Tuesday, June 25
C session
Location: Orpheum
Moderator: Mike Adams, Stantec, Fairfax, VA
Floodplains
8:30 am
Regenerative Stream Channel (RSC) as a Design Philosophy to Achieve Dynamic Alluvial Valley (DAV) in Constrained, Urban Conditions
-- Keith Binsted & Brandon Lang, Underwood & Associates, Annapolis, Maryland
Binsted & Lang’s Presentation
8:50 am
Great Seneca Creek – Floodplain Restoration as a Compensatory Mitigation Alternative
-- Andrew W. Donaldson, Johnson, Mirmiram & Thompson, Inc. (JMT), York, PA
-- Brian Cox, Maryland Department of Transportation, Office of Environmental Design, Baltimore, MD
Donaldson & Cox’s Presentation
9:10 am
Overview & Design Principles of Floodplain Restoration
-- Ben Uhler, LandStudies, Inc, Lititz, PA
Uhler’s Presentation
9:30 am
Watershed-Scale Effects of Floodplain and Stage 0 Restoration on Hydrologic Attenuation
-- Erich T. Hester, PhD, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Hester’s Presentation
9:50 am
Watershed-Scale Effects of Floodplain Restoration on Nitrate Removal
-- Morgan A. Oehler, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Oehler’s Presentation
10:10 am
Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 am
The Vermont Functioning Floodplain Initiative: Identifying Reconnection Opportunities in the Vermont Sector of the Lake Champlain Basin to Improve Water Quality, Flood Resiliency, and Habitat
-- Roy Schiff, SLR Consulting, Waterbury, VT
-- Evan Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Environmental, Colchester, VT
Schiff & Fitzgerald’s Presentation
10:50 am
Bankfull Wetlands: Reconnecting Floodplains to Assimilate Nutrients, Reduce Erosion, Expand Habitat, and Facilitate a More Natural Flow/Disturbance Regime
-- Shelby Acosta & Abi Raetz, Sustainable Streams, LLC, Louisville, KY
Acosta & Raetz’s Presentation
11:10 am
Reddy Branch Floodplain Restoration in Brookeville, Maryland: A Project Level Case Study in Finding Common Ground
-- Ben Uhler, LandStudies, Inc., Lititz, PA
-- Brian Cox, Maryland State Highway Administration
Uhler & Cox’s Presentation
11:30 am
Floodplain Reconnection in an Incised, Rural Stream in Central Virginia: Working with Geomorphic Processes to Achieve a Desired Restoration Outcome
-- Gene Haffey, Stantec Consulting, Inc., Charlottesville, VA
-- Mike Adams, Stantec Consulting Inc., Fairfax, VA
Haffey & Adams’ Presentation
11:50 am
Floodplain Restoration for Fish, Floods, and Climate Resilience
-- Caitlin Alcott, CE, Inter-Fluve, Inc, Hood River, Oregon
Alcott’s Presentation
12:10 pm - Lunch Provided