Meet in hotel lobby for optional fly fishing expedition. Please click on the Activities link at left for more information.
Guides: Dave Penrose, Justin Church
Depart at 9:00am

Optional pre-conference workshop #1:

Applying Watershed Assessment of River Stability and Sediment Supply (WARSSS) to Restoration Design
Instructor: Dave Rosgen, Wildland Hydrology

Optional pre-conference workshop #2:

Invasive Plant Management in the Riparian Setting
Instructor: Lee Patrick, Invasive Plant Control

General Session: Advancing the Science and Practice of Stream Restoration
Moderator: Barbara Doll, NC State University

• Greg Jennings, NC State University - Conference Overview
• Dave Penrose, NC State University - Ecological Stream Restoration: Field of Dreams or Mitigation Myth?
• Jerry Miller, Western Carolina University - Assessment of Channel Dynamics and Its Implications to Effective Channel Design
  
• Kevin Moorhead, UNC-Asheville - Connecting Stream Restoration to Floodplain Hydrology
• Martin Doyle, UNC-Chapel Hill - Five Aspects of Stream Restoration that Need to be Advanced
• Dave Rosgen, Wildland Hydrology - The Essential Eight Phases of Natural Channel Design for River Restoration

Reception Sponsored by Stonefly, Mayfly, and Caddisfly Sponsors

(After the reception, Quartermaster Environmental and Equinox Environmental invites you to an after-hours Social at Barley's Taproom at 42 Biltmore Ave - within walking distance of the Renaissance. Free drinks (up to the first $500 worth) is available upstairs at Barley's. After that, it's cash bar.)

• George Athanasakes, Stantec Consulting - Future Directions for Stream Restoration - Learning from the Past and Preserving the Future
• Desiree Tullos, Oregon State University - Dam Removal Monitoring Study Designs
• Angela Greene, USDA-NRCS - Lessons Learned the Hard Way in Stream Design and Construction
• Vince Sortman, Biohabitats - Regenerative Stream Restoration and Legacy Sediments
• Will Harman, Baker Engineering - Applying the Science of Stream Restoration: A Practitioner's Perspective

A. Engineering & Geomorphology for Designing Natural Rivers
Moderator: Barbara Doll, NC State University

• Richard Hey, University of Birmingham, UK - Designing Natural Rivers

B. Ecological Considerations for Stream Restoration
Moderator: Karen Hall, NC State University

• Andrew Dolloff, Virginia Tech - Ecological Context for Stream Restoration
• Todd Petty, West Virginia University - Setting Ecological Objectives to Maximize Watershed Scale Benefits of Restoration

C. Mitigation: Federal Agency Perspectives
Moderator: Anita Goetz, US Fish & Wildlife Service

• Brian Topping, US Environmental Protection Agency, Wetlands Division, Washington DC - Stream Mitigation: US Environmental Protection Agency Perspectives
• Scott McLendon, US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District - Stream Mitigation: US Army Corps of Engineers Perspectives
• Robin Goodloe, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Georgia - Stream Mitigation: US Fish and Wildlife Perspectives

A. Uncertainty in Stream Design
Moderator: Peter Wilcock, Johns Hopkins University

• Peter Wilcock, Johns Hopkins University - Uncertainty in Stream Design
• Emily Bernhardt, Duke University - Uncertainty in Goal Setting and Uncertainty in Project Outcomes: Challenges to Achieving Ecological Improvements Through River Restoration
• Martin Doyle, UNC-Chapel Hill - Realistic Expectations for Effectiveness of Restoration: Example Using Field and Modeling Studies of Hyporheic Function
• Cully Hession, Virginia Tech - Quantifying Uncertainty in Stream Restoration Design: What, Why, and How?
• Peggy Johnson, Pennsylvania State University - Uncertainty in the Use of In-Stream Structures for Restoration and Stream Modification Projects
• Sue Niezgoda, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Applying Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Cost-Based Risk Assessment to Incorporate Uncertainty in Stream Restoration Design

