Breakout Sessions – 2016

Below is the schedule for the breakout sessions.

Abstracts and speaker biographies can be found here (or through the above dropdown menu).

The overview schedule for the full day is here (or through the above dropdown menu).

Morning Breakout Sessions
	Session A: Setting Appropriate Targets for Restoration		Session B: Working with People for Restoration 1		Session C: Restoration of Native Plants
	Moderators: Denise Burchsted & Kristopher Houle		Moderators: Chris Polatin & Ryan Crehan		Moderators: Tom Touchet & Aisling O’Shea
	Squamscott Room		Piscataqua Room		Cocheco Room
	Author	Title	Author	Title	Author	Title
10:10-10:30	Kristopher Houle, Mass. Div. of Ecological Restoration	A Statewide, Proactive Approach to Dam Removal in Massachusetts	Nick Wildman, Mass. Div. of Ecological Restoration	Introduction to the “Blue Carbon Calculator”, a New Tool for Rapidly Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Emissions	Jeffrey Corbin, PhD, Union College	Applying Decision Support Tools to Weed Management: A Retrospective Analysis
10:30-10:50	Paul Woodworth, Princeton Hydro	Comparing Sediment Contamination, Regulatory Responses, and Sediment Management Approaches among Dam Removal Projects	Derek Pelletier, Ramboll Envion	Valuing Blue-Green versus Grey Infrastructure for Coastal Planning in Response to Climate Change	Jessica Schuler, The New York Botanical Garden	Restoring an Old Growth Urban Forest
10:50-11:10	Roy Schiff, PhD, Milone & MacBroom	Flood Resiliency Planning in Vermont: Two Tools to Screen Areas for Flood, Erosion, and Deposition Potential	Shannon Rogers, PhD, Plymouth State University	Understanding Stakeholder Preferences for Flood Adaptation Alternatives with Natural Capital Implications	Sara Wigginton, URI	Evolving Highways: Fostering Native Habitat and Conserving Funds through Passive Roadside Restoration
11:10-11:30	Denise Burchsted, PhD, Keene State College	The Myth of the Free-Flowing River: Natural Dams and the Baseline Condition	Ryan Crehan, US Fish & Wildlife Service	Schoolyard Habitats – Opportunities for Ecological Restoration and Civic Engagement	Jessica Toro, Native Habitat Restoration	Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia arguta) Control Project at Kennedy Park and Pleasant Valley Sanctuary, Lenox, Mass.

Afternoon Breakout Sessions #1
	Session D: Coastal Restoration		Session E: Freshwater Restoration 1: Case Studies & Tech Guidance		Session F: Field Studies & Models of Ecosystem Services		Working with People for Restoration—Workshop
	Moderators: Derrick Alcott & Joanna Carey		Moderators: Kristopher Houle and Ryan Crehan		Moderator: Grace Cambareri		Working with People for Restoration—Workshop
	Squamscott Room		Piscataqua Room		Cocheco Room		Huddleston Hall
	Author	Title	Author	Title	Author	Title	Author & Title
1:00-1:20	Derrick Alcott, UMass	Fish Passage and Movement Behavior at a Tide Gate Prior to Restoration	Alex Hackman, Mass. Div. of Ecological Restoration	A Cranberry Farm Transformation: Initial Outcomes and Lessons From the Tidmarsh Wetland Restoration Project	Simone Pereira de Souza, PhD, UNH	Sediments Can Represent an Alarming Source of GHG Emissions in the Decommissioning of Dams	Rachel Bouvier, PhD, rbouvier consulting “The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing”: What Economists Can (and Can’t) Tell Us About Ecological Restoration
1:20-1:40	Steven Riberdy, GZA GeoEnviron-mental	Vegetative and Salinity Changes Associated with the Restoration of Bass Creek, Marshfield, MA	Jill Griffiths, Gomez & Sullivan Engineers	Nissitissit River Response to the Removal of Turner Dam	Neal Price, Horsley Witten Group	Using a MODFLOW Groundwater Model to Evaluate Water Management Alternatives in Order to Restore Streamflow and Fish Passage
1:40-2:00	Devin Batchelder, UNH	A Hostile Takeover in the Salt Marsh: Invasive Snail Threatens Essential Plant Species	Steven Landry, NH Dept. of Env. Services	It was Never about the Fish … The Maxwell Pond Dam Removal and Black Brook Restoration Success Story	Peter Zaidel, UMass	Assessing the Potential for Dam Removal to Restore Natural Thermal and Dissolved Oxygen Regimes
2:00-2:20	David Burdick, PhD, UNH Jackson Estuarine Laboratory	Removing Legacy Effects of Ditching from Salt Marshes Increases Resilience to Sea Level Rise	James Turek, NOAA	Nature-Like Fishway Design Guidance: Application to the Northeast Region	Gillian Davies, BSC Group	Using and Interpreting IRIS Tubes to Assess Wetland Mitigation Success in Created Wetlands

Afternoon Sessions #2
	Session G: Landscape-Scale Models for Restoration and Resilience		Session H: Freshwater Restoration 2: Instream Habitat & Structure		Session I: Working with People for Restoration 2
	Moderators: Aaron Schlechter & Aisling O’Shea		Moderators: Denise Burchsted & Robin MacEwan		Moderators: Chris Polatin & Joanna Carey
	Squamscott Room		Piscataqua Room		Cocheco Room
	Author	Title	Author	Title	Author	Title
2:40-3:00	Karen Lombard, The Nature Conservancy	Preserve Management Planning to Improve Climate Resilience	John Field, PhD, Field Geology Services	Using Large Wood to Restore River Function	Malin Clyde, UNH Cooperative Extension	Community Engagement in Ecological Restoration: Working with Volunteers in Stewardship and Citizen Science
3:00-3:20	Thomas Ballestero, PhD, UNH	Hydraulic and AOP Characteristics of Problem Culverts	Jim MacCartney, River Solutions, LLC	Use and Effects of Self-Stabilizing Wood on Channel Processes and Aquatic Habitat	Emily Vogler, PhD, URI	A Framework for Coastal Ecology: Sculptural Forms as Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience and Education
3:20-3:40	Mark Carabetta, Milone & MacBroom	Down Along the Binnekill: Using Flood Inundation Mapping and Stream Power to Identify Risks and Set Conservation Priorities	Joel DeStasio & Colin Lawson, Trout Unlimited	Restoring Instream Habitat and Improving Floodplain Resiliency Using Large Wood	Glorianna Davenport, MIT Media Lab	Living Observatory: Documenting Ecological Change over Time across the Tidmarsh Farms Restoration Project
3:40-4:00	Rachel Stevens, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and NH Fish and Game Department	No Management is Active Management: A (Re) Evaluation of New Hampshire Salt Marsh Restoration and Conservation Opportunities in a Changing Climate	Douglas Thompson, PhD, Conn. College	Large Wood Controls on Channel Morphology and Use of Wood Additions for River Restoration	Glorianna Davenport, MIT Media Lab