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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