Southeast Watershed Forum - Roundtable Reports & Presentations

Introduction
Christine Olsenius, Executive Director, Southeast Watershed Forum
Welcome
The Honorable Joseph Riley, Mayor of Charleston and Chair BCD COG
Setting the Theme
Margaret Davidson, Director NOAA Coastal Services Center
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Howard Frumkin, Center for Disease Control (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6)

Wednesday, August 13 - 10:30am-12:00pm - Concurrent Sessions

Panel: Fusing Smart Growth and Water Quality
Jane Fowler, Southeast Watershed Forum
Joel Haden, Tennessee Valley Authority
Russ Clegg, AICP, City of Greensboro
Sonny Emmert, GA Dept. Natural Resources
Panel: Smart Growth Development Case Studies and New Urbanism.
David Tuch, Equinox Environmental
Elias Deeb, The Noisette Company

Wednesday, August 13 - 12:00pm-1:20pm - Luncheon Address

Governor’s Action Plan for Healthy & Resilient Coasts
Gloria Car, Associate Director, EPA Gulf of Mexico Program

Wednesday, August 13 - 1:30pm-2:45pm - Concurrent Sessions

Sustainable Transportation Planning
Christopher K. DeScherer, Southern Environmental Law Center
Waterfront and Coastal Smart Growth
Susan Fox, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Ecosystem-based Community Management
Susan Crow, PlaceMatters
Resource Conservation in Residential Development
David Tuch, Equinox Environmental (Part 1 / Part 2)
Case-Study in Sustainable Community Development
Alyssondra Campaigne, The I’On Group

Wednesday, August 13 - 3:00pm-4:00pm - Breakout Discussions

Compilation of all discussion answers
Top three answers to discussion questions

Wednesday, August 13 - 4:10pm-5:20pm - Concurrent Sessions

Panel: Growth Readiness Training - Community Outcomes from Three States
Patrick Begg, NC Cooperative Extension
Liz Upchurch, Tennessee Valley Authority
Joe Krewer, GA Dept. of Community Affairs
Community Low-Impact Development Manual
Christy Perrin, NC State University
Smart Growth Trends in the Southeast
Christopher K. DeScherer, Southern Environmental Law Center
Jasper County, SC Resources Conservation Plan
April Turner, SC Sea Grant Extension Program and
Lindsay Fairchilds, SC Dept. of Natural Resources
Value of Existing Trees in Residential Development
Shirley Trier, Davey Resource Group

Thursday, August 14 - 8:15am-9:45am - Plenary Session: Preparing Business for Climate Change

Impacts of Climate Change on the Southeast
Steven McNulty, US Forest Service Southern Global Change Program (Part 1 / Part 2)
Energy, Water Resources and Climate Change
Bryant Kinney, Vice President for Regulatory and Government Affairs,
Duke Energy Carolinas
Carbon Credits, Water Supply, and the Energy Challenge
Anda Ray, TVA Vice President of Environmental Stewardship and Policy (Part 1 / Part 2)

Thursday, August 14 - 10:00am-11:15am - Concurrent Sessions

Panel: Using GIS Tools for Building Sustainable Communities
Dave Eslinger, Hansje Gold-Krueck, Lauren Long & Jody Sprayberry
NOAA Coastal Services Center
Chrissa Stroh, Perot Systems Government Services
Savannah River Preserve: Cooperative Land Protection
Matt Nespeca, Conservation Land Company, Inc.
Noel Thorn, The Nature Conservancy
North Carolina’s Green Infrastructure Planning
Kim Douglass, NCDENR Natural Heritage Program
Sustainable Planning Using Land Suitability Maps
William Allen, The Conservation Fund
Jeffrey Brown, Geographic Information and Analysis
Donald Belk, AICP, BRAC Task Force

Thursday, August 14 - 11:20am-12:00pm - Concurrent Sessions

Why Developers Go Green
John Knott, President of Noisette Company (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4)
Minimizing Development Impacts on Wildlife Habitats
Jeff Marcus, Jacquelyn Wallace, & Kiersten Cook
NC Wildlife Resources Commission

Thursday, August 14 - 12:00pm-1:00pm - Luncheon Address

Preparing Communities for Climate Change
Captain Dan Kipnis, Miami Dade County Climate Change Advisory Task Force

Thursday, August 14 - 1:10pm-2:00pm - Concurrent Sessions

Planning for Sustainable Drinking Water Supplies
Debra Gutenson, U.S. EPA
Land Conservation for Drinking Water Protection
Jay Frick, NC Dept. Natural Resources
Participatory GIS Methods in Coastal Planning
Chrissa Stroh, Perot Systems Government Services
The Effects of Land Use Change on Coastal Ecosystems
Guy DiDonato, Hollings Marine Laboratory

Thursday, August 14 - 2:15pm-3:15pm - Concurrent Sessions

Local Officials Curriculum and Building Outside the Box
Gwen Griffith and Vena Jones, Cumberland River Compact.
Stormwater Mitigation Banking
Heather Nix, Upstate Forever
Sustainable Revenue Sources
Jeff Hughes, Environmental Finance Center

