Tuesday, August 22
F session
Location: Baltimore B
Moderator: Robert Scrafford, Gannett Fleming
Dam Removal
Dam Removal Part 1
8:30 am
God Made Dirt, So Dirt Don’t Hurt…Except For My Dam Removal Budget
-- Dan DeVaun, GEI Consultants Inc., Traverse City, Michigan
DeVaun’s Presentation
8:50 am
Small Stream Barrier Removal in the University Context
-- Lambert Ngenzi & Andrew Friedman-Herring
Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC
Ngenzi & Friedman-Herring’s Presentation
9:10 am
Social Aspects of Dam Removal – an Engineer'ss Perspective
-- Troy Naperala, GEI Consultants Inc., Traverse City, Michigan
Naperala’s Presentation
9:30 am
Assessing the Pre-Dam Removal Ecological Functions of Blackwater Creek, 90 Years after the Construction of College Lake Dam: A High Hazard Dam
-- Brandon Alderman, AECOM, Roanoke, VA
Alderman’s Presentation
9:50 am
Steele Creek Restoration and Flood Mitigation Project
-- Matthew Trueheart, SLR Consulting, New Paltz, New York
Trueheart’s Presentation
10:10 am
Break in the Exhibit Hall
Dam Removal Part 2
10:30 am
From ‘Wild and Wonderful’ to the ‘Downtown Riverwalk’: Adjusting Stream Restoration Techniques and Approaches Based on the Degree of Urbanization in the Adjacent Landscape
-- Julianne Busa, Fuss & O’Neill, Springfield, MA
Busa’s Presentation
10:50 am
What Happens When a Dam Removal Project Spans a Decade: A Case Study
-- Jessie Thomas-Blate, American Rivers, Washington, DC
-- Gabriel Martin, PE, Kleinschmidt Associates, Strasburg, PA
Thomas-Blate & Martin’s Presentation
11:10 am
Sediment Management of a Hudson Valley Dam Removal
-- Jake Dittes, PE & Duncan Simpson, PWS, Princeton Hydro, Glastonbury, CT
Dittes & Simpson's Presentation
11:30 am
Small-Scale Dam Removal and Pond Decommissioning: Three Different Case Studies from Vermont
-- Evan Fitzgerald, CPESC, CFM, Fitzgerald Environmental Associates, Colchester, Vermont
Fitzgerald’s Presentation
11:50 am
A Walk in the Park: The Creation of Mitigation Banks on Public Lands
-- Nate Ober, Water & Land Solutions, Crested Butte, Colorado
12:10 pm - Lunch Provided