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SUN 12/5/04 Ecosystem Restoration (NCER)1:00-5:00 Exhibitors and Vendors Set-up Displays (Conference/Exhibition Hall)

4:00-5:00 Session I Poster Presenters Set-Up Displays (Conference/Exhibition Hall)

5:00-7:30 REGISTRATION OPEN TO CONFERENCE ATTENDEES (Great Hall Assembly/Lower Level)

5:30-7:30 Early Bird Networking Social in Poster Display Area (Conference/Exhibition Hall)

MON 12/6/04

7:00-5:00 REGISTRATION OPEN TO CONFERENCE ATTENDEES (Great Hall Assembly/Lower Level)

7:00-1:00 Exhibitors, Vendors and SESSION 1 Poster Presenters Set-up Displays (Conference/Exhibition Hall)

1:00-5:00 OPENING PLENARY SESSION (Great Hall)

1:00-1:20 LTG Carl Strock, Chief of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers – and – Dr. Charles Groat, Director, US Geological Survey – Welcome and Opening Remarks

1:20-1:50 Ms. Colleen M. Castille, Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection –Welcome to the State of Florida and Florida’s Initiatives on Ecosystem Restoration

1:50-2:20 LTG Carl Strock, Chief of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers – Corps of Engineers and Ecosystem Restoration

2:20-2:50 Dr. Charles Groat, Director, US Geological Survey – Science for Ecosystem Restoration

2:50-3:20 BREAK IN POSTER & EXHIBIT DISPLAY AREA

3:20-3:30 Dr. G. Ronnie Best, NCER Chair, US Geological Survey and Mr. Daniel J. Hayes, NCER Co-Chair, US Army Corps of Engineers – Conference Overview

3:30-3:50 Dr. Donald Boesch, President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Systems Approach to Ecosystem Restoration

3:50-4:10 Mr. Richard A. Pettigrew, Former Chair of Governor’s Commission on South Florida Ecosystem Restoration – Consensus Building Among Stakeholders

4:10-4:30 Mr. Tom Horton, Baltimore Sun – The Challenge of Communicating About Ecosystem Restoration: It’s a Two-Way Process

4:30-4:50 Dr. William L. Graf, Foundation University Professor and Professor of Geography, University of South Carolina, Chair of the NAS/NRC Committee on Threatened and Endangered Species in the Platte River Basin and member of the Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades

Restoration Progress — Beauty and the Beast: External Review of Restoration Science

4:50-5:00 Closing Comments and Plenary Session Adjourns

5:00-7:00 WELCOME RECEPTION (Poolside)

TUES 12/7/04

7:30-8:30 MORNING REFRESHMENTS IN POSTER & EXHIBIT DISPLAY AREA

8:30-10:20 Plenary Session – National Priorities/Planning Restoration (Great Hall)

8:30-8:40 Plenary Introduction – Don Boesch, Moderator

8:40-9:00 Margaret Palmer – The State of River Restoration in the United States: Data to Inform Prioritization?

9:00-9:20 Denise Reed – The Coast at 2100: Prioritizing Ecosystem Restoration Needs

9:20-9:40 Fred Caver – Concept to Program

9:40-10:00 COL Carpenter and Dennis Duke – The Challenge of Implementation

10:00-10:20 *Discussion

10:20-10:40 BREAK IN POSTER & EXHIBIT DISPLAY AREA

Welcome to the First National Conference on

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SESSION 1Planning Restoration:Defining Success andSetting Objectives I

10:40-12:15

Great Hall North Great Hall Center Great Hall West Great Hall East Cloister (Upper Level)

–Session Introduction–Joseph DePinto,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–G. Ronnie Best,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Nanciann Regalado,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Derek Busby,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Greg Allen, Moderator

John OgdenDefining Success andSetting Objectives: theEverglades Case Study

10:45-11:00 Frank MazzottiThe Role of Science inEcosystem Restorationand Management:Foundation or Failure

Scientists: Nick Aumen Jack Gentile

Beverley GetzenMargaret Palmer

Journalists: Jeff Burnside Tom Horton

Bob King Curtis Morgan

Martha Musgrove

Session will be an interactive discussion

between scientists and media personnel.

Kenneth BarrUpper Mississippi RiverNavigation Study:Ecosystem Restoration as a Project Purpose

David KrabbenhoftMercury Contamination ofthe Florida Everglades: AConvergence of ExternalForces and NaturalEcosystem Sensitivity

Kenneth TiffanIf You Build It, Will They Come? - Use ofParadigms in JustifyingRestoration Projects

11:00-11:15 Ellis ClairainScience and Technologyin Support of theLouisiana Coastal Area EcosystemRestoration Plan

Roger Perk The Upper MississippiRiver SystemEnvironmentalManagement Program

William Orem Sulfur Contamination inthe Florida Everglades:Where Does it ComeFrom, What is Its Extent,What Are Its Impacts, and What Can We doAbout it?

Ann SwansonChesapeake Bay:Restoring the Nation'sLargest Estuary

11:15-11:30 Reed NossIntegrating ConservationBiology and RestorationEcology for the Long-termIntegrity of SouthwesternPonderosa PineLandscapes

PANEL DISCUSSIONCONTINUES

Zachary Hymanson Examining the Effects ofthe Environmental WaterAccount: A NovelApproach to SpeciesRestoration or the Pricewe Pay for Peace?

