The following is 2023 UMSRS Technical Program - Draft agenda subject to change.
Sunday, February 26th
| Time Start | Time End | Event/Title |
| 1:00 pm | 5:00 pm | UMSRS Short Course - Using laser scanning and Structure from Motion Photogrammetry to create 3D models in natural environments |
| 6:00 pm | 7:00 pm | Kickoff Dinner (Radisson Hotel la Crosse) |
| 7:00 pm | 8:00 pm | Invited Talk - Timothy Hoellein Associate Professor, Loyola Trash in Streams: Driving factors for composition, distribution, and transport |
Monday, February 27th
| Time Start | Time End | Event/Title |
7:00 am 8:30am | 8:30 am 8:45am | Breakfast Welcome by John Chapman |
| 8:45 am | 9:45 am | Invited Talk: Şevin Yıldız, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Unboxed and Daylighted: Global Changes in Urban River Systems Planning |
| 9:45 am | 10:15 am | Break |
| Technical Session 1: Large Woody Debris – More Than a Carbon Source | ||
| 10:15 am | 10:45 am | Predicting Effects of Beaver Dams Using 1-D and 2-D HEC-RAS Modeling - Reid Stamer, Stream Restoration Ecologist, Impact7G |
| 10:45 am | 11:15 am | Impacts of Vegetation and Large Wood on Hyporheic Exchange in River Corridors - Yudy Q.Yang, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota |
| 11:15 am | 11:45 am | Reducing Sediment Loading and Creating Habitat Using Large Wood in Sand Creek, MN: A Case Study in Design Evolution Based on Project Performance - Nick Jordan, Engineer, Inter-Fluve |
| 11:45 am | 12:15 noon | Rivers of Poland - Ania Sundgaard |
| 12:15 noon | 1:30 pm | Lunch |
Technical Session 2: Aquatic Health – Assessing and Monitoring Impacts of Restoration | ||
| 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | Bank Stabilization: A Tool for Sediment and Phosphorus Control? - Pete Moore, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Iowa State University |
| 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | Phosphorus Load Reduction Using Streambank Stabilization – A Ten Year Follow Up - Amy Anderson, Project Engineer, WSB |
| 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | An Assessment of Water Quality Indicators to Inform Stream Channel Rehabilitation Efforts in the Big Creek Watershed, Posey County, Indiana - John Stofleth, Senior Engineer / Geomorphologist, cbec inc. eco engineering |
| 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | Trout Stream Monitoring in the Midwest - Sara Strassman, Driftless Area Program Manager, Trout Unlimited |
3:30 pm 6:00pm | 5:00pm
| PRRSUM Planning meeting Dinner at Freight House |
Tuesday, February 28th
| Time Start | Time End | Event/Title |
| 7:30 am | 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | 9:30 am | Invited Talk: - Thomas R. Biebighauser, Wildlife Biologist and Wetland Ecologist, Wetland Restoration and Training LLC Restoration of Wetlands and Streams from Constructed Impoundments |
| 9:30 am | 10:00 am | Break |
| Technical Session 3: Shifting Perspectives – Design Growth and Communication of Expectations | ||
| 10:00 am | 10:30 am | Observations on Natural Channel Design Approaches: Where Can we Improve? - Karl Koller, Clean Water Legacy Specialist, MN Dept. of Natural Resources |
| 10:30 am | 11:00 am | EcoFIP: A Framework for Identifying and Assessing Multi-objective Floodplain Rehabilitation Opportunities - LukeTillman, Matt Weber, Michael Founds, and Chris Bowles, Ecohydrologist, cbec inc. eco engineering |
| 11:00 am | 11:30 am | Undoing the “Drainage Dream”: Restoring a River in the Heart of Sand County - Brad Strobel, Wildlife Biologist, Necedah National Wildlife Refuge |
| 11:30 am | 12:00 am | You want me to do what? Working With Engineers, Resource Managers, and Contractors to Replicate Natural Stream Channel Conditions During Culvert Construction - Crystal Payment, Graduate Engineer 2, MN Dept. of Natural Resources |
| 12:00 am | 1 pm | Lunch (with student mentoring) |
| 1:00 pm | 1:45 pm | Poster Session Review with dessert |
| Technical Session 4: Out of the Woods – Considerations for Urban Stream Projects | ||
| 1:45 pm | 2:15 pm | Design and Community Engagement Considerations for Stream Restoration in an Urban Setting - Melissa Campbell, Senior Project Manager, Impact7G, and Judith E. Joyce Principal, Director of Community Development, Impact7G |
| 2:15 pm | 2:45 pm | Compare and Contrast Stream Stabilization Methods in a Small Suburban Stream - Nick Proulx, Clean Water Specialist, MN Dept. of Natural Resources |
| 2:45 pm | 3:15 pm | Cordova Creek Naturalization Project - Phases 1 and 2 -Matthew Weber, Ecohydrologist, cbec inc. eco engineering |
| 3:15 pm | 3:45 pm | The Evolution, Optimization, and Implementation of a Stormwater Management Program to Facilitate Urban Stream Restoration: A Science-Based Approach - Matthew Wooten, Environmental Program Manager, Northern KY Sanitation District No. 1 |
3:45pm 6:00 pm | 4:00
| Poster Awards Dinner at Piggies |
Wednesday, March 1st
| Time Start | Time End | Event/Title |
| 7:30 am | 8:20 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Advancing the Field of River Restoration: What’s it all worth anyways? How do we compare values of work projects | |
| Priceless. How do you put a value on stream restoration? If you have limited resources, how do you compare two projects to decide which one might have the best restoration potential? Some tools and software, such as Stream Qualification Tools (SQT) are available and being used by some states to compare projects. This session will have speakers and panelists presenting and discussing methods and software to place a value on restoration projects. | ||
| An initial presentation on the SQT tools will be followed by a panel with representatives from federal and state agencies. | ||
| 11:45 pm | Adjourn |