PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2006 AWRA SUMMER SPECIALTY CONFERENCE: Adaptive Management of Water Resources

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SESSION 1: Wetlands - I

Adaptive Management Based Upon Post-Reconstruction Monitoring of Anacostia Wetlands, Washington, D.C.
Dick Hammerschlag, Cairn Krafft, Steve Pugh, Andy Baldwin (Paper)

Adaptive Management for Island Restoration Using Dredged Material at Poplar Island
Mark Mendelsohn, Jeff Elseroad (Abstract)

The Upper St. Johns River Basin Project - How Adaptive Management Transformed a Conventional Federal Flood Control Project into a National Model of Wetland Restoration and Modern Floodplain Management
B. Casey Fitzgerald, Maurice Sterling (Abstract)

Adaptive Management in a Wetland Restoration Program
Christopher Shea, Warren Hogg, Kathleen Coates (Paper)

Adaptive Livestock Management Involving Riparian-Wetland Areas
Sandra Wyman (Abstract)

Adaptive Management and Its Implementation in Puerto Rico: Sometimes a Hammer is Just a Hammer
Harvey Minnigh, Graciela I. Ramírez Toro, Robert R. Christian, Mark M. Brinson (Abstract)

SESSION 2: Stakeholder Involvement in Adaptive Management

Creeks & Communities: Integrating Science into Collaborative, Adaptive Management
Laura Van Riper (Abstract)

Community Participation in Development of Restoration Plan for the Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River, Palm Beach County, FL
Patricia Walker, Yongshan Wan (Abstract)

Public Perception of Drought and Compliance to Agency Enforced Water Regulations in an Urbanized Community within the Great Lakes Basin
Marianne Alden, Ray Tufgar (Paper)

Incorporating Adaptive Management into Virginia's Water Supply Planning Regulation, 9 VAC 25-780
Scott Kudlas, A.W. Averett, C.J. Breth, W.K. Norris, T.D. Stephenson (Paper)

A Tribal Perspective on Washington State's Forest Practices Adaptive Management Program
Allen Pleus (Abstract)

Public Opinions for the Upstream Lanyang Watershed Management in Taiwan
Shyue-cherng Liaw, Wan-Jiun Chen (Paper)

SESSION 3: Models and Tools for Adaptive Management - I

Simulating Forest Harvest Impacts on Streamflow on the Boreal Plain Using a Simple Growth Model (ALMANAC) Coupled with a Watershed-Scale Model (SWAT)
Doug MacDonald, Ruth Mckeown, Jim Kiniry, Jeff Arnold, Gordon Putz, Ellie Prepas (Abstract)

Evaluating Long-Term Forest Management through Integrated Vegetation and Hydrologic Modeling
Robert Ahl, Scott Woods, Mauro Di Luzio, Jeff Arnold (Paper)

A Comparison of Annual Calibrations of the SWAT at Differing Resolutions
Julie Earls, Barnali Dixon (Paper)

Complex Watershed Modeling in a Semiarid Region
Anthony Donigian Jr., Jason Love (Paper)

Airborne Remote Sensing for Watershed-Scale Assessments of Land Use and Conservation Practices on Water Quality
Mark Masters, Dana Sullivan, Marty McKimmey (Abstract)

Nutrient TMDL Allocation by Equal Marginal Percent Reduction Method in an Urban Stream
Lauren Fillmore, Harry X. Zhang, Mary Kuo, Thomas Henry (Paper)

SESSION 4: TMDL - I

TMDL Implementation: Lessons Learned
Brian Benham, Rebecca Zeckoski, Sujit Ekka, Gene Yago(Abstract)

Adaptive Management for TMDL Implementation in Upstreams of Major Dams in Korea
Hyunook Kim, Honglae Lim, Ingyu Lee, Seohyung Jin, Myongjin Yu (Abstract)

Adaptive Management in the Water Quality Restoration Plan and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the Lake Helena Watershed Planning Area, Montana
Ron Steg, Clary Barreto, Jason Gildea, Taylor Greenup, Gary Ingman, Kevin Kratt, Alix Rooker, Julie Tsatsaros (Abstract)

Lower Boise River: Water Quality and Watershed Background
Robbin Finch (Paper)

Lower Boise River - Water Quality and Biological Integrity Trends
Dorene MacCoy (Paper)

Never a Dull Moment: The TMDL Program on the Lower Boise River
Sherrill Doran (Paper)

SESSION 5: Watershed - I

Adaptive Management of Watersheds for Enhanced Water Quality and Quantity
Sterling Grogan, Anne Watkins (Abstract)

Developing Guidelines for the Implementation of Adaptive Management Systems to Restore Lake Tahoe
John Tracy (Abstract)

Sacramento Valley Water Management Program
Mark Oliver (Abstract)

The Role of Regional Hydrologic Modeling within the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Adaptive Management Strategy
Walter M. Wilcox, Jenifer A Barnes, Agnes R. McLean (Abstract)

SESSION 6: Lessons Learned from Multi-Adaptive Management Project Evaluations

A Review of the Adaptive Management Theory in the Context of Integrated Water Resources Management
Wietske Medema, Paul Jeffrey (Paper)

Thirty Years of Adaptive Management: Beneficial Environmental Management or Smoke and Mirrors?
Steven W. Carothers, David Wegner, Dorothy A. House (Abstract)

