Session program – SER-Northeast

Below is the list of speakers in the break-out sessions and poster session along with their presentation titles. A pdf of speaker biographies and presentation abstracts is available here.

Morning sessions
	Coastal Restoration & Management – Sea Level Rise, Salt Marshes, Oyster Restoration		Ecosystem Services & Human Ecology		River Restoration – Approaches & Theory		Freshwater Wetland Restoration
	Moderators: Tom Touchet & D. Steven Brown		Moderators: Aaron Schlechter & Michael Talbot		Moderators: Denise Burchsted & Roy Schiff		Moderators: Ryan Crehan & Alex Hackman
	East Lecture Hall		West Lecture Hall		Main Lecture Hall		Classroom 107
	Author	Title	Author	Title	Author	Title	Author	Title
10:45-11:05	Zachary Lehmann, Great Ecology	Modeling Sea Level Rise in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary using a Coastal Vulnerability Index	John Lepore, Future Lands – Ecological By Design	The Three R’s of an Academic Stewardship Plan	Dr. Douglas Thompson, Connecticut College (10:45 – 11:15)	The Long History of Instream Structure Use in River Restoration	Michael Klein, Environmental Planning Services	Restoration of a Wetland and Stream System at an Upland Glacial Till Site in Northwestern CT
11:05-11:25	Katharine Gehron, Yale University	Salt Marsh Migration in Anthropogenic Coastal Landscapes	Alexander Etkind and Jessica Whritenour, The 300 Committee Land Trust	Teaticket Park: Public Access and Restoration of Sensitive Wetland Habitat			Catherine Kuhn, Yale University	Baselines for Restoration: Calculating a Water Budget for a Small Urban Wetland
					James MacBroom, Milone & MacBroom, Inc. (11:15-11:45)	Stream Processes, Stream Power, and Stream Restoration
11:25-11:45	Shri Verrill, University of Southern Maine	Vegetation response to tidal restoration in Long Marsh, Harpswell Maine.	Emily Vogler, Rhode Island School of Design	Landscape Performance: Quantifying the Social and Ecological Benefits of Landscape Design			Ryan Crehan, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, VT	Design and implementation of floodplain wetland restoration in Vermont
11:45-12:05	Steven Brown, The Nature Conservancy	Defining ecological baselines and suitability for oyster reef restoration	Dr. Christopher Neill, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory	Temperature Regime of a Cape Cod Groundwater River Influenced by Impoundment and Cranberry Agriculture	Dr. Denise Burchsted, Keene State College	Natural Dams and the River Dis-Continuum	Dr. Kate Ballantine, Mt Holyoke College	Long-term development and ecosystem functions of restored wetlands
12:05-12:25	Curtis Felix, Town of Wellfleet	Water Quality Results from 2 acre oyster restoration pilot project, Wellfleet, MA	Discussion		Michael Chelminski and Robin MacEwan, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.	“Engineered Dam Failure”: An Approach to Aquatic Habitat Restoration	Alex Hackman, MA Division of Ecologial Restoration	You want to do what? Theory and practice used to design one of the largest freshwater wetlands restorations in Massachusetts (Tidmarsh Farms, Plymouth)

