2021 UMSRS Technical Program

Time

Start

Time

End

Event

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

Time

Start

Time

End

Event

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

Time

Start

Time

End

Event

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

Time

Start

Time

End

Event

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
Paul Kovalcik, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer DIstrict
Ed Matthiesen, Wenck Associates (now part of Stantec)
Patrick Elliot, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
 

11:30 am

Conference Adjournment