Using Ecosystem Services & Sustainability to Drive Function & Diversity in Ecological Restoration. Urban Tree & Stormwater Management

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1 Monday, April 29 th 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Open registration for Pre-Conference Workshops 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshops Carolina A Calhoun Carolina B Free & Easy Data Collection with Your Smartphone Dave Dickson University of Connecticut (UConn) Center for Land Use Education & Research (CLEAR) Using Ecosystem Services & Sustainability to Drive Function & Diversity in Ecological Restoration Scott McGill Ecotone, Inc. Urban Tree & Eric Kuehler U.S. Forest Service Trisha Moore, PhD Kansas State University Chet Arnold UConn CLEAR Cary Chadwick UConn CLEAR Emily Wilson UConn CLEAR 2:00 PM 3:00 PM PM Refreshment Break 3:00 PM 4:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshops cont d 3:00 PM 7:00 PM Open registration for Conference 2:00 PM 9:00 PM Exhibitor/sponsor booth set-up Neely Law, PhD Center for Protection, Inc. Dane Wudel, PE MARS-EOR Charles Barden, PhD Kansas State University

2 Tuesday, April 30 th 7:00 AM 8:30 AM Open registration for Conference 7:30 AM 8:30 AM 8:30 AM 9:45 AM (Carolina Ballroom) Breakfast 1) Welcome: Hye Yeong Kwon, Executive Director, Center for Protection, Inc. 2) Introductory Plenary: The Honorable (former) Mayor of Charleston, SC, Joseph Riley 9:30 AM 10:30 AM AM Refreshment Break 10:00 AM 11:30 AM Concurrent Sessions 1 Stream & Health Moderated by: Bill Stack, PE (Center for Source Water Protection From Farm Fields and Coal Country to Philadelphia s Taps: How the Schuylkill Action Network Works to Protect Drinking Water Christopher Anderson (Philadelphia Water Department) Source Water Protection: 20 Years of On-Site Wastewater Treatment Programs in the New York City Michael Meyer, PhD (New York City Department of Environmental Protection) and Resiliency: Local, Onsite Rainwater/ Harvesting for Beneficial Uses Neal Shapiro (City of Santa Monica, Office of Sustainability & the Environment) Moderated by: Scott McGill (Ecotone, Green Infrastructure Design Case Studies Green Infrastructure on the University of Connecticut Campus: Drivers, Obstacles, Results, and Impacts Chet Arnold (University of Connecticut Center for Land Use Education & Research) A Multi-Function/- Benefit Approach to Treatment Christopher May, PhD (Kitsap County, Washington, Public Works Department, Division) Army TMDL Compliance Program: An Overview of Retrofit Projects on Maryland and Virginia Installations Erin Cox, PE (US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District) Moderated by: Kim Jones (Town of Bluffton, SC) BMP Design & Maintenance Irrigate, Infiltrate, Automate: Reuse at Upper Villa Park, Minnesota Mark Doneux (Capitol Region District) An Introduction to a New National ASCE Standard on Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement David Smith (Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute) Managing a Successful Planned Maintenance Program Anna Griggs (Apex Companies, LLC) and Rainwater: Harvesting the Benefits Benjamin Sojka (American Rainwater Catchment Systems Tools for Program Implementation Moderated by: Neely Law, PhD (Center for Protection, Green Jobs Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) Certification Program: Results and Impacts from the First Two Years Beth Ginter (Wetlands Watch) Enhancing Natural Hydrology at Atlanta s Park and Open Space Network Tamara Graham (City of Atlanta, Department of ) The Clean Water Certificate Training Program: Developing a Skilled Labor Force Neely Law, PhD (Center for Holistic Solutions to Technical and Social Challenges: Two GI Case Studies Focusing on Creative Financing

