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Tuesday, June 25

D session
Location: Conti/Lafitte
Moderator: Tim Schueler, Hazen & Sawyer, Raleigh, NC

Functional Uplift & Mitigation

8:30 am
A Users Guide to Financial Assurances
-- David Dybdahl & Noah Krantz, American Risk Management Resources Network (ARMR), Madison, Wisconsin

8:50 am
A Framework for Applying Stormwater Control Measures as Compensatory Mitigation for Stream Restoration
-- Ceara Parks Oliver, PE, University of Tennessee, Maryville, TN

9:10 am
Stream Mitigation Performance Standards Should be Based on the Restoration of Ecological Processes, not on Principles of Engineering Success
-- Bob Siegfried, RES, Richmond, VA

9:30 am
Stream Restoration Mitigation Bank Design - Ed Young Ranch, Denton & Wise Counties, Texas
-- Kylee Burnett, PE, Alex Brown, PWS, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Dallas, Texas

9:50 am
Compensatory Mitigation Projects: The Modern Engineers Toolbox
-- Robert Stewart, PhD, PE, Water and Land Solutions, Johnson City, TN

10:10 am  
Break in the Exhibit Hall

10:30 am
Gauging the Effectiveness of Stream Restoration Monitoring Industry Protocols
-- Tim Schueler, Hazen and Sawyer, Raleigh, NC

10:50 am
Biological Credit for Stream Mitigation Projects in Kentucky
-- Rob Lewis, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Wetland and Stream Mitigation Program, Frankfort, KY

11:10 am
Functional Monitoring in Stream and Wetland Restoration Presented
-- Michael Sachs, Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA

11:30 am
Toward a Tiered Approach for Assessing of Stream Ecosystem Condition
-- Leanne Stepchinski, USACE ERDCORISE Postdoctoral Fellow, US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS

11:50 am
Functional Assessment with the Riparian Ecological Function Index (REFI)
-- Samantha Wiest, USACE ERDC, Environmental Laboratory (EL), US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg, MS

12:10 pm - Lunch Provided