Session B1; Fisheries in the East

T. Purinton, Moderator

UMass Amherst

10:15 AM - 10:20 AM

Session C1; Permitting and Regulatory Processes

R. Bostwick, Moderator

UMass Amherst

10:15 AM - 10:20 AM

Session B1- Sample size and statistical considerations for the estimation of American shad upstream fish passage efficiency

Stephen H. Arnold, HDR/DTA
Alan Wells, HDR

UMass Amherst

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Session C1- Developing an optimization model for reservoir operation on the Connecticut River explicitly including fish flows

Richard Palmer, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
David Ahlfeld, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Kim Lutz, The Nature Conservancy

UMass Amherst

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Session B1- Two fish passage projects in the Mid Atlantic Highlands

Ed Watson, Canaan Valley Institue

UMass Amherst

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Session C1- The anatomy of a dam removal- Ft. Halifax Project, Maine

Peter Foote, the Louis Berger Group, Inc.
John Hart, the Louis Berger Group, Inc.

UMass Amherst

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Session B1- Integrating stream simulation design into transportation management on the White Mountain National Forest

Mark Prout, White Mountain National Forest

UMass Amherst

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Session C1- Engineering a trophic cascade on a river channel relocation for the Indianapolis International Airport

Alan Schlindwein, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

UMass Amherst

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Session B1- Fish Ladder Design & construction on Ten Mile River, East Providence, RI

Stephen Dunbar, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

UMass Amherst

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Session C1- A consultant's view of fish restoration in the Santee Basin

Alan Stuart, Kleinschmidt Energy and Water Resource Consultants

UMass Amherst

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Session B2; Fisheries in the Midwest

W. Stancill, Moderator

UMass Amherst

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM

Session C2; Public Consent

D. Kuzmeskus, Moderator

UMass Amherst

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM

Session B2- Fourmile Creek Steelhead Fish Passage Projects

Chris Frese, Kleinschmidt
Kenneth R. Anderson II, PA Fish and Boat Commission
Mark Bowen, Kleinschmidt

UMass Amherst

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM

Session C2- Building stakeholder consensus to achieve fish passage success-Sedgeunkedunk Stream restortion case study

Steve Shepard, Aquatic Science Associates, Inc.

UMass Amherst

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM

Session B2- Building the infrastructure for large-scale connectivity restoration in the Great Lakes Basin

Matthew Diebel, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Stewart Cogswell, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Chris Freiburger, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

UMass Amherst

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM

Session C2- Thanks for putting in that fish ladder: Can you remove the dam now?

Sara Strassman, American Rivers

UMass Amherst

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM

Session B2- Building a fishway for Lake Sturgeon: Successful testing of a prototype upstream fishway on the Menomine River in Northern Wisconsin

Nicholas J. Utrup, Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Franken, WI
James Fossum, River Alliance of Wisconsin and Michigan Hydro Relicensing Coalition, De Pere, WI
Jessica Mistak, Fisheries Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Gladstone, MI
Michael C. Donofrio, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Peshtigo, WI
Todd Jastremski, Hydroelectric Operations, We Energies, Iron Mountain, MI

UMass Amherst

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM

Session C2- Strategic and cooperative conservation efforts in action: USFWS Maine Fishery Resources Office collaborations in Downeast Maine

Scott Craig, USFWS Miane Fishery Resources Office

UMass Amherst

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM

Session B3; Fisheries in the West

S. Roth, Moderator

UMass Amherst

3:20 PM - 3:25 PM

Session C3; Guidelines & Resources

E. Ham, Moderator

UMass Amherst

3:20 PM - 3:25 PM

Session B3- Santa Paula fishway damage evaluation and remediation design

Jon Mann, HDR Engineering, Inc.

UMass Amherst

3:25 PM - 3:45 PM

Session C3- Development of design standards and criteria and monitoring protocols for fish passage restoration projects

Melissa Belcher, University of Massachusetts - Amherst Environmental Conservation/Biology

UMass Amherst

3:25 PM - 3:45 PM

Session B3- Getting scientifically ready for the removal of the Elwha River dams- last call for baseline data

George Pess, Lower Elwha Tribe
Mike McHenry, Lower Elwha Tribe
Sarah Morley, NOAA-NWSFSC
Martin Liermann, NOAA-NWSFSC
Tim Beechie, NOAA-NWSFSC
John McMillan, NOAA-NWSFSC
Keith Denton, NOAA-NWSFSC
Roger Peters, USFWS
Jeff Duda, USGS
Sam Brenkman, NPS
Kent Mayer, WDFW
Mara Zimmerman, WDFW

UMass Amherst

3:45 PM - 4:05 PM

Session C3- From Sea to Source

Herman Wanningen, Wanningen Water Consult
Peter Paul Schollema, Regional Water Authority Hunze en Aa's

UMass Amherst

3:45 PM - 4:05 PM

Session B3- Valley Creek infiltration measures and channel stabilization

Thomas MacDonald, Barr Engineering Co.
Jeff Lee, Barr Engineering Co.
Jeff Weiss, barr Engineering Co.

UMass Amherst

4:05 PM - 4:25 PM

Session C3- A Broad level classification system for dam removals

Laura Wildman, P.E., Princeton Hydro
James Macbroom, P.E., Milone & MacBroom

UMass Amherst

4:05 PM - 4:25 PM

Session B3- Fish Passage planning and desing for small waterway structures in Australia

Ross Kapitzke

UMass Amherst

4:25 PM - 4:45 PM

Session C3- A culvert too far: The failed attempt to update state culvert rules in Maine

Charles Hebson, MaineDOT

UMass Amherst

4:25 PM - 4:45 PM