B. Habitat Considerations in Ecosystem Restoration
Moderator: Karen Hall, NC State University

• Daniel Ingram, WK Dickson - Floogie Stream and Wetland Restoration Site Aquatic Habitat Assessment and Restoration: A Case Study
• Elizabeth Sudduth, Duke University - Restoring Ecosystem Functions to Restore Water Quality
• Jeffrey Muehlbauer, UNC-Chapel Hill - Knickpoint Effects on Habitat and the Invertebrate Community
• Ryan McManamay, Virginia Tech - The Effect of Gravel Addition on Flow Restoration on the Fish Assemblage in the Cheoah River, NC
• Mark Wilcox, Montgomery County Dept. of Environmental Protection - Turkey Branch Bi-Modal Stream Restoration - Breathing new life into an old design for greater effectiveness
• Cody Fleece, Stantec Consulting - Examination of Large Woody Debris Loading, Riparian Forest Structure and Hydraulic Geometry Relationships to Guide Restoration Efforts in Mixed Urban

C. Mitigation: State and Private Perspectives
Moderator: Upton Hatch, UNC Water Resources Research Institute

• Marc Recktenwald, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
• Joey Woodard, Tennessee Stream Mitigation Program - Tennessee Stream Mitigation Program
• Carolyn Keeler, McCormick Taylor - Overview of Stream Restoration Opportunities for Virginia
• John Hutton, Wildlands Engineering - Liquid Capital: A Case Study in Stream Mitigation Banking in Georgia
• Richard K. Mogensen, EarthMark Mitigation Services, LLC - Forrest Creek Mitigation Bank - The First Approved Combination Stream and Buffer Restoration Bank in the US
• Wes Newell, Backwater Environmental - Mitigation Policy Required to Stop the Continuing Trend Towards Entrenchment and Loss of Floodplain Functions in North Carolina Stream Restoration

A. Stream Design Tools
Moderator: Art Parola, University of Louisville

• Daniel Johnson, University of Tennessee - Use of a 2D Sediment Transport Model in a Cumberland Plateau Mountainous Stream: Restoration Design Implications for Streams with Coarse Bedload

Johnson, D.H. (2008). The application of a two-dimensional sediment transport model in a Cumberland Plateau mountainous stream reach with complex morphology and coarse substrate. MS thesis, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

• Mark Tompkins, CH2M Hill - The Trinity River Corridor Project: An Integrated Hydrology, Fluvial Geomorphology, and Two-Dimensional Hydraulic and Sediment Transport Modeling Based Approach to Channel and Floodplain Design
• John Schwartz, University of Tennessee - Evaluation of Pool-Riffle Maintenance Processes in an Incised Urban Channel Using a 3-D Hydrodynamic Model: Implications for Stream Restoration
• Michael Chelminski, Stantec Consulting - Integration of CAD Design with Multi-Dimensional Hydraulic Modeling for Stream Restoration
• Scott Peyton, Stantec Consulting - Practical Applications of the FLOWSED/POWERSED Model to Predict Sediment Transport
• Michael Geenen, Stantec Consulting - The Use of GPS-Guided Construction Equipment and 3D-Designs for Stream Restoration Construction

B. Riparian Soils and Vegetation
Moderator: Carter Cone, NC State University

• Craig Carson, Montgomery County Dept. of Environmental Protection - Healthy Soils - What Happens on the Streambank Stays on the Streambank
• Michael Wood, The Catena Group - The Value of Applying Principles of Soil Genesis and Morphology to Mitigation Sites
• Gregg Antemann, Carolina Wetland Services - Managing Invasive Plant Species on Stream Restoration Projects in the Piedmont of North Carolina
• Sarah Marcinko, Equinox Environmental - The Power of Partnerships: Cooperative Weed Management
• Karen Hall, NC State University - Beyond the Buffer: Restoring Riparian, Wetland, and Upland Habitat at Rendezvous Mountain
• Pamela Boaze, Fish and Wildlife Associates - Stream Restoration Techniques Utilized for a Debris Flow Damaged Stream

