Tuesday, August 2
E session
Location: Ryman Studio ABC
Moderator: Emmett Perdue, Ecosystem Planning & Restoration
Channel Sizing and Regional Curves
&
Floodplain Reconnection
Channel Sizing and Regional Curves
8:30 am
Watershed Response Factor – Global Implication
-- David Bidelspach, PE, Design Engineer and Partner, 5 Smooth Stones Restoration, PLLC
Livermore, CO
Bidelspach’s Presentation
8:50 am
Precipitation-Driven Watershed Response Factor “C” - A New Tool for the Prediction of Hydraulic Geometry Relationships
-- David Bidelspach, PE, Design Engineer and Partner, 5 Smooth Stones Restoration, PLLC
Livermore, CO
Bidelspach’s Presentation
9:10 am
Application of Natural Channel Design Principles in a Sub-Arctic Landscape
-- Will Harman, Stream Mechanics, Raleigh, NC
Harman’s Presentation
9:30 am
Alligator Creek Stream Restoration: From Headwaters to Tidal Influence
-- Amanda C. Boone, PE, & John Kiefer, PhD, PE, SrPWS, Sarasota County Public Works, Stormwater Environment Utility, Sarasota County, FL
Boone’s Presentation
9:50 am
Designing for Floodplain Connectivity and Riparian Wetland Success: A Holistic Modeling Based Approach for Big Rivers WMA Wetland and Stream Mitigation Project, Sturgis, Kentucky
-- Blair Borries, RES, Louisville, Kentucky
-- Jessie Boles, PE, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Louisville, KY
Borries & Boles’ Presentation
10:10 am
Break in the Exhibit Hall (Ryman Exhibit Hall B3)
Floodplain Reconnection
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, PhD, PE, Milone & MacBroom, Waterbury, Vermont
Schiff’s Presentation
10:50 am
Restoration and Floodplain Reconnection on Georges Creek
-- Patrick McMahon, PhD, PE, CF, Civil and Environmental Consultants, Knoxville, TN
Jeff Shaver, PE, CFM, CPESC, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Nashville, TN
McMahon & Shaver’s Presentation
11:10 am
Proactive Management of Flooding with Innovative Technology For Every Budget
-- Brent Register & Derek Slocum, OTT HydroMet, Sterling, VA
Register’s Presentation
11:30 am
Influence of Restoration on Shallow Groundwater in Urban Forest Streams
-- Sandra Clinton, PhD, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Geography and Earth Sciences, Charlotte, NC
Clinton’s Presentation
11:50 am Adjourn & Lunch Provided (Ryman Exhibit Hall B3)