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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)