C. Watershed Planning to Optimize Restoration
Moderator: Jim Borawa, NC Wildlife Resources Commission

• Andrea Leslie, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - Prioritizing River Basin Restoration - The Ecosystem Enhancement Program Approach
• Rob Breeding, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - The NC EEP's Watershed Planning Process: Addressing Local Watershed Needs While Identifying Priority Restoration Opportunities
• Anita Goetz, US Fish & Wildlife Service - How the Potential for Cultural Resources at a Site Can Affect Stream Restoration Design and Implementation: The Coweeta Creek Lesson
• Timothy Ormond, Altamont Environmental - From Mountains to Piedmont: A Watershed Approach for Restoring a Third Order Stream in Rural Western North Carolina
• Greg Melia, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - Essential Components of Restoration Plans for Effective Justification and Validation of Stream Restoration Projects
• Todd St. John, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. - There are Many Lessons to be Learned From the Complicated World of Urban Stream Rehabilization

A. Design Innovations
Moderator: Jeff Jurek, NC Ecosystems Enhancement Program

• Brad Fairley, Stantec Consulting - Improving Ecological Function in an Urban Stream by Combining Traditional Stream Restoration Techniques with Stormwater Best Management Practices
• Mike Fowler, Brown and Caldwell Engineers and Pete Wright, Gwinnett County DWR - Integrating Stormwater Management and Stream Restoration within Mitigation Bank Sites - Gwinnett County, GA
• Barbra Utley, GRESS Engineering & Virginia Tech - Patterns of Streambank Retreat on a Headwater Creek in Southwest Virginia: Implications for Stream Restoration
• David Bidelspach, Wildland Hydrology - Comparison and Use of Southeastern Regional Curves
• Robert Siegfried, Whitman Requardt & Associates - Evaluation of Low Altitute Aerial Photography and Mapping for Stream Assessment and Monitoring

B. Ecological Assessment: Optimizing Habitat
Moderator: Andrea Leslie, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program

• Scott Lowe, McCormick Taylor - Incorporating Large Woody Debris into Urban Stream Restoration: A Case Study of the Design of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River
• Robert Emanuel, Oregon State University - Climate Change & Stream Restoration: Lessons Learned in Oregon Watersheds
• Kevin Hining, NC Wildlife Resources Commission - Monitoring the Effects of Stream Restoration Activities on Trout in Two Western North Carolina Streams
• Andrea Leslie, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - Barriers to Aquatic Organism Passage in the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin
• Jessica Roberts, NC State University - Field Assessment of Culvert Impacts on Stream Channel Morphology

C. Partnerships and Education
Moderator: Julie Elmore, Piedmont Conservation Council, Inc.

• Eric Romaniszyn, Haywood Waterways Association - The Hyatt Creek Restoration Project - Partnerships to Improve a Severely Degraded Stream
• Diane Silver, NC Cooperative Extension, Henderson County - Mud Creek Watershed Restoration Project - Lessons Learned
• Frank Henning, US EPA - Linking Volunteer-collected Data with Land Use in Order to Improve Watershed Management in the Upper Oconee Watershed, HUC 03070101
• Eve Brantley, Auburn University - Town Creek Park Stream Restoration - Demonstration and Education
• Callie Moore, Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition - Lessons Learned at the Front Line: The Hiwassee Watershed Experience

A. Implementing Restoration Effectively
Moderator: Suzanne Klimek, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program

• Jagath Santha, RoLanka International - Innovative Green Solutions for Erosion and Sediment Control in Streambank Restorations
• Will Pederson, River Works - Stream and Wetland Restoration from a General Contractor's Perspective
• Darrell Westmoreland, North State Environmental - Contractor Experiences with Complex Projects
• Tim Baumgartner, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - Know Your Site: Avoid the Pitfalls of Mitigation
• Michael McDonald, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - A Little Bugaboo: Case Study on When to Perform Maintenance on a Newly Restored Stream

