SWPBA Conference Agenda 2014
Savannah, GA
November 02 – 06, 2014
Sunday, November 02, 2014
07:30 pm to 10:00 pm / Location: Country Inn and Suites320 Montgomery Street
1-800-830-5222
Hospitality Suite Open
Monday, November 03, 2014
07:30 am to 08:15 am08:15 am to 08:30 am
08:30 am to 08:45 am
08:45 am to 09:00 am
09:00 am to 09:30 am
09:30 am to 10:15 am
10:15 am to 10:35 am
10:35 am to 11:20 am
11:20 am to 12:05 pm
12:05 pm to 01:20 pm / Location: Coastal Georgia Conference Center
305 Fahm Street
912-651-2005
Registration
Announcements/Door Prizes
Causal Assessment, Stressor Identification, and CADDIS Workshop
Moderators: Sue Norton and Scot Hagerthey, US EPA Headquarters
Mike Paul, Tetra Tech
Welcome and Introductions
Course Overview and Objectives
Introduction to Causal Assessment
Causal Assessment and CADDIS Overview
Break
Step 1: Defining the Case
Step 2: List Candidate Causes
Lunch - On Your Own
Monday, November 03, 2014 - Continued
01:20 pm to 01:35 pm01:35 pm to 02:20 pm
02:20 pm to 03:05 pm
03:05 pm to 03:35 pm
03:35 pm to 03:55 pm
03:55 pm to 04:00 pm
04:00 pm to 04:15 pm
04:15 pm to 04:30 pm
04:30 pm to 05:00 pm
05:00 pm to 05:30 pm
05:30 pm to 06:30 pm
06:30 pm to 07:30 pm
06:30 pm to 08:30 pm
08:30 pm to 11:00 pm / Introduction to Evidence
Step 3: Evidence from the Case
Step 4: Evidence from Elsewhere
Step 5: Identify the Probable Cause
Break
Door Prizes
Documenting and Communicating Conclusions
What Comes After Causal Assessment?
Lessons Learned From Case Studies and Experiences from Other States
Questions and Wrap Up
Registration – Coastal Georgia Conference Center
Executive Committee Meeting (Location TBD)
Dinner - On Your Own
Location: Country Inn and Suites
Hospitality Suite Open
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
07:00 am to 08:00 am08:00 am to 08:10 am
08:10 am to 08:30 am
08:30 am to 09:05 am / Location: Coastal Georgia Conference Center
Registration
Welcome and Announcements
Welcome From Georgia Coastal Resources Division
“Overview of the Georgia Coast and Environmental Issues We are Facing” Spud Woodard, GA CRD
Biological Stressor Identification and Assessment Session
Moderator: Tyler Parsons, GA EPD
“An Overview of Mississippi Stressor Identification and Case Study of Tilda Bogue (Madison County, Mississippi)” Alicia Jacobs, MSDEQ
Tuesday, November 04, 2014 – Continued
09:05 am to 09:25 am09:25 am to 09:45 am
09:45 am to 10:05 am
10:05 am to 10:20 am
10:20 am to 10:25 am
10:25 am to 10:35 am
10:35 am to 10:45 am
10:45 am to 10:55 am
10:55 am to 11:25 am
11:25 am to 11:45 am
11:45 am to 12:05 pm
12:05 pm to 12:35 pm
12:35 pm to 01:50 pm / Biological Stressor Identification and Assessment Session - Continued
“Florida’s Stream Condition Index (SCI) Stressor ID Tool” Joy Jackson, FL DEP
“TIPULA – How Tennessee Pulls off Assessments” Kim (Sparks) Laster, TDEC
“North Carolina’s Approach to Biological Impairment Listings” Kathy Stecker and Eric Fleek, NC DENR
Break
Door Prizes
“Georgia’s Biological TMDL’s and Visual Site Stressor Identification” Tyler Parsons, GA EPD
“Achieving the Goals of the Clean Water Act by Using Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments in South Carolina” Justin Lewandowski, SC DHEC
“Kentucky’s Biological Stressor ID” TBD, KY DEP
