2005 Wetlands & Watershed Workshop

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24

SESSION I: Natural Wetland Processes/Cycles and Their Role in the Improvement of Water Quality

Lenore Vasilas, US EPA Region III and USDA-NRCS, Overview on Hydric Soils, Water Quality and the Cycles of Wetlands

Bruce Vasilas, University of Delaware , The Roles of Plants and Hydrology of Wetlands and Their Contribution to Water Quality

Ralph Spagnolo, US EPA Region III, Natural Wetland Ecosystems and Their Functional Role for Environmental and Human Health

SESSION II: Protecting Wetlands Using the Watershed Approach

Mary Anne Thiesing, US EPA Region II, Wetlands Beyond the Regulatory Context: How Wetlands Need to be Considered at a Watershed Scale

Karen Cappiella, Center for Watershed Protection, Protecting Wetlands Locally Through the Watershed Planning Process

Mary L. Searing, Anne Arundel County , Maryland , The Evaluation of Watershed Management Scenarios and the Development of Prioritization Schemes to Restore and Protect Wetlands, Streams, and Watersheds

Karen Cappiella, Center for Watershed Protection, Adapting Watershed Protection Tools for Wetlands

SESSION III: Using Innovative BMP’s to Reduce Pollutants and Pests

Krista L. Osterberg, University of Connecticut , Use of Constructed Wetlands to Reduce Metals, Nutrients, and Bacteria in Roof Runoff

Jeffrey C. Cornwell, University of Maryland- Horn Point Laboratory, Center for Environmental Science, The Role of Tidal Marches in Chesapeake Bay Sub-estuary Nutrient Budgets

Kevin Magerr , US EPA Region III, Storm Water BMP’s and Mosquito Control

Kauser Jahan, Rowan University , Wastewater Reuse Impacts to Adjacent Wetlands

Valerie Ross, CH2M Hill, Use of Traditional and Non-Traditional Best Management Practices for Watershed Management that Achieves Phosphorus Load Reduction in the Swift Creek Reservoir Watershed, Chesterfield County , Virginia

             

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25

SESSION IV: NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT, EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR WETLANDS AND WATERS

Steven A. Hann, Hamburg , Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, TMDL’s-Past, Present and Future     

Jim George, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland ’s TMDL Implementation Guidance: Offsetting Future Loads

Norbert A. Jaworski, Retired USEPA, The Mason-Dixon Line Influence on Riverine Nutrient Fluxes

SESSION V: managing human impacts on aquatic ecosystems: case studies

Kathleen Hale, NJ Water Supply Authority, The Delaware & Raritan Canal Tributary Assessment & Nonpoint Source Management Study, Somerset County, New Jersey

Kathleen Hale, NJ Water Supply Authority, Protection of Spruce Run Reservoir, Hunterdon County , New Jersey      

David Rider, US EPA Region III, Mountain Top Mining and its Effects on Streams and Wetlands

SESSION VI: GREEN HIGHWAYS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON

WETLANDS AND WATER QUALITY

Gina McAfee, Carter & Burgess, Environmental Streamlining on the Step Up Project

Other speakers will focus on the ways in which the Green Highways initiative might promote protection and restoration of wetlands.  The Green Highways Initiative focuses on incorporating sustainability and stewardship practices in transportation planning, design, construction, and maintenance.  Key topics for consideration include watershed and wetland protection efforts including, advanced mitigation measures, innovative methods for addressing wetland protection & mitigation, stormwater management at both a transportation project and organizational level.

