BACK TO AGENDA

Tuesday, August 22

D session
Location: Homeland
Moderator: Emmett Perdue, Ecosystem planning & Restoration

Contemplating Future Challenges
&
Flood Mitigation and Watershed Planning

Contemplating Future Challenges

8:30 am
Urban Stream Restoration:  Balancing A Changing Landscape with Ever-Changing Regulations
-- Katie Atkinson, PE, Timmons Group, Richmond, VA
Atkinson’s Presentation

8:50 am
Stream Restoration: Nature-Based Solution for Flood Risk Mitigation and Watershed Resiliency
-- Lee W. Forbes, PE, DWRE, Headway Environmental, Monroe, LA
Forbes’ Presentation

9:10 am
Adaptive Management of Urban Watersheds
-- Charles Smith, Fairfax County, VA, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, Fairfax, VA
Smith’s Presentation

9:30 am
Restoring Urban Streams and Watersheds to Create Healthy and Happy Cities: 27 Years of Experience in 27 Slides
-- Will Wilhelm, PE, CFM, Kimley-Horn, Denver, Colorado
Wilhelm’s Presentation

9:50 am
How Awareness of Environmental Justice Affects Project Implementation
-- Kathy Hoverman, PE, RES (Resource Environmental Solutions), Richmond, VA
-- Sharon Moran, PhD, SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York

10:10 am  
Break in the Exhibit Hall

Flood Mitigation and Watershed Planning

10:30 am     
The Feasibility of Stream Mitigation in Response to Kentucky Flooding Devastation
-- Lise Coquilleau, Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Wetland and Stream Mitigation Fee In-Lieu-Of Program (FILO), Frankfort, Kentucky
Coquilleau’s Presentation

10:50 am
Waller Creek Corridor Restoration – When Stream Restoration is Not Enough
-- Diana Wang, City of Austin, Watershed Protection Department, Austin, Texas
Wang’s Presentation

11:10 am
Utilizing Watershed-Based Programs to Restore Streams, Riparian Corridors, & Wetlands in the West Fork White River Watershed
-- Sandi J. Formica & Tyler Anderson, Watershed Conservation Resource Center, Fayetteville, AR
Formica & Anderson’s Presentation

11:30 am
Upper Little Patuxent Restoration – 10 Years of Lessons Learned
-- Jeremy Koser, PE, JMT, Hunt Valley, Maryland
Koser’s Presentation

11:50 am
Headwaters to Floodplains: Where Stream Restoration Meets Infrastructure and Emergency Management
-- Scott C. Blossom PE, CFM, LEED AP, Blossom Consulting & Engineering, Williamsburg, VA
Blossom’s Presentation

12:10 pm - Lunch Provided