Questions Wrap up for Causal Assessment, Stressor Identification, and CADDIS Sue Norton and Scot Hagerthey, US EPA Headquarters
New Species and Climate Change Session
Moderator: Josh Jones, GA EPD
“Inspection and Enforcement at a State Route Construction Project and the Discovery of the Clinch Dace (Chrosomus sp. cf. saylori) in Tennessee" Larry Everett, TDEC
“Climate Change Implications for Riparian Systems: A Literature Review” Sharon Kington, TDEC
“Climate Change Research: Relevant Regional Insights from National Efforts” Mike Paul, Tetra Tech
Lunch - On Your Own
Tuesday, November 04, 2014 – Continued
01:50 pm to 02:10 pm02:10 pm to 02:30 pm
02:30 pm to 02:50 pm
02:50 pm to 03:10 pm
03:10 pm to 03:30 pm
03:30 pm to 03:45 pm
03:45 pm to 03:50 pm
03:50 pm to 04:10 pm
04:10 pm to 04:30 pm
04:30 pm to 04:50 pm
04:50 pm to 05:20 pm
05:20 pm to 06:20 pm / Standards, 305(b)/303(d) Listings, and TMDL Session
Moderator: Bonita Johnson, US EPA Region 4
“Georgia’s Potential Use of 5R” Susan Salter, GA EPD
“Adoption and Implementation of the Revised Recreational Bacteria Criteria in Georgia” Jeremy Smith, GA EPD
“Monitoring and Coastal Recreational Waters under the Federal Beach Act” Elizabeth Cheney, GA CRD
“North Carolina 4b and 4R Assessment Categories and TMDL Vision” Kathy Stecker, NC DHEC
“Florida DO Criteria” Ashley O’Neal, FL DEP
Break
Door Prizes
“Water Quality Standards Tools in Mississippi” Alina Young, MS DEQ
“Nutrient Management in Alabama” Chris Johnson, ADEM
“ ‘Vision’ for Assessment, Restoration, and Protection Under the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Program” Bonita Johnson, US EPA Region 4
“US EPA’s Water Quality Framework: ATTAINS Redesign Update” Dwayne Young, US EPA Headquarters
South Eastern Monitoring Network (SEMN) Work Group – Only for SEMN Participants
Moderator: Debbie Arnwine, TDEC
Work Group Discussions
- Problems
- What Isn’t Working
- Findings
- Data Sharing
- Future Direction
- Other
Tuesday, November 04, 2014 – Continued
05:20 pm to 08:30 pm08:30 pm to 11:00 pm / Dinner - On Your Own
Location: Country Inn and Suites
Hospitality Suite Open
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
07:30 am to 08:00 am08:00 am to 08:20 am
08:20 am to 08:40 am
08:40 am to 09:00 am
09:00 am to 09:20 am
09:20 am to 09:40 am
09:40 am to 10:10 am
10:10 am to 10:30 am
10:30 am to 10:40 am
10:40 am to 11:00 am / Location: Coastal Georgia Conference Center
Registration
Announcements/Door Prizes
Monitoring and Assessment of Flow Session
Moderator: Victoria Adams, GA EPD
“Flow Restoration with Case Studies” Lisa Gordon, US EPA Region 4
“Accurately Capturing Impairments Due to Hydrologic Alteration” Leah Ettema, US EPA Region 4
“Desktop Analysis Before Monitoring Flow in the Field” Dave Melgaard, US EPA Region 4
“Measuring Flow for Assessment of the Designated Use” Morris Flexner, US EPA Region 4 SESD
Group Flow Discussion, Lisa Gordon and Dave Melgaard, US EPA Region 4
Break
Door Prizes
Aquatic Ecosystem Process Session
Moderator: Tasha Hickman, GA EPD
“Aquatic Ecosystem Processes (Part 1): Application of Hydrology and Biogeochemistry” Bruce Pruitt, Engineer Research and Development Center, USACE
Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - Continued
11:00 am to 11:20 am11:20 am to 11:40 am
11:40 am to 01:00 pm
01:00 pm to 01:20 pm
01:20 pm to 01:40 pm
01:40 pm to 02:00 pm
02:00 pm to 02:15 pm
