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Sunday, September 14, 2008
5:00 pm- 7:00 p.m		Registration Opens
Monday, September 15, 2008 ~ Field Trips
7:00 am- 9:00 am		Registration
Full Day Departing at 9am		#1 Columbia River Estuary Restoration Tour
Full Day Departing at 9am		#2 Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Super Tour
Full Day Departing at 9am		#3 Tyee Winery and Wetlands
Half Day Departing at 9am		#4 Gotter Prairie on the Tualatin River
Half Day Departing at 9am		#5 Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
Half Day Departing at 9am		#6 Port of Portland Mitigation Tour
5:00 pm- 8:00 pm		Registration
7:00 pm		ASWM Membership Meeting
7:00-12:00 Midnight		Exhibit Setup Holladay/Broadway/Weidler Rooms

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
7:00 am- 8:00 am		Continental Breakfast
7:30 am- 5:00 pm		Registration
8:00-10:00		Plenary Session
8:00 - 8:20		Welcome Robert Liberty, Metro Councilor
8:20 - 9:20		Global Warming and Its Impacts in the Pacific Northwest Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary of State [Bio]
9:20 - 10:00		Alaska’s Rapidly Changing Climate and Wetlands of the North Glen Juday, University of Alaska at Fairbanks [Bio]
10:00-10:30		Break
10:30-12:30		Plenary Session
10:30 - 11:10		Carbon Sequestration and Peatlands—Challenges and Opportunities Curtis Richardson, Duke University [Bio]
11:10 - 11:50		Wetlands and Global Climate Change:  The Role of Wetland Restoration in a Changing World Kevin Erwin, Kevin L. Erwin Consulting Ecologist, Inc. [Bio]
11:50 - 12:30		Forging New Partnerships—Opportunities to Leverage Natural Hazards Planning to Adapt to Climate Change Larry Larson, Executive Director, Association of State Floodplain Managers [Bio] [PRESENTATION]
12:30-1:30		Lunch ~ Discussion Tables
12:30-1:30		PNW SWS Board Lunch Meeting
Concurrent Sessions 1:30-3:00		1:30-2:00	2:00-2:30	2:30-3:00
Carbon Sequestration & Wetland Assessment I		Mitigating Global Climate Change: Which Kinds of Wetlands Help, Hurt, Have Minimal Effect? Paul Adamus, Oregon State University	Factors Influencing Carbon Storage Rates in Re-Established Wetlands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California Robin L. Miller, U.S. Geological Survey	Managing Wetlands to Sequester Carbon Natasha DeVoe, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources [PRESENTATION]
		1:30-2:00	2:00-2:30	2:30-3:00
Wetland Studies and Strategies		Wetland Loss in Coastal Areas: Bucking the National “Net Gain” Trend Susan-Marie Stedman, NOAA, Fisheries [PRESENTATION]	Wasted Resources: How Iowa Could Help Louisiana's Wetlands Tonja L. Koob, Gaea Consultants LLC and Nina J. Reins University of New Orleans [PRESENTATION]	Economics of Wetlands as a Conservation Tool in the Tinkers Creek Watershed Michael C. McNutt, Tinkers Creek Watershed Partners [PRESENTATION]
		1:30-3:00
Wetland Research Priorities for  Climate Change: A Facilitated Discussion		Panel Discussion   Kevin Erwin, Kevin L. Erwin Consulting Ecologist, Inc. and Allison Aldous, The Nature Conservancy-Oregon will lead a discussion on wetland research priorities.
