Tuesday, August 22
H session
Location: Watertable
Moderator: Mark Secrist, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Legacy sediment
&
Floodplain Reconnection
Legacy Sediment and Floodplain Reconnection
1:30 pm
Applying Principles for the Ecological Restoration of Aquatic Resources to Legacy Sediment in Pennsylvania Watershed
-- Jeffrey Hartranft & Dave Goerman, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, PA
Hartranft & Goerman’s Presentation
1:50 pm
Floodplain Restoration Along Big Spring Run in Lancaster County, PA - Project Implementation Perspectives
-- Ben Uhler, LandStudies, Inc, Lititz, PA
Uhler’s Presentation
2:10 pm
Font Hill Tributary – A Suburban Community Restoration
-- Frank A Bubczyk, Jr., Johnson, Mirmiram & Thompson, Inc. (JMT), Hunt Valley, MD
Bubczyk’s Presentation
2:30 pm
Use of Relict Organic Soils on Restored Floodplains: Effects on Soil Pore Water Nitrogen Concentrations
-- Alexis Yaculak, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Yaculak’s Presentation
2:50 pm
Aquatic Resource Mitigation at Bensalem Township High School
-- Andrew W. Donaldson, Johnson, Mirmiram & Thompson, Inc. (JMT), York, PA
Donaldson’s Presentation
3:10 pm
Break in the Exhibit Hall
Floodplain Reconnection
3:30 pm
Raise the Channel or Lower the Floodplain? Methods for Floodplain Reconnection
-- Brett Long, Biohabitats, Inc., Baltimore, MD
Long’s Presentation
3:50 pm
Broad Creek Park: Valley Wide Floodplain Reconnection and Wetland Creation in an Urban Watershed
-- Brad Mowbray & Jessyca Olkowski, Gannett Fleming, Owings Mills, MD
Mowbray’s Presentation
4:10 pm
A Practical Approach to Floodplain Sedimentation Modeling Using HEC-RAS and Associated Nutrient Retention
-- Mike Miller, McCormick Taylor, Harrisburg, PA
Miller’s Presentation
4:30 pm
No Rise and Reconnection – The Delicate Dance
-- Meghan Gloyd & Brett Long, Biohabitats, Inc, Baltimore, MD
Gloyd & Long’s Presentation
4:50 pm
Using Floodplains to Promote Climate Resiliency and Sustainability
-- Emily Steenkamer, Ecotone, Mechanicsburg, PA
Steenkamer’s Presentation
5:10 - Adjourn