the
Mid-Atlantic States
BREAKOUT SESSION
Topic-Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Issues
SESSION VII: WETLANDS IDENTIFICATION: THE APPLICATION OF SPECTRAL REMOTE
SENSING
Hyperspectral Imaging of Wetlands
Hydrology and Hydrophytic Vegetation
Identification and Delineation of Wetlands
Principles of Species Discrimination
Coastal Wetland Inventories
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
SESSION VIII: PROTECTING OUR NATION'S ISOLATED WETLANDS
Judy Broersma-Cole, Maryland Department of the Environment, Vernal Pool
Regulation in Maryland
Andy Dinsmore, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, The Role of
Compensatory Mitigation in Wetlands Enforcement
Jack Kerns, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, SWANCCs for
the Memories: Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction After Solid Waste Agency of Northern
Cook County vs. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
SESSION IX: WETLAND TREND ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT: USING GEOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
Vic Klemas, University of Delaware, Application of Remote Sensing to Wetlands
Management
Stephen J. Brady, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Geographical
Distribution of Wetland Changes in the U.S., 1992-1997
David J. Fallon, New York Department of Environmental Control, Tidal Wetlands
Losses in New York State
Michael Aurelia, Greenwich Inland Wetland Agency, Using GIS as a Tool to Improve
Municipal Regulation of Inland Wetland Watercourses in Greenwich, Connecticut
SUMMARY OF BREAKOUT SESSION
Presentations Will Cover Conclusions of Breakout Session
SESSION X: WETLAND PROTECTION STRATEGIES I
Richard I. Gee, Montgomery County Government, Maryland, The Montgomery County
Interagency Wetlands Coordinating Committee
Francisco Artigas, Rutgers University, Wetland
Vegetation Reflectance Variability for Species Level Classification of
Hyperspectral Data
Eileen K. Straughan, Straughan Environmental Services, Inc., Evaluating the
Inter-Relationships Between Wetlands, Stream Stability, and Stormwater
Management. Do Current Practices Adequately Address the Direct and Indirect
Effects of Development?
SESSION XI: WETLAND PROTECTION STRATEGIES II
Gary E. Raulerson, Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program, Nursery Fish
Utilization of Several Natural and Restored Intertidal Habitats in Sarasota Bay,
Florida
Nancy Kuntzelman, Geo-Marine, Inc., Wetlands Protection Plan for Naval Security
Group Activity Winter Harbor, Maine
Christopher Spaur, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Coastal
Wetlands Evolution Patterns and Processes: Their Implications for Coastal
Wetlands Management in Developed Estuaries
Thursday, October 24, 2002
FIELD TRIP: The Pine Barrens
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