George AikenMercury and DissolvedOrganic Matter in theFlorida Everglades

Joseph DePintoEutrophication in theGreat Lakes: The Path to Restoration

11:30-11:45 Thomas Armstrong The Effective Applicationof Science to Managementand Political Decision-making in EcosystemRestoration Efforts


Edward Mills Large LakeRehabilitation: Lessonsfrom the Lake OntarioEcosystem

Gary Rand EcologicalRisk Assessment ofContaminants inSediment from SouthFlorida AquaticEcosystems

Angela SowersRestoration of IslandHabitat though theBeneficial Use of DredgedMaterial: A CommunityApproach

11:45-12:00 Hilary Swain TheReserve: Planning a MajorNew Restoration Site atArchbold BiologicalStation, FL


Josephine Axt Recent Developments in Marine Restoration:National Policy, Law andScience

Elly Best Quantifying theRole of Microbes andPlants in MethylmercuryCycling in CoastalSaltmarshes as Basis forWetland Restoration andManagement in theHamilton Army Airfield on San Pablo Bay

Angela SowersPoplar IslandEnvironmentalRestoration Project, Talbot County Maryland

12:00-12:15

12:15-1:30

Ellen CummingsEcosystem PerformanceMeasures: MovingBeyond Dollars per Acre


Eugene ShinnAtmospheric Deposition of African Dust in theEverglades and Florida BayEcosystem

SESSION 2Planning Restoration:

The Critical Role of Science

SESSION 3Effective ScienceCommunication:

Environmental Reporting PANEL DISCUSSION

SESSION 4National Priorities: Case

Studies

SESSION 5Environmental Chemistry

and Contaminants

TUE 12/7/04 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

BOXED LUNCH PROVIDED

10:40-10:45

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SESSION 1Planning RestorationMethods and Tools

1:30-3:05

1:30-1:35


–Session Introduction–Joseph DePinto,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Bill Hinsley, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Russ Mader, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Cheryl Buckingham,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Barry Rosen,

Moderator

Kim GaviganOn the Edge:Restoration Planning inthe Southwestern Desert

1:35-1:50 Beverley GetzenLinking EcosystemRestoration withWatershed Management

William DennisonThe Role of EffectiveScience Communicationin Restoration Ecologyin Chesapeake Bay

Dominic KempsonNon-TraditionalCalibration of HydrologicModeling at LockportPrairie, Illinois usingBiological Indicators as aCalibration Tool

Scott PhillipsFactors Affecting NutrientDelivery to ChesapeakeBay: Implications forRestoring Water-QualityConditions in the Nation’sLargest Estuary

Joe RedicanThe MasterImplementationSequencing Plan and its use as a PlanningTool for EnvironmentalRestoration

1:50-2:05 Richard ColeThe Need for ImprovedProgram-level Planning to Achieve SustainableOutcomes from EcosystemRestoration ProjectsPlanned by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

Troy ConstanceThe Louisiana CoastalArea (LCA) Study:History and Future

John HickeyThe EcosystemFunctions Model: A Toolfor Restoration Planning

Richard BatiukDefining Restored WaterQuality and AllocatingCaps on Nutrient andSediment Loads:Chesapeake BayLessons Learned

Mike DonahueA Policy Perspective onLarge Scale EcosystemRestoration Planning: AGreat Lakes Case Study

2:05-2:20 Joy MulinexLarge-Scale EcosystemRestoration Initiativesand the U.S. FederalPolicy Process

Frances FlaniganScience Communicationand Outreach in theChesapeake BayWatershed

Leonardo FridGuiding Fire and GrazingRestoration inGrasslands National Parkof Canada with aLandscape LevelSimulation Model

Mark ClarkHydrologic Restorationof Isolated Wetlands inthe OkeechobeeWatershed: AnIntegrated Approach toReduce PhosphorusLoads to the Lake

Agnes McLeanThe Initial CERP Update: A Collaborative PlanningInitiative in Applying AdaptiveManagement Principles to theComprehensive EvergladesRestoration Plan

2:20-2:35 Ellen CummingsThe Estuary RestorationAct - Past, Present andFuture

Stan BronsonEstablishing Public-Private Partnerships for EffectiveCommunications inEcosystem RestorationInitiatives

Bruce WilliamsHydrodynamicSimulation for a Mudflat DominatedCoastal LagoonRestoration Project

Molly WoodAssessing RestorationEfforts in the LakeOkeechobee WatershedThrough a Nutrient LoadMonitoring Program

Elizabeth CrisfieldWho Gets the Water?Identifying Water forRestoration of theEverglades and OtherPurposes: Policy Issuesand TechnicalProcedures

2:35-2:50 Marti McGuireThe National EstuariesRestoration Inventory(NERI): A Tool forSharing Information andTracking Our Progress

Carl HershnerEffective and IneffectiveScience Communicationin the Chesapeake BayProgram

Luis CadavidRecent Enhancements tothe South Florida WaterManagement Model(SFWMM)

Greg NoeParticulate PhosphorusTransport in the EvergladesWetland Landscape

Richard ColeA Proposed Biodiversity-based National Objectivefor Formulating andEvaluating EcosystemRestoration ProjectsSponsored by the U. S.Army Corps of Engineers

2:50-3:05

3:05-3:25

Discussion R. Michael HanleyThe White RiverEcosystem Conservationand Restoration Project:An NGO/FederalPartnership

Kelly Burks-CopesThe Tres Rios Del NorteProject: Streamliningthe FunctionalAssessment Process toMeet the EcosystemRestoration Challenge

Paul McCormickUnderstanding Patterns ofCanal-Water Intrusion toPredict the Effects ofEverglades Restoration onthe A.R.M. LoxahatcheeNational Wildlife Refuge