Best Practices in Adaptive Management
Thomas St Clair, Steve Light, Eliza Shively (Abstract)

SESSION 7: Uncertainty Assessment - I

Improving the Imprecise Nature of Adaptive Management in the Continuum of Land Use and Water Resources
W. Mark Hanna (Abstract)

The Decompartmentalization Adaptive Management Plan (DAMP): An Ecological Pilot Study for Evaluating Enhanced Sheetflow in the Everglades
Fred Sklar, John Ogden, Lorraine Heisler, James Boone, Carol Mitchell (Abstract)

Defining and Managing Uncertainty in Adaptive Management
William Werick, Eugene Stakhiv (Paper)

Using Optimization-Simulation Model for Adaptive Wellfield Management
Chin Man Mok presenting for Nisai Wanakule (Abstract)

SESSION 8: Habitat Conservation Planning and Endangered Aquatic Resources Recovery

Adaptive Management of an Endangered White Sturgeon Population: The "Kitchen Sink" Approach
Jeffrey Laufle, Paul Anders, Gary Barton, Scott Bettin, Bob Hallock, Greg Hoffman, Charlie Holderman, Sue Ireland, Evan Lewis (Paper)

Altered Dynamics of Kootenai River White Sturgeon Habitat and Hydraulic-Sediment-Transport Modeling
Gary Barton, Richard McDonald, Charles Berenbrock, Jonathan Nelson, Sue Ireland, Vaughn Paragamian, Bob Hallock, Scott Bettin (Abstract)

Embarking on a Journey - Adaptive Management for the Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Program - Seattle Public Utilities
Linda De Boldt, Jim Erckmann, Cyndy Holtz (Abstract)

Implications of Managing Woody Debris Loading in the Ozette River on Nearshore Habitat and Inundation in Lake Ozette, Washington
Tim Abbe, Katie Jagt, Robbin Kirschbaum, Andy Ritchie, Jeff Shelberg (Abstract)

SESSION 9: Riparian Corridors - I

Restoration of Wetlands and Riparian Corridors on a Corporate Campus in New Jersey
Gary Markiewicz, Gregory J. Braun, Joseph K. Shisler, David J. Stout, Mary Beth Koza, Robert M. Weiss, Amy P. Lanterman (Paper)

Adaptive Management on the Middle Fork Hood River, Oregon - A Fish Story
Wayne Wright (Paper)

Adaptive Management of the Colorado River Ecosystem below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona: Using Science and Modeling to Resolve Uncertainty in River Management
Theodore S. Melis, Steven Martell, Lewis Coggins, William Pine, Matthew Andersen (Paper)

SESSION 10: Panel: Adaptive Management - Legal and Institutional Barriers and Bridges To Implementation in the Everglades

Moderator - Charles Padera, PBS&J, Saint Augustine, FL

(Panel Abstract)

Over the past five years scientists and policy makers in the natural resources restoration and management arena have begun to use the term "adaptive management" (AM) with greater frequency. For example, the federal legislation authorizing the Everglades Restoration effort speaks directly to the use of AM in order "to adjust, modify, or greatly change the restoration plan as we learn more about the sciences of restoration". Currently federal agencies such as the Department of Interior, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and even the Department of Homeland Security are examining how to apply AM to their missions to expedite implementation of environmentally related projects. During discussions on this matter, it becomes quickly apparent that the term "adaptive management" is broadly applied. It is common to find a spectrum of understanding that has AM being described on one hand as a highly academic process that relies on the use of rigorous hypotheses and experimental design to the other where it is no more than a "trial and error" approach to implementing a natural resource management program or restoration project.

Regardless of where ones understanding of AM may reside, to succeed with employing any form of it for a large scale ecosystem restoration effort requires pragmatic considerations that lie within the arenas of science, policy and law. For this panel discussion, senior agency managers from south Florida presented perspectives on the application of AM to include how current policy, law and contemporary science practices in south Florida influence the potential for successful application of AM to achieve restoration of the Everglades.

Panelists
Dan Kimball, Everglades National Park Superintendent
Jay Slack, Field Supervisor, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Stu Appelbaum, Division Chief, Planning, US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
John Ogden, Chief Scientist, South Florida Water Management District

The panel addressed the following topics: "The Application of AM Within the Confines of the Restoration and Management Needs of the Everglades National Park", "The Impacts that NEPA and the Endangered Species Act Have on the Use of AM", "The Compatibility of AM With the Current Corps Planning Process at the Program and Project Level", "The Current AM Strategy for the Everglades"

SESSION 11: Uncertainty Assessment - II

A Bayesian Belief Network Model for Managing the Uncertainty in Gaza Water Resources System
Said Ghabayen, Mac McKee (Paper)

The Expected Value of Sample Information Analysis: A Case Study of Nitrogen Pollution Control from Agricultural Nonpoint Sources in the Conestoga Watershed of Pennsylvania
Hwansoo Sung, James Shortle (Paper)

Multi-objective Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network Design
Khalil Ammar, Abedalrazq Khalil, Mac McKee, Jagath J. Kaluarachchi (Paper)

Adaptive and Integrated Management of Water Resources Through Reliability Optimization
Chin Man Mok, Armen Der Kiureghian, Nisai Wanakule, Steven Gorelick, Anthony Daus (Abstract)

