SWAMP - California Aquatic Bioassessment Workshop 2004
CALIFORNIA AQUATIC BIOASSESSMENT WORKGROUP - 11TH ANNUAL MEETING
November 30 and December 1, 2004
U.C. Davis, California
MEETING AGENDA
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30
| Item # | Presentation |
|---|---|
8:30-8:45 |
Welcome to UC Davis and the State Water Resources Control Board’s Training Initiative/Academy Program – Nancy Ellen Baker, UCD Extension – Land Use and Natural Resources, Davis, California and Greg Gearheart, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) |
| 8:45-9:00 | Welcome and Objectives of the Meeting – Jim Harrington, California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) – Office of Spill Prevention and Response |
| 9:00-9:30 | DFG’s Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory – Strategy for Integrating Objectives and Approach to Ambient Monitoring - Peter Ode, DFG Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory (ABL) |
| 9:30-10:00 | Tiered Aquatic Life Use in SoCal: Challenges and Implementation Strategies - Jerry Diamond, Tetra Tech Inc., Owings Mills, Maryland |
| 10:00-10:30 | Update on the Western Pilot Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program - Paul Ringold, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Corvallis, Oregon |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break and Poster Session |
| 11:00-11:20 | Derivation and Application of Tolerance Values for the Western U.S. - Dave Peck, U.S. EPA ORD, Corvallis, Oregon; Lester Yuan, ORD, Washington D.C.; Gary Wolinsky and Bobbye Smith, EPA Region 9 |
| 11:20-11:40 | Cadmium Shipping, Receiving and Handling: Comparative Bio-dynamics in Stream Insects - David Buchwalter, U.S. Geologic Survey, Menlo Park, California |
| 11:40-12:00 | Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assessment in Low Gradient Waterways of the Lower Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Watersheds - Dan Markiewicz and Kevin Goding, UCD Aquatic Toxicity Laboratory, Davis, California |
12:00-12:20 |
Using Periphyton for Bioassessment: Who, what, when, where, why and how - Gary Lester, EcoAnalysts, Moscow, Idaho |
| 12:20-12:40 | Statistical Power Analysis to Define Reference Criteria for Montana - David Richards for Brett Marshall (author), EcoAnalysts, Boseman, Idaho |
| 12:40-2:00 | Lunch and Poster Session |
Theme: Citizen Monitoring and reporting on Water Quality Assessments |
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| 2:00-2:20 | Citizen Monitoring in the Truckee Watershed - Program Overview and Use of Data for 303d Listing, TMDLs, and Restoration Project Identification and Monitoring - Beth Christman, Truckee River Watershed Council, Truckee, California |
| 2:20-2:40 | Challenges in Developing a Citizen Monitoring Program and Early Macroinvertebrate Data Results - Joanne Hild, Friends of Deer Creek, Nevada City, California |
| 2:40-3:00 | Malibu Creek Watershed Assessment and Developing an Index of Stream Health - Shelley Luce, Heal the Bay, Santa Monica, California |
| 3:00-3:20 | Water Quality Indexes: The San Francisco Bay Scorecard and Beyond - Anitra Pawley, The Bay Institute, Davis, California |
| 3:20-3:40 | Break and Poster Session |
| Theme: Methods Standardization and Comparability | |
| 3:45-4:00 | Issues of Concern about Methodology for the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program - Tom Suk, Lahontan RWQCB |
| 4:00-4:20 | Comparison of Sampling Methods: Converting CSBP Samples to a 500 Count Composite, and Preliminary Comparisons of Multihabitat vs. Targeted Riffle Protocols - Andy Rehn, ABL |
| 4:20-4:50 | Performance of Different Bioassessment Methods from California: Toward a Uniform Approach - David Herbst, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory, Mammoth Lakes, California |
| 4:50-5:10 | Standardizing Lentic Bioassessment Procedures for California - Jennifer Hayworth, San Francisco Estuary Institute, Oakland, California |
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1
| Item # | Presentation |
|---|---|
| Theme: Integrated Water Resource Monitoring Network | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Integrated Surface Water Monitoring Strategy for Southern California - Ken Schiff, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project and Jim Harrington, DFG |
| 9:30-10:00 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the North Coast (R 1) RWQCB - Peter Otis, Santa Rosa |
| 10:00-10:20 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the San Francisco Bay (R 2) RWQCB and Update on IBI Development for the Region - Matt Cover, Oakland |
| 10:20-10:40 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the Central Coast (R 3) RWQCB - Karen Worcester, San Luis Obispo |
| 10:40-11:00 | Break and Poster Session |
| 11:00-11:20 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the Los Angeles (R 4) RWQCB - Michael Lyons, Los Angeles |
| 11:20-11:40 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the Central Valley (R 5) RWQCB - Robert Holmes, Sacramento |
| 11:40-12:00 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the Central Valley (R 5) RWQCB – Jay Rowan, Sacramento |
12:00-12:20 |
Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the Central Valley (R 5) RWQCB - Dennis Heiman, Redding |
| 12:20-12:40 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the Lahontan (R 6) RWQCB - Tom Suk, South Lake Tahoe |
| 12:40-2:00 | Lunch, Poster Session and Optional Presentation |
1:15-2:00 |
The Power of Interactivity in Identification Toolboxes - LucID Guides to Aquatic Families and Especially the Chironomidae - Peter Cranston, UC Davis |
| 2:00-2:20 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the Colorado River Basin (R 7) RWQCB - Mariella Carpio-Obeso, Palm Desert |
| 2:20-2:40 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the Santa Ana (R 8) RWQCB - Pavlova Vitale, Riverside |
| 2:40-3:00 | Status of Monitoring Activity and Attempts to Integrate for the San Diego (R 9) RWQCB - Dave Gibson and James Smith, San Diego |
| 3:00-3:20 | Update on SWAMP and the State-wide Monitoring Strategy - Val Connor, SWRCB |
| 3:20-4:00 | Discussion Session |