		1:30-2:00	2:00-2:30	2:30-3:00
Climate Change I Federal Programs		Wetlands and Climate Change:  Facing Policy and Management Implications Kathleen Kutschenreuter, Rachel Fertik and Dave Evans, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	A National Perspective on Climate Change Legislation and Estuaries Angela Gustavson, Restore America's Estuaries [PRESENTATION]	Why the Corps’Why the Corps’ Permitting Process Must Assess Climate Change Through The Public Interest Review Kim Diana Connolly,University of South Carolina School of Law
		1:30-2:00	2:00-2:30	2:30-3:00
Economics/ Market Based Incentives		Does Encouraging the Use of Wetlands in Water Quality Trading Programs Make Economic Sense? Jorge H. Garcia, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/ORD [PRESENTATION]	Ecosystem Markets - Leveraging in Action Joe Whitworth, Oregon Trout [PRESENTATION]	Ecosystem Markets – Taking the Lead, Reaping the Benefits Kevin Halsey, Parametrix, Inc. [PRESENTATION]
3:00-3:30		Break
Concurrent Sessions 3:30-5:00		3:30-4:00	4:00-4:30	4:30-5:00
Carbon Sequestration & Wetland Assessment II		Assessing Changes of Soil Carbon Pools in Forested Wetlands C.C. Trettin, U.S. Forest Service [PRESENTATION]	Variability in Carbon Storage of Alpine Wetland Soils, Niwot Ridge, Front Range, Colorado, USA Susan Garland, Portland State University [PRESENTATION]	Technical, Regulatory, and Economic Feasibility of Wetlands as a Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategy Randal Dell, Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
		3:30-4:00	4:00-4:30	4:30-5:00
Coastal Wetland Monitoring		Site-Scale Monitoring for Tidal Wetland Restoration and Conservation Laura Brophy, Green Point Consulting and College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University [PRESENTATION]	Monitoring Coastal Change - NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Nate Herold, NOAA Coastal Services Center [PRESENTATION]	Wetland Habitat Change as a Result of Relative Sea-Level Rise, South-Central Texas Coast Thomas A. Tremblay, University of Texas [PRESENTATION]
		3:30-4:00	4:00-4:30	4:30-5:00
Wetlands, Floodplains & Natural Hazards		Comparisons Between a Proposed Natural Floodway and the FEMA Regulatory Floodway Kevin G. Coulton, Watershed Concepts	Coastal Protection in Louisiana Nina J. Reins and Alison Sleath, University of New Orleans [PRESENTATION]	Floodplain Wetland Enhancement to Mitigate Natural Hazard Impacts of Climate Change Clean Water Services, Watershed Management Department Kendra Smith, Clean Water Services [PRESENTATION]
		3:30-4:00	4:00-4:30	4:30-5:00
Climate Change II Public Policy		Coordinating Partnerships to Address Sea Level Rise and Wetlands Restoration on a Local and Regional Scale Frederic A. Reid, San Francisco Bay Joint Venture [PRESENTATION]	Synopsis of Global Warming and Wetlands Presentation Jim Murphy, National Wildlife Federation [PRESENTATION]	The Role of Wetlands Conservation in Climate Change Mitigation Pat Parenteau, Vermont Law School
		3:30-4:00	4:00-4:30	4:30-5:00
Wetland Mitigation I Innovation		Calculating Stream Mitigation Credit for Wooded Buffers of Varying Widths in North Carolina John Dorney, North Carolina Dept. of Environmental & Natural Resources, Water Quality [PRESENTATION]	Wetland Mitigation: Is Our No-Net-Loss Policy Part of the Problem? Thomas Hruby, Washington State Department of Ecology [PRESENTATION]	Satisfying New Wetland Mitigation Banking Rule-How to Find a Land Trust Partner "Working with Land Trusts and Easement 101" Esther Lev, The Wetlands Conservancy [PRESENTATION]
5:30 pm- 7:30 pm		Reception ~ Pool Entertainment by the Rose City Hot Club, Featuring Acoustic Swing Music
All Day		Exhibits in Holladay/Broadway/Weidler Rooms
All Day		Speaker Ready Room ~Holladay/Broadway/Weidler Rooms
12:00 noon- 5:00 pm		Poster Session Setup – Oregon Room
5:00pm-12:00 Midnight		Poster Session ~ Oregon Room

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
7:30 am- 8:30 am		Continental Breakfast
7:30 am- 5:00 pm		Registration
8:00 am- 3:30 pm		Exhibits
Concurrent Sessions 8:30-10:00		8:30-9:00	9:00-9:30	9:30-10:00
