NEW YORK WETLANDS FORUM ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2005

Keynote Address
An Overview of Governor's NYS Invasive Species Task Force Activities- Kyle Williams, NYS Department of Transportation

A.Wetland Restoration and Environmental Contaminantion Remediation
Moderator : Anne Secord, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Speakers :
Foundry Cove, an Overview and Update on the Conditions at a Small Tidal Bay and Superfund Site on the East Shore Hudson River, near Cold Spring, NY- Eric Lind, National Audubon Society
Chevron Texaco Cincinnati Constructed Treament Wetland Ecological Engineering and Performance Based Design for Groundwater Remediation at a Decommissioned Oil Refinery- Kris Erickson and Paul Fuhrmann, Ecology and the Environment
Effective Integration of Site Remediation and Wetland Resoration at the Alcoa Massena, NY Site - Dwight Dunk and Joseph Mihm, CDM

B.Wetland Stream Assessment & SWANCC
Moderator : Diane Kozlowski, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Speakers:
Riverworks Rapid Stream Assessment, Michael C. Sprague, CEO THI RiverWorks, Inc.
Now You See It, Now You Don't - The Case of the Vanishing Nexus - Michael Fishman, Stearns and Wheler

C.Mitigation Tools
Moderator: Sandra Doran, US Army Corps of Engineers
Speakers:
Soil and Water Conservation Districts as a Partner in Wetland Mitigation - Mark E. Burger, Skaneateles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program

When Does Mitigation in the Mid-Atlantic Work? And If Not, Why Not? - Mary Anne Thiesing, Ph.D., US Environmental Protection Agency

A.Wetlands Mapping
Moderator: Virginia Ursitti, Watts Engineers
Speakers:
Common Misinterpretations of Wetlands and Other Natural Resource Maps - Joseph M. McMullen, Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc.

National Wetlands Inventory - What's New in New York? - Herb Bergquist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

NYS DEC Map Amendments in the New York City Watershed -Norbert Quenzer and Peter Feinberg, Bagdon Environmental Associates

B.Adirondack Update
Moderator:Ed Frantz , NYS Department of Transportation
Speakers:
Adirondack Park Wetlands Program: 30 Year Retropsective - Mark Rooks, Adirondack Park Agency

Roadside Wetlands Function and Value Assessment for Transportation Impacts: Adirondack Park, NYS Route 30 Case Study - John M. Falge, NYS Deparment of Transportation

Vegetative Management of the Adirondack Wild, Scenic and Recreational Railroad - Ed Frantz, NYS Department of Transportation

C.'Smart' Planning & Wetlands
Moderator:Paula S. Marshman, New York State Department of State
Speakers: Beds, Biscuits and Birds: Balancing Development, Habitat and Wetlands in the Upper Hudson Valley - Rene' VanSchaak, Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District

Coastal America, Corporate Wetlands Program - Scott Shupe, Niagara Mohawk

Developing Tools to Guide Wetland Restoration and Protection for Waterfowl in the Great Lakes Watershed - Ray Whittemore and Robb Macleod, Ducks Unlimited

A.Cultural Resources and Wetlands
Moderator : Christine Delorier, U.S Army Corps of Engineers
Speakers :
SHPO: Why We Care About Swamps, Mucklands, Black Dirt, Marshes, and Other Wetland Environments - Doug Mackey, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Federal Section 106 Review Process - Nancy Brighton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District

B.Stream Restoration
Moderator : Sandra Doran, U.S Army Corps of Engineers
Speakers:
Build It and They Will Come - An Overview of Innovative In-Stream Habitat Features - Timothy Spierto, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Streambank/Streambed Erosion Control on Grout Brook – Mark E. Burger, Skaneateles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program

Restoring Aquatic Hazardous Waste Sites To Enhance Fish Habitat - Anthony Esposito, Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc.

C.The Judd Road Connector Project - A Case Study on Environmental Lessions Learned (wildlife crossings, stormwater treatments, wetland/stream creation)
Moderator : Rene' VanSchaack, Greene County Soil & Water Conservation District
Speakers:
Rebecca Tobiasz and Ed Frantz, New York State Department of Transportation

A.Indiana Bats
Moderator : Barbara B. Beall, PWS: The Chazen Companies
Speakers :
Al Hicks, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Michael Fishman, Stearns and Wheler

Robyn Niver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

B.Student Session
Moderator : Dr. Richard Smardon, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Speakers:
The Effects of Logarithmic and Hyperbolic Sine Algorithms of Digital Color Infrared Imagery on Wetland Delineation - Mehmet Yavuz, SUNY-ESF

A Feasibility Study on Applying Subsurface Flow Treatment Wetlands to Treat Combined Sewer Overflows - Phase I: CSO Water Quality Analysis - Guihan Wu and Richard Smardon, Ph.D., SUNY-ESF

LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE PANEL SESSION
Moderator: Kathleen Bennett, Esq., Bond, Schoeneck and King
Speakers :
Pat Reixinger, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Dan Montella, Environmental Protection Agency

Mark Rooks, Adirondack Park Agency

PROPOSED STATE AND FEDERAL CHANGES: COMMENTARY ON PROPOSED WETLAND BILLS
Moderator : Terresa Bakner, Esq., Whiteman, Osterman and Hanna, LLP

Panelists :
Carl Patka, Governor's Office
John Stouffer and Sarah Kogel-Smucker, Sierra Club
Joseph M. McMullen, Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc.
James Petreszyn, Madison County Planning Dept.

Closing Remarks
Christine Delorier, Chair, New York State Wetlands