SESSION 12: International Transboundary Applications of Adaptive Management

The Value of Informal Agreements in Transboundary Water Resources as an Adaptive Management Mechanism
Antonio Lloret (Abstract)

Institutions for Transboundary River Governance: A Case Study of the Danube River
Catherine Ashcraft (Abstract)

Measuring Adaptive River Basin Management
Tom Raadgever, E. Mostert, N.C. van de Giesen (Paper)

Lake Ontario Outflow Deviations as a Form of Adaptive Management
Anthony Eberhardt (Paper)

SESSION 13: Wetlands - II

Using an Alum Injection System to Reduce Phosphorus Loading from Restored Wetlands
Victoria Hoge, E.R. Marzolf, R. Naleway, T. DeBusk, F. Dierberg, T. Auter (Paper)

Adaptive Management of Wetlands in Uganda, Africa
Roger Ruggles, Karen Ruggles (Paper)

Problems and Management of Drainage Ditches in Landscape Restoration Projects
Phil Gerla, Russell Reisz, Jon Eerkes (Abstract)

When the Well Runs Dry: Adaptive Management of Mitigation Water Supplies in a Complex Desert Ecosystem
Bruce Goff, Julie Greene, Dennis Bohme, Bruce Curtis, Yuying Li (Abstract)

SESSION 14: Panel: Adaptive Management and Watersheds - A Social Science Perspective

Moderator - Catherine Allan, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia

Panelists
Catherine Allan, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia
Allan Curtis, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia
Bruce Shindler, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
George Stankey, U.S.D.A., Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR
(Paper by all four panelists)

Watersheds are physical realities, but they are also social constructions; the physical environment is both interpreted and modified by individuals and societies. A social science perspective is essential for understanding the physical and ecological stresses on watersheds, and for articulating and facilitating the management changes needed to address these stresses. We observe that the management of watersheds in both the US and Australia occurs within risk-averse societies which have a preference for simplicity and clarity, a passion for activity, and a reliance on short term planning. Consequently, most programs addressing watershed issues are small-scale and poorly integrated, avoid the complexity inherent in watersheds, and fail to effect improvement in environmental conditions or community well-being. In response to these shortcomings, watershed-scale adaptive management is proposed as a management lifeline. However, experience suggests that social and institutional factors constrain the search for, and integration of, the genuine learning that defines adaptive management.

For watershed-scale adaptive management to achieve its promise it must be recognised as a radical departure from established ways of managing natural resources; it will require new ways of thinking about management, new organizational structures and new implementation processes and tools. Adaptive management encourages scrutiny of prevailing social and organizational norms and this is unlikely to occur without a change in the culture of natural resource management and research. Planners and managers require educational, administrative, and political support as they seek to understand and implement adaptive management. Learning and reflection must be valued and rewarded, and a forum established where learning through adaptive management can be shared and explored. The creation of new institutions, including educational curricula, organizational policies and practices, and professional norms and beliefs, will require support from within bureaucracies and from politicians. The panelists addressed the challenges for researchers, especially those at this conference, to work with managers at the watershed-scale to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and to engage potential supporters among administrative, legal, and political actors to build commitment to adaptive management.

SESSION 15: Riparian Corridor Monitoring Strategies to Support Adaptive Management - I

Identification & Assessment of Montana Reference Streams in the Northern Glaciated Plains
Vicki Watson, M. Suplee, R.S. de Suplee, D. Feldman, T. Laidlaw (Abstract)

A Monitoring Program for 'Natural' Channel Design Projects in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
Ryan Ness, Lisa Roberti, Paul Villard (Paper)

Use of Regression and Time-Series Methods to Estimate a Sediment Budget for Nevada Creek Reservoir, Montana, USA
Chuck Dalby (Paper)

Long Term Broad Scale Monitoring of Riparian Vegetation
Mary Manning, Vicente Monleon, Mark Finco, Bonnie Ruefenacht (Abstract)

SESSION 16: Adaptive Stormwater Management

Using Urban Stormwater Runoff as an Environmental Resource
Robert McGregor (Abstract)

Adaptive Management Is Making Ten Mile Creek a Success
Denise Arrieta, Patti Sime, Blake Guillory, Doris Marlin (Abstract)

Adapting to Changes in Water Pollution Control Measures
Sean Blacklocke, Ray Earle (Abstract)

Watershed-Based Sources Of Total Copper, Lead And Zinc To Urban Stormwater
Liesl Tiefenthaler, Eric D. Stein, Kenneth C. Schiff (Abstract)

SESSION 17: Riparian Corridors - II

Utilizing Adaptive Management for Successful Restoration and Mitigation
C. Bradley Florentin, Corey Engen (Paper)

Adaptive Management Process for Watershed Maintenance
Shree Dharasker (Paper)

Prediction of Potential Channel Dynamics and Response to the Restoration of Channel/Floodplain Connectivity at the Confluence of the Tolt and Snoqualmie Rivers, Carnation, Washington
Karen Williams, Tim Abbe, Jennifer Goldsmith, Ian Mostrenko (Abstract)

Using an Anthropogenic Fluctuating Signal to Investigate Transient Storage Characteristics in a Restored Reach of the Truckee River, Nevada
Andrew Knust, John J. Warwick (Abstract)

SESSION 18: Consensus Building Using Decision Support Systems - I

Integrating Science and Stakeholder Values in Nonpoint Source Pollution Prioritization
Robert Morgan, Marty Matlock, Sandra Miller (Paper)