02:15 pm to 02:55 pm
02:15 pm to 02:55 pm / Aquatic Ecosystem Process Session - Continued
“Aquatic Ecosystem Processes (Part 2): Application of Geomorphology and Aquatic Habitat to Access Stream Stability and Condition” Morris Flexner, US EPA Region 4 SESD
“Aquatic Ecosystem Processes (Part 3): Ecological Processes, Aquatic Ecosystem Classification and Compensatory Mitigation in the Section 404 Program” Bill Ainslie, US EPA Region 4
Lunch - On Your Own
Water Quality & Biological Monitoring and Criteria
Moderator: Leslie Piper, GA EPD
“Field-Based Water Quality Criteria” Stephen Maurano and Leah Ettema, US EPA Region 4
“Urban Streams near Chapel Hill, NC – Spatial and Temporal Patterns” Dave Lenat, Lenat Consulting Services
“Beginnings of Macroinvertebrate Assessments of Large Rivers in South Carolina” David Eargle, SC DHEC
Break
Poster Session
“The Southeastern Monitoring Network of SWPBA - the 2013-2014 Kentucky Experience” Jacob Culp and Ryan Evans, KY DEP
“New Records of Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Kentucky” Ryan Evans, David Etnier, and Mark Vogel, KY DEP
“Spatiotemporal Patterns in the Distribution and Abundance of the Introduced Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus) and Native Longear Sunfish (L. megalotis; Centrarchidae) in Reservoirs of the Tennessee River Drainage” Lacey Genard, ADEM
“Comparisons of Stream Water Quality and Macroinvertebrate Communities Across the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field” Susan Dye, EPA Region 4 SESD
“Georgia EPD Ocmulgee Project” Mark Ibbetson, GA EPD
“Forecasting Toxic Cyanobacterial Blooms Throughout the Southeastern U.S.” Ben Hutton, GA EPD
Meet Your Sponsors
Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - Continued
02:55 pm to 03:15 pm03:15 pm to 03:35 pm
03:35 pm to 03:55 pm
03:55 pm to 04:15 pm
04:15 pm to 04:35 pm
04:35 pm to 04:55 pm
05:30 pm to 07:00 pm
07:30 pm to 11:00 pm / South Eastern Monitoring Network Session
Moderator: Debbie Arnwine, TDEC
“Southeast Reference Stream Monitoring Network Update Including Summary of Macroinvertebrate at Tennessee Sites” Debbie Arnwine, TDEC
“Periphyton Southeast Monitoring Network (SEMN) Tennessee” Marka Smith, TDEC
“Southeastern Monitoring Network, Tennessee Valley Authority’s Monitoring Efforts” John Michael Mollish and Shannon O’Quinn, TVA
“Regional Monitoring Networks: Progress and Next Steps” Britta Bierwagen, EPA/ORD
“Stream Classification and Vulnerability of Macroinvertebrate Communities to Climate Change in the Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeastern Regional Monitoring Networks” Johnathan Witt, ORISE with EPA/ORD; Jen Stamp, Tetra Tech; Britta Bierwagen, EPA/ORD; Anna Hamilton, Tetra Tech
“Data Management Options for Regional Networks” Meredith Warren, USGS
Banquet and Awards
Location: Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room
107 West Jones Street
Savannah, GA 31401
(912) 232 - 5997
Location: Country Inn and Suites
Hospitality Suite Open
Thursday, November 06, 2014
07:30 am to 08:00 am08:00 am to 08:15 am / Location: Coastal Georgia Conference Center
Registration
Announcements and Door Prizes
Thursday, November 06, 2014 - Continued
08:15 am to 08:25 am08:25 am to 10:00 am
10:00 am to 10:20 am
10:20 am to 10:30 am
10:30 am to 10:50 am
10:50 am to 11:10 am