SESSION 2National Priorities: General Overview

SESSION 3Effective Science

Communication: Role inEcological Restoration I


Use of Scientific Models

SESSION 5Science: Water Quality


BREAK IN POSTER & EXHIBIT DISPLAY AREA

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Use of Conceptual andQuantitative Models

3:25-5:15

3:25-3:30


–Session Introduction–Fred Sklar, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Doug Robinson,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–JoAnn Hyres,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Gary Hardesty,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Dennis Barnett,

Moderator

Jim HendersonEcosystem Restorationand Conceptual ModelsMaking Sense ofComplexity and FiguringOut What to do First

3:30-3:45 Elmar KurzbachDevelopment ofMonitoring andAssessment Plan (MAP)for EvergladesRestoration

Clifford S. DukeEcological Science andSustainability for aCrowded Planet: A 21stCentury Vision andAction Plan

James PetersonEffects of Hydrologic Stressorson Wading Bird ForagingDistributions in the Everglades:Modeling for AdaptiveManagement in Restoration

Mark McKevittU.S. Army Corps ofEngineers EcosystemRestoration Title I ProjectAuthorizations, 1990 –2000, Costs and Benefits

Fred SklarThe Design ofLandscape Models forEverglades Restoration

3:45-4:00 Stephen PrestonWater-Quality and Living-Resources Monitoring toSupport Ecological RestorationEfforts in the Chesapeake Bayand Its Watershed

Jenni HiscockEffective Communicationbetween Science andProject

Lee WeisharThe Relationship BetweenHydrodynamic NumericalModels and AdaptiveManagement in MarshRestoration Design

David HellerA Decade of Change:Implementation of anAquatic RestorationStrategy for Federal Landsof the Pacific Northwest

Jenneke Visser A Conceptual Model toPredict Coastal WetlandVegetation Composition andProduction under DifferentManagement Scenarios

4:00-4:15 Joel TrexlerMoving from Retrospectiveto Prospective Monitoring:The Critical Role of ModelDevelopment in DesigningEfficient Monitoring

David Szymanski Telling Stories: UsingNarrative toCommunicate Science

Christian LangavinHydrodynamic ModelingEfforts of the U.S.Geological Survey inSupport of EvergladesRestoration

Jason GoldbergComing Together forConservation: TheNational Fish HabitatInitiative

Lauren HastingsUsing Conceptual Modelsto Develop an IntegratedRegional Restoration Plan:The Sacramento-SanJoaquin Delta

4:15-4:30 Jennifer Jorge andCharles HallOptimization of Water Quality Monitoring to Achieve Least-cost,Resource-based Objectives

Piers ChapmanInnovative, IntegratedScientific and TechnicalResearch Programs inthe Central Gulf Region

Aaron ByrdAdvances to the ModelGridded SurfaceSubsurface HydrologicAnalysis for ImprovedEcosystem Modeling

Glenn CovingtonMissouri River Fish andWildlife Mitigation, Past,Present and Future

Kim JacobsConceptual EcologicalModels as RestorationPlanning Tools for SouthFlorida Restoration

4:30-4:45 Tom PhilippiMultistage Sampling forLong-term Large-scaleMulti-response EcosystemMonitoring: CERP TrophicMonitoring as a Case Study

Rhonda ReedThe AdaptiveManagement Forum: ACollaborative Review toIntegrate Science andPolicy

Emad HabibUncertainty Analysis ofSelected Hydrodynamic andEcological Models in theLouisiana Coastal AreaEcosystem Restoration Plan

Jennifer MacalThe Federal Symposiumon Coastal HabitatRestoration (FSCHR)Initial Reactions and NextSteps

Brenda Mills Application ofConceptual EcologicalModels to EvergladesRestoration

4:45-5:00

5:15-7:00

April HuffmanManagement Issues inLong-term Large-scaleMulti-responseEcosystem Monitoring:ComprehensiveEverglades RestorationProgram

David NemazieLessons Learned in TheUse of Community BasedStakeholders toDetermine Strategies forReducing Nutrient Loadsto the Choptank Riverand Chesapeake Bay

Discussion Tom Pratt & Bill Cleckley

Floridan Aquifer Recharge AreaAcquisition as a Means to Secure

Water Supply, Restore Native

Habitat and Provide Public

Recreation

SESSION 2Adaptive Management:Monitoring Plan Design

SESSION 3Effective Science

Communication: Role inEcological Restoration II


Use of Scientific Models

SESSION 5Integrating

Conservation, Mitigationand Restoration


POSTER SESSION I & RECEPTION IN POSTER & EXHIBIT DISPLAY AREA

Raymond KurzFeasibility Study for theRestoration of Oxbowsand Wetlands Along theNorth Fork St. LucieRiver, Florida

5:00-5:15 Laurence FernbergLinking Restoration andSuccess at the Water’sEdge

Mitch FlinchumWetland EnhancementDecision-Making Tools &Training for Landownersand Technical ServiceProviders

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SESSION 1Planning Restoration:Defining Success andSetting Objectives II

10:40-12:15

10:40-10:45


–Session Introduction–Jack Manno, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Steve Light, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Lynette Cardoch, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Dave Apple, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Lisa Smith, Moderator

Dan CastleberryEcosystem Restorationin California’s Bay-DeltaSystem: A StructuredApproach in a ChangingEnvironment

10:45-11:00 Charles SimenstadPromise and Follow-Through: InstitutingAdaptive Management inRestoration of Puget SoundNearshore Ecosystems

Matt Harwell How Do You ResolveTechnical Disagreements inEcosystem Restoration?Examples of StrategiesFrom South Florida

Donald DeAngelis Synthesis of Across TrophicLevel System Simulation(ATLSS) Program: Design,Application, & Evaluation of aModeling Project for Restoration