Landscape Level, Scenario-Based Planning Using a Geospatial Model - OPTIONS
Don Reimer, Lon. E. Hachmeister, Alan Wolfson (Abstract)

Managing Water Resources and Climate Change Using Group Model Building
Stacy Langsdale, Allyson Beall, Jeff Carmichael, Stewart Cohen, Craig Forster, Tina Neale (Paper)

Adaptive Management of Community Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: A Conceptual Approach
Wayne Woldt, Mohammed F. Dahab (Paper)

SESSION 19: Water Markets - I

Performance-Based Water Quality Programs: Getting the Most for Your Dollar
Jenny Guiling, Suzie Greenhalgh, Mindy Selman (Paper)

Native American Water Rights in Enhancing Streamflows for Endangered Fish
Mike Hamman (Paper)

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), Water Quality Trading/Banking, and Adaptive Management in New Jersey, Happy Together?
Benjamin Witherell, Kirk Barrett, Huan Feng (Abstract)

Managing Water Scarcity - The Australian Water Reform Agenda
Peter Cullen (Paper)

SESSION 20: Panel: Public and Private Provision of Instream Flows

Moderator - Edna Loehman, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

(Panel Abstract)

Riverine habitat and species have been damaged due to over-appropriation of water for agricultural and urban uses. Market incentives can result in voluntary conservation efforts to provide water for ecosystem purposes. Acquisition of water for ecosystem purposes can occur through both government and private programs. There is much variation across the western U.S. in public and private activities for instream flows. Water trusts are non-profit organizations that acquire water rights for instream flows. The success of private conservation efforts raises questions of what are the most effective roles for government and private conservation activities, and whether and how these roles should be coordinated. The purpose of this session was to review current instream flow programs in terms of institutional roles, application of economic criteria, and adaptability for changing conditions, and to identify needs for public and private coordinator. The panel members first each made a fifteen minute presentation on the indicated topic, followed by fifteen minutes of discussion with the panel members and audience.

Panelists
Legal Considerations for Water Trusts
Mary Ann King, University of California, Berkeley, San Leandro, CA (Abstract)

Willingness to Pay for Instream Flows in Montana Fisheries
John W. Duffield, University of Montana, Missoula, MT (Paper)

Public and Private Substitutes and Complements to Augment Instream Flows
Edna Loehman, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (co-author: Sasha Charney) (Abstract)

Economics of Adaptively Managing Columbia River Hydro-power and Fish
Daniel Huppert, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Purchase and Sale of Water Rights between Private Parties, and the Relationship of Water Right Changes to Instream Flow Conditions
Kris G. Kauffman, Water Rights, Inc., Lakewood, WA

Public and Private Roles in Adaptive Provision of Instream Flows: Law and Economics Foundations
John Ferguson, Montana Water Trust, Missoula, MT

SESSION 21: Infrastructure Operations Including Dams - I

Assessment of Operational Changes at San Clemente Dam and Effects on Streamflow, Aquatic Habitat, and Juvenile Steelhead in the Carmel River between 1983 and 2005
Darby W. Fuerst, David H. Dettman, Joseph W. Oliver (Abstract)

The Okanagan Fish-Water Management (OKFWM) Tool: Adaptive Management of Competing Water Objectives in Real-Time to Promote Sockeye Smolt Production Gains
David Marmorek, Kim Hyatt, Clint Alexander, Brian Symonds, Andrew Wilson, Brian Guy, Howie Wright, Brent Philips, Harvey Andrusak, Deana Machin, Chris Bull (Abstract)

The Sustainable Rivers Project and its Needs and Potential for Adaptive Management
John Hickey, Andrew Warner (Abstract)

Adaptive Management for the Middle Tallapoosa River
Elise R. Irwin, Kathryn D. Kennedy, William C. Dykes (Abstract)

SESSION 22: Consensus Building Using Decision Support Systems - II

Shared Vision Planning and Adaptive Management: Lessons for Better Water Management
Mark Lorie (Paper)

Water Supply Assessment Tool for the San Francisco Public Utility Commission
Carter Borden, Joann Wilfert, John Chester, Michael Tsang (Abstract)

Hydrologic Landscape Units and Adaptive Management of Intermountain Wetlands
Stephan Custer, Richard Sojda (Paper)

Combining a Segment-Level Watershed Model and Compromise Programming for Adaptive Management
Michael Strager, J. Todd Petty, Jacquelyn M. Strager (Abstract)

SESSION 23: Science Supporting Adaptive Management in Forests

Detecting Change in Forested Streams: Implications for Adaptive Management
Lee H. MacDonald (Abstract)

Effects of Timber Harvest on Stream Temperature in the Southern Olympic Foothills
Mark Golliet, Christine Erica Marbet, Eric Beach (Paper)

Effects of Forest Management on Turbidity Trends in the Deschutes River, Washington
Maryanne Reiter, John Heffner, Storm Beech, Bob Bilby (Abstract)

Forest Watershed and Riparian Disturbance (FORWARD): A Watershed-Based Adaptive Management Project Linking Science and Industry in the Canadian Boreal Forest
Ellie Prepas, D.W. Smith, G. Putz, J.S. Russell (Abstract)

