2023 CONFERENCE AGENDA
Stream Restoration 2023:
Finding common Ground
*Check for updates as the agenda is subject to change.
Sunday, August 20, 2023
1:00 - 5:00 pm Location: 5th Floor Exhibit Hall
Registration & Conference Information Desk Open
Exhibitor Set-Up
Monday, August 21, 2023
7:00 am (5th Floor - Lobby)
Registration & Conference Information Desk Open
8:30 - 11:15 with a 10 am Break
Pre-Conference Workshops
1. Restoration Planning in Developing Countries Location: Fells Point
2. Design of Road Crossings for Resiliency and Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP)
Location: Watertable
3. 2D Hydrodynamic Modeling for Stream Restoration Design Location: Baltimore B
4. Eccleston Restoration Project – A Coldwater Fisheries Floodplain Restoration
Design Location: Kent
5. Finding Common Ground to Promote Holistic Restoration Approaches in the Coastal
Plain Location: Homeland
6. Expanding Monitoring and Performance to Dynamic Stream Systems
Location: Baltimore A
—> Workshop Report - Expanding Monitoring and Performance to Dynamic Streams Systems
11:15 - 1:00 pm - Lunch on Your Own
1:00 pm– 4:45 pm Location: Maryland Ball Room
Opening Plenary Session
Integrated Restoration & Design Approaches
Moderator: Barbara Doll, PhD, PE, North Carolina State University
1:00 pm
Welcome & Opening Remarks
-- Ken White, Resource Institute
-- Barbara Doll, PhD, PE, North Carolina State University
-- Rich Starr, Ecosystem Planning & Restoration
1:30 pm
The State of America’s Rivers
-- Serena McClain, Director, River Restoration, American Rivers, Fairfax, VA
McClain’s Presentation
2:00 pm
Fostering Riverine Diversity: River-Wetland Corridors
-- Ellen Wohl, PhD, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Wohl’s Presentation
2:20 pm
Finding Common Ground Between Different Types of Stream Restoration Design Methods
-- Will Harman, Stream Mechanics, Raleigh, NC
Harman’s Presentation
2:40 pm - Q&A with the Presenters
3:00 pm Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:20 - 4:50 pm Panel Discussion
Integrated Restoration & Design Approaches
Session Moderator - Barbara Doll, PhD, PE, North Carolina State University
Panelist Panelist Bios
-- Rich Starr, Ecosystem Planning & Restoration
-- Joe Arrowsmith, PE, Straughan Environmental, Columbia, MD
-- Jim Morris, PE, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT), Cockeysville, MD
-- Bob Siegfried, RES, Odenton, MD
3:50 - Q&A with the Presenters
1st Panel Presentations
4:10 pm Integrated Restoration & Design Approaches - Regional Perspectives
-- Jason Vogel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
-- Aarin Teague, PhD, PE, CFM, ENV SP, San Antonio River Authority,
San Antonio, TX
-- AJ Jones, PE, ESCM, Wolf Water Resources, Portland, OR
-- David Bidelspach, 5 Smooths Stone Restoration, Livermore, CO
-- Greg Jennings, PhD, PE, Jennings Environmental, Asheville, NC
4:35 - Q&A with the Presenters
6 - 8 pm Sponsors’ Reception (Exhibit Hall)
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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
7:30 am (5th Floor - Lobby)
Registration & Conference Information Desk Open
8:30 am– 12:10 pm Technical Breakout Sessions
with a Break at 10:10 am in the Exhibit Hall
A Session - Vegetation Considerations & Project Implementation
(Location: Fells Point)
B Session - Headwaters, Floodplain Reconnection & Urban Case Studies
(Location: Baltimore A)
C Session - Structures, Innovative Approaches, Beaver, Wetlands
& Stage 0 Restoration (Location: Watertable)
D Session - Contemplating Future Challenges, Flood Mitigation & Watershed
Planning (Location: Homeland)
E Session - Benthos & Fish Habitat (Location: Kent - 6th Floor)
F Session - Dam Removal (Location: Baltimore B)
12:10 – 1:30 pm Lunch Provided (Maryland Ballroom)
1:30 - 5:10 pm Technical Breakout Sessions
with a Break at 3:10 pm in the Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall)
G Session - Outreach & Education (Location: Kent - 6th Floor)
H Session - Legacy Sediment & Floodplain Reconnection (Location: Watertable)
I Session - 2-D Hydraulic Modeling & UAV Technology (Location: Baltimore A)
J Session - Gauging Project Success, Reference Reaches, Regional Curves &
Channel Adjustment (Location: Homeland)
K Session - Functional Assessment & Water Quality Assessment
(Location: Fells Point)
L Session - Flooding, Erosion, Urban Infrastructure & Tidal Creek Restoration
(Location: Baltimore B)
5:10 pm Adjourn for the Day
5:30 pm A Night at Camden Yards
Hosted by the Maryland Stream Restoration Association
With Special Thanks to RES, Environmental Quality Resources
& Resource Institute
REGISTER HERE Use Code MSRA
Questions - Email marylandstreamrestoration@yahoo.com
* Advance Registration Required by August 8
** Free to Conference Attendees. $15 for Partners & Kids
Join us at the Warehouses at Camden Yards for a pre-game picnic dinner with views of the Baltimore skyline and the field followed by the baseball game with tickets to a reserved section of seats. Picnic will include hot dogs, bbq chicken, sausages, pasta salad, baked beans, fruit, popcorn, peanuts, dessert, soft drinks and domestic beer! Come experience a taste of Baltimore and get to know your fellow stream restoration professionals at a great event! We hope you join us watch Orioles take on the Toronto Blue Jays!
