1. PRESENTS Stormwater Problems Are Real… …and so are the Solutions

2. Welcome & Introduction

3. Program Sponsors Northeast Ohio Watershed Council thanks the following sponsors for making this program possible: * Cleveland Metroparks * Cuyahoga County Board of Health * Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District * Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District * Ohio Environmental Council

4. Mission The mission of the Northeast Ohio Watershed Council is to provide networking and mentoring opportunities for watershed groups in Northeast Ohio, and to provide a collaborative forum for education, discussion, assessment, and adoption of advocacy positions regarding water quality, quantity, restoration, preservation, and distribution issues.

5. Voting Members * Breakneck Creek Coalition * Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan * Friends of Arcola Creek * * Friends of Big Creek * Friends of the Crooked River * Friends of Euclid Creek * * Friends of Wetlands * Friends of Yellow Creek * Grand River Partners, Inc. * * Little Cuyahoga River Conservancy * Marsh Area Regional Coalition * Portage Trail Sierra Club * * Rocky River Watershed Council * Tinkers Creek Watershed Partners * West Creek Preservation Committee * Advisory/Associate Members * Ashtabula River Partnership * AWARE * Black River RAP * Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc. * * Cuyahoga County Board of Health * Cuyahoga SWCD * Davey Resource Group * Doan Brook Watershed Partnership * * Green City Blue Lake * Firelands Land Conservancy * Geauga Park District * Grand River Partners, Inc. * * Great Lakes Brewing Company * Holden Arboretum * Kent Environmental Council * Mahoning River Consortium * * The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes * NEFCO * Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District * * Ohio Coastal Resource Management Project * Ohio Environmental Council * * Ohio Lake Management * OEPA * OSU Extension * Portage Lake Advisory Committee * Portage Park District * * Trout Unlimited – Clear Fork Chapter * Upper Cuyahoga River Watershed Task Force *

7. Program Agenda 6:40 - 7:20 Addressing stormwater impacts through a watershed approach Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Manager of Watershed Programs, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District 7:20 - 8:00 Watershed restoration techniques Jennifer Zielinski, P.E., Water Resources Engineer, Biohabitats, Inc. 8:00 – 8:30 Preview of forthcoming restoration project tours 8:30 – 9:00 Q & A 9:00 - 9:30 Exhibits, meet your local watershed group, networking

8. Addressing Stormwater Impacts through a Watershed Approach Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Manager of Watershed Programs, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

9. Watershed Restoration Techniques Jennifer Zielinski, P.E., Water Resources Engineer, Biohabitats, Inc

10. Preview of Upcoming Restoration Project Tours Bob Gardin, Friends of Big Creek

11. West Creek Restoration Dave Lincheck, West Creek Preservation Committee

12. Big Creek – Chevy Branch Restoration Project Ivette Bolender, Biohabitats,Inc.

13. Euclid Creek – Wildwood Bioswale Friends of Euclid Creek

14. Tinkers Creek – Bear Creek Branch Restoration Project Mike McNutt, Cuyahoga County Board of Health

15. Q & A