3 How to Make a City s Water Supply System Resilient City of Gloucester Kirk Westphal, PE (Kleinfelder, Tuesday, April 30 th Paving the Way for Green Infrastructure at the Metropolitan Airports Commission Todd Shoemaker, PE (Wenck Associates, Association) Sarah Lawson Sojka, PhD (Randolph College) Daniel Figola, PE (Advanced Drainage Systems, This will be an extended session ending at 11:45 AM. and Workforce Development Aspects Neil Myers (V3 Companies, Ltd.) Sarah Evans, PLA, ASLA (V3 Companies, Ltd.) 11:30 AM 12:00 PM Networking break & visiting exhibitors/sponsor booths 12:00 PM 1:00 PM (Colonial Room) Lunch 1:15 PM 2:45 PM Concurrent Sessions 2 Stream & Health Moderated by: Rich Starr (Ecosystem Planning & Restoration, LLC) Stream & Floodplain Restoration Evaluation of Stream Restoration Crediting Protocols Barbara Doll, PhD, PE (North Carolina State University, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering) Urban Stream Mitigation: Negotiations, Bridges, Bugs, & BMPs Ward Marotti (WK Dickson & Co., Building Resilient Stream Channels after a Natural Disaster Chris Sturm, CFM (Colorado Water Conservation Board) Reclaiming Floodplains for Fish Habitat and Floodplain Protection Moderated by: Greg Hoffmann, PE (Center for Effectiveness Step Pool Conveyance A Transitional Practice Greg Hoffmann, PE (Center for Green Infrastructure s Role in the Creation of Livable Urban Communities Jack Leonard, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP BD+C (Morgan State University, School of Architecture) Through the Lens of Life Cycle Assessment Comparing Scenarios Lisa Peterson, PhD, PE (Drexel University, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering) Moderated by: Keisha Ricketts (OptiRTC, Real-Time Automated Systems for Managing Technology-Based Pollutant Removal Performance Enhancement Robert Bathurst, PE, MSIA, LLED AP (Century Engineering, Technology, the New BMP: Utilizing Real-Time Automated Controls to Minimize Cost and Maximize Performance of a Flood Control BMP Bob Fossum (Capitol Region District) Data-Driven Design for Continuous Improvement in Viktor Hlas (OptiRTC, Tools for Program Implementation Moderated by: Kim Jones (Town of Bluffton, SC) Education & Outreach Science Needs Policy Needs People Patrick Beggs (North Carolina Division of Water Resources) Rishi Bastakoti, PhD (North Carolina Division of Water Resources) Nitrogen Stewardship Education for Students Living with HABs Abbey Tyrna, PhD (University of Florida, IFAS Extension, Sarasota County) Reflections on Consulting: Past, Present, & Future Jeffrey Rice, MSE, PE (Urban Systems, Ltd.) Engaging with Communities to Develop Priorities for Cooperative : The Duluth Urban

