BACK TO AGENDA 

Tuesday, August 2

H session
Location: Ryman Studio PQR
Moderator:  Cidney Jones, Ecosystem Planning & Restoration

Benthos
&
Two Case Studies: Engineering through biological monitoring

Benthos

8:30 am   
Interpreting Macroinvertebrate Data: What Does it all Mean?
-- Jason York, Michael Baker International, Asheville, NC
York’s Presentation

8:50 am
A Comparison of two Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Calculations for Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Fish at a Mitigation Site
-- Martha McCauley, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC, Hunt Valley, MD
McCauley’s Presentation

9:10 am 
Evaluation of the Relationship between Stream Microhabitats and Taxa Traits in Piedmont Streams in North Carolina 
-- Anthony J. Roux, Mecklenburg County Land Use and Environmental Services Agency, Program in Infrastructure and Environmental Systems, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Roux’s Presentation

Case Studies: Engineering through Biological Monitoring

9:30 am  
Reedy Creek Stream Restoration Project: A Watershed Scale Design-Build Stream Restoration project in Charlotte, NC
-- Christine Blackwelder, Wildlands Engineering, Charlotte, NC
-- William Harris, City of Charlotte - Storm Water Services, Charlotte, NC
Blackwelder & Harris’ Presentation

9:50 am  
Integrating species diversity and function into restoration monitoring: What we’ve learned from the Reedy Creek Restoration Project
-- Sandra M. Clinton, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Clinton’s Presentation

10:10 am   
Break in the Exhibit Hall (Ryman Exhibit Hall B)

10:30 am   
Hatchery Creek Stream Restoration – Design/Monitoring Overview of a Unique Project to Create Trout Habitat
-- J. George Athanasakes, PE, Stantec Consulting Services Inc., Louisville, KY
Athanasakes’ Presentation

10:50 am  
Monitoring Kentucky Wetland and Stream Restoration Projects: Past, Present and Future
-- Bethany Mulhall & Mitchell Boles, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Wetland and Stream Mitigation Program, Frankfort, KY
Mulhall & Boles’ Presentation

11:10 am
Response of Fish and Macroinvertebrate Communities to a Novel Stream Restoration at Hatchery Creek in Central Kentucky
-- Michael B. Flinn, PhD, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Flinn’s Presentation

11:30 am  Adjourn & Lunch Provided (Ryman Exhibit Hall B)