Afternoon sessions
	Coastal Area Restoration & Management		Ecosystem Services & Human Ecology		River Restoration: Approaches & Case Studies		Native, Invasive & Rare Species
	Moderators: Tom Touchet & Seth Wilkinson		Moderator: Aaron Schlechter		Moderators: Denise Burchsted & Matthew Murawski		Moderators: Sarah Watts & Bryan Connolly
	East Lecture Hall		Main Lecture Hall		Classroom 107		West Lecture Hall
	Author	Title	Author	Title	Author	Title	Author	Title
1:45-2:05	Megan Wheeler, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory	Effects of Vegetation Removal, Seed Limitation and Soil Chemistry on Sandplain Grassland Creation on Former Agricultural Fields	Michael Talbot and Thomas Bienkiewicz, Environmental Landscape Consultants, LLC	Wetland and Habitat Restoration in a Challenging Residential and Regulatory Environment	Mickey Marcus, New England Environmental, Inc.	From Stone to Wood: 20 Years of Riverbank Restoration on the Connecticut River	Dr. Jesse Bellemare, Smith College	Plant conservation and restoration in a changing world: Observations from native plant horticulture and an ongoing “assisted colonization” experiment
2:05-2:25	Seth Wilkinson, Wilkinson Ecological Design Inc.	Techniques for Restoration Planting in Dynamic Coastal Wetlands	Kristopher Houle, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.	Flow-based TMDLS: Retrofitting your way out of an impaired situation	Matthew Murawski, Dubois & King, Inc.	Performance of the Sucker Brook Channel Avulsion Stabilization Design	Brian Colleran, Consulting Ecologist	In Situ Growth and Rapid Response Management of Flood-Dispersed Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
2:25-2:45	John Berg, The Nature Conservancy	Managing Emergent Phragmites to Bring Back the Natives to Rhode Island Coastal Ponds	Dr. Catherine Owen Koning, Franklin Pierce University, and Benjamin Lundsted, Comprehensive Environmental Inc.	Watershed Management and Modeling as Tools in the Restoration of Pearly Pond, Rindge NH	Mary Nealon, Bear Creek Environmental, LLC	Oak Hill Stream Channel Restoration	Bryan Connolly, MA Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program	Population Restoration of Sandplain Gerardia in Massachusetts
2:45-3:05	Heather Conkerton, MS Candidate, Antioch University New England	Determining abundance and molluscan prey preferences of the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in East Harbor, Truro, MA	Sven Hoeger, Creative Habitat Corporation	Monitoring & Maintenance: Powerful Components for Restoration Success	Dr. Roy Schiff, Milone & MacBroom, Inc.	Ten Ways to Reduce Habitat Impacts and Future Flood Risks During Flood Recovery	Leah Szafranski, US Fish & Wildlife Service, VT	Monitoring Riparian Habitat Restoration Projects – Lessons learned and adaptive management in Vermont
3:05-3:25					James Turek, NOAA Restoration Center	Designing for Success: Fish Passage Restoration as an Integral River Restoration Component	Chris Polatin, Polatin Ecological Services, LLC	Integral Invasive Plant Management Practices for Ecological Restoration Projects
			Discussion

Poster session
	Author		Title
4:45PM – 7:00 PM	Emily Barbour, Smith College		Climate Change and Assisted Colonization: The Seed Germination Requirements of a Southern Appalachian Endemeic Plant May Already be Well-matched to Northern Areas
	Ahmed A. Hassabelkreem, UMass Amherst		Application of Ecological Indices in Monitoring of Ecosystem Restoration
	David Jaeckel, Yale University		The Yale Swale: Assessing Ecosystem Services in an Urban Wetland
	Hannah Jaris, Columbia University		The Genetic Contribution of Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration to Wild Oyster Populations, Rhode Island
	Katie Kain, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, VT		The Schoolyard Habitat Program: An Opportunity to Connect Students with Nature and Restore Habitat
	Carey Lang, Mount Holyoke College		Vegetative Analysis of a Proposed Wetland Restoration Site in Western Massachusetts
	Sylvana Maione, Keene State College		An Ecological Analysis of a Proposed Dam Removal Site
	Greylin Nielsen, Smith College		A Comparison of Invertebrate Herbivore Damage across American Chestnut, Chinese Chestnut, and Blight-resistant Hybrids: Implications for Reintroduction and Restoration
	Chris Polatin, Polatin Ecological Services, LLC		How to Restore In-Situ Native Plants to a Site Overwhelmed with Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
	Johanna Stacy, UMass Amherst		Improving Ecological Restoration of the Ipswich River Watershed: A Study of Homeowners’ Attitudes about Residential Water Conservation and Green Infrastructure Implementation
	Si Qi Yao, Mount Holyoke College		The Effect of Soil Amendments on Denitrification Potential in Restored Wetlands