Coldwater Resource Conservation and Education:
Rising to the Challenges; Embracing Opportunities
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018
All exhibitors and poster presenters are located in the Conference Lobby and Director’s Room. We encourage everyone to take some time throughout the day to visit with exhibitors and poster presenters.
7:30-10:30am(Conference Lobby):8:30- 10:00 am (Ballroom): / Registration
Opening Remarks, Keynote Address and Plenary
Welcome: Charlie Charlesworth, President, PA Council of Trout Unlimited
Keynote Address: Mr. Tom Saunders, President and CEO, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Plenary: Martin R. Siegel and Sarah Doyle, Stock and Leader
“The Impact of PA’s Revitalized Environmental Rights Amendment on Environmental Protection; and the potential impacts of the review of the Antiquities Act and the Clean Water Rule”
MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 10:30 am – 12:00pm
Each presentation will be 20 min in length with about 10 minutes for Q&A
Identifying Coldwater Resource Restoration Priorities
Strategic Project Planning for Brook Trout Using a Conservation Portfolio Approach
Shawn Rummel, Trout Unlimited
Community-based Conservation Tools to Engage Landowners in Conservation
Adrienne Gemberling, Chesapeake Conservancy
The Headwaters Hemlock Project
Liz Costanzo Kreger, Pheasants Forever, Inc.
Current Trends in Trout Populations, I
Update on Pennsylvania’s Wild Trout Resources and Most Popular Wild Trout Streams
Jason Deter, PA Fish and Boat Commission
Long-term Brook Trout Population Studies in Loyalsock Creek, PA
Jonathan Niles, Susquehanna University
Coldwater Streams in a Changing World: Effects of Watershed Fragmentation and Forest Composition on Fish Assemblages
Andrew Turner, Clarion University
Outreach and Education Strategies
Trout Grow on Trees!
Tara Muenz, Stroud Water Research Center
Reel ‘emIn: Attention Getting Activities for Outreach and Education
Jessica Kester, Allegheny Land Trust
Watershed Education and Outreach by the Lycoming College Clean Water Institute
Mel Zimmerman, Lycoming College Clean Water Institute
Lunch and Awards (12:00 - 1:15 pm)
AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 1:20 – 3:40 pm
Each presentation will be 20 min in length with about 10 minutes for Q&A, unless otherwise noted
Current Trends in Trout Populations, II
Influence of Interacting Stressors on Native Brook Trout in a Western PA Watershed
Jennifer M. Graves, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Molecular Determination of Diet Illuminates Potential Niche Partitioning among Three Sympatric Salmonid Species
Brandon D. Hoenig, Duquesne University
BREAK: 2:20 – 2:40 pm
Effects of Stocking Hatchery Trout on Wild Trout Populations: A Literature Review
Richard Soderberg, Mansfield University and PA Trout Unlimited
Citizen Science on the Allegheny National Forest
Chuck Keeports, Allegheny National Forest
Partnerships for Success
Getting to know the National Fish Habitat Partnership
Ryan Roberts, Program Manager, National Fish Habitat Partnership
Working with Land Trusts: Partnerships for Conserving Coldwater Streams and Watersheds
Matt Marusiak, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
BREAK: 2:20 – 2:40 pm
Water Quality of Streams in the Allegheny River Headwaters and the Oswayo Creek Basin
Bruce Dickson, Redhorse Environmental
Community Outreach on the Surface Mining Control Reclamation Act Title IV Fee Authorization, State-wise Partners and the PA Abandoned Mine Land Campaign
Robert E. Hughes, EPCAMR and Anne Daymut, WPCAMR
Restoration Opportunities on Agricultural and Mixed-use Lands
Successful Strategies for Conservation and Restoration of Coldwater Resources in Mixed Use Watersheds
Melinda Daniels, Stroud Water Research Center
Harnessing Interest in Pollinator Conservation to Improve Water Quality
Ryan Davis, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
BREAK: 2:20 – 2:40 pm
Improving Soil Health to Meet Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Goals: A Team Effort with Farmers, NGOs, and Government Agencies (40 min plus Q&A)
Lisa Blazure, Clinton County Conservation District; James Harbach, Schrack Farms; and Bill Chain, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Reconnecting, Restoring, and Improving Trout Habitat
The Legacy of Historic Logging in North-Central PA and Examples of Using Adaptive Stream Restoration Techniques to Improve Brook Trout Habitat
Benjamin R. Hayes, Bucknell University
Large Wood and Stream Restoration on the ANF: A Beautiful Mess
Luke Bobnar, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
BREAK: 2:20 – 2:40 pm
Aquatic Organism Passage(AOP); The Next Step in Watershed Restoration
Phil Thomas, Trout Unlimited
Reducing Spawning Bed Sedimentation in a Second Order Northeast Ohio Stream
Charlie Stewart-Bates, Terry Harmon University
Student Poster Awards and Closing Remarks (4:00 - 4:30 pm)