Tuesday, August 2
K session
Location: Ryman Studio MNO
Moderator: Nate Ober, Water & Land Solutions LLC
Case Studies - Large Scale Efforts
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Stream Restoration Case Studies
Case Studies - Large Scale Efforts
1:30 pm
Stream Restoration Design Components of the Bois d’Arc Lake Watershed-Scale Ecological Restoration and Mitigation Project
-- Lee Forbes, PE, DWRE, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Houston, TX
-- Joseph Zang, EIT, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Fort Collins, CO
Zang & Forbes’ Presentation
1:50 pm
Recent Changes to the Fisheries Act have changed the Landscape for Mitigation Banking in Canada
-- Brad Fairley, 5 Smooth Stones Restoration, Kitchener, Ontario
Fairley’s Presentation
2:10 pm
Case Study: Watershed-Scale Restoration within 4 Years – RES Robinson Fork Mitigation Bank
-- Michael Sachs, PE, RES, LLC and Ward Oberholtzer, PE, LandStudies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Sachs’ Presentation
2:30 pm
Dam Decommissioning and Removal: Challenges and Opportunities for Aging Infrastructure
-- Troy Naperala, AECOM, Travers City, MI
Naperala’s Presentation
2:50 pm
Creek Coordination: Working Together to Restore Urban Streams
-- Erin Shanaberger, City of Charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services, Charlotte NC
Shanaberger’s Presentation
3:10 pm
Break in the Exhibit Hall (Ryman Exhibit Hall B3)
Stream Restoration Case Studies
3:30 pm
Upper Watts Branch Stream Restoration – Design Implications and Lessons Learned During Construction
-- Paul Le Bel, PE, Hazen, Fairfax, Virginia
LeBel’s Presentation
3:50 pm
Adaptive Buffer Management in Urban Stream Restoration
-- Jake McLean, PE, Wildlands Engineering, Inc., Asheville, NC
-- Paul Dow, PE, CFM, City of Greenville, Greenville, SC
McLean & Dow’s Presentation
4:10 pm
Engineered Riffles on Portage Creek, MI – Design, Post-Construction Monitoring, and Lessons Learned
-- Janeen McDermott, PE, AECOM, Southfield, Michigan
McDermott’s Presentation
4:30 pm
Assessing Stream and Watershed Function for a System Affected by Livestock Production in the Northeast Mississippi
-- John J. Ramirez Avila, Watersheds and Water Quality Research Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Avila’s Presentation
4:50 pm
Field of Dreams Watershed & Water Trail – If you build it, they will come! Stream Restoration, the Iowa DNR River Restoration Toolbox and a Vision for Change!
-- Judith E. Joyce, PWS & Reid Stamer, PWS, Impact7G, Coralville, Iowa
Joyce’s Presentation
5:10 pm Adjourn