BACK TO AGENDA 

Tuesday, August 2

L session
Location: Ryman Studio PQR
Moderator:  Mike Galvin, JMT

Functional Assessment
& Vegetation Considerations

Functional Assessment

1:30 pm   
Geospatial and Field-Based Methods for Predicting and Quantifying Stream Bank Erosion
-- Layla El-Khoury, MS Student, Biological & Agricultural Engineering Dept., NC State University, Raleigh, NC
El-Khoury’s Presentation

1:50 pm    
Application of the Wyoming Stream Quantification Tool on Savery Creek, Wyoming
-- Paul Dey, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY
Dey’s Presentation

2:10 pm
Design Challenges in Sand Bed Stream Systems Within the Mississippi Valley Loess Plains (74b) and How Design Parameters Relate to the New Stream Quantification Tool:  Challenges & Perspectives of Practitioners
-- Clark Chewning, PE, CMF & Caleb A. Duke, MS, PWS, TNQHP
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., Franklin, TN
Chewning’s Presentation

2:30 pm
EVALUATING THE ROLE OF URBAN STREAM RESTORATION FOR IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE TO EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS
-- Jack Kurki-Fox, PhD, PE, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Kurki-Fox’s Presentation

2:50 pm
Mock Debate TNSQT vs. Ratio Crediting
-- Adam Spiller and Joshua Sitz, KCI Technologies Inc., Nashville, TN
Spiller’s Presentation

3:10 pm   
Break in the Exhibit Hall (Ryman Exhibit Hall B3)

Vegetation Considerations

3:30 pm   
Vegetation Considerations When Converting a Mill Pond into a Public Park: Hershey’s Mill Dam Redevelopment Project
-- Justin Laughlin, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Baltimore, MD
Laughlin’s Presentation

3:50 pm 
Silvicultural Methods to Increase Survival and Growth of Planted Riparian and Wetland Woody Vegetation
-- Jason Steele, PhD, PWS, Freese and Nichols, Winston-Salem, NC & Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Steele’s Presentation

4:10 pm    
Effective Green BMPs for Streambank Restorations
-- Lanka Santha & Udare Santha, PE, RoLanka International Inc., Stockbridge, GA
Santha’s Presentation

 4:30 pm  
Fulfilling the Vision for the Future through Native Seed Mix Design
-- Robert Hoffman, Roundstone Native Seed, LLC, Upton, KY 
Hoffman’s Presentation

4:50  Adjourn