Monday, April 29 th 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Open registration for pre-conference workshops 1:00 PM 4:00 PM Pre-conference workshops Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Free & Easy Field Data Collection with Your Smartphone David Dickson University of Connecticut (UConn) Center for Land Use Education & Research (CLEAR) Cary Chadwick UConn CLEAR Chet Arnold UConn CLEAR Emily Wilson UConn CLEAR Using Ecosystem Services & Sustainability to Drive Function & Diversity in Ecological Restoration Scott McGill Founder & CEO of Ecotone, Inc. 3:00 PM 7:00 PM Open registration for conference 2:00 PM 9:00 PM Exhibitor set-up Urban Tree & Stormwater Eric Kuehler U.S. Forest Service Trisha Moore Kansas State University Neely Law, PhD Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. Steve Gattfield Montgomery Association Charles Barden Kansas State University
Tuesday, April 30 th 7:00 AM 8:30 AM Registration 7:30 AM 8:30 AM Breakfast 8:30 AM 9:45 AM 1) Welcome: Hye Yeong Kwon (Executive Director; Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.) 2) Welcome: Board Member (Board Member; Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.) 3) Plenary speaker introduction: Planning Committee Member (Planning Committee Member; Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.) 4) Plenary speaker: Honorable (former) Mayor Joseph Riley (Charleston, SC) 9:45 AM 10:00 AM Break/refreshments 10:00 AM 11:30 AM Concurrent Sessions 1 Track: Stormwater BMP Design & Maintenance Irrigate, Infiltrate, Automate: Stormwater Reuse at Upper Villa Park, Minnesota An Introduction to a New National ASCE Standard on Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement Stormwater and Rainwater: Harvesting the Benefits Designing Bioretention Soil Media Specifications for Stormwater Treatment: A Critical Review of Research Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities Managing a Successful Planned Stormwater Maintenance Program Track: Source Water Protection From Farm Fields and Coal Country to Philadelphia s Taps: How the Schuylkill Action Network Works to Protect Drinking Water Source Water Protection: 20 Years of On-Site Wastewater Treatment Programs in the New York City Watershed Watershed and Green Infrastructure Resiliency: Local, Onsite Rainwater/Stormwater Harvesting for Beneficial Uses How to Make a City s Water Supply System Resilient City of Gloucester 11:30 AM 12:00 PM Exhibit/networking break 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch Jobs Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) Certification Program: Results and Impacts from the First Two Years Enhancing Natural Hydrology at Atlanta s Park and Open Space Network The Clean Water Certificate Training Program: Developing a Skilled Stormwater Labor Force Holistic Solutions to Technical and Social Challenges: Two GI Case Studies Focusing on Creative Financing and Workforce Development Aspects Track: Real-Time Controls for Ponds Technology-Based Stormwater Pollutant Removal Performance Enhancement Technology, the New BMP: Utilizing Real-Time Automated Controls to Minimize Cost and Maximize Performance of a Flood Control BMP Data-Driven Design for Continuous Improvement in Stormwater
Tuesday, April 30 th 1:15 PM 2:45 PM Concurrent Sessions 2 Infrastructure Effectiveness Step Pool Stormwater Conveyance A Transitional Practice Green Infrastructure s Role in the Creation of Livable Urban Communities Through the Lens of Life Cycle Assessment Comparing Stormwater Scenarios Integrating Green Infrastructure into Nonpoint Source and Stormwater in Georgia Track: Stormwater BMP Monitoring Stormwater Research Roadmap for Minnesota Identifying the Priority Needs for New Research and Plotting a Course to Find the Answers to Questions for Effective Stormwater Bioretention Soil Media: Specification Development for Stormwater Treatment Monitoring of Two Bioswales at an Urban Farm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Ten Years Later: Updating the Runoff Reduction Method 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Exhibit/networking break Track: Stream & Floodplain Restoration Evaluation of Stream