SESSION 24: Water Supply, Drought, and Climate Change

Additional Sources of Drinking Water from Alpine Lakes
Derek Bonin, Dave Dunkley, Ed von Euw, Lorne Gilmour (Abstract)

Adaptive Watershed Management Approaches for Water Supply Development
Robert McConnell (Abstract)

Simulating Drought Impacts on the City of Phoenix Water Supplies
James Oliver, Steve Rossi (Abstract)

Sources of Water Captured by Municipal Supply Wells in a Highly Conductive Aquifer, Western Montana
Amelia Tallman, William W. Woessner (Paper)

SESSION 25: TMDL - II

Influence of Geology and Historical Land Use Change on the Hydrology and Turbidity Impairments in Northeastern Minnesota Streams
Joe Magner, Nolan Baratono, Andrew Streitz, Jesse Anderson, E. Sandy Verry (Abstract)

Implementing Adaptive TMDLs and Adaptive Watershed Management - A Practitioner's Guide A Follow Up to the 2001 National Research Council TMDL Report
Jennifer Benaman, Paul Freedman, Kenneth H. Reckhow, Leonard Shabman (Abstract)

Decision Analysis for TMDL Information Collection Prioritization
William Labiosa, James Leckie (Abstract)

A Unique Approach in Defining a Nutrient TMDL for Black Lake, Idaho
Allan B Chartrand, J. Chen, J. Stockner, H. Zhang (Abstract)

SESSION 26: Role-Play Simulation: Managing Intractable Water Disputes

Moderator - Matthew McKinney and Will Harmon, Public Policy Research Institute, The University of Montana, Helena, MT

(Panel Abstract)

A role-play simulation on strategies to manage intractable water disputes was conducted. After reviewing key principles, concepts, and strategies for managing intractable environmental disputes, the participants engaged in a role-playing simulation that used the Klamath River Basin as the fact pattern. The simulation included six parties and one facilitator for each small group. Participants learned about the theory and practice of deliberative dialogue as one method for managing intractable environmental disputes, along with other strategies such as reframing.

SESSION 27: Models and Tools for Adaptive Management - II

Adaptive Management using Geospatial Time Series
John (Jack) Hampson, David Maidment (Abstract)

Modeling Tools for Lake Tahoe Watershed Planning
Andrew Parker, Leslie Shoemaker, John Riverson, John Craig, Jeremy Sokulsky (Abstract)

The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Hydrologic Project: Using Science to Manage Bi-State Water Resources
Helen Harrington (Abstract)

Modeling as a Step in Adaptive Management, Effects of Causeway Removals on Seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida
Michael Cullum, David J. Christian, Joel Steward (Abstract)

SESSION 28: Adaptive Management Science in Habitat Conservation Planning of Endangered Aquatic Species

Adaptive Management and the Plum Creek Timber Company Native Fish Habitat Conservation Plan
Lorin Hicks, Brian Sugden, Tim Bodurtha (Paper)

Tree Fall Pattern Validation and Use in Modeling Large Woody Debris Trends
Jeff Light, Ron Steiner, Mark Teply, Nicholas Som (Paper)

Road Sediment as a Metric for Large-Scale Land Management Plans
Paul Callahan, Brian Sugden (Paper)

The Washington State Forests and Fish Adaptive Management Plan: Structure, Strengths, and Weaknesses
D. Eric Harlow, Chris Mendoza, Toby Thaler (Abstract)

SESSION 29: Riparian Corridors - III

Paired Basin Study of Fuel Reduction Treatments in the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed: Challenges in Data Interpretation and Adaptive Management
Paige Grant, Neil Williams, Claudia Borchert, Don Meals (Abstract)

Using Measured Data to Establish Forest Plan Standards - A Lesson in Adaptive Management
Pete Bengeyfield (Abstract)

Recovery of a Restored Channel: Castor River Missouri
Roger Gaines, Douglas W. Max (Abstract)

The Influence of Riparian Corridor Management on Primary Productivity in Rivers and Streams
Marty Matlock, Andrea Ludwig, Brian Haggard

SESSION 30: Panel: Adaptive Management at the Federal Level - Legal and Institutional Constraints, Emerging Initiatives and Opportunities

Moderator - Larry Fisher, U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Tucson, AZ

(Panel Abstract)

This panel examined the national/federal context for implementing adaptive management in managing large-scale ecosystems. The major focus of the discussion centered on the legal and institutional framework for operationalizing adaptive management approaches. Panelists discussed relevant aspects of key federal laws and policies (e.g. NEPA, FACA, ESA, NFMA and FLPMA), as well as the realities of working with federal bureaucracies - their guiding policies and procedures, agency cultures, as well as leadership and decision-making approaches. To illustrate these legal and institutional constraints, panelists drew from specific project settings (watersheds, river systems, forest and marine ecosystems) in several locations in the western United States where adaptive management has been promoted as a guiding principle. Panelists also provided examples of emerging new models of public participation and environmental governance, with particular emphasis on inter- or multi-agency alliances, to assess the challenges inherent in resolving conflicts among competing authorities.