S. Clayton PalmerUsing “Surplus” Water toMeet DownstreamEnvironmental Needs inSystems Constructed forWater and Power Benefits

Howard ErnstThe Political Life ofEnvironmental Goals:Lessons from theChesapeake Bay

11:00-11:15 Kim TaylorReflecting On Fish Screens:Using Modern Concepts ofOrganizational Learning toExamine AdaptiveManagement in CALFED

Romuald LipciusAlternative EcosystemStates and the Likelihoodof Restoration Success inChesapeake Bay

Quan DongSelection andApplication of EcologicalModels in EvergladesRestoration

Robert Martinson Construction, Operationand Monitoring of a DeltaBuilding DiversionLocated in the LowerMississippi River ActiveDelta Region at West Bay

Antisa WebbLessons Learned fromAssessing EcosystemRestoration StudiesAcross the Nation

11:15-11:30 Richard BatiukForget All the AdaptiveManagement Theory: A Behind the Scenes Look atScience Synthesis forManagement Application inPractice

Mary DoyleEverglades Restoration andSaving the Chesapeake Bay:Comparisons in theManagement of EcosystemRestoration Projects

Scott Duke-SylvesterLinking ATLSS modelswith SFWMM hydrolo-gy: the ATLSS HighResolution MultiDatasetTopography (HMDT)

Richard LathropRestoration of aWisconsin Seepage Lakeby HypolimneticWithdrawal

Tim BeechieProcess-based Principlesfor Restoring DynamicEcosystems

11:30-11:45 Bernice SmithHabitat ConservationPlan Implementation:Keeping Promises forAdaptive Management

Nancy PetersonBuilding Consensusaround Contention –Florida Natural ResourceLeadership Institute

Ehab MeselheUse of HydrologicNumerical Modeling forEcological Restorationand Management: theChenier Plain, Louisiana

Ronald ThomRestoration in a ChangingWorld: Addressing NaturalVariability in Tidal Marsh &Seagrass Restoration ProjectPlanning & Performance Ass.

Steven RitchieThe Restoration PlanningProcess for the SouthSan Francisco Bay SaltPonds – Opportunitiesand Challenges: Year 2of a 5-Year Effort

11:45-12:00 Noah AdamsThree Dams and ThreeDifferent Solutions toRestoring SalmonPopulations

Alfred LightRisk Communication inCommunity Participation:CERCLA's Lessons forEverglades Restoration in South Florida

Gary ShenkCommunity Features ofthe Chesapeake BayProgram’s Phase 5Watershed Model

J.D. WikertShort and Long-TermSalmonid HabitatRestoration in California’sSan Joaquin River Basin

Lynne TrulioPlanning for EcosystemRestoration: ScienceIntegration for the SouthBay Salt PondRestoration Project

12:00-12:15

12:15-1:30

Kennedy PaynterOyster Restoration in theMaryland Portion ofChesapeake Bay

David Hallac A Spatial &Temporal Comparison ofSuitability Indices for use inEvaluating HydrologicRestoration Alternatives forthe ComprehensiveEverglades Restoration Plan

Kevin CoultonThe Use of HydrodynamicModels for the Hydraulicand Geomorphic Design ofRestoration Projects on theSkagit River, WashingtonState

Clinton HittleUsing an IntegratedHydrologic MonitoringNetwork as a Tool toAnalyze EvergladesEcosystem Response dur-ing CERP Implementation

SESSION 2Adaptive Management:

Success Stories


Dueling Data

SESSION 5Adaptive Management

In Action

WED 12/8/04

WED 12/8/04

10:20-10:40

10:00-10:20

9:40-10:00

9:20-9:40

9:00-9:20

8:40-9:00

8:30-8:40

7:30-8:30

CONCURRENT SESSIONS


*Discussion

A.J. McLeod: Building Adaptive Capacity in the River Murray, Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Denny Fenn: An Overview of the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Plan: An Experiment in Collaborative, Science-based Ecosystem Restoration

Stu Appelbaum: Adaptive Management Success in Restoring the South Florida Ecosystem

William Leary: Adaptive Management as a National Priority in Ecosystem Restoration

PLENARY SESSION: Adaptive Management (The Great Hall) Introduction: Barry Gold, Moderator

MORNING REFRESHMENTS IN POSTER & EXHIBIT DISPLAY AREA

LUNCH ON OWN

SESSION 4Role of Modeling in

Evaluating and AssessingEcosystem Restoration

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AD HOC MEETINGS and INFORMAL NETWORKING POSTER & EXHIBIT HALL OPEN FOR VIEWING

(Check with the onsite Registration Staff if you want to organize a private meeting while at the conference.A limited number of meeting rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis for this purpose.)

Best Practices Workshop: Barbara L. Stinson, Meridian Institute, Dillon, CO, Facilitator (advance registration NOT required) Great Hall North


Methods for Evaluation& Selection of Projects

1:30-3:20

1:30-1:35


–Session Introduction–Josephine Axt, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Tom St. Clair, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Dan Hayes, Moderator

–Session Introduction–John Brawley, Moderator

–Session Introduction– Rob Daoust, Moderator

Lawrence SkaggsLessons Learned onApplying CE/ICA on theIRL-South Project

1:35-1:50 Laura Stroup“Getting the StructureRight”: AdaptiveManagement for theEverglades Restoration

Shawn SculleyReal-Time WaterManagement Operationsin South Florida: The Role of Science

Peter SwartFreshwater Signals inCoral Skeletons

Paul DuBowyPerformance Measures,Ecosystem Benefits & HabitatUnits: Evaluating EvergladesRestoration Alternatives