4 Matthew Weber (CBEC, Inc., Ecoengineering) Stream Functions Pyramid Framework Rich Starr (Ecological Planning & Restoration, LLC) This will be an extended session ending at 3:00 PM. Green Infrastructure in Urban Coastal Communities: University Campus Opportunities to Enhance Outdoor Learning Environments Michael O Driscoll, PhD (East Carolina University) Tuesday, April 30 th A Case Study Looking at Dynamic Optimization of Combined Sewer System Infrastructure to Improve Water Quality Integration Grace LeRose (City of Richmond, Virginia) Advisory Committee Jesse Schomberg (University of Minnesota Sea Grant) Inspector Green: Using a Mobile Game to Teach Bioretention Maintenance Rebecca Stack (Designgreen, LLC) This will be an extended session ending at 3:00 PM. 2:30 PM 3:30 PM PM Refreshment Break 2:45 PM 3:30 PM Networking break & visiting exhibitors/sponsor booths 3:30 PM 5:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 3 & Regulatory Frameworks Moderated by: Dave Dickson (University of Connecticut, Center for Land Use Education & Research) MS4 Programs Using Mobile and Cloud Technologies to Centralize and Streamline Your Program Frances Curtis, GISP (Apex Companies, LLC) Targeted Outreach to Reduce the Burden of and Increase Compliance with a More Stringent MS4 Program Dave Dickson (University of Connecticut Center for Land Use Education & Research) Harnessing Student Power to Help Communities Deal with and Moderated by: Carol Wong, PE (Center for Protection, Green Roads Beyond the Streets Urban Green Infrastructure Solutions Michael DeVuono, PE, CPESC (Arcadis, How Effective are Bioswales for Treating Generated by Maryland Highways? Keith Eshleman, PhD (University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory) American Street: An Innovative Approach to Project Implementation & in Philadelphia, Moderated by: Greg Hoffmann, PE (Center for BMP Monitoring Research Roadmap for Minnesota Identifying the Priority Needs for New Research and Plotting a Course to Find the Answers to Questions for Effective John Bilotta (Minnesota Extension and Minnesota Sea Grant) Monitoring of Two Bioswales at an Urban Farm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Elizabeth Regier (Marquette University) Tools for Program Implementation Moderated by: Clell Ford (Beaver Alliance) Funding, Financing, & Incentivizing Atlanta s Environmental Impact Bond for Glen Behrend, PE (City of Atlanta, Department of ) Sustainable Funding for Source Water Protection in Northwest Arkansas Beaver Lake Clell Ford (Beaver Alliance) Tackling Barriers to One Code at a Time Julia Noordyk (University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute)

5 Regulations Christopher Obropta, PhD (Rutgers University, Department of Environmental Services, Water Resources Program) The Quest to be a Compliant, Efficient, and Cost-Effective Program Gary Conley (2NDNATURE) Pennsylvania Kevin Selger, RLA (Gilmore & Associates, Nicole Carey, EIT (Gilmore & Associates, Trevor Woodward, PG (Gilmore & Associates, A Road Map for Permeable Pavement David Smith (Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute) Tuesday, April 30 th Ten Years Later: Updating the Runoff Reduction Method Greg Hoffmann, PE (Center for Utilizing Behavioral Science Best Practices to Recruit Participants for the STAR Business Recognition Program Emily Rhode (City of Durham, North Carolina) 6:00 PM 7:00 PM (Colonial Room) Reception & Poster Session Hors d oeurves

6 Wednesday, May 1 st 7:30 AM 8:30 AM Breakfast 8:30 AM 9:00 AM (Carolina Ballroom) Morning Check-In: Hye Yeong Kwon, Executive Director, Center for Protection, Inc. 10:00 AM 11:00 AM AM Refreshment Break 9:15 AM 10:30 AM Concurrent Sessions 4 Stream & Health Moderated by: Deb Caraco, PE (Center for Protection, Bacteria & Public Health Dogs, Smoke, and Bacteria The Art and Science of Illicit Discharge Detection Using a Variety of Emerging Methods Dana Allen ( Consulting Associates, LLC) Karen Reynolds (Environmental Canine Services) Tracking Progress from Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination in Proctor Creek, GA Deb Caraco, PE (Center for Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Wet Weather: Do They Indicate Illness? Kenneth Schiff (Southern California Coastal Water Research Project) Moderated by: Neely Law, PhD (Center for Protection, Trees & Urban Forestry Utilizing the Urban Forest to Manage : A 12 City Study Karen Firehock ( Center, Christyna Lepetiuk ( Center, Making Urban Trees Count: Quantifying the Impact of the Urban Tree Canopy to Address CSOs in the City of Buffalo, New York Neely Law, PhD (Center for The Role of Forests as Green Infrastructure Jean Marie Hartman, PhD (Rutgers University, Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences) Moderated by: John Rozum (NOAA) NOAA Resources to Improve Coastal Community Resilience through and John Rozum (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association) Poster Session Moderated by: Bill Hodgins, PE (Center for Protection, Poster Session, Cont d Strategic Invasive Species Planning

