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Schedule & Agenda

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Agenda

Day 1 - April 29
7:30 am Registration Begins Liberty Theater Lobby
8:45 Opening Remarks, Guidelines and Format Gary Johnson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory); Donna Silverberg (DS Consulting)
8:55 Welcome Joan Dukes (Northwest Power and Conservation Council)
9:00 Where Salmon Gather: The Work of Estuarine Restoration Glenn Lamb (Columbia Land Trust)
9:20 Estuarine (and other ecosystems) Restoration Nationally Kevin Brice (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
9:40 An Overview of Habitat Restoration in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary Debrah Marriott (Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership)
10:00 BREAK
Session 1: Restoration Planning and Implementation
10:20 Ecosystem Restoration Approaches Allan Whiting (P.C. Trask and Associates)
10:40 Columbia River Estuary Restoration Project Funding and Implementation Considerations Jeff Breckel (Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board)
11:00 Project Development in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary Evan Haas (Estuary Partnership)
11:20 Project and Program Decision-Making: Tools and Adaptive Management Frameworks Ron Thom (PNNL)
11:40 Speakers/Audience Discussion  
12:00 pm LUNCH - on your own
Session 2: Research to Reduce Restoration Uncertainties
1:00 The Columbia River and its Estuary: Physical Structure and Function David Jay (Portland State University)
1:20

Elevation of Tidal Wetland Plant Communities in the Columbia River Estuary

Amy Borde (Pacfic Northwest National Laboratory)
1:40 Ecological Change and Resilience in Oregon 's Salmon River and Columbia River Estuaries Dan Bottom (National Marine Fisheries Service)
2:00 Ecology of Juvenile Salmonids in Tidal Fresh and Estuarine Waters Curtis Roegner (National Marine Fisheries Service)
2:20 Resolving Uncertainty Necessary to Conduct Strategic Restoration in the Columbia River Estuary to Support Recovery of Wild Salmon Charles ("Si") Simenstad (University of Washington)
2:40 Speakers/Audience Discussion  
3:00 BREAK
3:30 Restoring Wetland Functionality Paul Adamus (ARA)
3:50 Teaching Environmental Science in the Field Brings Habitat Restoration to Life for Both Students and Teachers Rob Stockhouse (Wahkiakum Community Foundation)
4:30 Poster Session and Evening Social  
7:00 pm ADJOURN
Day 2 - April 30
Session 3: Wetlands and Flood Management
7:30 am Registration Begins Liberty Theater Lobby
8:00 Welcome and Review Donna Silverberg (DS Consulting)
8:20 Hydrodynamic Modeling of Tidal Reconnection Restoration Projects: Uses and Limitations Mike Ott (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
8:40 Levees and Dikes: Operations and Benefits Dave Ambrose (Clatsop Soil and Water Conservation District)
9:00 Effects of Estuarine Wetland Restoration on Flood Management: The Lower Grays River Experience Ian Sinks (Columbia Land Trust)
9:20 Speakers/Audience Discussion  
9:40 BREAK
Session 4: Action Effectiveness Monitoring
10:00 Columbia River Estuary Restoration Monitoring: Synthesis & Gaps Chris Hathaway (Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership)
10:20 Monitoring Toxics and Invasive Species: Implications for Habitat Restoration and Effectiveness Monitoring Greg Fuhrer (U.S. Geological Survey) and Krista Jones (Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership)
10:40 Fish Monitoring at Restoration Sites Micah Russell (Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce)
11:00 Evaluating Cumulative Ecosystem Response to Tidal Wetland Restoration Projects in the Columbia River Estuary Heida Diefenderfer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
11:20 Speakers/Audience Discussion  
11:45 am LUNCH
1:00 Facilitated Session for Restoration Practitioners: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluating and Decision-Making  
2:30 BREAK
Session 5: Management Perspectives
3:00

Perspectives on Estuary Restoration:

 
 

National Marine Fisheries Service

Cathy Tortorici (National Marine Fisheries Service)
 

Bonneville Power Administration

Jim Geiselman (Bonneville Power Administration)
 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District

Doug Putman (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
 
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Jim Ruff (Northwest Power and Conservation Council)
  Speakers/Audience Discussion  
4:00 Population Growth, Climate Change, and Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem Restoration Bob Bilby (Independent Scientific Advisory Board)
4:25 Closing Remarks Gary Johnson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
4:30 pm ADJOURN

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