Wetland Assessment I Site Based		20 Years of Assessing Functions: How Far Have We Come and Where Are We Going? Thomas Hruby, Washington State Department of Ecology [PRESENTATION]	Habitat Assessment Guidelines for Wetland Habitat Protection Karen Schneller-McDonald, Hickory Creek Consulting, LLC [PRESENTATION]	Using Intensive Sampling Wetland Data to Evaluate the Agreement of Two Rapid Wetland Assessment Method for Headwater Wetlands in North Carolina Breda Munoz, RTI International [PRESENTATION]
		8:30-9:00	9:00-9:30	9:30-10:00
Modeling Climate Change & Sea Level Rise I		Planning for Sea-Level Rise on the National Wildlife Refuge System With the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model Brian Czech, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System	SLAMM-View:  A Tool for Visualizing SLAMM Simulation Results Jeff Ehman, Image Matters, LLC and Bill Wilen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [PRESENTATION]	Modeling the Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Coastal Habitats: Case Studies for the Pacific Northwest and the Chesapeake Bay Region Patty Glick, National Wildlife Federation [PRESENTATION]
		8:30-9:00	9:00-9:30	9:30-10:00
Climate Change Adaptation: Conservation Strategies I		Developing the Practice, Science and Field of Adaptation for Wetlands and Beyond: Getting a There There Lara Hansen, EcoAdapt	A Framework for Building Climate Change Into Freshwater Conservation Allison Aldous, The Nature Conservancy-Oregon	The Potential Role of Hydrologic Models in Wetland Managements in Anticipation of Climate Change Yutaka Hagimoto, Oregon State University
		8:30-9:00	9:00-9:30	9:30-10:00
Climate Change III Local Programs		Regulating a Moving Target: Protecting Wetlands as the Climate Changes Laura Casey and Pesha Klein, King County DDES [PRESENTATION]	Training Community Leaders to Speak to Their Peers About Climate Change and Its Impacts to Wetlands Juanita Constible, National Wildlife Federation [PRESENTATION]	Participatory Action of Grassroots Communities in Addressing Wetlands and Climate Change Kristina Peterson, University of New Orleans, Center for Hazards Assessment and Response and Rosina Philippe, American Wetlands- AmeriCorp
		8:30-9:00	9:00-9:30	9:30-10:00
Wetland Mitigation II Design		Mitigation Compliance in New England Ruth M. Ladd, New England District Corps of Engineers [PRESENTATION]	Big Picture Mitigation Design:  Using Watershed Analysis and Landscape Ecology for Mitigation Success Ken Sargent, Headwaters Environmental Consultant, Inc. [PRESENTATION]	Regionalized Water Budget Manual for Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Sites in New Jersey Jill Aspinwall, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [PRESENTATION]
10:00-10:30		Break
Concurrent Sessions 10:30-12:00 noon		10:30-11:00	11:00-11:30	11:30-12:00 noon
Assessment II Landscape		Wetland Functional Assessment and Local Watershed Planning: Two Examples From North Carolina John Dorney, North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources, Water Quality [PRESENTATION]	Using GIS for Landscape Level Functional Wetland Assessment Supports a Small Northern Michigan Community’s Planning and Public Education About Their Wetland Resources Jill Wiese Martin, Wilcox Professional Services, LLC [PRESENTATION]	Assessment of Cumulative Impacts Utilizing National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Data for Functional Assessment: California’s Ventura River Watershed and Delaware’s Nanticoke River Watershed William Kirchner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [PRESENTATION]
		10:30-11:00	11:00-11:30	11:30-12:00 noon
Modeling Climate Change & Sea Level Rise II		Projected Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: An Application of the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model Delissa Padilla- Nieves, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System	Sea Level Rise and Intertidal Eelgrass Productivity in Padilla Bay, Washington: A Field and Modeling Study John Rybczyk, Western Washington University [PRESENTATION]	Sea-level Rise and Coastal Wetlands of South-Eastern Australia Neil Saintilan, NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change [PRESENTATION]
		10:30-11:00	11:00-11:30	11:30-12:00 noon
