September 27-29, 2016
Davenport, IA
Restoring habitat is one of two major focus areas of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Program. Habitat rehabilitation and enhancement projects (HREPs) utilize a wide range of construction techniques and approaches that mimic natural river processes and provide benefits to the river system at the system, reach, pool, and local scales. The purpose of this meeting was to bring individuals together who help plan, design, build, operate, maintain and monitor these projects such that lessons learned and new techniques can be shared.
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Program Development and History, Marvin Hubbell, USACE
- The Nature Conservancy, Doug Blodgett, TNC
- St. Paul District HREP Update, Tom Novak, USACE
- Rock Island District HREP Update, Kara Mitvalsky, USACE
- St. Louis District HREP Update, Brian Markert, USACE
- Feasibility to Closeout: The Corps planning process, Marshall Plumley, USACE
- Floodplain Considerations During Design, Toby Hunemuller, USACE
- Applying Ecological Resilience Concepts to the Restoration and Management of the UMRS, Kristen Bouska, USGS
- Climate Change Guidance, Lucie Sawyer, USACE
- Floodplain Forest Enhancement, Andy Meier, Ben Vandermyde, Robert Cosgriff, USACE
- Floodplain Forest: How to get it done, Mike Griffin, Iowa DNR
- UMR Floodplain Forests, Nathan De Jager, USGS
- Backwater Sedimentation Rates, Jim Rogala, USGS
- Geotechnical Design for Habitat Construction, Randall Kinney, USACE
- Construction Lessons Learned MVP, Scott Baker, USACE
- Construction Lessons Learned MVR, Kara Mitvalsky, USACE
- How Hydraulic Connectivity Drives Water Quality, Habitat, and Fish, Kirk Hansen, Iowa DNR
- Hydraulic Connectivity (HC) Engineering & Hydraulics Perspectives, Jon Hendrickson, USACE
- How Hydraulic Connectivity Drives Water Quality and Habitat Outcomes, Jeff Janvrin, Wisconsin DNR
- Hydraulic Connectivity, Jim Rogala, USGS
- Water Level Management, Joe Jordan, Bre Popkin, USACE
- Pump Station Considerations, John Behrens, USACE
- NWRS Operation and Maintenance Activities, Sharonne Baylor, USFWS
- Monitoring, Marvin Hubbell, USACE
- LTRM 101: Connections amoung monitoring, research, and habitat rehabilitation, Jeff Houser, USGS
- HREP Performance Monitoring: St. Paul District, David Potter, USACE
- HREP Performance Monitoring: Rock Island District, Kara Mitvalsky, USACE
- HREP Monitoring: St. Louis District, Kat McCain, USACE
- Monitoring Breakout Session Instructions
- Aquatic and Wetland Vegetation Monitoring Breakout Session
- Fisheries Monitoring Breakout Session
- Floodplain Forest Monitoring Breakout Session
- Floodplain Forest Monitoring Breakout Session 2
- Mussels Monitoring Breakout Session
- Sedimentation Monitoring Breakout Session
- Water Quality Monitoring Breakout Session
- Wildlife Monitoring Breakout Session