Restoration Crediting Protocols Urban Stream Mitigation: Negotiations, Bridges, Bugs, & BMPs Building Resilient Stream Channels after a Natural Disaster Reclaiming Floodplains for Fish Habitat and Floodplain Protection Track: SeaGrant Panel on Stormwater Ponds: Functionality in Current & Future Climate Scenarios Proliferation of Stormwater Ponds in the Coastal Plain Areas of the Southeastern United States Presents Critical Research Needs Field and Modeling Studies of Stormwater Runoff and Tidal Creek Hydrology in the Central Coast of South Carolina Estimating the Property Value Effects of Stormwater BMPs Using Hedonic Pricing Stormwater Ponds: Functionality in Current and Future Climate Scenarios The Impacts on Tidal Creek Environmental Quality from Coastal Development in the Southeastern United States Going Beyond the Data: Translating Best Practices to Pond Managers and Owners for Effective Stormwater Pond The Impact of Stormwater Ponds on Rainfall- Induced Flooding: A Basin-Scale Modeling Assessment A Geospatial Inventory of Stormwater Ponds in Coastal South Carolina
Tuesday, April 30 th 3:30 PM 5:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 3 Infrastructure Roads Beyond the Streets Urban Green Infrastructure Solutions How Effective are Bioswales for Treating Stormwater Generated by Maryland Highways? American Street: An Innovative Approach to Project Implementation & Stormwater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A Road Map for Permeable Pavement Track: Making Stormwater More Resilient A Case Study Looking at Dynamic Optimization of Combined Sewer System Infrastructure to Improve Water Quality Integration Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Urban Coastal Communities: University Campus Opportunities to Enhance Outdoor Learning Environments Coastal Cities Adapt: The Range of Green Infrastructure Employed to Improve Urban Resilience in the Eastern U.S. Modeling BMP Design under a Changing Climate Forecasting Water Quality in Urban Streams under Future Scenarios through Hierarchical Modeling 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Reception & poster session Track: Funding, Financing, & Incentivizing Atlanta s Environmental Impact Bond for Green Infrastructure Sustainable Funding for Source Water Protection in Northwest Arkansas Beaver Lake Watershed Tackling Barriers to Green Infrastructure One Code at a Time Utilizing Behavioral Science Best Practices to Recruit Participants for the Stormwater STAR Business Recognition Program Track: Watershed Efforts in North Carolina Workshop
Wednesday, May 1 st 7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental breakfast 8:30 AM 9:00 AM Morning check-in: Facilitated by Hye Yeong Kwon; Executive Director; Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. 9:15 AM 10:30 AM Concurrent Sessions 4 Infrastructure Trees & Urban Forestry Utilizing the Urban Forest to Manage Stormwater: A 12 City Study Making Urban Trees Count: Quantifying the Impact of the Urban Tree Canopy to Address CSOs in the City of Buffalo, New York The Role of Forests as Green Infrastructure Track: Watershed Planning & TMDLs Assessing Land Use, Habitat Quality, & Pollutant Loadings to Develop a Goose Creek Watershed Plan Strategic Invasive Species Planning & Policy as a Driver for Municipal Watershed Nitrogen Reduction Strategies for the Caloosahatchee Estuary, Florida Thinking Bigger: Upsizing the Scale of Watershed Planning in the Des Plaines River Watershed, Illinois Successfully Navigating Large-Scale Watershed Master Planning: The Pilot Approach Strategies to Manage Emerging Threats to Water Resources in Mamu Watershed of Southeast Nigeria Sustainable Design and the Evolving Standard of Care Poster Session Cont d Poster Session Cont d 10:30 AM 10:45 AM Break/refreshments 10:45 AM 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 5 Infrastructure Design Case Studies Green Stormwater Infrastructure on the University of Connecticut Campus: Drivers, Obstacles, Results, and Impacts A Multi-Function/-Benefit Approach to Stormwater Treatment Army TMDL Compliance Program: An Overview of Retrofit Projects on Track: MS4 Programs Using Mobile and Cloud