Sarah WattsThe Economics of Restoration:Using Cost-Effectiveness andIncremental Cost Analyses toEvaluate Restoration Alternativeson the Rahway River, New Jersey

1:50-2:05 John ScholzAdaptive Governance ofWater Conflicts

Douglas HendersonRevolutionizing InteractiveAccess to Current GeospatialData for Large-Scale EcosystemManagers: An Example Using A Web Atlas

Jean SellarFloristic Assessment Asan EcologicalRestoration Tool

Kenneth RiceThe Role of the AmericanAlligator in MeasuringEcosystem Change in theEverglades

Joy MuncyCost Risk Assessmentfor EcosystemRestoration Projects

2:05-2:20 Karl McArthurAdaptive Management: A Three Process ModelFramework for Learning

Suzan HughesWeb Based DataManagement: CollaborativeInformation Access forEnvironmental Projects

Eric MilbrandtSediment MicrobialCommunities to AssessRestoration Success inMangrove and SeagrassHabitats

Donald HerndonComparing the Flooded-AreaFrequency Distributions ofIsolated Freshwater Wetlands:A Tool To Assess WetlandHealth and Restoration Goals

Mark KessingerDetermining andEvaluating Costs andBenefits for an EcosystemRestoration Project

2:20-2:35 Jana NewmanAdaptive Management Applied to Treatment WetlandsConstructed to RemovePhosphorus from AgriculturalRunoff in South Florida

Laura BrandtAssessing Effects of EvergladesRestoration and Regional WaterManagement on the Arthur R.Marshall Loxahatchee NationalWildlife Refuge

Angelikie ZafirisTracking the Effects ofSalt-Water Encroachmenton South Florida CoastalEcotones using Mollusks

Monica FolkMonitoring LandscapeResponse to EcologicalProcess Restoration at TheDisney WildernessPreserve in Central Florida

Scott MinerFormulation of aMultiple-Purpose Projectfor Hamilton City,California

2:35-2:50 Christopher UpdikeIs this Really AdaptiveManagement? A ComparativeReview of “AdaptiveManagement” Programs across the USA and Canada

Emitt WittThe National Map: Useof the Strategic On-LineDefense GeographyRepository forEcosystem Restoration

Gary MilanoFish Assemblage andVegetative Monitoring ofRestored MangroveHabitat in SoutheastFlorida

David GilliamCoral Reef EcosystemRestoration offSoutheast Florida

Grace JohnsBenefit-Cost Analysis toDevelop the LakeOkeechobee ProtectionPlan

2:50-3:05

3:20-3:30

Steve LightNCER Best Practices forAdaptive Management:Discussion andIntroduction to BestPractices Workshop

Andrew WarnerGetting EcologicalKnowledge into DecisionMaking

Don SchloesserRestoration of SentinelMayfly Nymphs, Hexageniaspp., in the Great Lakes:Result of Pollution Abatement

Discussion

SESSION 2Adaptive Management:Framework for Learning


Integrating Technical Data

SESSION 4Detecting Change:

Species as Indicators of Change

SESSION 5Science Synthesis

and Scaling

WED 12/8/04 CONCURRENT SESSIONS


Lewis HornungThe Use of Multi-objec-tive Cost EffectivenessAnalyses in Planning forthe Lake OkeechobeeWatershed Project

3:05-3:20 Discussion Discussion Rochelle SeitzSuccess of EcosystemRestoration in Estuarine andCoastal Subtidal Habitats:Benthic Abundance andDiversity in Natural andDegraded Shorelines ofChesapeake Bay

Discussion

3:30-5:00

3:30-5:00

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Socio-EconomicConsiderations

8:30-10:05

7:30-8:30


–Session Introduction–Carlton Hunt,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Jim Vearil, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Julio Fanjul, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Naomi Duerr,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Joe Redican,

Moderator

Gary MachlisThe Human Ecosystemas an OrganizingConcept in EcosystemRestoration

8:35-8:50 Kent LoftinKissimmee RiverRestoration—Overcoming Barriersand SeizingOpportunities

Walter BoyntonMulti-Decadal Efforts toRestore the Patuxent RiverEstuary: A Synthesis ofResearch, Monitoring andManagement Activities

Robert DealThe Role of Red Alder inDeveloping Multi-func-tional Forests in MixedHardwood-ConiferStands of SoutheastAlaska

George McCaskillMonitoring andEvaluation of EcosystemRestoration on LongleafPine Flatwoods of theGulf Coastal Plain

Deborah RoushUrban StormwaterManagement andEcological Restoration Is Not An Oxymoron

Fred HerlingAlternative Approaches toManaging Everglades NationalPark: Working Cooperativelyon New Ways to Protect itsNatural and CulturalResources and ProvideQuality Park Experiences

8:50-9:05 Samuel LuomaLinking the ScienceNeeds of Restorationwith Policy: Examplesfrom the CALFED Bay-Delta Program

John StevelyA Historical Perspective forDetermining Changes in theDistribution of Oyster Habitatsin Southwest Florida UsingArchived Maps and Charts ofFederal Agencies

Jason KentStreamlining theEnvironmentalPermitting Process – ACase Study in UrbanStream Restoration inAnchorage, Alaska

April GromnickiReal EstateConsiderationsAssociated with LargeScale EcosystemRestoration Programs

9:05-9:20 Tim BrownInteragency Coordination– Managing Conflict

Robin LewisRestoration of theTampa Bay Ecosystem

Christopher BernhardtInfluence of 20thCentury WaterManagement on PlantCommunities in theEverglade's Marl Prairies