Panelists
Larry Fisher, U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Tucson, AZ
Richard Whitley, Bureau of Land Management, Medford, OR
George Stankey, U.S.D.A., Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR
Jeremy Casterson, Bureau of Land Management, Craig, CO
Susan Rees, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, AL, Mobile, AL

SESSION 31: Models and Tools for Adaptive Management - III

Challenges to Watershed Modeling in Forested Mountainous Environments
Kevin Hyde, Scott Woods, John Potyondy (Paper)

Automated Fault Detection: Preparing Real-Time Data for Adaptive Management
David Hill, Barbara Minsker (Paper)

An Investigation of the Effects of Antecedent Snow Pack on Extreme High Runoff Events in a Western Washington Catchment using a Distributed Hydrologic Model
Ken Brettmann, Amy Sansone, Pascal Storck (Abstract)

Cross-Sectional River Hydraulics and Water Quality Characterization Using Rapidly Deployable Networked Info-Mechanical Systems (NIMS RD)
Jason Fisher, Thomas C. Harmon, William J. Kaiser (Abstract)

SESSION 32: Groundwater Adaptive Management

Monitoring and Management of Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources - Case Study: Denver Basin Aquifers
Daniel Niemela, Christopher Sanchez (Paper)

"Whiskey is for Drinking, Water is for Fighting"
F. Steve Petersen, Don Roach, James Dodson (Abstract)

What Lies Beneath: Improved Ground Water Imaging
Paul Rollins (Abstract)

Adaptive Management of the Assimilative Capacity of the Powder River for Discharge of Coal Bed Natural Gas Produced Water
Arthur O'Hayre, Seth Okeson, Jeff Cline (Abstract)

SESSION 33: Infrastructure Operations Including Dams - II

Determination of Operational Criteria for Lake Okeechobee to Meet Competing Water Management Objectives
Walter M. Wilcox, Paul J. Trimble, Luis G. Cadavid, Jenifer A Barnes (Abstract)

Measuring Success in Adaptive Management: the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program
Dennis Kubly, Randall Peterson (Abstract)

Monitoring Multi-Discipline Responses to Changes in Reservoir Operations in an Integrated, Seven-State System
Janet Herrin, Rick Driggans, Bridgette Ellis (Abstract)

Integrating Adaptive Management Concepts with Multipurpose Reservoir Management in the Savannah River Basin
Jason Ward, Stanley Simpson (Abstract)

SESSION 34: Agency Frameworks and Institutional Arrangement for Adaptive Management

Moving Collaboratively from Water Policy to Implementation: A Model of Information Exchange and Education between Two Resource Agencies
Patricia Carroll, Doug Rushton (Abstract)

Integrating Climate Information and Water Resources Management: Opportunities for Adaptive Management in the Context of Dam Relicensing
Kirsten Lackstrom, Greg Carbone, Kirstin Dow, Dan Tufford, Hope Mizzell (Abstract)

That DAAM Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Chris McLaughlin (Abstract)

Application of Adaptive Management for Offshore Renewable Resources
Mary Boatman, Rodney C. Cluck (Paper)

SESSION 35: Riparian Corridor Monitoring Strategies to Support Adaptive Management - II

WATERS Network: A Joint CLEANER/CUAHSI Initiative for Adaptive Management
Barbara Minsker, Jami Montgomery, Jerald Schnoor, Charles N. Haas (Paper)

Implementation of the Monitoring and Assessment Program for Everglades Restoration
Elmar Kurzbach, Patti Sime, Greg Graves, Vic Engel, Matthew Harwell (Abstract)

Hydrobiological Monitoring for the Adaptive Management of Surface Water Withdrawals from Tampa Bay Tidal Rivers
Douglas Robison, Robert McConnell (Abstract)

Thornton Creek and Matthews Beach Microbial Source Tracking Study
Rob Zisette, Michael Cawrse, Mansour Samadpour (Abstract)

SESSION 36:Watersheds - II

The Working Landscapes Alliance: Fostering Cooperative Conservation at Multiple Scales
Laura Van Riper (Abstract)

Developing a CERP Adaptive Management Program
Agnes McLean, Matthew Harwell, Lorraine Heisler, Elmar Kurzbach, Steve Light, Lisa Sterling, Thomas St. Clair (Abstract)

Evaluating and Adapting the Effectiveness of Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Abatement Programs
Daniel Markowitz, Rick Shamblen, Jeff Lauria, Eben Hobbins, Alan Vicory (Abstract)

Developing the Preferred Restoration Scenario for the Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River, Florida
Yongshan Wan, Patricia Walker (Abstract)

SESSION 37: Riparian Corridors - IV: Channel Design and Maintenance

Adaptive Management of Restoration Actions on the Upper Mississippi River System
Elliott L. Stefanik (Abstract)

A Decade of Stream Restoration in North Carolina: What Have We Learned?
Kevin Tweedy, William A. Harman, John W. Hutton (Paper)

An Assessment of 'Natural' Channel Design Projects in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
Paul Villard, Ryan Ness (Paper)

Reconfigured-Channel Monitoring and Assessment Program
Katherine Chase, John G. Elliott, Randolf S. Parker (Abstract)

SESSION 38: Panel: Organizational Relationships that Contribute to Effective Adaptive Management

Moderator - Lynn Martin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, VA and David Klein, The Nature Conservancy, Rochester, NY

(Panel Abstract)

Adaptive management is potentially useful for resolving water resource issues in the face of uncertainty inherent in natural systems. Different opinions about desired outcomes add to management uncertainty and further complicate the process of finding common ground. Discussions often focus on scientific data or restoration techniques, but tend to ignore the manner in which agencies, tribes, and other stakeholders interact to implement adaptive management. Such interaction may involve sharing information, preparing recommendations, approving regulatory permits, allocating funds, and enforcing agency regulations. Depending on the size of a program this can become a complex network, sometimes involving multiple states, counties, land management jurisdictions, and tribal boundaries. While people of good will and common vision can often achieve success regardless of organizational structure, there may be some basic principles that significantly improve the effectiveness of adaptive management in a variety of resource management situations. This panel attempted to highlight these principles based on presentations from several on-going programs. A facilitated panel of experts then examined institutional arrangements that have contributed to their effectiveness, with the goal of identifying techniques that have contributed to their effectiveness, and that could be applied to projects and programs elsewhere.