Technologies to Centralize and Streamline Your Stormwater Program Targeted Outreach to Reduce the Burden of and Increase Compliance with a More Stringent MS4 Program Harnessing Student Power to Help Communities Deal with Stormwater and Stormwater Regulations Track: Education & Outreach Science Needs Policy Needs People Nitrogen Stewardship Education for Students Living with HABs Reflections on Stormwater Consulting: Past, Present, & Future Engaging with Communities to Develop Priorities for Cooperative Watershed : The Duluth Urban Track: NOAA Resources to Improve Coastal Community Resilience through Stormwater and Green Infrastructure
Wednesday, May 1 st Maryland and Virginia Installations Paving the Way for Green Stormwater Infrastructure at the Metropolitan Airports Commission Finishing Touches The Quest to be a Compliant, Efficient, and Cost-Effective Stormwater Program Watershed Advisory Committee Water Quality It s NOT about the SWPPP Inspector Green: Using a Mobile Game to Teach Bioretention Maintenance 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1) Visit exhibitors for passport 2) Box lunch for field trips if not signed up on your own and lunch for people staying 1:00 PM 4:00 PM Workshop: The Watershed Game Training on the use of the Local Leader and Classroom version. An introduction to the new Coastal Zone model for 2019 (John Bilotta, MN Extension and MN Sea Grant) 2:30 PM 2:45 PM Break/refreshments 1:00 PM 5:00 PM Field trip Field trips may begin earlier and require participants to skip part of the current sessions in the morning. They may also end later and include dinner.
Thursday, May 2 nd 7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental breakfast 8:30 AM 9:00 AM Morning check-in: Hye Yeong Kwon; Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. 9:15 AM 10:30 AM Concurrent Sessions 6 Track: Bacteria & Public Health Dogs, Smoke, and Bacteria The Art and Science of Illicit Discharge Detection Using a Variety of Emerging Methods CWP Proctor Creek Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Wet Weather: Do They Indicate Illness? Demonstrating BMP Effectiveness with Microbial Source Tracking Host Fecal Score Track: 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 Water Quality in a Coastal Resilience Setting Outside the Flood Zone: A Different Perspective of Coastal Flood Risk Smart Investments to Promote Regional Resilience How Does Sea Level Rise Increase Storm Surge? The Proof is in the Flooding: Case Studies in Southeast Florida Engaging Municipalities on Coastal Resiliency Planning Profiles in Flood Mitigation: Overcoming Barriers to Designing and Implementing Effective Policies A Tale of Two Neighborhoods Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency Planning for the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts Track: Monitoring & Modeling Methods Aligning Two- Dimensional Hydraulics with Functional Outcomes Cold-Water Stream Temperature Analysis and Modeling A Decision-Making Tool for Holistic Stormwater in Los Angeles: What Does That Look Like? U.S. EPA s EnviroAtlas A Geospatial Portal for Watershed Planning and Track: Findings from the Water Research Foundation on Stream Restoration and Innovative Stormwater Practices Functional Assessment of Stream Restoration: Improving Quantification of Hydrologic and Water Quality Potential in Urban Watersheds Integrated Stormwater : Overview of Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Research Portfolio at the Water Research Foundation Dynamic Framework and Tool for Linking Stormwater BMP Systems Performance with Receiving Water Impacts: Overview and Application Crediting Water Quality Benefits from Stream Restoration 10:30 AM 11:00 AM Free time 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1) Welcome: Hye Yeong Kwon (Executive Director; Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.) 2) Closing plenary speaker: Dr. Geoff Scott, Chair and Clinical Professor, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health Urbanization and Climate Change: A Recipe for Disaster for Ecosystem and Human Health without Effective Stormwater Protection 7:30 AM 12:00 PM Exhibition breakdown