Thursday, August 14 - 2:15pm-3:15pm - Concurrent Sessions

Preserving Community Character: Murrels Inslet, SC.
Nicole Saladin, North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Susan Sledz, Murrels Inlet
Monitoring the Impact of Coastal Development
Daniel Hitchcock, Clemson University (Part 1 / Part 2)
Post-Katrina Sustainable Development
Melissa Pringle , Eco-Systems, Inc. (Part 1 / Part 2)
Impacts of Land Use after Urban Development
John C. Hayes, Clemson University

2007 Southeast Watershed Roundtable
"Sustaining Our Water Infrastructure Through Watershed-Based Approaches"
August 1-3 - Chateau Elan Winery & Resort - Braselton, GA

I. Summary Report

II. Keynote Presentation
Sustainable Watershed Management
Paul Sheldon, Ecos Consulting

III. Concurrent Presentations - "Integrating the Four Pillars"

Holistic Watershed Management: Integrating a Treatment Plant Upgrade with Water Quality Improvement in Beaver Creek
Stefanie Farrell, Hallsdale-Powell Utility District and David Reece, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc.

Ecological Credit Trading Pilot Study in the Beaver Creek Watershed
Roy Arthur, Knox County Dept. of Engineering & Public Works, and Doug Baughman, CH2M HILL

Source Water Protection from the Utility Perspective
Jack Stickney, Kentucky Rural Water Association

Creative Approaches and Tools for Regional Water Supply Planning
Thomas Dumm, O’Brien & Gere

Georgia Statewide Water Management Plan
Gail Cowie, GA Environmental Protection Division

The Price of a Quarter Century: Benign Neglect? A Proposed Nutrient Strategy for the Upper Cape Fear River Basin
Richard Gannon, NC Division of Water Quality

Implementing Wetlands Enhancement, Groundwater Recharge and Stormwater BMP’s in a Recreational Park Setting (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3)
Ganesh Krishnan, Geosyntec Consultants

Watershed Protection Can be Dirty Business, or Your Friends and Allies Can be Part of the Problem, and When Forced to, Can be Part of the Solution
Jimmy Kemp and John McClure, Engineers & Surveyors, LLC.

Infrastructure Planning/Retrofitting at a Large Military Installation in Georgia (Part 1 / Part 2)
Victoria Cheplak and Ganesh Krishnan, Geosyntec Consultants and Russell Adams, Robins Air Force Base

Phosphorus Trading in the Lake Allatoona Watershed
Dr. Mark Risse, University of Georgia—Water Quality and Agricultural Pollution Prevention

Concurrent Presentations - "Overcoming Barriers"

Catawba-Wateree Basin Water Supply Study and Drought Management Plan
Edward Bruce, Duke Energy

Sustainable Approaches to Evaluating Interbasin Water Transfers in Georgia
Nolton G. Johnson, Geosyntec Consultants and Steve Layman, CH2M HILL

A Question of Boundaries: Watersheds Vs. “Revenuesheds”
Jeff Hughes, UNC Environmental Finance Center

FEMA’s Map Modernization Program
Brad Loar, FEMA Region, IV

User-Friendly Mapping for Multiple Resource Management (Part 1)
Christine Olsenius, Southeast Watershed Forum

User-Friendly Mapping for Multiple Resource Management (Part 2 and Part 3)
Andy Carroll, ARCS—UT Chattanooga.

FEMA Community Rating System
Brad Loar, FEMA Region, IV

Sustaining Our Water Infrastructure at a Watershed Scale: Source Water Protection Strategies
Howard Fielding, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Global Enviornmental Management Initiative (GEMI) - Collecting the Drops: A Water Sustainability Planner
Jim-Bob Williams, Dow Chemical Company

Reclaimed Water Projects and Opportunities in South Florida (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3)
Carlyn Kowalsky, South Florida Water Management District

IV. Concurrent Presentations - "Watershed Based Approaches"

Protecting Water Quality and Mitigating Floods Through Land Conservation: Examples from GA, NC & TX
Janet Pawlukiewicz, EPA Fellow, Center for Land & Water and The Trust for Public Land

Greenprinting for Multiple Resource Management (Part 1 / Part 2)
Cathie Mayne, The Land Trust for Huntsville & North Alabama

Control the Best—Protect the Rest: An Innovative Approach to Moving from Assessment to Implementation
K.R. Young, U.S. EPA

Quantity and Quality: The Yin and Yang of Source Water Protection
Andrea Wortzel, Hunton & Williams, LLP

Mine-Scarred Lands: Watershed-Scale Brownfields Assessment
Berny Ilgner, ARCADIS

Community Involvement in an EPA Superfund Site Recovery
Amanda Bauknight, Pickens Soil & Water Conservation District

Enhancing CREP: Upstream Farmers Helping Downstream Cities
John McDonald, Oregon Association of Conservation Districts

Leveraging Resources from Multiple Partners to Advance LID & Ecological Restoration in the Lockwoods Folly River Watershed (Part 1 / Part 2)
Jason Doll, Stantec

Dead Cows and Soda Straws (Part 1 / Part 2)
Scotty Sorrells, TN Department of Environment and Conservation