Presenters

Linking Agencies, Stakeholders and Scientists in an Adaptive Management Plan for the Cedar Sockeye Hatchery
Bruce Bachen, Project Manager, Science, Sustainability, and Watersheds, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, WA (Abstract)
Implementation of an Adaptive Management Strategy in a Changing Environment: The Louisiana Coastal Area Experience
Ellis "Buddy" Clairain, Jr., U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS (Abstract)
Organizational Dynamics in the Trinity River Restoration Program
Doug Schleusner, Executive Director, Trinity River Restoration Program, Weaverville, CA (Paper)

Panelists

Jeffery William Jacobs, Senior Program Officer, Water Science and Technology Board, The National Academies, Washington, DC
Dan Tarlock, Distinguished Professor of Law, Director of Environmental and Energy Law Program, Chicago-Ken College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Liz Galli-Noble, Assistant Director for Research Montana Water Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
David Marmorek, ESSA Technologies, Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada

SESSION 39: Water Markets - II

Conversion of Municipal Water Supplies from Non-renewable to Renewable Resources
Bruce Lytle (Paper)

Means to Implement Successful Water Management Strategies
Frank Jaeger (Abstract)

Pollution Credit Trading: A Means to Mitigate Uncertainty
John Westra, Robert Johansson (Abstract)

SESSION 40: International Case Studies

System Dynamics Application for Analyzing Adaptive Urban Water Management Policies in Tehran
Amin Sarang, Mohammad R. Baradarannia, Barbara J. Lence, Abolfazle Shamsai (Paper)

The Helsinki Convention and Water Resources Planning in St. Petersburg, Russia
Nathaniel Trumbull (Paper)

A Proposal for the Establishment of Bi-National Water Authority for the Eastern Mediterranean
Michael Davidson (Abstract)

Adaptive Management of Groundwater Allocation: A New Zealand Case Study
Brett Painter, John Bright (Paper)

SESSION 41: Climate Change

USACE Foundation Study on Climate Variability Planning and Adaptation
Seshu Vaddey, Alan F. Hamlet, Kathleen White (Paper)

Climate Based Streamflow Forecasts for Water Resource Managers
Matthew Wiley, Richard N. Palmer, Jae H. Ryu (Paper)

The Platte River Basin: Climate Change Effects on Water Management
Laura Stroup (Paper)

Mid-range Streamflow Prediction Using a Dynamic Climate Model
Jae H. Ryu, Richard N. Palmer, Matthew Wiley (Paper)

SESSION 42: Panel: Integrating Adaptive Management Ecosystem Restoration by the U.S. Army Corps - Overcoming Institutional Challenges

Moderator - Mathias Kondolf, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
(Panel Abstract)

By virtue of its size and expertise, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has emerged as a major planner, designer and implementer of ecosystem restoration projects in the nation's rivers and wetlands. The Corps' strategic plan calls on the organization to emphasize ecosystem restoration increasingly in the future, consistent with increasing congressional authorizations for such projects. There is no question the Corps has the expertise to implement restoration projects, but the organization has traditionally completed projects and turned them over to local sponsors to maintain. Thus, conceiving, implementing, and maintaining restoration projects in an adaptive management framework poses challenges to the Corps. This is especially true since recent legislative changes that tie most Corps funding to specific projects, making it more difficult to fund the long-term monitoring and evaluation essential for effective adaptive management. This session provided perspectives on the challenges, and ideas on how to overcome them, from members of the USACE Chief's independent Environmental Advisory Board, experienced Corps headquarters and district staff, and the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army.

Panelists

Mohammed F. Dahab, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Denis J. Reed, Department of Geology, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
George Crozier, Dauphin Island Marine Lab, Dauphin Island, AL
Janice Rasgus, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Steve Pugh, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, MD
Jeff Laufle, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Seattle, WA
Mark McKevitt, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC

SESSION 43: Aquatic Resources Habitat and Flow Needs

Quantifying the Effects of Flow Diversion and Channel Geometry on Aquatic Habitat and Implications for Mitigation and Adaptive Management Strategies
Tim Abbe, Chris Brummer, Katie Jagt (Abstract)

Evaluation of Diversions Operation Plans to Meet Minimum Fish Flow Requirements Using MIKE BASIN Model Simulations in Lemhi River Basin
Carter Borden, Bill Graham, Joe Spinazola (Abstract)

Environmental Restoration: Developing Plans for the Mississippi River Near Memphis, Tennessee
Roger Gaines, Douglas W. Max, John P. Rumancik, Jr. (Paper)