Kara SalazarThe Lilly ARBOR Project:An Experiment in UrbanRiparian Restoration

William ColemanAchieving MultipleValues from EcosystemRestoration

9:20-9:35 Kerri BentkowskiBeyond the Checkbook:A Model for GrantmakersSupporting EcosystemRestoration

Mike PellantGreat Basin RestorationInitiative: IntegratingScience and Restorationat the Landscape Level

Jeffrey DismukesRestoration of MangroveForests Impacted byMosquito Ditching in theTampa Bay Area

Scott StoddardBuried BeneathDowntown: DaylightingSalt Lake City's CityCreek

Daniel ChildersThe Importance ofSocio-ecologicalResearch Linkages in theRehabilitation of Human-dominated Landscapes:Examples from theFlorida Everglades

9:35-9:50 Wayne DaltryLee County (Florida)Master Mitigation Plan

Rey StendellThe Salton SeaEcosystem: The Role ofScience in Restoration

Keqi ZhangAirborne Laser Mappingof Mangroves on theBiscayne Bay Coast,Miami, Florida

John O'MearaUrban Lake Restoration -The Return of NewburghLake

Peter LeighThe EcologicalChallenge, the HumanCondition, andCommunity BasedRestoration as anInstrument for its Cure

9:50-10:05

10:05-10:25

John StevelyLong Term Evaluation ofSponge PopulationRecovery Following aWidespread Mortality:Will We Ever Know WhenRecovery Has Occurred?Is RestorationNecessary?

Wm. Michael TurnerGreen River - ReversingThree Decades ofEcological andHydrological Impacts,Green River, Kentucky

Nathan DornMonitoring CrayfishPopulations in theEverglades: Evaluationof Methods and Long-Term Trends

John MeederHistoric Freshwater Flowto Biscayne Bay, Floridaand the Role ofTransverse Glades

SESSION 2Adaptive Management:Barriers and Limitations

SESSION 3Science Synthesis:Restoration Science


System Level Monitoringto Detect Change,


Urban EcosystemRestoration

THUR 12/9/04

CONCURRENT SESSIONS



8:30-8:35

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Stakeholder Participation

10:25-12:15

10:25-10:30


–Session Introduction–Chris Farrell, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Todd Hopkins, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Mark Musaus, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Susan Carsten, Moderator

–Session Introduction– Patricia Strayer, Moderator

Thomas BarthelmehStream and WetlandRestoration in Delaware

10:30-10:45 Stan HellerJackson HoleRestoration Project

Lyle MaciejewskiCreation of an AtlanticOcean Shore BirdNesting Island

Lance JordanImplications of NaturalVariation of Fish Assemblagesto Coral-Reef Management

Roselle HennRestoring UrbanEcosystems; The Overview

Stephen WilliamsStream and WetlandRestoration in Delaware– the Sequel

10:45-11:00 Paul KempQuantifying and ReducingUncertainty in WetlandRestoration Forecasts for the Mississippi River DeltaicPlain: The CLEAR Program

Wolf MooijProjecting FuturePopulation Dynamics ofthe Florida Snail Kite inRelation to Hydrology

Daniel LaughlinRestoring SpeciesComposition withManaged Wildfire inOld-growth PonderosaPine Forests

Ronald BrattainPlan Formulation and UrbanEcosystem Restoration:Issues and Approaches-Hudson-Raritan Estuary, NewYork, New Jersey

Alicia KirchnerHamilton City: ChangingA System One Project ata Time

11:00-11:15 Susan SylvesterDealing With Uncertainty inRealtime Water Managementand Future EvergladesRestoration Projects

Gary WilliamsInitial Responses ofWading Birds to Phase Iof the Kissimmee RiverRestoration

Douglas HendersonNew Monitoring Technology toQuantify Herbicide Efficacy onEgeria densa: Results fromCalifornia Sacramento-SanJoaquin Delta Sites

Ronald BrattainPlan Formulation and UrbanEcosystem Restoration:Issues and Approaches -Hudson-Raritan Estuary, LowerPassaic River, New Jersey

Marc WoernleIntegrating EcologicalRestoration inConservation Design ofSuburban Communities

11:15-11:30 Peter FrederickIf We Build it, Will They Come?Sources of Uncertainty inPredicting Wading Bird Responsesto Everglades Restoration

Isa WooThe Field of Dreams Dilemma,“Will they stay?” Avian Responseto Tidal Marsh Restorations inSan Pablo Bay, CA

Gilbert C. SiguaLake Dredging and Beyond: Implication toAgriculture andEnvironment

Daniel FaltHudson-Raritan Estuary,Hackensack Meadowlands,New Jersey EcosystemRestoration Feasibility Study"

Joseph MakarewiczRemediation and Restorationof Embayment, Rivers andCoastal Regions of New York’sSouth Shore of Lake Ontario –the North Coast Initiative

11:30-11:45 Tom FontaineMeasuring Progress andAquatic Restoration

Dale GawlikA Synthesis of the Roleof Wildlife Science inWetland EcosystemRestoration

William OremWater Quality in Big CypressNational Preserve: PresentConditions and PotentialImpacts of Restoration Plans

Daniel FaltPlan Formulation and UrbanEcosystem Restoration: Issuesand Approaches -Hudson-Raritan Estuary, Gowanus Bayand Canal, Brooklyn, NY

Lisa BeeverIntegrating Science andPlanning with Policy inSouthwest Florida

11:45-12:00

12:15-1:30

1:30-5:00

1:40-2:10

2:10-2:40

2:40-3:10

3:10-3:30

3:30-4:00

4:00-4:30

4:30-5:00

5:00-7:00

Discussion Discussion Bruce MolniaUnderstanding the Roleof Natural Processes inGuiding HumanRestoration Efforts

