2009 Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists Workshop

2009 Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists Workshop
Cacapon State Park
Berkeley Springs, WV
April 1 – 2, 2009

7:00 – 8:30 PM Early registration: Tuesday, March 31, 2009

DAY 1 AGENDA: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009 Washington/Fairfax Room

8:00 – 8:30 Registration (Continental Breakfast)

8:30Welcome, AMAAB Business

8:40Live Bait: A Major Vector in the Introduction and Dispersal of Non-native Species in MD Waters

Jay Kilian Maryland Department of Natural Resources ()

9:00Silver Eel Migration and Mortality Associated with Five Hydroelectric Dams on the ShenandoahRiver

Sheila Eyler US Fish and Wildlife Service, Maryland Fisheries Resource Office ()

9:20Development of a Mayfly Model for Ecotoxicology Studies

DavidBuchwalter North CarolinaUniversity, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology ()

9:40Predicting Natural Stream Flows and Assessing Hydrological Alteration

Marty Gurtz US Geological Survey, National Water-Quality Assessment Program ()

10:00–10:20Break

10:20Tools for Jurisdictional Determination of Headwater Streams in Appalachia

Greg Pond US Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Wheeling ()

10:40GIS Applications for Management of Environmental Resources in the Coal Mining Industry

Josh Kelly Wallace & Pancher, Inc. ()

11:00The Lack of Congruence among Different Ecological Assessments: Implications for Prioritizing the Restoration and Protection of Stream Biodiversity

Scott Stranko Maryland Department of Natural Resources ()

11:20Showing a Restoration Benefit: The Easy, the Not So Easy and the Very Hard

Mark Southerland Versar, Inc. ()

11:40An Urban Stream Continuum

Kenneth Belt US Forest Service, BES LTER ()

12:00-1:30Lunch

1:30National Wetland Condition Assessment

Regina Poeske US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds ()

1:50MontgomeryCounty’s Special Protection Areas: Evaluating Best Management Practice Effectiveness at Protecting High Quality Water Resources

Rachel Gauza Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection ()

2:10Perspective: A Lifetime Look at Water and Air Pollution, Climate Change and Government’s Role

Ann Schenk Maryland Department of Natural Resources ()

2:30-3:30Break and Poster Session – MorganRoom

3:30-4:30Marcellus Shale Issue

TBD Marcellus Shale Committee- Industry Perspective

Amy Bergdale USEPA Region III - Federal Perspective

Brian Chalfant, PA DEP; TBD, WV DEP – State Perspective

Group discussion

6:00-8:00Social – Downstairs conference room

7:00-8:00PosterSession-MorganRoom

8:00-9:00Doug Wood Presentation - Washington Room

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POSTERS: On display all day Wednesday

Just Say No to Didymo: A Collaborative Survey of ‘Rock Snot’ Occurrence in the Gunpowder Falls, Maryland

Ronald Klauda & Katherine Laycock, Maryland Department of Natural Resources ()

Dennis Genito, Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management

Bioindicator Products to Support Mid-Atlantic Biologists

Wayne Davis, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information ()

Visualizing the Marcellus Drilling Process

Amy Bergdale, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Monitoring and Assessment, ()

Using the VirginiaStream Condition Index to Evaluate the Condition of Virginia’s Non-coastal Stream Restoration Projects

Sean Sipple, Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. ()

Impervious Surface: A Comparison of Estimation Techniques

Sara Weglein, Maryland Department of Natural Resources ()

Effect of Riparian Buffer Width on Indices of Biotic Integrity in Urban Streams

Luke Roberson, Maryland Department of Natural Resources ()

Diversity-Stability Analysis of MBSS Data

Ann Schenk, Maryland Department of Natural Resources ()

Status of Brook Trout in Prettyboy Reservoir Watershed (Baltimore County, MD)

Dennis Genito, Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management

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Fondriest Environmental Monitoring Products

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DAY 2 AGENDA: THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009- Workshops

The Mid-Atlantic States Regional Wetlands Assessment

8:00 - 12:00, Meeting room next to lobby, then outside

Fondriest Multimeter 101: Fondriest EnvironmentalMonitoringProducts

8:30 - 12:00, Washington Room

NPDES and WET (Bioassays)

8:30 - 12:00, Fairfax Room

Aquatic/RiparianInvasivePlantIdentification

8:30 - 11:30, MorganRoom

Multivariate Statistics

9:00 - 12:00, Club Room (downstairs)

Fish Identification Workshop Module 5

8:30- 12:00, Downstairs conference room

Identification of Larval Crane Flies of North America

8:00 - 12:00, Olde Inn conference room