Even though conference travel and attendance are limited, benefits of many of the conferences can be attained via their proceedings. A recent meeting is presented here.
The Civil Works Planning Office sponsored a workshop in August 2000 in St. Louis, with a theme of Effectively Restoring Ecosystems. Proceedings from the workshop are posted at http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwp/ttconf/confenv.htm. The page can also be reached by going to the Civil Works page http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/, then clicking on "Planning."
The topics presented at the meeting in plenary sessions are listed below. Because of the large file size on some topics, users may wish to visit the web site and download the files to read.
Opening Remarks, Cheryl Smith, CECW-PG
Innovations in the Continuing Authorities Program,
Innovation CAP in New England, Bill Hubbard, CENAE
Mississippi River - Gulf Outlet, Breton Island Restoration, Chris Gilmore, CELMN
CAP by Project Delivery Teams, Guy Brown, CESPK
Partnership with our Customers, George Strain, CESAJ
Summary - Innovations in the Continuing Authorities Program
Planning Guidance, Harry Kitch, CECW-PG
Civil Works Ecosystem Policy, Lynn Martin, IWR
Challenge 21, Ellen Cummings, CECW-PD
WRDA 1999 and 2000, Ellen Cummings, CECW-PD
Continuing Authorities Program, Steve Hudak, Wanda Cook, CECW-B
Civil Works Environmnetal Mission
Bringing the Environment and Economic Development into Balance, MG Hans Van Winkle, CECW-ZA
Keynote Panel, Effectively Restoring Ecosystems
USACE Civil Works Initiatives, James F. Johnson, CECW-P
Fish & Wildlife Service Partnerships with the Corps of Engineers, Benjamin N. Tuggle, USFWS
Effective Restoration of Weltand Ecosystems, Stephen E. Adair, Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Watershed Efforts with the Environmental Protection Agency
Introduction to the Clean Water Act, Jack Generaux, USEPA, Region VII
A Watershed Management Model, Phil Oshida, USEPA, HQ
Army National Perspective on Effectively Restoring Ecosystems
Points and Lessons Learned, Dick Cole, IWR
Patrick A. Malone, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Project Photographs, F. Allen Carter, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
The Nature Conservancy and the Corps of Engineers CAP, K. Doug Blodgett, The Nature Conservancy
Cheree Peterson, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
Partnering, Bill Klesch, CECW-PG
Environmental Partnerships - A Regional Perspective, Denise Barnett, CESAD
Military partnerships in Coastal America, COL George Schlossenagle, Coastal America
Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnerships, Bill Hubbard, CENAE
American Heritage Rivers, Ben Borda, CELRH
White House Task Force on Livable Communities, Bill Klesch, CECW-PG
Clean Water Action Plan, Beverley Getzen, CECW-PD
Abandoned Mine Restoration Initiative, Mike Klosterman, CECW-EV
The topics presented at the meeting in breakout sessions are listed here:
The Comprehensive Everglades Resotration Plan, Stuart Appelbaum, CESAJ
Whitebreast Watershed Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Dan Johnson, CEMVR
Russian River Study, Karen Rippey, CESPN
Environmental Benefits Evalutaion, Eugene Stakhiv, IWR
Ecosystem Restoration Decision Support Model: History, Needs, & Possibilities, Dick Cole, IWR
Environmental Management Program Project Prioritization & Habitat Needs, Leo Foley, CEMVR
Landscape Ecology Approach for Environmental Outputs, Pat Cagney, CENWS
Real Estate Issues
Real Estate Issues, Dave Brandon, CENWO
Dave Mathis, CERD-C
Elley Best, ERDC
Jim Wuebben, ERDC-CRREL
Ecological Dynamics Simulation Model (EDYS), Pat Guertin, ERDC-CERL
Improving Riparian Buffer Strips and Corridors for Water Quality & Wildlife, Richard A. Fischer, Chester O. Martin, J. Craig Fischenich, ERDC-EL
EMRIS, Jean O'Neil, ERDC-EL
Deepwater Slough Section 1135 Ecosystem Restoration, Pat Cagney, CENWS
Sagamore Salt Marsh Restoration Project - Section 1135, Larry Oliver, CENAE
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway - Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, Carolyn Murphy, CESWG
Munyon Island Restoration, Bill Porter, CESAJ
Cumulative Effects, Jean O'Neil, ERDC-EL
A Planning Perspective on Operations & Maintenance Activities, Jim Randolph, CESWT
Improving the Regulatory Process in Southwest Florida, Bob Barron, CESAJ
Project Cooperation Agreements
Ellen Cummings, CECW-PD
Scott Murphy, CECC-G
Designing a Web-Based Environmental Database to Manage & Monitor Environmental Programs, Bill Werick, Germaine Hofbauer, IWR
Shared Vision Planning, Bill Werick, IWR
Evaluating Alternative Ecosystem Restoration Plans Using IWR-PLAN, Leigh Skaggs, IWR
Trade-off Analysis, Bruce Carlson, IWR
Monitoring and Adaptive Management
Monitoring and Adaptive Management of Restoration Projects, Mark McKevitt, CECW-PC, and Jeff Laufle, CENWS
Monitoring and Adaptive Management, Bill Hubbard, CENAE
Endangered Species Coordiantion, Forester Einarsen, CECW-PC
Threatened and Endangered Bat Issues on Corps of Engineers Projects, Chester O. Martin, ERDC-EL
Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Wildlife Mitigation Project, Brian Peck, CESAM
Howard Hanson Dam Section 1135 Project, George Hart, CENWS
East St. Louis and Vicinity Flood Control, Tim George, CEMVS
Forester Einarsen, CECW-PC
Technical Review Process, Denver Austin, CESAD
Technical Review Process, Alberto Gonzalez, CESAJ
Case Studies - Associated With Initiatives
Galilee Salt Marsh Restoration Project Section 1135, Larry Oliver, CENAE
Coralville, Iowa, Ecosystem Opportunities Associated with a Brownfield Initiative, Leo Foley, CEMVR
Laredo River Bend Section 206 and the American Heritage Rivers Program, Hank Jarboe, CESWF
Case Studies - Stream Restoration
Big Escambia Creek Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project, Charles Owens, CESAM
Lower Savannah River, Terry Stratton, CESAS
Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) Environmental Management Program, Donald Powell, CELMS