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Tuesday, June 25

A session
Location: Salon 5
Moderator: Layla El-Khoury, North Carolina State University

Ecological Considerations

8:30 am
Biological Monitoring in Kentucky’s Restored Streams
-- Bethany Mulhall, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Wetland and Stream Mitigation Program, Frankfort, KY
Mulhall’s Presentation

8:50 am
Hanalei Riverbank Restoration. High Tides, Hau Bush and Habitat
-- Eric Seidl, LEED-AP, Envirolok, Sun Prairie, WI
Seidl’s Presentation

9:10 am
Stream Restoration Using Wood Structures Harvested from On-Site:  Design Improvements and Recommended Remedial Efforts Adopted After Years Of Managing Multiple Projects
-- Joe Berg, Biohabitats, Inc., Baltimore, MD
Berg’s Presentation

9:30 am
Stream Rehabilitation Via Hand-Placed Wood: A Year of Monitoring Documenting Expanded Habitat Complexity and More Natural Flow and Streambed Mobility Regimes
-- Kurt Cooper & Peter Tower, Sustainable Streams, Louisville, KY
Cooper & Tower’s Presentation

9:50 am
Enhancing Stream Restoration Selection Criteria Using Biological Indices in The San Antonio River Watershed, San Antonio, Texas
-- Joan Bryant, PE & Chris Vaughn, San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio, Texas
Bryant & Vaughn’s Presentation

10:10 am  
Break in the Exhibit Hall

10:30 am     
Seasonal Shear Stress Explains Presence/Absence of Endangered Freshwater Mussels: Implications for Stream Restoration Design on a Large River
-- Bob Hawley, Sustainable Streams, Louisville, KY
Hawley’s Presentation

10:50 am
Tidal Restoration Through Barrier Removal from East to West
-- Caitlin Alcott, Inter-Fluve Hood River, OR
-- Kristen Coveleski, Inter-Fluve, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Alcott & Coveleski’s Presentation

11:10 am
Lean Into the Planting Plan
-- Karri Cecil Blackmon, Tyler O’Mara, Alan Peoples, Habitat Assessment and Restoration Professionals (HARP)
Charlotte, NC
Blackmon’s Presentation

11:30 am
Long-Term Survivorship and Species Invasion Post-Restoration on Rocky Branch
-- Lauren Willhite, NC State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC
Willhite’s Presentation

11:50 am
Designing and Managing a Linear Park along Houston’s Most Significant Waterway: Promoting Access to Nature at Buffalo Bayou Park
-- Fangyi Lu, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Houston, TX
-- Gabriela Sosa, PhD, Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston, Texas
Lu & Sosa’s Presentation

12:10 pm - Lunch Provided