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CONFERENCE 2005

THIRD BIENNIAL NPS CONFERENCE
Measuring Water Quality Improvements

November 7-9, 2005

PRESENTATIONS


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MONDAY 10:15 am - 11:45 am (Concurrent Sessions)

Session A
Assessing and Evaluating Project Success
  1. Are We There Yet? A 25-year Journey of Restoration and Monitoring in the Redwood Creek Watershed (2.01MB) -  Darci Short, Redwood National and State Parks

  2. Monitoring the Effectiveness of Nonpoint Source Management Practices and Watershed Restoration in the Lahontan Region of California (4.11MB) - Thomas Suk, Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board

  3. Assessment of the Restoration Activities on Water Balance and Water Quality at Last Chance Creek Watershed Using Watershed Environmental Hydrology (WEHY) Model (2.71MB) - Levent Kavvas, University of California, Davis
Session B
Partnerships of State, Federal,
and Local Agencies
  1. Regulatory Coordination to Facilitate Reduction of Nonpoint Source Pollution in California (4.63MB) - Nicole Martin, Sustainable Conservation

  2. Strengthening Local Sierra Nevada Efforts to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution (5.16MB) - Megan Suarez-Brand, Sierra Nevada Alliance

  3. The “Keep the Delta Clean. You Play in it, You Drink it Too” Program (4.40MB) - Tonya Redfield, Contra Costa County Public Works Department
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MONDAY Noon - Keynote Speaker)

The Pacific Northwest and California – An Alternative Futures Perspective on Salmon Recovery (4MB) - Dr. Sally Duncan, Oregon State University/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

MONDAY 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (Concurrent Sessions)

Session A
Farmers Improving Water Quality Moderato
  1. Imperial County Farm Bureau’s Voluntary TMDL Compliance Program: Farmers Working to Reduce Silt Leaving Their Fields (4.56MB) - Shiela Ault, Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board

  2. Fish Friendly Farming Environmental Certification Program: Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa and Solano Counties - Laurel Marcus, California Land Stewardship Institute

  3. Farmers and Fishes Partner in AQWA by Agriculture Water Quality Alliance (2.87MB) - Bridget Dobrowski, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Session B
Community Group Involvement
  1. Codornices Creek Watershed Restoration Action Plan (CCWRAP) – Phase II (3.34MB) - Emma Gutzler, Urban Creeks Council

  2. California Fire Ecosystems and Water Quality (6.96MB) - Otis Wollan, American River Watershed Institute

  3. Citizen Monitoring and Water Quality in the Santa Ana River Watershed (2.82MB) - Ray Hiemstra, Orange County Coastkeeper

MONDAY 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm (Concurrent Sessions)

Session A
TMDL Implementation: Restoring Impaired Waterbodies
  1. South Fork Trinity River Watershed Restoration – Implementing Strategic Sediment Reduction (15.72MB) - Cynthia Tarwater, Trinity County Resource Conservation District

  2. Basin-wide Sediment Reduction within a Mixed-Ownership Basin: Implementation and Monitoring Approaches in the Mattole River Watershed (4.66MB) - Chris Larson, Mattole Restoration Council

  3. Consideration of the Performance of BMPs in the Development of TMDLs for Lake Tahoe (2.17MB) - Dr. John Reuter, University of California, Davis, Tahoe Research Group
Session B
Urban Development
  1. Watershed Management Facilitator – LID Handbook (4.02MB) - Chris Conway, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

  2. Measuring Water Quality Benefits of Infiltrating Urban Runoff (1.87MB) - Suzanne Dallman, Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council

  3. Urbanization, Water Quality, and Local Watershed Management: An Integrated Approach (3.43MB) - Mike Zanoli, California Department of Water Resources
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TUESDAY 8:30 am - 10:00 am (Concurrent Sessions)

Session A
Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring

  1. Water Quality in the Yolo Bypass (1.37MB) - Armand Ruby, Armand Ruby Consulting

  2. Coastal Watershed Assessment: A Template for Assessing Water Quality Conditions at the Watershed Level (PowerPoint/19.54MB) - Anitra L. Pawley, University of California, Davis, Sea Grant Extension

  3. Agricultural Water Quality in the Central Coast: A New Approach to Monitoring and Implementation Tracking (1.01 MB) - Karen Worcester, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
Session B
Public Participation

  1. The Central Modoc River Center (1.2MB) - Abbey Kingdon, The River Center

  2. Watershed Stewardship: GPS Habitat and Bioassessment Surveys (4.32MB) - Aspen Madrone, Contra Costa County Community Development Department

  3. Our Land. Our River. Our Way of Life - Sharon Weaver, San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust, Inc.

TUESDAY 10:30 am - 12:00 pm (Concurrent Sessions)

Session A
Vegetated Treatment Systems

  1. Conversion of Agricultural Drainage Ditches into Treatment Wetlands (3.07MB) - Bryan Largay, Resource Conservation District of Monterey County

  2. The San Diego Creek Natural Treatment System Master Plan - A Case Study of a Regional BMP Approach to Water Quality Management (4.65MB) - Norris Brandt, Irvine Ranch Water District

  3. Benefits of Vegetated Agricultural Drainage Ditches (VADD) as a Best Management Practice in Yolo County, California (1.37MB) - Debra Denton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region9
Session B
Developing and Implementing Watershed Plans

  1. The Lower Tuolumne River Framework for the Future: An Integrated Plan (1.31MB) - Patrick Koepele, Tuolumne River Trust

  2. Watershed Planning and Best Management Practices in the Arroyo Seco (2.43MB) - Jason Pelletier, North East Trees

  3. Evaluating Limiting Factors for Salmonids in Lagunitas Creek (1.68MB) - Nancy Scolari, Marin Resource Conservation District

TUESDAY 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (Concurrent Sessions)

Session A
Agricultural Management Practices
  1. Williams Ranch Tailwater Collection Pond (4.76MB) - Michael Harris, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District

  2. Irrigation Management Measures to Improve the Quality of Surface Runoff Water (6.7MB) - Khaled Bali, University of California Desert Research and Extension Center

  3. Measuring Suspended Sediment Loads in the Napa River Watershed (2.37MB) - Bob Zlomke, Napa County Resource Conservation District
Session B
Bioassessment

  1. Napa River Benthic Macro Invertebrate Study Project (2.16MB) - Dr. Charley Dewberry, Friends of the Napa River

  2. Use of GIS Techniques to Investigate the Relationship Between Various NPS Stressors and the Condition of Stream Invertebrate Assemblages (6.42MB) - Peter Ode, California Department of Fish and Game

  3. Monitoring Benthic Macroinvertebrates at Several Putah Creek Restoration Sites (7.26MB) - Ken Davis, Wildlife Survey and Photo

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State Water Resource Control Board
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Sacramento, CA  95814
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