Carl Alderson and John BrzoradThe Influence of Salt MarshRestoration in an Oil Spill-Impacted Marsh on ShallowWater Fauna and Wading Birdsin the Hudson-Raritan Estuary,Staten Island, New York

SESSION 2Adaptive Management:

Risk and Uncertainty

SESSION 3Science Synthesis: A

Birdseye View ofEcosystem Restoration

SESSION 4Detecting Change:Managing Change

SESSION 5Restoring UrbanEcosystems-The

Hudson-Raritan Estuary

THUR 12/9/04 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

BOXED LUNCH PROVIDED

Plenary Session Ecosystem Assessment: Synthesis (The Great Hall) Introduction by Steve Gilbert, Moderator (10 min.)

Richard Batiuk – Assessing Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Restoration Over Decadal Scales

Matthew Harwell – A Synthesis of Ecosystem Assessment in the Everglades

Alan Steinman – Ecosystem Restoration Needs for the Great Lakes Region: Detecting Change Across Different Spatial and Trophic Scales


Wim Kimmerer – Assessing the CALFED Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration Program: Racing to Catch Up

John Barko – Ecosystem Assessment and Restoration in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS)

Robert Twilley – Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Assessment and Restoration (CLEAR) Program

POSTER SESSION II & RECEPTION in Poster & Exhibit Display Area

Michael BauerThe Restoration ofNaples Bay

12:00-12:15 John O'MearaRouge Oxbow RestorationProject: Reestablishing Habitatand Recreation on the River

10

SESSION 1Science Synthesis:

Restoration of Riversand Channelss

8:30-10:05

7:30-8:30

8:30-1:00


–Session Introduction–David Vigh, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Reza Savabi,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Cecelia Linder,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Dave Jasinski,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–John Burns, Moderator

Pam LathamUsing Vegetation toEstablish Minimum Flowsfor the Alafia River inWest Central Florida

8:35-8:50 Thomas CroninAbrupt Climate Change:Implications for CoastalEcosystem Restoration

Aaron AdamsDeveloping anEcological Context forMonitoring RestorationEffects on Fishes

Pamela BachmanPhysiologicalPerformance Measuresand Tolerance Limits forEstuarine IndicatorSpecies in South Florida

Sabine GrunwaldSpatially-ExplicitModeling of SoilPhosphorus Across theGreater Everglades

Claire O'NeillRestoration of FreshwaterTidal Wetlands in theAnacostia River,Washington, D.C.

Rebecca LaveLessons Learned fromAssessing RiverRestoration Projects inCalifornia

8:50-9:05 Lewis LinkerSimulation ofChesapeake Bay WaterClarity and SubmergedAquatic Vegetation

Gregory BrulandStatistical andGeostatistical Analyses ofSoils Data from WaterConservation Area 3

Steven PughMonitoring and AdaptiveManagement of RestoredFreshwater Tidal Wetlandsin the Anacostia River,Washington, D.C.

Ehab MeselheHydro-EcologicalModeling of the LowerMississippi River

9:05-9:20 David RudnickEvaluating theBiogeochemical Effectsof Everglades and FloridaBay Restoration

Andrew GoodwinCoupling 3-D ComputationalFluid Dynamics, WaterQuality, and Individual-basedModels to Decode andForecast 3-D Use of AquaticHabitat by Highly MobileSpecies

Shimon WdowinskiSpace-based hydrologyof the EvergladesWetland

Robert BoonePartnerships in PlantingSeeds of Hope

Stephen J. MillerIntegrating EnvironmentalWater Management andFlood Control in Florida’sUpper St. Johns River Basin

9:20-9:35 Evelyn GaiserCascading EcologicalEffects of Low-LevelPhosphorus Enrichmentand Abatement in theFlorida Everglades

Lori ValentineEffects of EstuaryFragmentation andRestoration on FishAssemblage Characteristicsand Secondary Production onAndros Island, The Bahamas

G. Lynn WingardNatural Variability versusAnthropogenic Change:A Case Study inBiscayne Bay Florida

Peter HillWild Goose Chase orAddressing the Stressors toTidal Wetland RestorationEfforts? Developing a ResidentGoose Management Plan in aMulti-agency Situation

Michael PollockRestoration of IncisedStreams in the Semi-aridRegions of the ColumbiaRiver Basin, USA

9:35-9:50 James JawitzInternal Loads in theEutrophic NorthernEverglades: Large-scaleModeling of PhosphorusTransport

David PenroseEcological Functions ofRestored Streams usingBenthicMacroinvertebrates asIndicators

Peter SwarzenskiSubmarine GroundwaterDischarge - Its Role inCoastal Processes andas a Potential New Proxyfor EcosystemRestoration

Hamid KarimiPlanning for theRestoration of HighlyDegraded Habitat in anUltra Urban Setting

Michael SchwarQuantifying HydrologicRestorationEffectiveness in theIllinois River Basin

9:50-10:05

10:05-10:25

Ronald CorstanjeModeling Biotic andAbiotic Interactionsunder Different EutrophicConditions in SubtropicalMarsh SystemsDiscussion

Discussion Arnold van der ValkCreation and Restorationof Tree Islands in TheEverglades

Richard E. WaleskyEnvironmentalRestoration of MunyonIsland

SESSION 2Science Synthesis: Impactsof Natural Phenomena and

Human Activities onEcosystem Restoration

SESSION 3Science Synthesis:

Evaluation andAssessment of Aquatic Fauna


High Tech


Partnerships inRestoration

FRI 12/10/04

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Adaptive Management Workshop (Knights Hall - Upper Level)(Participation in this Workshop is limited to those attendees who registered for the workshop in advance)



8:30-8:35

11

SESSION 1Science Synthesis –Wetland Restoration

10:25-12:15

10:25-10:30


–Session Introduction–Tim Bechtel, Moderator

–Session Introduction–Loren Mason,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Pervaze Sheikh,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Shawn Sculley,

Moderator

–Session Introduction–Margaret McBride,

Moderator

John WangA Coupled Surface- andGround-Water Model of theEverglades System forPredicting Flows to the Coastunder Existing Conditionsand CERP Scenarios.