Climate Change Adaptation: Conservation Strategies II		Hydrologic Considerations in Climate Adaptation Strategies Bart Wickel, World Wildlife Fund	Climate Adaptation in the Chihuahuan Desert Mark Briggs, World Wildlife Fund [PRESENTATION]	Vulnerability, Feedbacks, and Adaptations of Peatlands to Climate Change Scott Bridgham, University of Oregon
		10:30-12:00 noon
Integrating Transportation Options, Green Building and Green Infrastructure to Address Climate Change in Portland, Oregon		Panel Discussion   Panelists: (Panel Abstract)     Susan Anderson, Portland Office of Sustainable Development     Mary Wahl, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services [PRESENTATION]     Zari Santner, Portland Parks and Recreation [PRESENTATION]
		10:30-11:00	11:00-11:30	11:30-12:00 noon
Wetland Soils and Hydrology		Soil Carbon and Organic Matter in Mitigation Bank Wetlands Created in the Piedmont Region of Virginia Changwoo Ahn, George Mason University	Global Climate Change and Ephemeral Pools of Northern Forests Robert Brooks, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station [PRESENTATION]	Predicting Climate Change Impacts to Precipitation Dependent Wetland Hydrology David Gorman, ICF Jones & Stokes [PRESENTATION]
12:00 noon- 1:30 pm		Lunch ~ Discussion Tables and Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting
Concurrent Sessions 1:30-3:00		1:30-2:00	2:00-2:30	2:30-3:00
Assessment III Health & Biotic Integrity		Status and Trends of Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Health: A Basinwide Monitoring Plan John Schneider, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office	Developing an Invertebrate Index of Biological Integrity for Pacific Northwest Wetlands Celeste A. Mazzacano, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation [PRESENTATION]	Delineating Wetlands on Agricultural Land: A Case Study in the Mid-Willamette Valley Jay Lorenz, CH2MHILL [PRESENTATION]
		1:30-2:00	2:00-2:30	2:30-3:00
Restoration, Climate Change & Sea Level Rise III		Restoring Coastal Wetlands in a Changing Climate Donald R. Cahoon, U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center	Impacts of Sea Level Rise on the San Dieguito Wetlands Restoration Project in Del Mar, California M. Hany S. Elwany, Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Overview: Wetlands and Climate Change; Adjusting to an Uncertain Climate Jon Kusler, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. [PRESENTATION]
		1:30-2:00	2:00-2:30	2:30-3:00
Climate Change Adaptation: Conservation Strategies III		Coastal Wetland Adaptation: Conservation and Measuring Success in the Face of an Uncertain Future Roger Fuller, The Nature Conservancy [PRESENTATION]	Alaskan Wetlands and Climate Change: A Summary of Research, Mitigation and Adaptation Jim Powell, University of Alaska, Fairbanks [PRESENTATION]	Creating Outreach and Communication Strategies for Adaptation Projects: A Case Study of the WWF Allianz Southeast Climate Witness Program Kate L. Graves, Island Press
		1:30-2:00	2:00-2:30	2:30-3:00
Targeted Approaches to Wetland Restoration		Controlling Phragmites in Great Lakes Wetlands: Development of a Public Outreach Program Tracy Collin, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality [PRESENTATION]	A Review of Oregon's Statewide Planning Goal 16: Estuarine Resources Anna Pakenham and Jenna Borberg, Oregon State University	Development of an Indicator-Based Method for Evaluating the Duration of Streamflow in Oregon Tracie-Lynn Nadeau, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [PRESENTATION]
		1:30-2:00	2:00-2:30	2:30-3:00
CWA & Wetland Jurisdiction		Take Me to the River: Significant Nexus and the Ninth Circuit in the Post-Rapanos World Jack Kerns, San Francisco District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [PRESENTATION]	Navigating the Clean Water Act After Rapanos: Implementation Experiences With the Interagency Guidance Donna Downing, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wetlands Division [PRESENTATION]	The Corps and its Customers in the Permitting Process:   Examining the Data Mark E. Tompkins, University of South Carolina and Kim Diana Connolly, University of South Carolina School of Law [PRESENTATION]
3:00-3:30		Break