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Below are presentations and reports from the past four roundtable conferences (pdf)
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 | 