10:30-10:45 Charles HolmesThe Effects of EcologicalChanges in SouthFlorida: Are TheseProblems forRestoration?

Cheryl BuckinghamPerformance Measures:Integrating Knowledgeabout RestorationSuccess

Teferi TsegayeBiological Quality ofStream Water inResponse to Land UsePractices

Gary MilanoCoastal HabitatRestoration and Science-Based Monitoring Effortsin Southeast Florida

Christa ZweigTracking and PredictingVegetation Response toHydrologic Alternativesacross an EvergladesLandscape using ArtificialNeural Networks

10:45-11:00 Krish JayachandranDevelopment ofStrategies to ManageBiological Invasion byExotic Plant Species inEverglades National Park

Richard SchroederSetting Objectives forEcosystem Restoration:An Examination ofNational Wildlife RefugeComprehensiveConservation Plans

David ColangeloRestoration of theKissimmee River:Response of RiverMetabolism

Angie AshleyUsing Community-basedand Science-basedMethods to ImproveTidal Marsh Restorationin the Chesapeake Bay

Stephen AilstockHelicopter Application ofHerbicides to RestoreWetland Biodiversity inHighly Sensitive Areas

11:00-11:15 Joel TrexlerExtinction, Recolonization andMetacommunity Structure inEverglades Wetlands: SpatialDynamics of AquaticCommunities Driven byRecurrent Disturbance

Gary RaulersonThe (Continuing)Restoration of SarasotaBay: A ComprehensiveApproach

Steve BousquinResponses of LittoralVegetation to RestoredFlow in the KissimmeeRiver

Peter BergstromRestoration of AquaticGrass Communities ofChesapeake Bay: HowShould We Proceed?

Matthew CohenDevelopment of aSystems Model to ExploreLong Term Ridge-SloughDynamics

11:15-11:30 Jennifer RehageImpact of AnthropogenicDisturbance on WetlandCommunities: Changesin Patterns of Fish andMacroinvertebrateDensity as a Function ofDistance from Canals

D. Scott TaylorRemoving the Sands(sins?) of our Past:Dredge-spoil andSaltmarsh Restorationalong the Indian RiverLagoon, Florida

Gregory SteyerResponse of theLouisiana DeltaicLandscape to RiverineReintroduction

Joan BrowderEpifaunal Distributionsand Relationships withSalinity in WesternNearshore SouthBiscayne Bay

Debra WillardImpacts of Land-Coverand Hydrologic Changeon Vegetation of theSouth Florida Coast

11:30-11:45 Brigitte VlaswinkelWetland and Tidal ChannelEvolution Affecting CriticalHabitats at Cape Sable,Everglades National Park,Florida

Michael RendaComparing WildlifeUtilization in Natural,Restored and DisturbedCoastal StrandVegetation

David AndersonRanking and IntegratingRestoration Expectationsfor the Kissimmee River,Florida

Maria M. CrialesModeling Connectionsbetween Life Stages ofPink Shrimp in SouthFlorida

Earl McCoyThe Influence of HabitatStructure on theVertebrates of ReclaimedPhosphate Mines inCentral Florida

11:45-12:00

12:00-12:15

12:15

David ReedSeed Germination and Growthof Four Wetland Tree Speciesin Response to EnvironmentalFactors in Tree Islands ofNorthern Shark Slough,Everglades National Park

Phil RoniWatershed and HabitatRehabilitation for Fishes:A World Review ofEffectiveness of HabitatRestoration Techniques

Carol KendallTracing Sources ofOrganic Matter andNitrate in the SanFrancisco Bay-Delta-River Ecosystem usingIsotopic Techniques

Frank MarshallEffect of Time Scale onPatterns and Processes ofSalinity Variation inFlorida Bay

Timothy FobesSide ChannelRestoration on theLower Missouri Riverand Examples inAdaptive Management

Frank MarshallStatus of StatisticalModeling of Salinity inFlorida Bay, SouthernBiscayne Bay, and theSouthwest Gulf Coast

SESSION 2Greater Everglades

Ecosystem RestorationScience

SESSION 3Comprehensive

Approach to Restoration

SESSION 4Detecting Change:Evaluating Riverine

Response to Known Change

SESSION 5Coastal Restoration

Science

FRI 12/10/04 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

CONFERENCE CONCLUDES

FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

EcosystemRestoration

DECEMBER 6-10, 2004 • ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration ThroughIntegration of Science, Planning and Policy

A Special Thank You to Our Conference Sponsors

Battelle

BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc.

Burns & McDonnell

Calfed Bay-Delta Program

The David & Lucile Packard Foundation

Earth Mark Companies

Florida Earth Foundation (FEF)

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

HDR, Inc.

PBS&J

Shaw Environmental, Inc.

South Florida Water Management District(& RECOVER Project)

University of Florida/IFAS

US Geological Survey

US Army Corps of Engineers

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