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1 ERIE Summer Workshop Series: Watershed restoration
Course overview

2 Instructors Kelly M. Frothingham Alan J. Rabideau
Geography and Planning Department, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY 14222, Relationships between fluvial dynamics and aquatic habitat in stream systems impacted by human activity, stream channel restoration and naturalization, and interdisciplinary ecosystem-based watershed management Alan J. Rabideau Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering Department, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, Mathematical modeling of flow and reactive contaminant transport in groundwater, subsurface remediation, and decision and risk analysis for environmental systems

3 Guest lecturers Mike Goehle Victor DiGiacomo Mike Greer
Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator – Northeast Region, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Lower Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office Victor DiGiacomo Eighteenmile Creek Remedial Action Plan Coordinator, Niagara County Soil & Water Conservation District Mike Greer Planning Management Team Leader, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Kathleen Buckler Biologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Margaret Wooster Habitat Planner, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper Colleen Bronner Ph.D. student, UB Environmental Engineering

4 Goals of the lectures Provide an introduction to watershed management planning and the current state of stream restoration Environmental values, especially pertaining to restoration goal setting Cover the watershed management process, including Setting project objectives Community involvement Project design & implementation Monitoring and evaluation Applied approaches and case studies presented by regional experts

5 Schedule Time Topic Presenter(s) Monday, 6/20 8:00-9:00
9:00-10:00 10:00-11:00 11:00-12:00 12:00-12:15 Introductions 12:15-1:00 Course overview Kelly Frothingham 1:00-2:00 Watershed management overview 2:00-2:15 Break 2:15-3:30 Current state of stream restoration 3:30-4:30 Intro to environmental ethics Alan Rabideau 4:30-5:00 Wrap-up

6 Schedule Time Topic Presenter(s) Tuesday, 6/21 8:15-8:30
Announcements & discussion 8:30-10:00 Natural and human-induced disturbances Kelly Frothingham 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15-11:45 USFWS presentation: invasive species Mike Goehle 11:45-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:00 Watershed management process 2:00-2:45 Getting organized 2:45-3:00 3:00-4:30 NCSWCD presentation: project case study Victor DiGiacomo 4:30-5:00 Wrap-up

7 Schedule Time Topic Presenter(s) Wednesday, 6/22 8:15-8:30
Announcements & discussion 8:30-10:00 Project communication Kelly Frothingham 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15-11:45 Problem and opportunity identification 11:45-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:00 Setting project objectives 2:00-3:00 Stream restoration goal setting Alan Rabideau 3:00-3:15 3:15-4:30 4:30-5:00 Wrap-up

8 Schedule Time Topic Presenter(s) Thursday, 6/23 8:15-8:30
Announcements & discussion 8:30-10:00 Project design & design implementation Kelly Frothingham 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15-11:45 USACE presentation: cost benefit & risk assessment Mike Greer 11:45-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:30 USACE presentation: permitting Kathleen Buckler 2:30-2:45 2:45-4:15 Riverkeeper presentation: project case study Margaret Wooster 4:15-5:00 Wrap-up

9 Schedule Time Topic Presenter(s) Friday, 6/24 8:15-8:30
Announcements & discussion 8:30-9:00 Monitoring, evaluation, adaptive management Kelly Frothingham 9:00-10:00 Project monitoring & evaluation methods Colleen Bronner 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15-11:30 Project monitoring & evaluation: national trends & local case studies 11:30-12:00 Wrap up and review 12:00-1:00 1:00-2:00 2:00-3:00 3:00-4:00 4:00-5:00

10 Resources Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group (FISRWG) Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices. By the Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group.   GPO Item No A; SuDocs No. A 57.6/2:EN 3/PT.653.  ISBN Available on-line: 15 Federal agencies, including those in the USDA, US Dept. of Commerce, DOD, HUD, Dept. of the Interior, USEPA, TVA, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Overview of stream corridors, including physical, chemical and biological characteristics Disturbances and developing a watershed management plan Applying restoration principles—analysis of corridor condition; restoration design; restoration installation, monitoring, and adaptive management USEPA Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore our Waters. By the US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water Nonpoint Source Control Branch. EPA 841-B Available on-line: Focused on threatened and impaired waterbodies , the Clean Water Act, and TMDLs References at the end of the presentations TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load


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