Following is the 2021 Technical Program for the virtual Upper Midwest Stream Restoration Symposium.
Sunday, February 21st
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7:00 pm | 8:00 pm | Invited Speaker: State of the Practice: Restoring Rivers for the Future, Rivers for Everyone - Colin Thorne, University of Nottingham |
8:00 pm | 9:00 pm | PRRSUM Networking Event |
Monday, February 22nd
Start Time | End Time | Event |
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8:30 am | 9:30 am | Invited Speaker: Overcoming Barriers: Lessons Learned from Removing Dams for 25 Years - Laura Wildman, Biohabitats |
Technical Session 1 -Restoration Motivation, Approach, and Design | ||
10:00 am | 10:25 am | Willow River Dam Rock Arch Rapids - Unique Design Challenges and Solutions – Jessica Olson, Barr Engineering, Crystal Payment, Minnesota DNR |
10:25 am | 10:50 am | Driftless Stream Restoration: using “Q methodology” to understand divergent perspectives among restoration managers in southwestern Wisconsin – Emma Lundberg, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
10:50 am | 11:15 am | Field of Dreams Watershed & Water Trail – If you build it, they will come! - Judith Joyce, Reid Stamer, Impact7G |
11:15 am | 11:40 am | Aquatic organism passage through culvert modifications – South Branch River, Michigan – Peter Hinck, Barr Engineering, Josh Leisen, Huron Pines |
12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | Invited Speaker: The Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program – Integrating Science, Restoration and Management - Marshall Plumley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Rock Island District) |
4:00 pm | 5:00 pm | Optional Networking Session |
Tuesday, February 23rd
Start Time | End Time | Event |
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8:30 am | 9:30 am | Invited Speaker: Indiana Watershed Initiative: The influence of floodplain restoration on water quality in agricultural streams, Jennifer Tank, University of Notre Dame |
Technical Session 2: Restoring Water Quality | ||
10:00 am | 10:25 am | The Science of Nutrient Reduction with Stream Restoration – Suzanne Hoehne, Biohabitats |
10:25 am | 10:50 am | Freshwater mussels and clean water regulation in Minnesota: The importance of water quality standards in sustaining ecosystem services by protecting freshwater mussels – Baishali Bakshi, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency |
10:50 am | 11:15 am | North Browns Lake Tributary Stability and Restoration Potential Analysis, Shawn Tracy, HR Green, Greg Berg, Stearns SWCD |
11:15 am | 11:40 am | Restoration Rewind: South Branch Cascade Creek stream restoration, are we there yet? - Nick Proulx, Minnesota DNR |
Technical Session 3 – Beyond the Channel: Riparian and Vegetation Considerations in Stream Restoration | ||
1:00 pm | 1:25 pm | A novel approach to assess water quality and restoration efficacy by the meter and minute using an aquatic drone – Peter Levi, Drake University |
1:25 pm | 1:50 pm | Grass vs. Trees: Competing Perspectives about Restoring Riparian Areas in the Kickapoo Watershed - Eric Booth, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
1:50 pm | 2:15 pm | Restoration of a fen/terrace system along the Sauk River, Minnesota - Chris Lenhart, University of Minnesota and the Nature Conservancy |
2:15 pm | 2:40 pm | Restoration Rewind: The Hatchery Creek Stream Restoration Project Revisited, George Athanasakes, Stantec |
4:00 pm | 5:00 pm | Optional Networking Session |
Wednesday, February 24th
Start Time | End Time | Event |
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8:30 am | 9:30 am | Invited Speaker: A Community Based Approach to Stream Restoration in DC - Josh Burch, Department of Energy and Environment |
10:00 am | 11:30 am | Panel Discussion: Urban Stream Restoration: Opportunities, Limitations, and the Drive for Environmental Justice Panelists: Josh Burch, Department of Energy and Environment |
11:30 am |
| Conference Adjournment |