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SWPBA Draft Agenda
Savannah, GA
November 3 - 6, 2014
Sunday November 2, 2014
7:00 pm: Registration in Hospitality Suite (Country Inn and Suites)
Monday Workshop, November 3, 2014:
(Coastal Georgia Conference Center)
7:30 - 8:00: Registration
8:00 - 8:30: Announcements
8:30 – 12:00 Stressor Identification/CADDIS Workshop – Scot Hagerthey and Susan
Norton (will include case study)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch on Your Own
1:00 – 5:30 Stressor Identification/CADDIS Workshop – Scot Hagerthey and Susan Norton
(will include case study)
5:30 – 7:00 Dinner on your own
7:00 – 8:00 Registration Hospitality Suite (Country Inn and Suites)
7:00 – 11:00 Hospitality Suite Open (Country Inn and Suites)
Tuesday November 4, 2014
7:00 – 8:00: Registration (Coastal Georgia Conference Center)
8:00 – 8:30: Welcome and Announcements
8:30 – 10:30: Biological Stressor Identification Session
o GA Biological TMDL’s and Visual Site Stressor Identification – Tyler Parson
o TN- TBD
o AL – TBD
o KY – TBD
o NC – TBD
o SC – TBD
o Joy Jackson FL Stressor ID tool - TBD
o EPA Region 4 - TBD
o Overview of MS Modified CADDIS Model – (TBD)
o MS Case Study, Lessons Learned, and Future Work – (TBD)
o Other Stesser Identification Case Studies – Mike Paul (TBD)
o 30 minute Question/Wrap up for CADDIS/Stressor Identification
10:30 – 11:00: Break
11:00 – 12:30: Standards/305(b)/303(d) listings/TMDL Session
o Georgia’s Potential Use of 5R – Susan Salter
o North Carolina 4b and 4R Listing Categories and TMDL Vision – Kathy Stecker
o FL – TBD (Julie Epsy?)
o SC – TBD
o MS – Val or Natalie
o KY – TBD
o TN – TBD
o AL – TBD
o EPA - TBD
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch on your own
1:30 – 3:00: Endangered Species Session
o Endangered Blue-Masked Darter
o US Fish and Wildlife Service presentation on 404 species – Channing St. Aubin
(TBD)
o TBD
o TBD
o TBD
3:00 – 3:30: Break
3:30 – 5:30: Poster Session
o The Southeastern Monitoring Network of SWPBA – the Kentucky experience.
Ryan Evans (KY)
o TBD
o TBD
o TBD
o TBD
6:00 – 6:30: Executive Committee Meeting (Comfort Inn and Suites)
6:30 – 7:30: South Eastern Monitoring Network (SEMN) –after-hours session for only
participants in SEMN (Comfort Inn and Suites)
o Get work group together discuss problems, what is isn’t working, findings, datasharing, future direction, etc. – Debbie Arnwine
7:30: Dinner on your own
8:30 – 11:00: Hospitality Suite Open (Comfort Inn and Suites)
Wednesday November 5, 2014
(Coastal Georgia Conference Center)
7:00 - 8:00: Registration
8:00 - 8:30: Announcements
8:30 – 10:30: South Eastern Monitoring Network Session
o Update on project – Debbie Arnwine
o TVA’s involvement (possibly fish) - John Michael Mollish
o TVA’s involvement (possibly fish) – Shannon O’Quinn
o Periphyton SEMN TN – Marka Smith
o State updates – TBD
o Data Management and/or Regional Monitoring Networks Jen Stamp or Britta
Bierwagen
10:30 – 11:00: Break
11:00 – 12:30: Climate Change Session
o "Climate Change: Implications for the Riparian Vegetation and Aquatic Food
Webs" – Sharon Kington
o Region 4 Climate Change Projects – Mike Paul (TBD)
o TBD
o TBD
o TBD
o TBD
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch on your own
1:30 – 3:00: Monitoring and Assessment of Flow Session
o Flow Restoration with Case Studies – Lisa Gordon
o Accurately Capturing Impairments Due to Hydrologic Alteration – Leah Ettema
o Desktop Analysis Before Monitoring Flow in the Field – Dave Melgaard
o Measuring Flow for Assessment of the Designated Use– Morris Flexner (TBD)
o 30 minute flow discussion as a group led by Lisa Gordon and Dave Melgaard
3:00 – 3:30: Break
3:30 – 5:00: Aquatic Ecosystem Processes
o “Aquatic Ecosystem Processes (Part 1): Application of Hydrology and
Biogeochemistry” – Bruce Pruitt
o “Aquatic Ecosystem Processes (Part 2): Application of Geomorphology and
Aquatic Habitat” – Morris Flexner
o “Aquatic Ecosystem Processes (Part 3): Watershed and Stream Assessment” –
Tim Wilder
o TBD
o TBD
7:00 – 9:00: Banquet/Awards (Location TBD)
9:00 – 11:00: Hospitality Suite Open (Comfort Inn and Suites)
Thursday November 6, 2014
(Coastal Georgia Conference Center)
7:00 - 8:00: Registration
8:00 - 8:30: Announcements
8:30 – 10:30: Nutrient Studies/Periphyton/Nutrient Criteria Session
o Kalina Manolylov will present on GA’s Diatom Analysis Results
o Nutrients Parameters Industrial Sites and Water Treatment Sites – Victoria Adams
o Presentation on Algae/Nutrients in KY (Title TBD) – Lara Panayotoff
o Nutrient Criteria Pilot Studies (Weeks Bay and St. Louis Bay) Sam Stribling
(TBD)
o Alabama Nutrient Criteria and Nutrient TMDL Development – Chris Johnson
o Nutrient Criteria and Combined Criteria Efforts – Mike Paul
o Analyzing Periphyton Data – Mike Paul
o Nutrient Decision Agreement Analysis (Deriving/Informing Combined Criteria) –
Mike Paul (TBD)
o MS Nutrient Criteria (TBD)
10:30 – 11:00: Break
11:00 – 12:00 Biological Criteria
o TBD
o TBD
o TBD
o TBD
12:00 – 1:00: Lunch on Your Own
1:00 – 3:00: Water Quality Monitoring
o Field-Based Water Quality Criteria – Stephen Maurano and Leah Ettema
o Update on Water Resources Inventory and Assessments for Refuges in the
Southeast by US Fish and Wildlife Service – Theresa Thom (TBD)
o TBD
o TBD
o TBD
o TBD
3:00 – 3:30: Wrap Up and Closing Remarks
3:30 – 5:00: Business Meeting and Adjournment