7 Wednesday, May 1 st & Policy as a Driver for Municipal Dominic Maze (City of Portland, Oregon, Bureau of Environmental Services) 10:30 AM 10:45 AM Networking break & visiting exhibitors/sponsor booths 10:45 AM 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 5 & Regulatory Frameworks Moderated by: Maya Cough-Schulze (North Carolina Division of Water Resources) Funding Sustainable Restoration Efforts in North Carolina Workshop Maya Cough-Schulze (Triangle J Council of Governments, Durham, North Carolina) Patrick Beggs (North Carolina Division of Water Resources) Rishi Bastakoti (North Carolina Division of Water Resources) Funding is often the barrier to ongoing, strategic watershed restoration efforts. Hear a case study from North Carolina about member-driven funding efforts and learn how this method can be used in conjunction with grants and stormwater fee revenues to make your watershed restoration efforts more sustainable. Climate Change & Resilience Moderated by: Amit Pramanik, PhD, BCEEM (The Water Research Foundation) Managing Floods, Sea Level Rise, & Extreme Events Assessment of Precipitation Intensity Duration Frequencies and Associated Peak Discharge Estimates using Long-Term Data from Santee Experimental Forest, Coastal South Carolina Devendra Amatya (USDA Forest Service, Center for Forested Wetlands Research) Water Quality in a Coastal Resilience Setting Tim Hare, PE (Arcadis, How Does Sea Level Rise Increase Storm Surge? The Proof is in the Flooding: Case Studies in Southeast Florida Keren Prize Bolter, PhD (Arcadis, Moderated by: Hamed Majidzadeh (South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium) SeaGrant Panel on Ponds: Functionality in Current & Future Climate Scenarios The Impacts on Tidal Creek Environmental Quality from Coastal Development in the Southeastern United States Denise Sanger, PhD (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Research Institute) A Geospatial Inventory of Ponds in Coastal South Carolina Erik Smith, PhD (University of South Carolina, Baruch Marine Field Laboratory) Proliferation of Ponds in the Coastal Plain Areas of the Southeastern United States Presents Critical Research Needs Barbara Beckingham, PhD (College of Charleston) The Impact of Ponds on Rainfall-Induced Tools for Program Implementation Moderated by: Dave Griffin (McCormick Taylor, Making More Resilient Coastal Cities Adapt: The Range of Green Infrastructure Employed to Improve Urban Resilience in the Eastern U.S. Jason Doll, CPSWQ (KCI Technologies, BMP Design under a Changing Climate Scott Job (Tetra Tech, Forecasting Water Quality in Urban Streams under Future Scenarios through Hierarchical Jonathan Miller (North Carolina State University) Application of a Approach for Improving the

8 12:00 PM 1:00 PM (Colonial Room) 1:00 PM 5:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM Lunch Wednesday, May 1 st Carolina A The Game Workshop John Bilotta (Minnesota Extension & Minnesota Sea Grant) This workshop session will be ending at 4:00 PM. PM Refreshment Break Flooding: A Basin- Scale Assessment Shaowu Bao (Coastal Carolina University) Estimating the Property Value Effects of BMPs Using Hedonic Pricing Joan Ureta (Clemson University, Department of Forestry & Environmental Conservati) Going Beyond the Data: Translating Best Practices to Pond Managers and Owners for Effective Pond Amy Scaroni, PhD (Clemson Extension) Functionality and Resiliency of Constructed Wetlands Jason Martin, PhD (Kleenco Maintenance & Construction) Field Trips 1. Pond Tour Meet at buses in front of the Francis Marion on Calhoun St. 2. Mitigating Flood Risk Walking Tour Meet in the Calhoun Room 3. Historic Walking Tour Meet in the Hotel Lobby 4. Kayak Shem Creek Meet at buses in front of the Francis Marion on Calhoun St. Lunch will be provided for all participants in the Colonial Room from 12:00 PM 1:00 PM. Please eat lunch prior to meeting for your field trip. 7:30 AM 8:30 AM 8:30 AM 9:00 AM (Carolina Ballroom) Breakfast Thursday, May 2 nd 9:15 AM 10:30 AM Concurrent Sessions 6 Morning Check-In: Hye Yeong Kwon, Executive Director, Center for Protection, Inc.

