2023 UMSRS Technical Program

Invited Talk - Timothy Hoellein Associate Professor, Loyola

Trash in Streams: Driving factors for composition, distribution, and transport

7:00 am

8:30am

8:30 am

8:45am

Breakfast

Welcome by John Chapman

Invited Talk:  Şevin Yıldız, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois 

Unboxed and Daylighted: Global Changes in Urban River Systems Planning

Technical Session 1: Large Woody Debris – More Than a Carbon Source

Predicting Effects of Beaver Dams Using 1-D and 2-D HEC-RAS Modeling - Reid Stamer, Stream Restoration Ecologist, Impact7G

Impacts of Vegetation and Large Wood on Hyporheic Exchange in River Corridors - Yudy Q.Yang, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

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

Rivers of Poland - Ania Sundgaard

Aquatic Health – Assessing and Monitoring Impacts of Restoration

Bank Stabilization: A Tool for Sediment and Phosphorus Control? - Pete Moore, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Iowa State University 

Phosphorus Load Reduction Using Streambank Stabilization – A Ten Year Follow Up - Amy Anderson, Project Engineer, WSB

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

3:30 pm

6:00pm

5:00pm

PRRSUM Planning meeting

Dinner at Freight House

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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)

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

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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