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
7:30 am (Lobby in Front of Federal Hill)
Registration & Conference Information Desk Open
7:15 - 8:15 am
WiSR (Women in Stream Restoration) Confluence: Building Leadership & Connections in the Restoration Landscape
(Location: Baltimore B)
-- A speed networking event for women in the stream restoration field
7:10-7:20 Sign-in
7:20 Opening Remarks, Purpose & Vision
7:30 Networking Sessions
8:00 Engagement board roundup
8:05 Closing Remarks
8:15 Adjourn
8:30 am– 12:00 pm
Closing Plenary Session (Maryland Ballroom)
Moderator -- Mike Galvin, PE, JMT
8:30 am
Looking for New Partners and New Sources of Funding? Have you tried the Farm Bill?
-- Dan Wrinn, National Director of Government Affairs, Ducks Unlimited, Inc.,
Washington, DC
9:00 am - A Canadian (Ontario) Perspective on River Restoration
-- Ed Gazendam, PhD, PE, Water's Edge Environmental Solutions Team Ltd, Cambridge Ontario
Gazendam’s Presentation
9:30 am - 10:15
Panel Discussion - Permitting Innovation: The Challenges and Opportunities for Restoring Dynamic Stream Systems under the CWA 404 Program
-- Adam Riggsbee, RiverBank Conservation, LLC & Ecological Restoration Business Association, Austin, TX
-- Brian Topping, US EPA, Office of Water, Washington DC (Invited)
-- Dave Urban, Ecosystem Investment Partners, Baltimore, MD
Riggsbee’s Presentation
10:15 am - Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 am
Funding Green Infrastructure Projects
-- Charles Flink, FASLA, Initiative for Community Growth and Development, NC State University
Fink’s Presentations
11:35 am
National Stream Restoration Conference Needs Assessment
-- Stephen Pawlak, JMT
11:45 am Cash Drawing for $500 (Must be Present to Win)
12 pm Conference Adjourns - See you in 2024!
12:30 pm Optional Field Trip - Advance Registration Required
Engineered Wood Structures as a Restoration Approach
- See it for Yourself
$100 Register Here - Use Code MSRA
Questions - email marylandstreamrestoration@yahoo.com
Hosted by Biohabitats, GreenVest & Environmental Quality Resources
Just a 30-minute bus ride from the conference hotel is Bacon Ridge Branch, the site of the first stream in Maryland to be restored using only wood, harvested on site, for structure.
We will pick you up at the conference hotel, provide a bag lunch, and take you to the Elks Camp restoration site on Bacon Ridge in nearby Anne Arundel County, Maryland. We will bring you back to the conference hotel in time for dinner. The sites will require walking on level to gently rolling land and knee boots are the ideal footwear. We will talk/answer questions about the project on the short (30-min) bus trip to and from the sites as well as during the tour.
The Elks Camp project, located on Bacon Ridge Branch, was completed in 2019, so it has been ‘in the ground’ for 4 years. This 18,000-ft long full-delivery stream restoration project uses all wood structures harvested on-site to reduce costs, improve habitat complexity, and deliver a more sustainable project. This project client is GreenVest, with funding from the Maryland State Highway Administration’s full delivery stream restoration services contract. Biohabitats is the designer and EQR is the contractor.
Who “wood” miss this opportunity to see an approach to stream restoration that dramatically reduces a project’s cost and carbon footprint? Join us!