9 Climate Change & Community Resiliency Moderated by: Tim Hare, PE (Arcadis, Managing Floods, Sea Level Rise, & Extreme Events Outside the Flood Zone: A Different Perspective of Coastal Flood Risk Ryne Phillips, PE (Davis & Floyd, Jared Bramblett, PE, LEED AP (Davis & Floyd, Engaging Municipalities on Coastal Resiliency Planning Amy Verbofsky (Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission) Melissa Andrews (Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission) Mari Radford (FEMA, Region III) Smart Investments to Promote Regional Resilience Maya Cough-Schulze (Triangle J Council of Governments, Durham, North Carolina) A Tale of Two Neighborhoods Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency Planning for the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts Kenneth Yu (Kleinfelder, & Regulatory Frameworks Moderated by: Steven Peene, PhD (Applied Technology &, Planning & TMDLs Assessing Land Use, Habitat Quality, & Pollutant Loadings to Develop a Goose Creek Plan Fowler Del Porto, PE (KCI Technologies, Nitrogen Reduction Strategies for the Caloosahatchee Estuary, Florida Steven Peene, PhD (Applied Technology &, Thinking Bigger: Upsizing the Scale of Planning in the Des Plaines River, Illinois Mike Prusila, CFM (Lake County Commission) Successfully Navigating Large- Scale Master Planning: The Pilot Approach Ward Marotti (WK Dickson & Co., Sustainable Design and the Evolving Standard of Care Jean Terry (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani) Thursday, May 2 nd Moderated by: Bill Frost (KCI Technologies, Monitoring & Methods Aligning Two- Dimensional Hydraulics with Functional Outcomes Joe Arrowsmith, PE (Straughan Environmental, Ingrid Bauer (Straughan Environmental, Cold-Water Stream Temperature Analysis and Bill Frost, PE, D.WRE (KCI Technologies, A Decision-Making Tool for Holistic in Los Angeles: What Does That Look Like? Mark Van Auken, PE, CPMSM, ENV SP (Arcadis, U.S. EPA s EnviroAtlas A Geospatial Portal for Planning and James Wickham (US EPA, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory) Stream & Health Moderated by: Amit Pramanik, PhD, BCEEM (The Water Research Foundation) The Water Research Foundation: Stream Restoration and Innovative Practices Integrated : Overview of and Research Portfolio at the Water Research Foundation Harry Zhang, PhD, PE (The Water Research Foundation) Functional Assessment of Stream Restoration: Improving Quantification of Hydrologic and Water Quality Potential in Urban s Brian Bledsoe (University of Georgia) Rod Lammers (University of Georgia) Holly Hall (University of Georgia) Devan Fitzpatrick (University of Georgia) Dynamic Framework and Tool for Linking BMP Systems Performance with Receiving Water Impacts: Overview and Application Charles Rowney (ACR, LLC) Harry Zhang, PhD, PE (The Water Research Foundation) Crediting Water Quality Benefits from

10 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM (Carolina Ballroom) 2:00 PM 4:00 PM Thursday, May 2 nd Networking break & visiting exhibitors/sponsor booths AM Refreshment Break Stream Restoration Lisa Fraley-McNeal (Center for Bill Stack (Center for Protection, 1) Closing Plenary: Urbanization & Climate Change: A Recipe for Disaster for Ecosystem and Human Health without Effective Protection Dr. Geoff Scott, Chair & Clinical Professor, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health 2) Concluding Remarks: Hye Yeong Kwon, Executive Director, Center for Protection, Inc. Breakdown of exhibitions/sponsor booths