SESSION VII: IMPERVIOUS SURFACES AND WETLANDS AND WATERSHEDS

Christopher Elvidge, NOAA-NESDIS National Geophysical Data Center , A Girded Estimate of the Impervious Surface Area of the United States

       Nicholas A. Procopio, Pinelands Commission Science, Land Use Patterns and Aquatic and Wetlands Resources in the New Jersey Pinelands

            Abigail Fair, Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions, Municipal Ordinances Limiting Impervious Surface

John M. Galbraith, Virginia Tech, Density of Road Crossings and Drainage of Wetlands in Suburban and Rural Virginia

             

SESSION VIII: GUEST SPEAKER

R. Harold Jones, Sigma Environmental Services Inc, Becoming a Certified Professional Wetland Scientist: Application Process and Procedure  

SESSION IX: HOW THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER MEDIA CAN ASSIST IN WETLAND AND WATERSHED ANALYSIS

Martin Rabenhorst, University of Maryland, IRIS Tube Technology: Theory, and Application in Wetland Remediation Strategies

Albert McCullough, Sustainable Science LLC, Use of Archival Maps in Developing Ecosystem Restoration Strategies in the New York City Metropolitan Region

Allison Brown, Pinelands Commission, Changed in Palustrine Community Composition in response to Environmental Variables Associated With a Hydrologic Gradient

John Galbraith, Virginia Tech, Finding Indicators of Agricultural Wetlands in Virginia

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26

SESSION X:WETLAND AND WATERSEHD RESOTRATION AND CREATION CASE STUDIES PART I

Frank Acto, Secor International Inc., Implementing a Pollutant Minimization Plan for the PCB TMDL

 Robert Meadows, Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, Restoring the Old Wilmington Marsh

Kenneth Strait, PSEG, The Delaware Estuary Enhancement Program: Lessons Learned

Ron Prann, Shaw Environmental Inc, “Wetland Banking; The Science and Business of Banking”. 

SESSION XI: WETLAND AND WATERSHED RESTORATION AND CREATION CASE STUDIES PART II

David De Caro, CH2M Hill, Wetland Mitigation and Restoration for US Navy, Elizabeth River Watershed, Portsmouth , Virginia

Kelly Heffner, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Beyond “No Net Loss”: Watershed Based Mitigation for Environmental Improvement

Richard Mogensen, Mid-Atlantic Mitigation (an EarthMark Company), Pott Creek II Stream Restoration Project-A Case Study of the Challenges of Building the Largest Stream Restoration Project in the Piedmont Area of North Carolina

Denise Clearwater, Wetlands and Waterways Program, Watershed Plans for Wetland Mitigation:  Can Plans Be Put into Practice?

           

 

SESSION XII:Using Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Protocols to Focus Future Wetlands Restoration Efforts

Region 3 and our state partners have embarked on an initiative to create and use environmental indicators, outcome measures and prioritization and targeting approaches to increase program effectiveness.  The prioritization and targeting approaches will be designed to take advantage of the best available data and analytical methods to help focus integrated program implementation.  Region 3 staff will discuss a possible approach to multi-objective and multi-scale wetland restoration targeting using indicators and GIS-based analyses.

David  Bleil, MD DNR, State Development of Level 2 Assessment Strategies for the Coastal Plain and Piedmont Regions of Maryland

Laurie Machung, DEPNY, Watershed Scale Wetland Characterization and Preliminary Functional Assessment for the New York City Water SupplyWatersheds

Laurie Machung, DEPNY, Reference Wetlands Monitoring in the New York City Water Supply Watershed

SESSION XIII: ROVER REPORTS

A panel of five “rovers” will critically review the presentations in the light of their own disciplines.  Rovers will be selected to ensure representation of resource managers, regulators, non-governmental organizations, the regulated public, resource users, and researchers.  The “rovers” will comment on information gaps and needed information; as well as help to focus subsequent research and efforts in the fields needed to adequately protect and manage watersheds and wetlands.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Gina McAfee, Carter & Burgess, Using Mergers and Context Sensitive Solutions to Streamline the NEPA Process on the US 285 Improvements Project  

Steven E. Yergeau, Rutgers University-New Brunswick , Vertebrate Utilization, Emphasizing Birds, of Created Wetlands in New Jersey  

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27

Field Trip: Wetlands of the Pine Barrens

Bus travel and bagged lunch provided.  Please wear suitable clothing for fieldwork and/or inclement weather.