B. Monitoring Techniques and Results
Moderator: Mac Haupt, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program

• Nathan Jean, Stantec Consulting Services - WARSSS Assessment for the Ecusta Paper Mill Site, Brevard, North Carolina (ppt not available)
• Leslie Ann Martin, Ecological Solutions - Baseflow Turbidity of Tributaries to the Upper Little Tennessee River, North Carolina and Georgia
• Christy Mower, Michael Baker Jr., Inc. - Year 1 Monitoring Results of a Priority 2 Restoration Project on Lukey Fork
• Mac Haupt, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - Monitoring Costs of NCEEP Projects
• Joel Tillery, CH2M Hill - Monitoring Results from the McDaniel Farm Stream Restoration Project: A site-specific mitigation project implemented by Gwinnett county Department

C. Coastal Ecosystem Restoration
Moderator: Kris Bass, NCSU Water Quality Group

• Kevin Tweedy, Michael Baker Engineering - Channel or No Channel? A Design Methodology for Coastal Plain Riparian Headwater Systems

A Methodology for Predicting Channel Form in Coastal Plain Headwater Systems, Kevin L. Tweedy.

• Jim Halley, EcoEngineering - A Headwater Wetland Restoration Design Methodology: A Case Study in Coastal Mitigation (ppt not available)
• Tracy Morris, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - Coastal Plain Headwater Stream Restoration: A Case Study
• Evan Corbin, NC State University - Water Quality Analysis of a Restored Tidal Stream in Eastern North Carolina
• Elizabeth Haley, College of Charleston - Challenges in Characterizing a Natural Forest Stream, its Tributaries, and Cross Drainage Structures on the Turkey Creek Watershed in Coastal South Carolina

A. Case Studies: Lessons Learned
Moderator: Jeff Jurek, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program

• Andrew Bick, Confluence Engineering - Restoration of the Flat Fork Valley
• Roger Rhodes, Spartanburg Water Systems - Surviving the Deluge: What Happens When a 500-year Storm Hits Your Stream Restoration Project?
• Shawn Wilkerson, Wildlands Engineering, Inc. - West Fork Linville River Restoration: High-gradient Mountain Stream Restoration
• Miles Hebert, EMH&T - Ecosystem Restoration in a Lacustrine Environment
• Patricia D'Arconte, Town of Chapel Hill - A Case Study in Urban Stream Restoration: 5 Years Later

B. Effectiveness of Restoration
Moderator: Callie Moore, Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition

• Michael Keeler, Williamsburg Environmental Group - Virginia's Stream Mitigation Monitoring and Success Criteria: A Practitioner's Perspective
• Joshua White, Baker Engineering - A Look at Restoration Approaches and Lessons Learned: The Crowns West Case Study
• Barbara Wiggins, Fish and Wildlife Associates - Stream Monitoring in Western North Carolina on a Public Facility
• Dani Wise Johnson, McCormick Taylor - Meeting the Goals and Challenges of a Restoration Project in the Piedmont of Virginia
• Barbara Doll, NC State University - Assessing Performance of Stream Restoration Projects

C. Watershed Restoration
Moderator: Ken Carper, WK Dickson

• Robert Breeding, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program - Incorporating Dam Removal Projects into EEP Local Watershed Plans
• Ken Kloeber, Kloeber Engineering - The Nuts & Bolts of Dam Removal for Restoration: The Civil Engineer's Perspective
• Adam Riggsbee, Restoration Systems, LLC - Dam Removal Benefits Endangered Riverine Species: Carbonton Dam and the Cape Fear Shiner
• Robert Sain, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting - Successful Watershed and River Restoration Following Dam Failure
• Joel Sholtes, UNC-Chapel Hill - Stream Restoration's Impact on Flood Waves

Field tours - Boxed Lunch Included

# 1 Urban Watershed Restoration & LID

• Green Roof
• Permeable Pavement
• Bioretention/Rain Garden
• Stormwater Wetlands
• Stream Restoration
• Riparian Buffer Planting and Exotic Plant Management

# 2 Stream Restoration Project Visits

• Swannanoa River, Asheville
• Cane Creek, Fletcher
• Morgan Creek, Haywood County
• Richland Creek, Waynesville