SESSION 44: Eutrophication Reduction

Utility of Watershed Modeling for Management of Phosphorus in the Big Thompson Watershed
Jennifer Morgan, Jeffrey Boring, Kara Brand, James Loftis (Abstract)

Developing Water Quality Restoration Criteria for Nutrient-Enriched Watersheds
Richard Kiesling (Abstract)

Effects of Near-Shore Development on Lakes
Herbert Garn (Abstract)

Estimating Point and Non-Point Source River Mass Loadings in a Major City
Mike Iwanyshyn, M.C. Ryan, A. Chu, C. Valeo (Abstract)

POSTER SESSION:

Posters A - F

High Resolution Acoustic Groundwater Flow Monitor
Anjani Achanta, Joseph Heyman, Miguel A. Medina Jr. (Abstract)

Development and Application of a Regional Ground Water Flow Model in Conjunction with a Decision Support System to Guide Santa Fe County's Conjunctive Resource Management Strategy
Cynthia Ardito, David Jordan, Van Kelley, Stephen Wust, Kim Gordon, John Ewing (Abstract)

Developing Runoff Loadings Estimates as a Function of Land Cover in the Green River Watershed
Jeff Burkey, Doug Henderson, Rob Zisette, John Lenth, Dylan Ahearn (Abstract)

A New Flow Equation for Uncontrolled Submerged Flow at Spillways
Zhiming Chen, Matahel Ansar, Juan A. González-Castro (Paper)

Development of Water-Withdrawal Management Threshholds for Ice-Covered Lakes in Northwest Canada
Pete Cott, Paul Sibley, Andy Gordon, R.A. (Drew) Bodaly, Ken Mills, Marc Lange, Gerald Fillatre (Abstract)

Factors Governing Sediment Nutrient Flux in a Coastal Freshwater Lake
Ron DeLaune, Miao Shenyu, A. Jugsujinda(Abstract)

Posters G - M

Little Blackfoot Streamflow and Water Temperature Assessment: Identifying Opportunities for Cooperative Problem Solving
Barbara Hall, Montana Water Trust PBS&J Little Blackfoot Watershed Group Deerlodge Valley Conservation District (Abstract)

A Simple Bioeconomic Modeling of Land Use Change and Water Quality
Upton Hatch, Ghandi Bhattarai, Diane Hite, Puneet Shrivastava (Abstract)

A Water Quality Treatment Wetland to Support TMDL Programs in a Southern California Coastal Watershed
Barry Hibbs, Mercedes Merino, Diane Martinez (Paper)

Storm-Event Exports of Ammonium and Dissolved Organic Nitrogen (DON) Across Catchment Scales
Shreeram Inamdar, Myron Mitchell (Abstract)

Application of Water Supply and Flood Control Assessors in the Regional Simulation Model to a Miami-Dade County Testbed
Michelle Irizarry-Ortiz, Raul Novoa, Joseph Park, Ray Santee, Fawen Zheng (Abstract)

A Cost-effective Strategy to Adaptively Manage Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) Discharge Permit Requirements by Early Detection of Nitrification Inhibition
Mijeong Jang, Seil Hong, Myongjin Yu, Hyunook Kim (Abstract)

Model Parameters for Simulating Bermudagrass, Bahiagrass, and Native Range Species on Diverse Sites in Texas
Jim Kiniry, Homer Sanchez, James Featherston, Charles Wade (Abstract)

Managing Arctic Lake Water Use Within Hydrologic Cycles and Seasonal Variability, North Slope Alaska
Michael Lilly, Daniel M. White, Daqing Yang, Douglas L. Kane, Larry D. Hinzman (Abstract)

Impacts of Land-Use Changes and Hydrologic Modification on the Lower Boise River, Idaho, USA
Dorene MacCoy, David Blew, Ross Dickinson (Abstract)

FOREST and Delta-Q: Spatially Explicit Tools for Predicting Cumulative Watershed Effects
Lee H. MacDonald, S.E. Litschert (Abstract)

Assessing Sediment & Bed Stability In The Context Of The Clean Water Act: Lessons Learned from the Upper Nestucca Bed Stability Study
Lindsay Mico, Doug Drake, Dennis Worrel, Chester Novak (Abstract)

The Clear Creek Digital Watershed
Marian Muste, Dave Bennett, M., Dongsu Kim, Athanasios Papanicolaou (Abstract)

Posters N - Z

Development of Water Supply and Flood Control Assessors for the Lower East Coast Service Area in South Florida
Raul Novoa, Michelle Irizarry, Joseph Park, Ray Santee, Fawen Zheng (Abstract)

Adaptive Management of Irrigation with Feedback Control to Avoid Groundwater Pollution by Nitrate
Yeonjeong Park, John Ewart, Thomas C. Harmon (Abstract)

Groundwater Modeling as a Tool for Assessing Potential Flood Mitigation Measures Near Grant Creek, Missoula County, Montana
Adam Perine, A. Campbell Stringer (Abstract)

Regional Sediment Management in Coastal Watersheds: Adaptive Management in Action
Susan Rees (Abstract)

Developing Dissolved Oxygen Models to Help Manage Water Use in Arctic Lakes in Alaska
Daniel Reichardt, Daniel M. White, Michael R. Lilly, Daqing Yang, Molly Chambers (Abstract)

Effectiveness of Stream Buffers for Temperature Control in Western Montana
Brian Sugden, Ron Steiner (Abstract)