Jefferson Communities Water System, Inc., Florida (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4)
Bob Cooper, Talquin Utilities & Dan MacDonald, FL Dept. of Health

2006 Southeast Watershed Roundtable
& North Carolina Statewide Roundtable
"Watershed Management Makes Good Financial Cents:
Development Tools for Sustainable Growth"
August 2-4 · Crowne Plaza Resort · Asheville, NC

I. Preconference Workshop - A Greenprint for Blueways
Introduction: Christine Olsenius, Southeast Watershed Forum
Benefits of Greenways and Blueways (part 1): Charles Flink, Greenways Incorporated
Benefits of Greenways and Blueways (part 2): Charles Flink, Greenways Incorporated
Current Status of Water Trails in the Southeast Region: Deidre Hewitt, National Park Service
Challenges to Building Paddle Trails: Jan Trask & Carol Kline, NC State University Tourism Extension
Shaping Growth, Development & Water Quality in Your Community
Jane Fowler & Jo Hickson, Southeast Watershed Forum

II. Thursday, August 3 - Plenary Sessions
Southeast Watershed Roundtable: Building Partners for Watershed Protection-
Christine Olsenius, Southeast Watershed Forum

III. Thursday, August 3 - Concurrent Sessions (AM)

Targeted Watershed Grantee Panel:
Little River Watershed Initiative, TN:
Kerri Johnson, TVA and Erich Henry, Blount County Soil Conservation District, TN
Building Outside the Box, Sustainable Building Practices for Water Quality and Water Quantity:
Margo Farnsworth, Cumberland River Compact, TN
Cape Fear River Basin Project (pt 1) & (pt 2):
Don Freeman, Cape Fear River Assembly, NC
Upper Tennessee River Roundtable, Inc (pt 1): & (pt 2):
George Price, TN

Flood Operations Planning for Asheville's Water Supply Reservoirs (part1): (part2): (part3):
Cathy Ball and Leslie Carreiro, City of Asheville, NC

Lessons Learned from the Neuse River Basin Education Program (Part 1): (Part 2):
Greg Jennings, NC State University

The Duck River - A Common Thread for Change in Four Middle Tennessee Counties:
Leslie Colley, Nature Conservancy Tennessee

Tools for Measuring the Effecs of Land Use on Water Quality - ISAT and N-SPECT:
Jamie Carter, NOAA Coastal Service Center SC

Forestry BMP's and Water Quality:
Bud Watson, Model Forest Policy Program, VA

Corporate Forest Land Diviestitures - Issues & Opportunities for Companies & Communities:
Gary P. Boyd, International Paper, TN

Forestry Management in Urbanizing Watersheds
Bob Slocam, Forestry Association, NC

IV. Thursday, August 3 - Concurrent Sessions

Panel: Growth and Water Quality Too, Changing Public Policy in the Southeast
          Joel Haden, Tennessee Valley Authority
          Jane Fowler, Southeast Watershed Forum
       Watershed Education Network (WEN)
          Lisa McKinley & Connie Alexander, Office of Watersheds, EPA Region 4

Fees vs. Taxes: The Great Stormwater Finance Debate -
Jeff Hughes, Environmental Finance Center, NC

Hidden Credits: Smart Growth Program Elements to Meet NPDES Phase II Requirements - Lisa Nisenson, Nisenson Consulting, FL

Cost-Effective Low Impact Development - Robin Mahoney, Buck Engineering, NC

Stoney Creek Watershed Plan: Phase IV Implementation Working with Private Landowners to Initiate Restoration Projects - Michael B. Schlegel, KCI Technologies, NC

Gwinnet County Watershed Implementation Progarm: Creative Strategies for Implementing Projects to Manage Non-POint Source Pollution - Aylin Lewallen, ENTRIX, Inc., GA.

The NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program's Local Watershed Planning Initiatives, Lessons Learned about Public Involvement in Western, NC - Hal Bryson, NCDENR Ecosystem Enhancement Program

V. Friday, August 4 - Plenary Session
Feedback from State Breakout Sessions

VI. Friday, August 4 - Concurrent Sessions

Panel: Watershed Restoration Efforts in Three Subwatersheds of the French Broad Basin
           Chris Cooper, Tennessee Valley Authority
           Shaun Moore, Mills Partnership, NC
           Paul Clark, NC DENR-DWQ

A Regional Approach to Stormwater Education for Coastal Communities in SC - Dan Hitchcock, SC Sea Grant Extension Program, SC

A Citizen-led Environmental Performance Incentive Program - Susan Brown, Iowa State University Extension

2005 Southeast Watershed Roundtable &
Kentucky Statewide Roundtable

"Watershed Strategies for a New Era:
Protecting the Environment & the Bottom Line"

November 2-4, 2005 - Bowling Green, KY
Holiday Inn University Plaza & Sloan Convention Center

Click here to download the executive summary

2004 Southeast Watershed Roundtable &
Tennessee Statewide Roundtable

"Growth, Development & the Future of Southeast Water Supplies"

October 27-29, 2004 - Nashville, TN - Gaylord Opryland Hotel

Click here for the agenda and links to full presentaions