11:10 am to 11:30 am
11:30 am to 11:50 am
11:50 am to 12:10 pm
12:10 pm to 12:30 pm
12:30 pm to 12:50 pm
12:50 pm to 02:10 pm / Diatom Response to Nutrient Conditions in Region 4 Streams Session
Moderator: Stephen Maurano, US EPA Region 4
“Overview of SPINBR/SPINR” Chris Decker, US EPA Region 4 SESD
Presentation, Discussion, and Questions:
“Discussion of Results and Interpreting the report: Diatom Responses to Nutrient Conditions in Region 4 Streams” (Report prepared for USA EPA
Region 4, November 4, 2012 by R. Jan Stevenson and Chris Decker.) R. Jan Stevenson, Michigan State University
Break
Door Prizes
Periphyton, Nutrients, Studies, Results, and Criteria Session
Moderator: Anna Cornelious, US EPA Region 4
“Nutrient Criteria from the Industrial and Water Treatment Perspective” Victoria Adams, GA EPD
“Uses of Diatom Community Attributes in Establishing Nutrient Criteria for Georgia Streams” Kalina M. Manoylov, Georgia College and State University
“Periphyton Response Measures: Some Lessons Learned” Mike Paul and Lei Zheng, Tetra Tech
“Potentially Harmful Algal Bloom (PHABs) in North Carolina: Important Considerations if Responding to PHABs” Mark Vander Borgh, NC DENR
“Nutrient Response Indicators in Kentucky Bluegrass Streams” Lara Panayotoff, KY DEP
“Combined Nutrient Criteria: Options and Analytical Approaches” Mike Paul, Tetra Tech
“EPA Algal Laboratory Support: Algal Growth Potential and Other Analyses” Susan Dye, EPA Region 4 SESD
Lunch - On Your Own
Thursday, November 06, 2014 - Continued
02:10 pm to 02:30 pm02:30 pm to 02:50 pm
02:50 pm to 03:10 pm
03:10 pm to 03:30 pm
03:30 pm to 03:50 pm
03:50 pm to 04:10 pm
04:10 pm to 04:30 pm
04:30 pm to 04:50 pm
04:50 pm to 05:10 pm
05:10 pm to 05:20 pm
05:20 pm to 05:30 pm
05:30 pm to 06:30 pm
06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
08:00 pm to 10:30 pm / Volunteer Monitoring
Moderator: Katie Zornig, GA EPD
“Volunteer Monitoring in Georgia and the Southeast” Harold Harbert, GA EPD
“Overview of Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Online Database” Harold Harbert and Anne Stahley, GA EPD
“Bacterial Monitoring for Citizens” Anne Stahley and Harold Harbert, GA EPD
“Watershed and Longitudinal Monitoring Events” Harold Harbert, Jeremy Smith, and Anne Stahley , GA EPD
Break
State and Federal Sampling Strategies
Moderator: Michele Brossett, GA EPD
“ADEM’s 2015 Monitoring Strategy” Lisa Huff, ADEM
“Continuous Monitoring in Georgia – Strategies, Management, and Lessons Learned” Brandon Moody, GA EPD
“Inventory and Monitoring Efforts on FWS Lands” Theresa Thom, US Fish and Wildlife
“Selected USGS Biological Sampling Activities and Realignment Procedures in the Southeastern U.S. during 2014” Billy Justus, USGS - Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
Wrap up and Closing Remarks
Break (Coffee Only)
SWPBA Business Meeting and Adjournment (SWPBA Members Only)
Dinner - On Your Own
Hospitality Suite Open
Friday, November 07, 2014
08:00 am to 10:00 am / Location: Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center694 Beech Hill Lane
Hardeeville, SC 29927
843-784-2468
Excursion (Limited to First 15 people to sign up.)
Moderator: Theresa Thom, US Fish and Wildlife
Bird Watching and Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Tour
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